Sink help!

[GPW]

Like the old motto.... Think before you sink....

[Roly Nelson]

I've found that when camping in a wooden tear, sinks leak and rot wood and stoves splatter bacon grease all over the galley cabinets. Better to get the picnic table wet and let the grease splatter all it wants to. Now where is that wine glass, it's time for a campfire?
Roly

[CAJUN LADY]

Hi Molly:

Here is what I use and am very happy with it. Made it myself...it sits securely on a bracket that is permanently attached to the Tear and the table leg folds flat under it for easy storage. I use a Coleman Hot Water on Demand for my hot water needs but it is just as simple to heat a pot of water on your stove.

[Arne]

grease splatters are good for picnic tables... helps weatherproof them.....


My t/d counter doesn't need weatherproofing... so I cook on the picnic table.

[GPW]

That bucket sink is looking even better now....

[moreforles]

I think the sink in the drawer that Steve_Cox posted was a cool solution, but would have taken it one step farther, install drain with stopper and use a flexible drain hose to a 5 gal bucket under the sink (could be used for storage when not in use or to a bucket outside to save space inside)

Don C, if you put a cutting board over the spot where the sink was, how much room did you recover....... couldn't you just have placed a cutting board over the sink when not in use....? I know the sink took up space below the counter, but... it was a small sink?

I'm planning on a larger camper (6x12+) with the express purpose of having at least a small galley with sink (I have a double bowl sink, with covers to increase counter space when sink isn't being used and a small oval stainless sink both salvaged from rv) and well as full shower, and already have a rectangular 40 gal fresh water tank, salvaged from old RV, as well as 2 -30 gal plastic jugs, and 50 gal plastic barrel, not sure what I'm going to use, but water is a must.

I've been accumulating parts and pcs for a couple years for converting a van to a mini rv but have decided to do that and camper too, and plan on starting on camper in spring, after finalizing plans and working on the mini rv/van through the winter. Trying to put everything you could want into a small package and still have it functional as well as looking at least halfway decent is always a accomplishment. Between the two, I could live in them... but the wife might not like the idea....

so will have to just do it part time, long weekends, a week or two here and there. (hopefully lots of long weekends and a bunch of week or twos.....)

[TinKicker]

Cajun Lady, what material did you use for your counter there?

P.S. - Like the crawdads!

[CAJUN LADY]

Cajun Lady, what material did you use for your counter there?

P.S. - Like the crawdads!

Hi Tinkicker:

I used a piece of Birch, 4'x2' and painted it. I made another table with the plastic tubs going in a different direction in order to accomodate the Coleman HWOD better but I didn't sand it enough so I have to start over. Thanks, I love my crawfish towels too.

[DonC]

moreforles,

I had multiple reasons for removing my sink. 1- I didn't use it much! 2- I only have a 4 cylinder truck to pull my TD, so I wanted to keep it as light as possible. The guy who originally built it had a large water jug on the front tongue, which was another problem since my tongue weight was WAY too heavy. 3- I wanted to move the battery off the tongue and put it in the galley. Under the sink was the perfect spot, but the sink and drain pipe were in the way. So with the sink removed, the battery fits perfectly in that space. For the little amount of water I will be using, it makes more sense to use gallon water jugs and store them in my truck.

[TinKicker]

Yeah, Don, sometimes we get so caught up in the idea of having every convenience for every occasion that we forget that the simple methods are just as good, like gallon milk jugs instead of a complicated plumbing system with maybe a dispenser right by your pillow and fire sprinklers.
In the end, it's always best to build with purpose in mind, and then if there's leeway toward conveniences, by all means add them. If not, nothing lost.
> Plastic totes instead of complex and expensive woodworked drawers.
> Multi-outlet power strip instead of an intricate wiring network.
The list could go on and on, but you get it. Build toward what you NEED, and add what you WANT.
But if you've got the $$$, then forget what I said...build it to the MAX!!!