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| [GMCnet] Cross country adventure - part 3 [message #89603] |
Wed, 23 June 2010 09:10  |
Gerald Work
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More on storage space we found/created. As I posted earlier, by moving the 4 house batteries to the ps rear compartment and the starting battery to the ds we created quite a bit of space on the ps up front. By removing the wheel liner and the old rusted battery tray that spec became far more easily accessed. You can get to it via the ps front hatch from above or past the ps front wheel from below. That is how I wiggled the large ss pan up and into that area. By a bit of twisting and turning the pan now quite fully covers all of that space side to side and fore-aft.
Note: I have been running with both wheel liners removed for several years no. I originally took them out for better cooling, found no down side so left them out.
The issue with storing stuff there is how dirty that stuff will get as you drive down the road. I solved that by using some great locking lid plastic boxes made by Tanos. Several high end tool companies now supply them with their tools. Tanos sustainers as they are called come in several heights. The lids fasten securely and are quite dust proof when closed. They are owned by the same German co. that owns Festool, one of the companies I write for so I already had several of these sustainers to select from. Two of them fit perfectly in that front ss pan and hold a lot of the spare parts, lubricants and the seldom used stuff that used to live in the pod.
I also found that two others of these sustainers would slip right into the space beside the generator where some of you may now have a gen or house battery. I put the jack hooks, spare hoses, ground cloth, 20 amp and 30 amp extension cords, torque wrench, etc. there along with my bottle jack and other ugly stuff.
There were two other places we found to store inside things. The first is the cabinet under the closet on the Royale where the factory put the vac and the 120 volt gen/shore power relay switch. This area sits just in front of the ps rear wheel liner. From inside that cabinet you can access the top of the wheel liner at a depth of about 2-3". We never much liked the built in vac and it's long bulky hose. We took that out and found a Miele canister vac that fits inside that cab standing upright. The hose fits over the top of the wheel liner. We far prefer the Miele to the old built in vac so we got better cleaning performance and more useable space at the same time.
I also moved the transfer switch from it's face forward position to a side forward position and gained enough space in that closet to also store our bike seat posts, helmets and collapsable panniers along with the quick release pedals, locks and other bike paraphernalia.
In the rear lounge Royale the main 120 volt breaker panel and the 12 volt house fuse box are both under the center part of the lounge cushions. In the stock configuration a door the width of the space between the two sides of the "U" of the lounge area. Lots of wasted space there. We removed that door and reconfigured the electrical stuff to make room for our ss Parker bbq, the wind shield, hoses and a lot of the inside cleaning supplies.
So, by removing the pod, radically improving the vac and adding 460 amp hours of battery capacity we actually gained, not lost, storage space.
More later........
Jerry & Sharon Work
Derby, OR
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| Re: [GMCnet] Cross country adventure - part 3 [message #89604 is a reply to message #89603] |
Wed, 23 June 2010 09:32  |
Sandra Price
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Jerry and Sharon, you made some incredible changes to your coach.
Bob and I are in our 51st year of the state of marriage and are sitting in
"The Roadhouse" in Bar Harbor, ME with the rain coming down. We plan to go
into New Brunswick around June 28 or 29. Maybe we will see you on the road.
Happy and Safe Travels and Happy 50th Year!
Sandra and Bob Price
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Gerald Work <glwork@me.com> wrote:
> More on storage space we found/created. As I posted earlier, by moving the
> 4 house batteries to the ps rear compartment and the starting battery to the
> ds we created quite a bit of space on the ps up front. By removing the
> wheel liner and the old rusted battery tray that spec became far more easily
> accessed. You can get to it via the ps front hatch from above or past the
> ps front wheel from below. That is how I wiggled the large ss pan up and
> into that area. By a bit of twisting and turning the pan now quite fully
> covers all of that space side to side and fore-aft.
>
> Note: I have been running with both wheel liners removed for several years
> no. I originally took them out for better cooling, found no down side so
> left them out.
>
> The issue with storing stuff there is how dirty that stuff will get as you
> drive down the road. I solved that by using some great locking lid plastic
> boxes made by Tanos. Several high end tool companies now supply them with
> their tools. Tanos sustainers as they are called come in several heights.
> The lids fasten securely and are quite dust proof when closed. They are
> owned by the same German co. that owns Festool, one of the companies I write
> for so I already had several of these sustainers to select from. Two of
> them fit perfectly in that front ss pan and hold a lot of the spare parts,
> lubricants and the seldom used stuff that used to live in the pod.
>
> I also found that two others of these sustainers would slip right into the
> space beside the generator where some of you may now have a gen or house
> battery. I put the jack hooks, spare hoses, ground cloth, 20 amp and 30 amp
> extension cords, torque wrench, etc. there along with my bottle jack and
> other ugly stuff.
