RV Storage Engineering
Storage comes at a premium in a camper, so you have to maximize all the space that you can. In the rear of the camper are some coat racks along a recess. Those are great, but how much are you really getting into that area. Instead, my wife suggests using a shower curtain rod and hanging a sort of tiered basket from it. That's a great idea! Or so we thought. We put the rod up and everything was fine. We attached the basket and things looked good. We started putting clothes in the baskets and before we filled half of the spaces, the whole contraption fell. I tried to tighten the rod and it still wouldn't hold. After some deliberation, I decided to use some old 3/4" plywood to prop up the rod. I had an 8' long strip, just wide enough to fit in the recess area. Cut that in half, I suspend the rod 48" up with the ability to hold much more weight. If I just had the wood to burn, I would probably have used 50" or so, but beggers can't be choosers. To keep every...