keeping things in place

[dh]

I've got Coleman white gas stoves and drill the foot bumps on it and through bolt it with a wing nut...makes it removeable. You'd want to make sure that there is an air gap under your stove. Doug

I did the same thing with a Coleman propane stove. Mounted it to a slide-out from my galley.

Jim B / Utah

How do you keep the sliders locked out to prevent a lit stove from rolling under the counter top?

[TENNJIM]

The Slideout Latch holds the shelf in when traveling. Open the latch, slide the shelf out, slide the latch-pin into place behind the shelf to keep it from sliding back in. Works great.

Jim B / Utah

[planovet]

How do you keep the sliders locked out to prevent a lit stove from rolling under the counter top?

My stove has a lid that must be open for you to use it. That prevents the slider from sliding back under the counter top.



On another note, these are the cabinet latches that I used to keep my doors shut. There are two screws that you can tighten or loosen to vary how hard you have to pull to open the cabinet. I keep them pretty tight and they don't come open even on bumpy roads. They are a bit of a pain to align just right but they will hold tight.

[tk]

Re: WHY? and toddler latches. The kind I'm refering to open about two inches so you can reach in to unhook the latch. Small items could fall out with the door that far open.

Best,
Tom

[bobhenry]

Re: WHY? and toddler latches. The kind I'm refering to open about two inches so you can reach in to unhook the latch. Small items could fall out with the door that far open.
Best,
Tom

Oh that ! we don't sweat the small stuff !

Seriously the little items that are easily lost in my cabinets are in a 4 draw steralite unit I have mounted solid in the cabinet .

So no loose small stuff to sweat .......

I don't have a picture of it but here is a similar type of unit just a bit bigger in the galley we added for cooking and eating utensils and such.



I have added these to both trailers in the storage cabinets and the galleys they are just too handy not to.

[bobhenry]

On the topic of microwaves. We took our small one (ONCE) and it is the type with the glass plate inside.
To avoid breaking it we stuffed one of our pillows inside for transport mode. Just an F.Y.I.

[b.bodemer]

Velcro and non slip mats work great.

I like the idea of packing tight in some areas if possible.



Barb

[doug hodder]

How do you keep the sliders locked out to prevent a lit stove from rolling under the counter top?

For me...I use rubber door stops. I just wedge them in place. The advantage to it is that it shims everything so that I get no slop in the sliders and holds everything rigid. In my case however, it's not just a stove that slides, but a whole pantry type thing that slides out. I stick one under the inside bottom and the outside edge. Sliding in hasn't ever been a problem...sliding out while towing and hitting the hatch has. I use a vertical dead bolt type thing with the bolt dropping about 3/8" into the floor to take care of that. A fully loaded cooler will run like 80+ pounds...these take care of that. Like mentioned...the rubber shelf matting is also a great idea...I use that as well in the cabinets. Doug

[Aaron Coffee]

For the drawers, I drilled holes thru the rails and into the drawers and just insert a short piece of electrical wire to hold them shut.