Has Anyone Made Improvements On A Little Guy Galley

[Teardrop Tickler]

Here's another one we received pics of:

pretty neat, IMO.

[brettweir]

If I remember correctly Deserthawk had some Ideas that he talked about for the galley. I haven't seen any more about it though.

[caseydog]

:thumbsup: Way to go Caseydog. The Little Guy has always bugged me how artifical it was and the wood really warmed it up. (I know I like a wazat and they are even more artifical but for some reason the LG has always bugged me). It made a big difference.

I really like the solid build of my LG, but like you, I did not like that they hid a lot of nice looking birch plywood, and the way they did the cabinets and galley.

If I were to buy another, larger LG, I would buy the hollow version again, and finish it out.

CD

[hiker chick]

Yes, lots of potential in a stripped down LG.





oooh... it's so WHITE!

[Pdbeta]

We bought a 2006 Doublewide and did minor improvements to the galley in Summer 07. From the posts here there are apparently different ways the galley is factory finished off? No doubt there all white?

Our concern was/is the sliding effect of frequent starts and stops. I went to West Marine and found the trim to hold the items we knew we would take with us, from sliding off the galley shelf and into the small storage abysis.
The teak railing (foto in my album) was reasonable and it worked. We took the LG XC last summer with no falling items, and zero breakage of any kind.
I am technically challeneged, especially computers & wood working? But lurking here for months, and seeing what others had done, I decided to redo our interior.
Gonzo went all the white ceiling material. Then I insulated the sleeper compartment ceiling. Now what? After considering most ceiling options I tried a cedar planking material and satin poly finish.

The planking scraps (ceiling job) ended up in the galley storage area.
I planked, insulated, and expanded the storage space. And did a similar treatment (plank & insulate)onto the factory foot board. That footboard reinforces the galley shelf in our model. Our hinge and latch are similar to what the orig poster described. It's now almost twice as thick, and three times as solid with minimal weight gain.

In our album foto, the galley is bare, it was taken minutes after the redo. We now have all kinds of must have's in temporary storage boxes/plastic Rubermaid shelf things. They also apparently only come in white?

We add/remove items due to lenght of trip, or to cut down the campers overall travel weight. A very big deal on long distance trips, in a $4.00 + gallon world.

We waited a full year before doing major a redo. We used the TD and after we did, we kinda knew what we needed, and what we had to have? That worked for us.

I will shortly post a photo of the now finished ceiling job. The fotos do not do the finished interiors justice. I really do have a fit w/technology of all kinds?

[caseydog]

Hey Pdbeta, I found that Velcro is an amazing thing for a Teardrop. My stove and some other stuff is Velcroed in place. As long as the item is lightweight and/or low profile, Velcro does a good job of keeping stuff in place.

CD

[doug hodder]

I'm sure most people know of this, but as a reminder...you can get the shelf "airliner" a perforated rubber matting that you can line the shelves and drawers with. Prevents sliding and chafing of the wood from loose items. Comes in a variety of colors and widths. I did find that they tend to short you on the reported lengths on the roll however, at least mine were. Available at Wally World or most discount big box stores, really helps keep things in place and from marking up the wood. Just an idea. Doug

[Pdbeta]

We have and use both the Velcro and the shelf liner, they are both reasonable and they work great.

The shelf liner was added mid XC trip as I wanted something to put down to protect the white shelf finish. Like what was i thinking?

The Velcro, pointy side, is great for "sticking" all kinds of things onto the black carpeting found all over the interior of the LG's.

I especially love pasteing little battery operated LED "puck lites" where ever we need them.
Anyone need some surplus fuzzy sided Velcro odds & ends?

Meantime, as we LG owners know, the galley lid probaly should not be punctured, as in, screwed stuff into it?
I have used Velcro to attach those nifty battery operated "under cabinet lights" found at Costco ($12.99 for two) to the inside lid of the galley and the lights are very brite.
Realize you have to use both sides of Velcro to accomplish this kind of attachment.

[hiker chick]

Pdbeta -- that is a very impressive remodel, wow!

[Pdbeta]

Thank you!
I believe it was your orig interior post that started me "thinking" about/ in the direction of a/ wooden interior. It wasn't a particularly hard job to do.

A power miterbox and a ruler, some furring strips, and a B&D stapler/brad tool were the main contributors. Elmer's Carpenter glue and painters tape eased the way into and thru the ceiling curve. Some found along the way "common sense" didn't hurt either.

I still have plank scraps left over? Maybe in the eves of the Galley?

The fotos were tuff "to do" given the width of the six wide and the fisheye lens? Somebody's fat feet & other bizzare body parts ended up in most of the foto's? Then there's that whole flash thingy!

[packerz4]

Hey Little Guy---

Have you thought 'bout changing the design from the factory to close the gap so things don't go down to the sleeping area if spilled etc?

also, then bugs (skeeters) won't go into the sleeping are if the galley is open.

tk

[scott and becky]

I am playing around the idea of bringing the counter top out to the end of the trailer. That would keep gunk from going down on the bed I could put some angle iron there to support it. I still want to be able to lift the counter top( to have access to make the bed). Maybe some better hinges and longer screws would make it stonger on the other side. I think I'll start this weekend!

Scott

[caseydog]

Yes,I am playing around the idea of bringing the counter top out to the end of the trailer. That would keep gunk from going down on the bed I could put some angle iron there to support it. I still want to be able to lift the counter top( to have access to make the bed). Maybe some better hinges and longer screws would make it stonger on the other side. I think I'll start this weekend!

Scott

What I would recommend is that you lengthen the countertop, and lower it just a touch, to sit at the same level as the hatch opening. Then, cut a "Hatch" in the countertop that hinges, instead of making the whole countertop hinge. That way, you can securely mount the countertop for strength, and have four-sided support for the hatch.

I don't have a hatch, so to make the bed, I can either shimmy down head first to tuck the bottom, or pull my mattress up onto the front curve, tuck the foot, and push it down.

At home and in the TD, I use some heavy-duty clamps to secure my sheets and blankets to the foot of the mattress. That keeps everything made at that end of the bed.

[07rascal]

Here is what we created for a "Bug Baffle" for the gap between the counter top and the rear of our LG Rascal. Snaps in place under the counter and across the inside rear of the trailer. Lisa made it out of the same fabric she made the curtains out of. All we need to do is un-snap it from under the counter and this allows the counter to still hinge up.

We have added other enhancements since this picture to the galley such as wire racks, totes to hold food and utensils, paper towel holder and towel hooks. Also, I made a removable table to attach to the rear lip of the hatch for added table space. I will get a more recent pic and get it posted also.

Terry & Lisa

[scott and becky]

Caseydog,
That's what I plan to do. My counter top is in three sections already. All I have to do to start is, pull the center counter and put a longer one in that goes to the back of the trailer. I'll still have a hole on each side that I could put some bug baffles over.( Kind of like Terry and Lisa did with thier LG. ):)

Scott