How Deep is the Galley?

[John6012]

I wonder how deep the galley should be into the rear of the trailer?
I measure 2 feet from the base but it sure seems small. I can go another 6 inches into the cabin but prefer to keep the living area as large as possible. I plan on putting a TV on a shelf on the bulkhead and either way that'd be no problem in that I could "recess the TV into the galley area (box it). Any suggestions?

[IraRat]

Well, if your entire length is 8' long, 2' gives you 6' of sleeping room.

I don't think you're going to want to make it less than that. You just have to get creative with your galley configuration.

[John6012]

Well, it's 10 ft long but it still seemed like a mighty small galley. Creative is the word. I've made beau coup mistakes but many a mistake has been made before and it can always be covered by trim or whatever.

[IraRat]

If you're 10' long, go a little deeper then! I wouldn't go TOO much deeper, but it's up to you.

All I know about TD camping is what I've learned here, and I haven't BEEN camping yet. But the consensus seems to be that your galley is going to be more of centerpoint for everything rather than the ONLY point. Know what I mean? For real comfortable food prep, you're going to want to use slide out and other side tables.

I'm going for a lot of open storage space in mine--not a lot of drawers and such. So for permanent installation in the galley, my 3 "must-haves" are a Coleman Hot Water On Demand unit, a sink, and this combination range/oven:

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templ ... sults1.jsp

And think about it--how much space are these 3 little things going to take up? The combo unit is going on the floor, on a slideout drawer. (See MexicanTear galley.)

And I hear you about covering up mistakes with trim. My problem is covering up my screwed up trim!

[Guest]

John,
My galley is 3'-6" deep and it is what I would say one of the larger galley setups. My overall body length is 11'.

[John6012]

I'm ad libing as I go along, the galley on paper seemed so much larger but when it's on wood, it sure looks small. I cut a window opening before I stood everything vertical and it looked OK. Once vertical whew! I'll probably end up making it 2.5 ft because I'' have an a/c in it and a converter. Flip outs, slides and so forth will make life easier. Thanks!

[TomS]

Well, if your entire length is 8' long, 2' gives you 6' of sleeping room.

I don't think you're going to want to make it less than that. You just have to get creative with your galley configuration.

I consider 6' the minimum length for the cabin. Don't forget to allow for the thickness of the walls, bulkheads and hatch. You'll probably wind up with 18" for the galley. You also have to make additioanl allowances for curve at the rear of your trailer's profile.

I struggled with this problem when laying out my Cubby. I straightened out the front curve on my profile to use the full 8' lenght of the frame. I gained 2" of valuable floor length allowing me to move my lower bulkhead forward and gaining additional cabinet space in my lower galley. The result is my lower galley cabinets are 15" deep.

[asianflava]

I based the interior on a queen sized bed 60X80. Everything left over was galley space. Oh, I do have a front compartment but that only takes up about 8 inches of floor space.