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Bedroom cupboards
Roger Baldwin:
I use them for canned goods because there is not a pantry in the kitchen area. We have a 2001 Patriot. I always need more space for canned and boxed food.
Joel Weiss:
--- Quote from: ]I use them for canned goods because there is not a pantry in the kitchen area. We have a 2001 Patriot. I always need more space for canned and boxed food.[/quote ---
My DW uses all the front cabinets (over the sofa and chair) as pantry which gives us quite a bit of space. Now I'm curious as to what other people put up there. All our dishes and pots and pans are over and under the sink.
We do keep a number of appliances out on the counter while traveling; I've decided that if we stopped quickly enough to launch the KitchenAid mixer we'd have a lot more to worry about than the damage caused by the flying object! I realize that's not 100% NHTSA compliant but I honestly don't care. ;D
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LarryNCarolynShirk:
Joel,
In general, we keep the heavy items in the lower cabinets, and the lighter things in the upper cabinets. It is a center of gravity thing.
Larry
Joel Weiss:
--- Quote from: LarryNCarolynShirk ---Joel,
In general, we keep the heavy items in the lower cabinets, and the lighter things in the upper cabinets. It is a center of gravity thing.
Larry
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Larry:
I'm a physicist and I know how to calculate center of mass. IMHO the amount of discretionary load carried in interior cabinets is insignificant to the existing loads of the coach, its drivetrain, OEM equipment and the basement storage. The entire coach only has a CCC of <3,000 lbs and we're talking about a small percentage of that in these overhead cabinets. Assuming you don't leave them empty on purpose, the net difference between filling them with foodstuffs or with anything else simply isn't all that much because the cabinets aren't all that large. Everyone should do as they wish, but we'll continue to use those cabinets as pantry; they are convenient to the kitchen and have worked well for us.
If we believed there is merit in lowering the center of mass of our coaches, the biggest bang for the buck would be to take things like satellite dishes, solar panels and A/C's off the roof, followed by any audio/visual equipment located in upper cabinets. These are the heavy, big ticket items and moving them would make some (albeit not a lot of difference). Next would be to eliminate stackable washer/dryers and over the counter microwave ovens. Doing all of this would have far more impact on the center of mass than would worrying about what is in the cabinets above the sofa, IMHO that is.
Joel
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