Wednesday 3 July 2013

A few cupboard improvements

Really useful boxes
The cupboard under the sink has a useful cutlery tray and two additional shelves.  It looked like the place to store kitchen utensils, but what in?

The Really Useful Box was the answer - 6.5 litre boxes are a good fit on the shelves, provided you are prepared to vandalise them by removing the locking handles and sawing off the protrusion the handles clip round.

The cupboard door, like several others in the 'van, was prone to rattling, but these were easily fixed by sticking on a few of the little self-adhesive plastic bumps that are used by kitchen fitters.  One is visible on the edge just next to the top shelf.

Payload - the final figure

Having done all the messing about, we come to the crunch figure.  By having the upgrade, carrying some things in the car and just removing others, we come up with a usable payload of 179kg


Basic payload 127.0
Uprate 14.0
Don't carry water 10.0
Remove microwave 12.2
Wheel lock in car 5.0
Replace carpet 6.3
Mains lead in car 4.5
TOTAL 179.0

From the previous list of items totalling 52.5kg we can remove the Aquaroll and waste carrier to the car saving 7.5kg.  So the payload available for clothes and food is now 179-45 (for stuff) - 30 (mover) -28 (battery) leaving a much improved 76kg.

Subject to a weighbridge test, of course.