>
> There were two other places we found to store inside things. The first is
> the cabinet under the closet on the Royale where the factory put the vac and
> the 120 volt gen/shore power relay switch. This area sits just in front of
> the ps rear wheel liner. From inside that cabinet you can access the top of
> the wheel liner at a depth of about 2-3". We never much liked the built in
> vac and it's long bulky hose. We took that out and found a Miele canister
> vac that fits inside that cab standing upright. The hose fits over the top
> of the wheel liner. We far prefer the Miele to the old built in vac so we
> got better cleaning performance and more useable space at the same time.
>
> I also moved the transfer switch from it's face forward position to a side
> forward position and gained enough space in that closet to also store our
> bike seat posts, helmets and collapsable panniers along with the quick
> release pedals, locks and other bike paraphernalia.
>
> In the rear lounge Royale the main 120 volt breaker panel and the 12 volt
> house fuse box are both under the center part of the lounge cushions. In
> the stock configuration a door the width of the space between the two sides
> of the "U" of the lounge area. Lots of wasted space there. We removed that
> door and reconfigured the electrical stuff to make room for our ss Parker
> bbq, the wind shield, hoses and a lot of the inside cleaning supplies.
>
> So, by removing the pod, radically improving the vac and adding 460 amp
> hours of battery capacity we actually gained, not lost, storage space.
>
> More later........
>
> Jerry & Sharon Work
> Derby, OR
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
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IN GOD WE TRUST!
Sandra and Bob in the 51st Year of our State of Marriage
“Life’s a Trip” in “The Roadhouse”
’73 Painted Desert
Huntsville, TX
Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another, be sympathetic, love
as brothers, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or
insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so
that you may inherit a blessing. --1 Peter 3:8-9
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| Re: [GMCnet] Cross country adventure - part 3 [message #89609 is a reply to message #89603] |
Wed, 23 June 2010 09:59 |
Sandra Price
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On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Gerald Work <glwork@me.com> wrote:
> More on storage space we found/created. As I posted earlier, by moving the
> 4 house batteries to the ps rear compartment and the starting battery to the
> ds we created quite a bit of space on the ps up front. By removing the
> wheel liner and the old rusted battery tray that spec became far more easily
> accessed. You can get to it via the ps front hatch from above or past the
> ps front wheel from below. That is how I wiggled the large ss pan up and
> into that area. By a bit of twisting and turning the pan now quite fully
> covers all of that space side to side and fore-aft.
>
> Note: I have been running with both wheel liners removed for several years
> no. I originally took them out for better cooling, found no down side so
> left them out.
>
> The issue with storing stuff there is how dirty that stuff will get as you
> drive down the road. I solved that by using some great locking lid plastic
> boxes made by Tanos. Several high end tool companies now supply them with
> their tools. Tanos sustainers as they are called come in several heights.
> The lids fasten securely and are quite dust proof when closed. They are
> owned by the same German co. that owns Festool, one of the companies I write
> for so I already had several of these sustainers to select from. Two of
> them fit perfectly in that front ss pan and hold a lot of the spare parts,
> lubricants and the seldom used stuff that used to live in the pod.
>
> I also found that two others of these sustainers would slip right into the
> space beside the generator where some of you may now have a gen or house
> battery. I put the jack hooks, spare hoses, ground cloth, 20 amp and 30 amp
> extension cords, torque wrench, etc. there along with my bottle jack and
> other ugly stuff.
>
> There were two other places we found to store inside things. The first is
> the cabinet under the closet on the Royale where the factory put the vac and
> the 120 volt gen/shore power relay switch. This area sits just in front of
> the ps rear wheel liner. From inside that cabinet you can access the top of
> the wheel liner at a depth of about 2-3". We never much liked the built in
> vac and it's long bulky hose. We took that out and found a Miele canister
> vac that fits inside that cab standing upright. The hose fits over the top
> of the wheel liner. We far prefer the Miele to the old built in vac so we
> got better cleaning performance and more useable space at the same time.
>
> I also moved the transfer switch from it's face forward position to a side
> forward position and gained enough space in that closet to also store our
> bike seat posts, helmets and collapsable panniers along with the quick
> release pedals, locks and other bike paraphernalia.
>
> In the rear lounge Royale the main 120 volt breaker panel and the 12 volt
> house fuse box are both under the center part of the lounge cushions. In
> the stock configuration a door the width of the space between the two sides
> of the "U" of the lounge area. Lots of wasted space there. We removed that
> door and reconfigured the electrical stuff to make room for our ss Parker
> bbq, the wind shield, hoses and a lot of the inside cleaning supplies.
>
> So, by removing the pod, radically improving the vac and adding 460 amp
> hours of battery capacity we actually gained, not lost, storage space.
>
> More later........
>
> Jerry & Sharon Work
> Derby, OR
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
> _______________________________________________
> GMCnet mailing list
> List Information and Subscription Options:
> http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
>
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IN GOD WE TRUST!
Sandra and Bob in the 51st Year of our State of Marriage
“Life’s a Trip” in “The Roadhouse”
’73 Painted Desert
Huntsville, TX
Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another, be sympathetic, love
as brothers, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or
insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so
that you may inherit a blessing. --1 Peter 3:8-9
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