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Reply #25 –
Yeah storage in these can get tight when we have too much stuff. I have four different tool bags. One for plumbing one for general tools one for sockets and extensions and another one with just loose stuff plus I have my three quarter inch drive set. Then there's the Bosch 18 volt cordless tools that I have and my drill. My shop vac. Expandable and foldable ladder and a few other things that I came and think of right now.
One of my goals whenever I pull into a parking area for an extended length of time is pull everything out and reorganize and put it back in again. In the end I wind up shoving stuff here and there and it all looks the same after a while. Me personally I'm not very organized so organizing my coach has been an issue. I have room for everything barely. I'm slowly getting some things thrown away. Eventually I'll get there. All the see-through storage boxes that I've had have broken. I don't trust them and they definitely don't do well with UV light. The Rubbermaid containers that I have have wheels on one end and a handle. I have three of them in my Joey bed on the passenger side. One holds all of my camping gear like tents and backpacks camping stoves and the like. The other two hold junk that eventually I'll get rid of. Some spare parts tools they don't use often stuff like that and then whatever else gets left over gets thrown in on top. I don't store anything under my Joey bed. And nothing's worse than having something fall back behind the Joey bed and not be able to close it now so then you have to remove everything to get to that stuff and get it out. I broke my fien shop vac nozzle like that. Now I learned that when I meet resistance stop and check it out.
'99 U320 40 WTFE
Build #5462,
1500 Watts Solar 600 amp Victron lithium
2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Hemi
Instagram bobfnbw
Retired

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Reply #26 –
Here's the picture. Made from baking racks that a bakery was selling. All bolted together and bolted to frame for easy removal to have access to the batteries.
Richard & Betty Bark & Keiko our Golden Doodle
2003 U320T 3820 PBDS
Build # 6215
MC # 16926
2016 Chevrolet Colorado 4X4 diesel

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Reply #27 –
Richard, thanks for posting the picture. Nice idea and re-use of materials!
Bruce & Linda
2004 U295, Build # 6268, ISL400 CAPS
2016 Ford Explorer Sport or 1985 Jeep CJ7

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Reply #28 –
Thanks guys... what about your stinky slinky (sewer hose) ? We no longer have the tube in front of the engine compartment and I don't really want to add one back in that location because I like the access it gives me without it. Any of you have a creative spot for it?
1987 Grand Villa ORED
2001 U320 4010

Not all that wander are lost... but I often am.

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Reply #29 –
Elliot I just keep mine in the bottom of the wet Bay. I have a waste Master hose and when it's all compressed up if it's in there nicely. I made a few modifications to do that though. But it's nice to just be able to open the wet Bay and dump the tanks without messing with it. Usually I keep one and hooked up and that gives me a fourth valve on the end of the waste Master hose just in case.
'99 U320 40 WTFE
Build #5462,
1500 Watts Solar 600 amp Victron lithium
2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Hemi
Instagram bobfnbw
Retired

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Reply #30 –
Quote from: Journey, Roam, Explore –
Elliot I just keep mine in the bottom of the wet Bay. I have a waste Master hose and when it's all compressed up if it's in there nicely. I made a few modifications to do that though. But it's nice to just be able to open the wet Bay and dump the tanks without messing with it. Usually I keep one and hooked up and that gives me a fourth valve on the end of the waste Master hose just in case.
Sadly there's no way I could fit it in my wet bay. I kind of like having that particular hose off in it's own little world too... just a mental block I have with it touching anything
1987 Grand Villa ORED
2001 U320 4010

Not all that wander are lost... but I often am.

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Reply #31 –
Quote from: Elliott –
Sadly there's no way I could fit it in my wet bay. I kind of like having that particular hose off in it's own little world too... just a mental block I have with it touching anything

Yeah I understand but you know after 35 years in the medical field touching a impervious hose with fecal matter in it doesn't bother me at all. I don't even wear gloves most of the time I just wash my hands afterwards. You know about the army guy and Marine in the bathroom? The army guy looks at the Marine who's getting ready to walk out and said hey then it's your mom teach you to wash your hands after you use the bathroom? And the Marine looks at him and says yeah my mom also taught me not to piss on my hands.. at least I think that's how it goes.
The nice thing about the waste Master hose if it's already hooked up all you have to do is open up the valve to let air in pull the hose out stick it in the drain hole and open up your black tank. It's a pretty clean way to do it. But yeah I modified my wet Bay in order to hold the hose. Still a work in progress.
'99 U320 40 WTFE
Build #5462,
1500 Watts Solar 600 amp Victron lithium
2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Hemi
Instagram bobfnbw
Retired

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Reply #32 –
Quote from: Elliott –
Thanks guys... what about your stinky slinky (sewer hose) ? We no longer have the tube in front of the engine compartment and I don't really want to add one back in that location because I like the access it gives me without it. Any of you have a creative spot for it?

My 2 - 10' hoses collapse to 39" long with cap on both ends.  Rinse them out, let them drip dry, collapse and cap and they all fit in my added bay on the driver's side rear.  Along with my compressor, whee chocks, 50' of 50 amp extension cord, 4 safety stands, a coolant pump, 50' of 1/4" air hose and my 4 magna shade wheel/tire covers.

I have another hose elsewhere just in case.

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Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

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Reply #34 –
Some pictures.  All of my mechanical tools are in the red tool box.  Long stuff under the inverter. Shelves for four chairs. Grill box.  Also holds my collapsing ladder, fire pit, water softener and filters. Compressor, cords, hoses, wheel chocks, safety stands, air hose in the new small bay.

That's all the room I have. If it doesn't fit I don't need it.
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN
 

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Reply #35 –
I have a tote like Jeff except mine's blue.  It holds all of my sewer hoses and fittings.  I also have the grey flexible one that fits in the tube in the wet bay.  That gives me over 30' of hoses.  And I've had occasions to use all of them once or twice.
Forest & Cindy Olivier
1987 log cabin
2011 Roadtrek C210P
no longer 1999 36' U320 build #5522
2013 Rzr 570 & 2018 Ranger XP1000
2006 Lexus GX470
2011 Tahoe LT 4x4
Previous 1998 45' 2 slide Newell, 1993 39' Newell