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That "huge" (imagining my sil's bag for a week, family of four for others for a week) might be just the ticket for out of season coats and clothes. On its side. You never know... At least I'd use it to start sorting. When we moved the last two times, I took everything out of my closets, tried everything on, and discarded everything that I wasn't happy with, fit or looks. With the exception of things I hadn't worn in 18 months. Those, I didn't even bother with. To charity, they went.

Here's a photo of the jumbled mess of my closet as I was taking it apart. It may not be built the same today, so, ask your rep. I have one shelf with a lip, a single rod, and a false bottom (removeable) that covers wiring and a few other bits. The closet isn't big. It's big enough for six outfits and a jacket or two, and the little ikea organizer. Room under and around for several large packing cubes. Top shelf holds first aid kit, medicines, bug spray, and sometimes hats or a packing cube. Or a rolled up sweatshirt or two. Extra tp. If we need space for bigger coats, outfits get rolled and moved into another space. Winter traveling, or rainy weather, I hang jackets in the bathroom to dry, using the shower hook, and a big command hook. I use a lot of command hooks, and a lot of velcro for flashlights, remote controls, etc. Also for hanging long sleeve shirts, light jackets, etc, as layers change throughout the day. The red jacket you see is hanging over a sweater, on a command hook, on the bit of bathroom wall adjacent to the closet. The grey cube is a small first aid kit. The other one is covered by the floppy packing cube above.

Above the sink, I use plastic /Tupperware, etc. to separate items. Coffee supplies in one. Another for mugs and glasses. Another for cooking oil, condiments, etc.

My drawers are different from the new trailers, so hopefully, someone with a newer Elite will share. Even with the smaller old school drawers, there is room for a small silverware divider.

All the small side cabinets (4 total) are close to the same size. One over fot and head of bed, two over small dinette area. The measurements are the opening size, roughly in my 2008. There's more space on each side of the opening. That's where packing cubes and fabric separators like Skubb from ikea come in. They can use the space, conforming to the curve of the hull, and keep stuff from jumbling around.

I wouldn't be too quick to do that. You may want to use them for out of season clothes, boots, shoes. Especially if they fit on or beside totes in the truck bed, filling spaces, and soft side as opposed to heavy hardshell. My mom travels back and forth from Florida to the Midwest. She keeps northern gear in a suitcase under a bed. Some paperwork in a small hardwire bag, basically a "file cabinet." Just a thought.

When we picked up our elite, we had 3 people in a volvo xc90, plus our luggage from a week at a trade show, plus what I felt was essential to set up the trailer for a trip to Florida. (Third person was my brother. We dropped him off 6vor 7 hours down the road at his in-laws, to catch a flight home to Minnesota. ) That's entirely different than trying to move into a new home on wheels, however. I'll try to make a list of what I really think is essential for living on our longer (2 months or more trips, with more than one season.) Sherry

We are home from (we think) our last camping trip of 2020. I can try to help you, from the old school perspective, as best as I can. I remove most everything from the trailer at the end of the year, and clean/launder/discard/replace as i go. I'm always surprised at how much I'm moving around, considering we travel with three empty cupboards (at least) most of the time. I agree. You don't want to turn the trailer into a hoarders paradise. Nor do you want to have to replace items you give away from your sticks and bricks home.

Pretty sure there's another more current thread about this Ford issue. It's been out there awhile.

FYI, all factory truck backup cameras, and many aftermarket cameras, only work when in reverse. Typically they get energized when the reverse lights come on. This is not so great ... I think most of the rvs we've delivered yo Alaska have a fulltime rear view camera. It would really be nice if all of them worked that way.

I wish I could have captured a photo of the stars tonight in our little corner of western North Carolina. Amazing. Beautiful. I'm thankful to be out here, and seeing the beauty. Oh, and late night hot dog over the dwindling fire. Priceless. 😅

Agreed. Tonight's fire.

Whatever the name, your counters are lovely.

It's the mounting I'm thinking about. Most other rv "builtin" furniture is wood. Ours is fiberglass. Somehow, the whole thing has to be secured for travel. Then again, drilling holes under the bed/seat cushions isn't a big deal. I'll really look forward to your mod. I love the adjustable beds we put in our guest room. If my back is bothering me, it's the very best place to sleep.

Another thing I've found helpful, when camping in tiny van campers abroad, is to use soft duffle bags for coats, extra clothes etc. They can squish in anywhere. In our truck bed, I can put a partially loaded duffel on top of some bins. In Iceland, camping in a tiny van, I had to move some stuff from bed to car seats at night. It took just a minute, so no big deal. (If you actually find out you run out of space. Which I doubt.)

I don't think you'll find it too hard to accommodate what you need in the Elite, and the truckbed, and that cave of a back seat in the Rebel. We travel most of the time with three or more empty cupboards. Instead of a bath cabinet, which we don't have, I keep bath supplies in a plastic file box, with a handle on top. It just fits between the toilet and wall, and it's easy to remove when using the shower. Extra bath towels go in a bedding crate under the bed. Do you have any IKEA skubb fabric boxes? I use those in upper cabinets, to organize contents. Since they're fabric, they bend to fit the available space, plus they're light. I pack our clothes, mostly, in packing cubes. I also have a hanging kids organizer from ikea in the closet. It holds ikea skubb boxes, and small packing cubes, and/or rolled sweaters and shirts. I'm with Susan. Rolling clothes, for the most part, keeps things compact and mostly wrinkle free.

I thought the same thing when I saw the Advanced Rv Bed, Susan

Philip Andrews has made some posts on Facebook about the new brackets, with different gussets. I can't find his photos at the moment.

We did exactly that. When our microwave died from lack of use, we removed it, and built a cabinet. If you use a microwave now, while camping, you know you'll want one again. Everyone has different styles and needs.

We carry extra clothing, coats, boots, etc. In bins in the pickup bed, as well. Three bins fit nicely under the Elite big dinette, if you keep it made into a bed all the time, as we do. One bin is extra bedding and blanket. One is often clothing. One is misc daily stuff, vacuum, etc.

Mostly, people use it for doing dishes, and washing dogs, from what I've seen. And yes, we've actually used it as an outdoor shower. But noone uses it in the winter, I'm sure.😅

Not long, now! Good luck, and safe travels!

Looks really nice!

I've learned many things from you. Thanks for everything. Especially your sense of humor!