Pre-made cabinet.

[digimark]

I need to build a small cabinet for my trailer to provide extra storage and countertop and a place to mount some of the equipment. I know I can do it, but it will take a while and I'll probably have to re-do it several times until I get it right, and then it will still not be perfect.

Is there anywhere I can go to buy a pre-made cabinet that I can just screw in and be done with it? Something pulled out of a pop up or dead travel trailer? I don't know where to find such things relatively local to DC/MD... Maybe 4' wide and 2 1/2' deep, with drawers and shelf space behind a door...

[bobhenry]

mine was 4' by 15" deep. The addition of one of these little steralite drawer units can help keep the little things under control. I picked mine up brand new at a salvage store. Habitat re-stores have them now and then also. Newspaper ads will occasionally list some but you gotta be quick to act.

[bobhenry]

These are in my teardrop. I bought the cabinet doors with hinges for $2.50 each. I simply ran 2 additional spars side to side and lined them up to hit level with 2 roof spars. layed 1/4 luan as top and bottom shelf. added uprights to hinge the doors to, total cost about $20.00 total with doors. It holds all the electronics and a ton of camping goodies, and clothes. I added a drawer unit in this cabinet by screwing down a little draw unit same as above.

[Prem]

digimark,

What bobhenry said: RESTORE - Habitat for Humanity's retail outlets!

Prem

[digimark]

Thanks for the advice. I think I tend to see putting in cabinets as harder than they are. For instance, I think I can screw cabinet doors right to the face frame I built for my shelf -- with the right flush-mount hinges and snaps it will probably be all I have to do.

I built an "L" extension onto the left side of my front shelf -- I'll get a picture up as soon as I've screwed it in and laid down the counter top.

[WA]

The box stores (the orange one and the blue one) have premade cabinets on the floor. Sometimes they have scratch and dent sales with stuff on clearance.

I am probably going to wait until this fall/winter to build my cabinets. I still have some hauling to do before I can begin my conversion in earnest. In the meantime I will use some Rubbermaid storage solutions.
Best,
WA

[caseydog]

My only concern with pre-made cabinets is that most of them, especially the cheaper ones, are mostly particle board. I'm not talking MDF, either. Particle board.

In a stationery position, like a home bathroom, these cabinets may be alright. But, bouncing down a country road in a TD -- I'd be worried about the cabinets coming apart.

I have some cheap Home Depot cabinet and drawer units in my garage, and I had to reinforce the drawers to keep the drawer fronts from coming off after about six months of use.

CD

[campinwi]

Last week I bought a metal shelving unit from Sams club that had little storage drawers. I liked that idea better than the cheaper cabinets due to the moisture issue. Used it this past weekend for camping, worked great. I have a metal bakers rack next to it that I bought at fleet farm to hold my stove and bigger items

[edcasey]

Last week I bought a metal shelving unit from Sams club that had little storage drawers. I liked that idea better than the cheaper cabinets due to the moisture issue. Used it this past weekend for camping, worked great. I have a metal bakers rack next to it that I bought at fleet farm to hold my stove and bigger items

Sounds like a nice setup. Any pictures?

Ed

[campinwi]

Haven't taken pictures yet, will try to get some posted this weekend.