Let's see your TH garage storage solutions

[Harleydodge]

Just curious what folks have done as far as mods to the Garage area of their Toy Haulers.
Ours only has a 10' garage and also has the older style wrap-around dinette rather than the opposed sofas in the newer models.


I was thinking about adding some removable plywood boards that somehow attach to the bed-table elevator rails to use to attach various "stuff" to while on the road/on-route to destinations.
We will be hauling the '08 Dresser in my sig to most places we visit, and it takes up most of the middle space, but still lots of room on either side.


Anyone else done anything similar?



I saw a guy with the same Raptor as mine last year that had a fold-flat picnic table attached to the wall back there which I thought was pretty ingenious and got me to thinking about other options.

[Nailz]

Great idea for a topic! Following to get ideas...:cool:

[MattE303]

Just curious what folks have done as far as mods to the Garage area of their Toy Haulers.
Ours only has a 10' garage and also has the older style wrap-around dinette rather than the opposed sofas in the newer models.


I was thinking about adding some removable plywood boards that somehow attach to the bed-table elevator rails to use to attach various "stuff" to while on the road/on-route to destinations.

I did exactly that in our Carbon. There's a pic of our garage in the Carbon Owners group where you can sorta see it. My toolbox roller cart bolts to it, and i have a paper towel holder and hooks for a few other things. I don't remove it when we're camped, but it's designed so that I could. I wish I'd gone all the way up to the bottom of the window, but other than that it works well. I'll take some better pictures with the toolbox removed and post them tonight.

[wifi_guy]

Here is what we did for storing stuff for the kids. The cargo mesh I got off amazon to keep the baskets in place going down the road.

[Harleydodge]

Nice! Keep em coming!

[MattE303]

I did exactly that in our Carbon. There's a pic of our garage in the Carbon Owners group where you can sorta see it. My toolbox roller cart bolts to it, and i have a paper towel holder and hooks for a few other things. I don't remove it when we're camped, but it's designed so that I could. I wish I'd gone all the way up to the bottom of the window, but other than that it works well. I'll take some better pictures with the toolbox removed and post them tonight.
Here's pics of the board with everything out of the way. At some point, I'll redo it and go all the way up to the bottom of the window. I also plan on painting them gloss black to match the TH color scheme. I'm still kind of at the "proof of concept" stage.

[Harleydodge]

Here's pics of the board with everything out of the way. At some point, I'll redo it and go all the way up to the bottom of the window. I also plan on painting them gloss black to match the TH color scheme. I'm still kind of at the "proof of concept" stage.


Right On! That's exactly what I had in mind as well.
My thoughts are to store the boards under the top bunk mattress when not being utilized, so I am going to try and engineer them to be as flat as possible, and incorporate a bunch of holes to hook bungee cords into and such.

[haulinit]

Our garage is going to be used as a sewing room of sorts. My wife does embroidery making biker patches and such. She wants to put her machines in the garage and travel to events selling her patches. She also wants to remove the lower couch so there's room to work.

[smgreen1976]

Well, not necessarily a storage solution, but an office solution. I'm a full-timer and use the garage as my office when I'm not traveling.

I don't use the HappiJak couches, so I pulled them out. I re-used the brackets and mounted a desk top from Ikea. It just so happened to be the exact dimensions of the bottom of the couch, so it worked perfectly. As a bonus, I now have a standing desk anytime I need it.

I kept the bed in place and the brackets on the other side of the garage, just in a folded position, in case I want to use them at some point.

[wifi_guy]

Wow, that’s a really cool idea!

[xrated]

Not sure if it will help anyone or give you some ideas, but here are a couple of my garage area mods. My mods are mostly based around carrying two motorcycles, so check it out if you are interested.....

This first one shows how I added a piece of 3/4" plywood to the floor of the garage area and integrated the existing tie down point for helping to secure the wood. The bolts that hold down the Baxley wheel chocks were put up from the bottom of the plywood and recessed into it (Carriage bolts) to make them function as a stud sticking up. The Baxleys sit on top of them, then I run a nut down to secure them. If I need them out of the trailer, unscrew the nuts, lift them out and it takes about a minute. This mod allowed me to put the Baxley Wheel chocks in the trailer, make the secure, AND, not drill through the floor of the trailer. When I moved the existing tie down point trim plates on top of the plywood, I of course had to use longer wood screws to put the cover trim back on. The plywood is painted with some gray paint and there is 3/4" aluminum angle around the edges to keep everything tidy. You can also see in the background the bottom half of a roll-a-round tool chest. That too is anchored to an existing tie down point in the floor using a "J" hook and through the bottom of the tool box.
https://i.imgur.com/qyRmYC9.jpg

This one show the wheel chocks removed and it being used to store the dog crate. Up above the tool box area I've added a clothes rod across the bottom of the overhead storage cabinet. There is also one of the length of the Gladiator Gear Track with some assorted hooks/basket/storage trays. In the bottom left, you see a box that I built for my Big Red propane campfire ring...along with a 20 lb tank. ....
https://i.imgur.com/xzI6xGe.jpg

This pic is of my wooden box storage for the 4 paint buckets full of concrete with "E" bolts in the top of them. These are used as weights to help hold down the popup canopy when it gets a bit windy.
https://i.imgur.com/jSkjegm.jpg

Closer shot of the front...
https://i.imgur.com/CG054E4.jpg

And a random shot of the storage slide out that I built and installed in the forward storage area of the trailer....
https://i.imgur.com/k9OuehD.jpg

[66joej]

Good job! Nice neat looking garage.

