Sliding Trays Make RVing Much Easier

If you don’t have sliding trays in your RV you don’t know what you’re missing. With sliding trays you can easily access your stuff without having to take everything out. I have two half bay sliding trays in one compartment of my coach and I love them. The rest of my bays don’t have them and are filled with plastic tubs which work but require you to reshuffle everything when you need to get to that special item in the middle. This person is much more organized than I am. Some coaches have “pass through” sliding trays that can slide out on either side of the RV. These are nice because you may be parked too close to a pole or some other obstacle in a campground and being able to access the slide out tray from either side is a real plus. These sliding trays are not only for motorhomes, they work equally as well for 5th wheel basements. Here is an example of a slide out tray in a Mobile Suites 5er by Doubletree RV. The tray slides all the way up to the opposing door and locks in place to prevent shifting while towing. Some of the newer motorhomes like this Alpine are using full extension half bay sliding trays to get past the overhead slides. As you can see it would be difficult to access your stuff underneath the motorhome slides, so the Alpine was designed to compensate with full extension trays. These sort of remind me of drawers. Notice in this photo how far the tray is extended. The average RVer isn’t in much danger of overloading these storage trays, but you do need to use them in accordance with the manufacturer's weight limits. After market sliding storage/cargo trays are available for your RV. Most RV shows will have several vendors who carry them. Here is an online source for these after market trays. Helping make your RV life easier - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing