plantcityguy
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I agree with mockturtle. I really admire you for being able to spend that much time in your B. And thanks for the great advice. There are several modifications you've made that I might try.
Larry W. Arrington, Ed.D.
Plant City, FL 33565
RV: 2005 RoadTrek 190
Write me at: larryarrington7@gmail.com
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Visionquest
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Thanks Larry and mockturtle, glad the information will be helpful!
Thanks for following the blog too Larry, very much appreciate it! 
-Mike & Heidi
97 RT 170P "Taj Ma Trek"
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McK
Arkansas
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On our first trip in our old Class C, the interior looked like the scene that begins at 4:30 in this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/user/UtubeDoesntLikeMe#p/c/A34E8A11A0DC9EBE/2/Ib9BbueK78s
We tried to pack everything that we might need for a two week trip. Learning what was really necessary while we had the C was a great help in down-scaling to our B. We now use only about 2/3 of our total storage space and no longer hang smoked hams and loafs of bread from the ceiling.
Robert
2006 Sportsmobile Sprinter
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plantcityguy
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McK, I tend to leave the van loaded as I packed it (sans clothing, etc.) when I get home from a trip. Then the day before the next trip, I go in and clean the floors, the toilet, and the counter top and head out again. That's not a good way to do things, and I know it. I need to get in there and clean out those storage areas, once and for all, and then repack them for the particular trip I'm taking. Geez. It's terrible to be so disorganized. 
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yizit
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We removed our bathroom door too and I made a curtain that matches our bedspread that I made from bedsheets. The rod I used I can swing it across the isle and use it as a changing room or privacy. By removing the door it made the isle larger.
Mike & Heidi I am impressed with the creative ways you store sooo much stuff in your RT. I have visited the VanTramps website several times.
Lots of good ideas here for storage.
Jim & Darlene
Ewok our Llasa...Pickles our Shorkie Tzu
2004 Roadtrek Chevy 190 Popular (aka..Roada)
Wisconsin Dells...Water park capital of the world
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csw5925
Arkansas
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What a great thread! I'm getting ready to take my B out next week on a 6 day junket...this weekend I'm emptying out EVERYTHING and discarding what's not used, reloading what is and paring some stuff down.
I'm a bbq competitor and my B is so much better than the back of my PU truck! Absolutely luxurious to have "facilities" all my own. I tow my main cooker, but I've picked up a chicken grill that I must find space for. I normally carry all my "seasonings" in a portable cooler type thing. This trip, it's going into smaller shakers and up in the pantry. That may give me the grill room I need under the table.
But it's all good in a B!
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plantcityguy
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Quote:For the top loading coffee maker concerns......I have a small 4 cup coffee maker, with the top load. I keep it on the counter by the sink. I placed an eye hook in the back wall, wrapped a small bungee around the coffee pot when traveling and let it ride.
To fill the top easily, just use a water bottle. The average water bottle is the same as the 4 cup pot. Just empty a water bottle into the pot the first time to make sure you have the right size water bottle. No need to move the pot, as the water bottle will fit under the top of the counter to pour.
SandeesAR, I tried using a small, single cup coffee maker (uses the coffee pods), but there wasn't enough space between the top of the unit and the overhanging "ceiling" to pour in water. Do you have the coffee maker Velcroed to the counter top, or do you pull it out to load the water?
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buta4
MA
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If you have a hitch on your B, perhaps this link will help?
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Ray
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SandeesAR
Arkansas
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For the top loading coffee maker concerns......I have a small 4 cup coffee maker, with the top load. I keep it on the counter by the sink. I placed an eye hook in the back wall, wrapped a small bungee around the coffee pot when traveling and let it ride.
To fill the top easily, just use a water bottle. The average water bottle is the same as the 4 cup pot. Just empty a water bottle into the pot the first time to make sure you have the right size water bottle. No need to move the pot, as the water bottle will fit under the top of the counter to pour.
1991 Roadtrek 190P
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SandeesAR
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For the trash, I place two small eye hooks in the front of the bathroom door (at a low level). I double two "walmart" sacks, run a small bungee through the loops and hook it on the eye hooks. No trash can in the way. I always dump it a couple of times daily and no problems so far.
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