Road shaking opening cupboard doors

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   I just got back from a trip over back-country West Virginia mountain roads and found the contents of cupboards on the floor of the trailer. I've hooked bungee cords over the drawer pulls but obviously unsuccessfully. Granted, the conditions were worse than most, but sorta typical for WV. 
I already put heavy stuff down low. What is the most effective step(s) to take?  

Is there a product I can buy to 'beef up' drawer latches? 

Are there practical (and reasonably inexpensive) racks that keep cupboard contents confined?

Sailboats  should have similar problems but my internet search wasn't too successful on that.

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Happy Tripping Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 May 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 473	Topic: Road shaking opening cupboard doors Posted: 13 Sep 2018 at 9:10am
	I just got back from a trip over back-country West Virginia mountain roads and found the contents of cupboards on the floor of the trailer. I've hooked bungee cords over the drawer pulls but obviously unsuccessfully. Granted, the conditions were worse than most, but sorta typical for WV. I already put heavy stuff down low. What is the most effective step(s) to take? Is there a product I can buy to 'beef up' drawer latches? Are there practical (and reasonably inexpensive) racks that keep cupboard contents confined? Sailboats should have similar problems but my internet search wasn't too successful on that.

TheBum Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407	Posted: 13 Sep 2018 at 10:50am
	We use these in the pantry and refrigerator of our 179: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Camco-Double-Refrigerator-Bar/14504357
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lostagain Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595	Posted: 13 Sep 2018 at 11:47am
	Happy, most sailboats have a gimbaled stove with rails and little bars that hold the pots and are attached to the rails. The ice boxes are usually top access, so nothing falls out short of being rolled. All the shelves that do not have sliding or locking swinging doors have rails. Shock cord, skinny bungee line, is often added for extra protection. Drawers are locking with a much sturdier drop in slot that one finds on an RV. And storage compartments are frequently accessible through the top with a lifting cover. And the bunks often have sides, or straps to keep you in. But in spite of all that, sailing in rough weather still causes stuff to fly all over the place and when you go below, you have to step through it all.
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marwayne Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Location: Edmonton AB Can Online Status: Offline Posts: 1003	Posted: 13 Sep 2018 at 12:46pm
	We don't have that problem.
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Happy Tripping Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 May 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 473	Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 1:07pm
	Thanks for the responses. Just as follow up- The doors that need attention are the ones of the double door cabinet just above the stove in a 171/172. In my scrap wood pile I found a length of 1X4 inch stained hardwood board. I cut off about a 6" length, measured the distance between the upper bases of the right and left cabinet door pulls and then cut slots in the wood for these bases to fit into with a 3/8 inch bit in a drill press, followed by use of a wood rasp. Placed into position from above, this forms a bar barricade between the 2 cabinet doors that holds them closed tightly and securely and that matches the wood of the cabinet pretty closely. Whether or not it's secure enuf for WV country roads is another question that will soon be answered. If I see any friction wear, I plan to add thin rubber pads.

mjlrpod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1221	Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 5:25pm
	Hmmm my 172 doesn't have double doors above the stove. In fact i don't have double doors anywhere. My cabinet over the stove has a single door that pulls out on the bottom. Kinda like if the fridge was turned sideways, with the opening side facing down. Has never dropped anything out. It's a 2017, maybe different year than yours
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Ben Herman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 Apr 2018 Location: Gr Junction, CO Online Status: Offline Posts: 356	Posted: 17 Sep 2018 at 8:03pm
	heck the alignment of the latches - several of mine were off enough that they were not fully catching and holding the doors closed. Moving one part solved the problem. And I regularly drive on bumpy gravel Colorado roads.