Joan asked her talented husband to make some sliding trays in her galley storage cabinets.
He constructed them so they would easily slide out enabling Joan to grab the handle and pull the entire tray out. 
Now she has easy access to all the pots and stuff usually stuck way in the back.
He made them to match the wood in their 5th wheel and Joan is a happy camper.
Sliding a few good ideas your way - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing
6 comments:
Jim, brilliant ideal. Did he put rollers or some other mechanism so the pull outs would move easily? Anything else we should know to try making this for our cabinets?
Thanks,Sherranil
If one were not inclined to install roller mechanisms, we have found that a piece of carpet glued to the underside of a container works very well to facilitate sliding.
We have a 2002 Winnebago Brave. I am getting tired of always having to remove the cushions in the DR bench to get to storage. I would like to have a drawer under there so I can pull it out to fill or retrieve items. Has anyone done this? It is about 38" deep. If I have it made the size of the door there, I will lose about 4-6" of storage on the sides.
We found some surplus fiberglass cafeteria trays that work perfectly as "slides" in our cupboards.
No fancy wood trims, but only a dollar a piece; heck, don't you keep the doors closed on your cabinets anyway?
We store everything in plastic baskets that you can get for a buck apiece at any dollar store or even Walmart. The baskets are easily removed from any shelf or cabinet and then placed on a solid surface to retrieve whatever item you need from the basket. We even use them in the fridge...keeps everything in place and easily retrieved.
TO: Anonymous that said, "We have a 2002 Winnebago Brave"
I found two of the right size plastic tubs at Wal-Mart. They are about six inches high and made by Sterlite (I think). They come with four wheels and pull out easily across the carpeted underside of the bench seats.
To maximize the space due to the original door and frame being too narrow, I cut away some of the vertical part of each side of the frame. I bought two larger, almost matching doors at Home Depot and then used the original doors as folding night stands on each side of the master bed.
We store some can goods, dry packages, paper towels, plastic containers and plastic baggies. Find a limit on how many cans you store under there because too much weight can be really heavy to pull out.
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