[Harleydodge]

Very Nice!! Some Great ideas there for sure. Thanks for sharing!


Quick question...I noticed your coiled up air line. What compressor do you take with you, if any?



I Plan to take a small one with me this fall to use for blowing out my wet lines for storage.

[xrated]

Good job! Nice neat looking garage.

Thanks, it's a work still in progress.:D

[xrated]

Very Nice!! Some Great ideas there for sure. Thanks for sharing!


Quick question...I noticed your coiled up air line. What compressor do you take with you, if any?



I Plan to take a small one with me this fall to use for blowing out my wet lines for storage.

I've got a DeWalt 6 gallon pancake.....120VAC. I've also got a Viar 12V in the truck and I'm going to do some piping changes and make it where I can tie into the air line that feeds the air horns and be able to air truck tires up if needed, when I'm not towing the camper.

[Harleydodge]

I've got a DeWalt 6 gallon pancake.....120VAC. I've also got a Viar 12V in the truck and I'm going to do some piping changes and make it where I can tie into the air line that feeds the air horns and be able to air truck tires up if needed, when I'm not towing the camper.


Nice!

I really need to do that air-horn mod to my truck as well. So many possibilities :cool:

[xrated]

Nice!

I really need to do that air-horn mod to my truck as well. So many possibilities :cool:

Thank you.......I do love the air horns, although I really don't use them much. Every once in a while, when I'm away from traffic, houses, ect......I like to give it toot! :lol:

[Big Boy w/ Big Toys]

I went with boxes in the floor at the back of the garage....fit them between the floor joists and the frame rails....will have to get a picture from other computer.

Made the front box deep enough to hold a antifreeze bottle standing up. The rear box on the dove tail holds all my tools and other nonsense extras.

[SLIMSHADIE]

Xrated nice job. Just clarifying the motorcycle stand. The plywood is held down using the existing tie downs with longer bolts. The stands are bolted thru with carriage bolts thru the plywood upside down. So the when removing the stands the bolts are still there sticking up?

[xrated]

Xrated nice job. Just clarifying the motorcycle stand. The plywood is held down using the existing tie downs with longer bolts. The stands are bolted thru with carriage bolts thru the plywood upside down. So the when removing the stands the bolts are still there sticking up?

They are, but what I did is cut a couple of pieces of 2x4 about two or three inches longer on both ends, drill holes in them and place them over the studs sticking up. Not the perfect solution, but at least you won't tear your toes off if barefoot. Probably a better solution might have been to put a couple of those metal inserts in from the bottom of the plywood, that have machine threads, and then screw in a bolt into it.

[realgoodbear]

Not a storage solution, but a comfort solution. I found those Happi-Jack sofas miserable to sit on and worse for sleeping, so I removed them and attached a mattress platform made from 2X4's. I ran a 2X4 from one Happi-Jack support across to the other on both sides and then attached 2X4 slats about 5in apart the length of the mattress (80in). At the foot of the bed there is a gap between the slats and the wall and there is room to keep a shelf there and still raise and lower the bed. I was a full timer for 1.5 years and used the top bunk for permanent storage with "under the bed" plastic bins stored on top. When I had guests, they had a comfortable bed on the bottom bunk and I just kept the upper bunk pinned up and raised and lowered the lower bunk as necessary. Sorry I don't have a picture of the actual framing underneath the mattress.

[MattE303]

I know this isn't exactly master carpentry, but sometimes even simple things can be very useful. The coat hook panels were purchased pre-built at the hardware store and a good match for the factory cabinetry. The closet rod is a piece of wooden dowel I cut to length and painted, bought the hardware for it on Amazon for a couple bucks.

[Harleydodge]

Not a storage solution, but a comfort solution. I found those Happi-Jack sofas miserable to sit on and worse for sleeping, so I removed them and attached a mattress platform made from 2X4's. I ran a 2X4 from one Happi-Jack support across to the other on both sides and then attached 2X4 slats about 5in apart the length of the mattress (80in). At the foot of the bed there is a gap between the slats and the wall and there is room to keep a shelf there and still raise and lower the bed. I was a full timer for 1.5 years and used the top bunk for permanent storage with "under the bed" plastic bins stored on top. When I had guests, they had a comfortable bed on the bottom bunk and I just kept the upper bunk pinned up and raised and lowered the lower bunk as necessary. Sorry I don't have a picture of the actual framing underneath the mattress.


I like that idea! very nice! I may use it.
Not sure yet if we could give up the seating in ours though. We don't have the happy-jack seats. Ours is a U-shaped dinette.