179 front storage containers
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Topic: 179 front storage containers
Posted By: backin15
Subject: 179 front storage containers
Date Posted: 07 Jun 2017 at 6:43pm
| As we prepare for picking up our 179, I am wondering what size storage totes fit well in the storage area, especially the very front area? |
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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 07 Jun 2017 at 7:08pm
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Interesting and part of the fun of planning. I did a layout like in the military of everything I wanted to carry. I have a 178, so I have the complete area under the dinette and the rear pass through. I decided what needed a covered tote and what just needed a tote, what didn't. Lot of personal detail. The only covered tote I have is kitchen supplies under drivers side dinette. I raise the cushion to access. I have a tote with water stuff and one with sewer stuff, one with maintenance things and a grill, not in a tote. My advice is lay it out all you want to carry, not stuff you move in and out, and then figure out how to fit into your Pod. Happy trails. ------------- Mike Carter 2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
Posted By: Subzilla
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2017 at 7:59am
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Ditto to what Mike said in his last sentence. I have the 179 and have 4 of the rectangle plastic containers (can't remember dimensions) plus a smaller one. The smaller container has my sewer elbow and connector. One container has my clean water stuff (fresh water supply hose, filter, connectors). One has my electrical stuff (power cord, circuit analyzer, spare extension cord). One has another garden hose and connectors. One has misc. dirty stuff (floor mats, rope...). I have a few other items laying around the boxes. I also keep 2 folding soccer chairs in there. I have a separate box for leveling blocks, wheel chocks, cordless drill for stabilizer jacks.....keep this in the truck bed. It's the first thing I pull out when arriving at camp. I've rearranged and repacked and replaced containers multiple times trying to maximize space.....and will probably do it a few more times to make me happy. Keep in mind, too, the size of the storage area opening. Can't go too tall with the box. I plan to enlarge the storage are a bit by pushing the left wall toward the shower. It is unused space. When you get your 179, pull up the bed and you'll see what I'm talking about. Always tinkering with the Pod. ------------- Mark Concord, NC 2017 RP 179 "Podzilla" 2011 Silverado 1500 4X4 |
Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2017 at 9:40am
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You may be able to move the wall toward the shower a bit, but there are some wires in there. I built a floor and now use that area for a storage area inside. That may be a better alternative than trying to enlarge the storage underneath. If you really want to enlarge that storage, moving the partitions for what would be a dinette footwell can gain you more space. I just moved the finished panel forward on it and put a non-finished piece of thin plywood in its place. I left room for the furnace to have adequate air circulation. That is a second inside storage space that has been very useful. You can see some of these mods in my mods link.
------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
Posted By: backin15
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2017 at 9:38pm
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I was thinking of moving the walls in the storage area to make the "hole" under the bed smaller and gain more outside storage. I am on page 5 of your mods, StephanH - amazing!
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Posted By: patrick_dube
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2017 at 8:36pm
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I did shorten the interior hole under the bed to make more room in the storage... Night and day. Now everything is easily accessible in the storage. ------------- Patrick Dubé, 2017 RP-179 owner towed by a 2015 Cadillac SRX Premium |
Posted By: Whoababe
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2017 at 10:50am
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In our 179 we have a storage bin with drawers for all the small things, a tool bag and two totes. One tote for our water hookup (hose, elbow, regulator, filter), and the other tote for our electric hookup (power cord, surge protector, locking chain for surge protector). When we get to the campsite it is easy to pull those two totes out and hand them over to hubby's side of the camper (hook-up's side) and I work on getting the chairs, Rdome and dog playpen set up. Behind the totes we store our outdoor rug, and a small tarp that we use under our dogs pen. Works for us.
  ------------- Josh + Jen • http://www.whoa-babe.blogspot.com - Whoa Babe Mods Blog → 2015 Chevy Silverado → 2016 {new to us} 179 |
Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2017 at 11:43am
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I like the drawer unit. I may end up doing something like that also. Thanks.
------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
Posted By: rawest50
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2017 at 12:00pm
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On a 179 your heater is located under your bed. Any storage blocking the exhaust could be a big problem. We put items under the bed then when we setup we remove them if we are going to use the heater. ------------- 2017.5 RPod 179 2017 Jeep Unlimited Wrangler 2017 Chevy Colorado Z71 Off Road Crew Cab 2 Weiner dogs Great wife puts up with my BS ❤️ Thoroughbred Racing. 
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Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2017 at 1:28pm
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Whoababe nice work!!
------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: Live2Camp
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2017 at 11:28am
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Great ideas! Tote boxes are one of my favorites things in life. I'll add too, consider using stuff sacks in addition to boxes. In my (now retired) cargo van that I drove for almost 300K miles I used both in under-bed storage and it worked great. My relatives went on a 2-year road trip in their RV that went so well it turned into 6 years. They used tote boxes and a couple of large stuff sacks that I made for them. Theirs and my stuff sacks were different colors for different uses and allow you to, um, stuff flexible items into smaller spaces and/or in or around totes. Some of my uses were separate sacks for tools, jumper cables, misc vehicle parts and laundry. We're still figuring out storage totes & sacks for our 179 so I haven't made any yet. If you don't sew you can buy stuff sacks. If you think you might sew them, get good nylon packcloth (at least 430 denier), #14 needle, heavy duty thread. Use a longer stitch and stitch more slowly. You can stick a piece of duct tape on them and write the contents with a sharpie if you don't use a color code method that you have memorized. Also, consider keeping the stuff sacks from folding chairs you no longer have - the stuff sacks last longer than most of the chairs that come in them, and are completely reusable. I have my Roll-A-Table in a folding chair stuff sack from the 1990s and it shows no signs of wearing out. And ... in the "two uses & a backup" department, you can use them as throw-bags if you're trying to throw a tarp-line over your Pod for example  ------------- 2017 R-Pod 179 HRE (the green one) His:Ford F150 double cab 4WD; Hers/mine:Tacoma V6 double cab 4WD Still love rugged, diggin' comfy too |
Posted By: Whoababe
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2017 at 12:10pm
Thanks StephenH and Leo B! You won't regret adding the drawers StephenH!  ------------- Josh + Jen • http://www.whoa-babe.blogspot.com - Whoa Babe Mods Blog → 2015 Chevy Silverado → 2016 {new to us} 179 |
Posted By: Johncmarshjr
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2017 at 7:34am
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I have enlarged my lower storage in the 179 by moving the walls. ------------- ALICE |
Posted By: backin15
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2017 at 4:59pm
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One thing I liked better about the Winnie Drop, was they eliminated the cave under the bed and made the front storage area much larger. The also ducted the furnace to blow out into the living area which makes a lot of sense. I may have to give this a try...
------------- 2015 179 2013 Xterra Pro 4X |
Posted By: RoyToy
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2017 at 6:36pm
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Do you bring a ladder to install the Rdome with? If so where do you store it? I can fit our four foot ladder in the front storage bin but it takes up a fair amount of that space. I like your storage totes and will see if I can get any to fit. Thanks
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