Camper Trailer food storage access

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Most camper trailers lack space for food storage.It depends what set up you have in your car, but I have a home made storage system at the back of my troopy and the rear section is entirely for food storage so when I set up my camper all the food items are readily at hand without going into plastic bins etc.Ijust lift the hinged back section and all the food items are there for selection.Ihave two Engels in the camper so all the cold and frozen stuff is at hand.It took many trips to work out what works for me but now its all in place and very user friendly.

Hey IM
We have the best thing we ever bought in the back of our Cruiser. It is called an Aussie Chuck Wagon. You can get different styles but they suit most vehicles. It has water storage containers, 8 _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx for food , a large slide out drawer and an Engel slide. The front panel drops down to a table for those quick stops on the run. Fantastic.

Steve

We store the majority of our canned food and condiments in two plastic stackable _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx. I think we got them from Bunnings.

They sit in the back of the Jack and can be accessed from there, or the whole lot removed and placed in the Camper annex.

When setting up camp for more than a couple of days, we also have a three shelf collapable storage "cabinet", made from canvas and aluminium strengthener bars.

Bill

seems like most people, including me, store their often used food items in a drawer system in the vehicle.
i have a big food tub in the trailer, but that only contains stuff we will need at our overnight stops for main meals etc.
as well as our slide out kitchen in the trailer, we have 3 big tubs.
one has the full awning set and some spares.
one has food.
one has camp bits and bobs.
i would say that after a few days, when everything has crept out of its rightful place, about 2 hours TOTAL pack up time is not bad.

James,

We too went away over Easter, packed up the Camper very quickly as everything is in our kitchen/drawer setup.

Essentially you never actually unpack as you take stuff in and out of the _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx as needed. Come pack up time you just close the _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx and fold the camper down.

If you click on _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx it will take you to our profile. There are a couple of shots of the system and we do also do 2 _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx without the kitchen if that suits better.

If you are on a budget I also have a prototype at the factory.

Any queries, give me a call on 03 9706 6527.

Cheers,

Jim.

Yep.

check out http://www.campertrailers.org/ and associated Yahoo group as well for ideas. Lotta folks seem keen on Drifta units.

it took me (they just sat around and watched most of the time) 1.5 hrs to pack up for a family of 4
then another 3/4 hr waiting for the camper trailer tent to dry out

the trick is to start cleaning up the day/night before

Here is what we done, also a Tambo.Box is on bearings and slides in and out, level with back of trailer.-

We have a customline with a swing out tail gate kitchen.

As others have posted, we have a shelf system in the back of the car for longer trips, i.e. not weekends.

After unhitching, we back the car up to the kitchen and leave the back door open during meal prep. Fridge is in the back of the car too on a slide out tray.

That way we have all our food us during the day for a day trip, and it is easy to lock up at night for dingos and possums etc.

For weekends just the fridge goes in, and a small box of food. The shelves stay out.

The back area of the trailer has the cooking utensils like pots etc.

It usually takes us 15 to 20 mins to set up, from stopping to the kettle on the stove, and the food prep being started for dinner. About the same packing up.

The trailer under the bed carries the lighter bulkier items like extra blankets and the not so often accessed items.

I had a Tambo for a few years. I was on a tight budget so chose to make my own kitchen. I did exactly what Nick has done (above), but my timber pantry box just slid on timber rails that I screwed to the trailer floor from underneath. I made a kitchen bench out of melamine that attached to the fixed steel shelf. I screwed a two burner stove on top of this, and bought three plastic boxes that slid underneath - these contained all the cooking and eating utensils. It all worked quite well. Cheers.

Get one of these.....no problems with food storage :-)

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These have storage lockers all around the 3 sides of the trailer, plus heaps of internal storage for other things.

Cheers,

Mark

Yet another idea is to contact Luke at Drifta kitchens with your problem. He's very approachable and may be able to work out a cost effective solution to your storage needs.

We have just ordered a new TAMBO Cooper XT model and collect it in May 09. We are planning to do a minimum 3 month trip around OZ with our 2 young kids in tow. It is great to find and read threads that have TAMBO especially in mention. If you have any ideas or other tips for a TAMBO than we would love to hear your thoughts and ideas.

JUST GOIN

I've just posted up a video that shows some of how we do what we do. No one solution but finding something that works for you is half the fun.
Cheers
Dion
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