Loading a camper trailer

Hi John,

A very important subject. Suggest you look at the Camp Trailer Forum site. Most of your questions have answers there.

http://www.campertrailers.org/average_member.htm

regards,

Mike

Hi John, congratulations on your first camper. How to pack it is going to be a matter of trial and error and half the fun(challenge) of camping. We have a cutlery draw under our stove-it has some dividers,and even on corrugated roads the cutlery tends to stay in place. The shelf under the stove has been lined with a matting type material- this helps stop things sliding around freely and tends to prevent anything grating away on a layer of sand/dirt. One of the easiest ways to learn how to pack your camper is to do a couple of shake down trips to a local caravan park.This might sound a bit funny- but all the planning in the world does not replace the experience of actually doing it. It also gives you an excuse to use the camper even when you are not on holiday. Whilst you are set up at your local caravan park- spec out the other travellers and their set-ups and you will pick up a lot of valuable ideas.Hope this helps, doc.

Never had a problem with ours bouncing out. It's not as rough as you think and if it is then slow down!!!!!!! Shouldn't really be a problem

Josh

Hi John,
A shallow lunch box/tupperware container might be the go. Friends of ours just take the box to the table. When the washing up is done, clean cutlery just drops straight in and the box put back in the drawer. I think for tongs and egglifters they wrap them in a teatowell.
Sally

Hi John,
Try some bubble wrap over the top if your worried about it.
We never had issue in out camper with utensils, only sometimes with plates and bowls and the like, and we used Bubble wrap to fill the cavity in the cupboard or box.

Hi John, we had two cutlery trays in our camper drawer and these sat on a sheet of non-slip matting you can buy by the roll from Crazy Clarks etc., but I also wrapped spoons and forks with a velcro tape which stuck to itself. The tape was a gardening tape which I bought, from a C C type store, in 10mtr lengths.
When we go for a longer trip I pack all food supplies in Coles cooler bags which, besides being insulated, allow for all types/shapes of foodstuff packaging with room for that little something extra you have to throw in 'just in case' at the last moment.
The bags are easier to unpack than boxes as you can grab 2-3 at once and then fold them up as you use the contents. They also can be made to fit the available spaces whereas boxes will not squash down to fit. Plastic boxes also have a lip that sticks out at least 2-3 cms which takes up more space.
I hope this helps,
Sheila.

We use a couple of kids padded pencil bags, keeps everything together and keeps out dust and dirt, just un zip the bag at your destination and keep it in the tray.
Cheers Colin.

Hi John
This is a good site for anyone with a camper trailerhttp://myswag.org/forum/

I have lined the swing out kitchen with non-slip matting as well as store my cutlery in a meat keeper (Long thing Decor container) perfect size for knifes, forks & spoons. All the tongs, egg rings, bottle openers, larger knifes etc are in another container. You can also use a chefs roll - basically like a canvas roll that has partitions sewn to hold cutlery and knifes and then all rolls up and ties up.