Beverage Tray On The Hunt.

LJ-TJ · December 08, 2011, 10:19 PM

Hey Gang when any of you go on your scavenger hunts could you keep an eye out for one of these beverage trays for me. There a slide out and the rails are bolted to the top of the dog house cowling.

tiinytina · December 09, 2011, 07:16 AM

Call the Arizona RV salvage yard .. our Tiffin has one of these so they all may and they usually have one they are parting out... then again maybe Pat can build ya one!

DaveVA78Chieftain · December 09, 2011, 09:21 AM

MIne was missing in action also. Nice area for electronic toys like a MSD box!

Dave

ClydesdaleKevin · December 09, 2011, 02:10 PM

Here ya go, TJ!

Funny thing is, the 77 Itasca owned by Mark had one just like it when we first bought it, but the plastic was cracked...it was pretty cheezy. Into the dumpster it went with all its hardware to make room for the wooden cup holder I made and installed. My woodworking skills weren't all that great back then, but it wasn't too bad...cracked though at the top of the cup holders.

Kev

JDxeper · December 09, 2011, 05:16 PM

They have a couple of Tiffins and a couple of hundred SOBs, at Colaw''s. I'll see if I can make over there next week, and have a look at all the dead bodies, it's kinda spookie though. Hm? Y!

Does it attach to the top of the dog house or does it hang below the dash? Hm?

DaveVA78Chieftain · December 09, 2011, 07:51 PM

The radiator enclousure (like a firewall) is under the dash and in front of the engine cover access. Large flat open space. The sliding rails attach to floor of this area.

Dave

LJ-TJ · December 09, 2011, 07:55 PM

How'd you do that? Darn. Hm? I believe the rails are attached to the top of the dog house. You have to lift off the engine cover off and the rails are bolted up through the bottom. Yeh there not the most sturdy but they get the job done. Thanks guys. T.J.
Got the old girl in the barn today just in time for the first snow fall. Timings everything.

ClydesdaleKevin · December 10, 2011, 09:21 AM

Aside from being cracked, the other reason I removed it was the shallowness of the depressions for holding a cup. They make a great place to set your coffee cup...if you are stationary and not driving. Your cups will go flying off if you try to drive with one there. I figured there were more comfortable places to sit and have coffee in an RV than the cockpit if you were stationary.

Kev

Cakeman2253 · December 10, 2011, 03:50 PM

Nice idea. Maybe fairly easy to build one, if you cant find one. I am sure you could use some drawer sliders and a piece of wood and then cut cup holes that would fit what you need. Look for bottom sliders. I was originally looking at boat/marine tables. Most are plastic with cup holder molded in. They mount like my back table with a pole. I figure I could mount the base to the dog house and cut the pole to about 1 foot. Then keep a longer pole if I wanted to take the table outside.

LJ-TJ · December 14, 2011, 09:59 PM

True but it would be nice to have one as a templet or something to go off of. Hm?

Oz · February 08, 2013, 03:20 PM

Get anywhere with this?

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LJ-TJ · February 08, 2013, 06:00 PM

Hey Mark, Nup. A few of the lads have or have had them and ether don't like them or have taken them out because they feel there rather useless. Would have been nice to have for a pattern to massage but I'm think it's a dead subject.

tiinytina · February 08, 2013, 06:55 PM

TJ Pat will make you one... patterned off ours.. we love ours.. holds water bottles or soda cans while we drive... The only time its not pulled out is when I have to pull the doghouse lid off

Tina

LJ-TJ · February 08, 2013, 08:29 PM

Wouldn't happen to have a picture would you. How you guys making out with this big snow storm?

tiinytina · February 09, 2013, 08:21 PM

The excuse (not that I needed one) to go over and crank her up... consider it done tomorrow.... :-)
Tina

ClydesdaleKevin · February 09, 2013, 10:49 PM

If you just want a place the put your coffee cup on the cheap and easy, go to a marine store like West Marine and they have these neat gimballed cup holders made for boats. A quick release screws to a convenient location on your dash or side panel, and the gimbal moves with the corners, keeping your cup upright no matter what. They come with a foam sleeve for cold drinks, and if you take the sleeve out, the plastic body of the cup holder has a cutout for a standard coffee mug handle. We had them in The Ark! They worked great!

I couldn't find the plastic ones anymore on West Marine's website, but this is apparently the one that replaced it, with a stainless steel cage:

They go for 20 bucks, and here's the link to get them:

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=1012848&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&storeId=11151&storeNum=50751&subdeptNum=50752&classNum=50755

Basically the same thing, but a metal cage instead of plastic.

Our Classic Winnebagos coffee mugs fit in them perfectly!

Kev

LJ-TJ · February 10, 2013, 03:15 PM

I have a cup holder on both sides, I just though it might be handy to have a tray that slides under the dash if you wanted to have a sandwich or put your maps on. Yes I still use a map. GPS is good if it knew were it was going. Should give that chick a few lessons in reading a map. Recalculating,recalculating,recalculating. W%

tiinytina · February 10, 2013, 08:20 PM

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slide out cup holder.. If I could design it the holders would be 2 layer, wider at top and be deeper to hold coffee travel mugs which are taller and sometimes wider.... but would have smaller middle like this one so could still hold cans and regular water bottles etc....

Tina
PS. and thank you for another excuse to go over crank Gone up on all levels (Engine, genny, furnace) and sit on the couch.. and allow my blood pressure to drop....

tiinytina · February 10, 2013, 08:22 PM

alternatively Pat could build one that just sits on the doghouse... with rubberized bottom or velcro or??? that makes it sit securely....

T

LJ-TJ · February 10, 2013, 08:48 PM

Man I love the slide tray. That looks great. Now I'll have to go out and see what I have to work with. I know what you mean about just sitting in the rig and chilling out. What's with that? It's in the barn going know were won't be out before the twenty-fourth of may weekend and yet there's just something peaceful about sitting in her.

Say hi to Pat.

tiinytina · February 10, 2013, 09:17 PM

With the curtains closed... you are anywhere you want to be... I can imagine lots of places because in the RV... i'm not home, there is no to-do list, there is no pressure to get anything done, and my friends are all outside waiting for more fun in the morning.. LOL....

T

moonlitcoyote · February 10, 2013, 09:23 PM

Quote from: tiinytina on February 10, 2013, 09:17 PM
With the curtains closed... you are anywhere you want to be...

It's funny you say that, every now and then I have to look out the window to see "where" I'm at.

Love that cup holder. We had one on the doghouse but with a 2 yr old walking on it, it got broken. Gonna have to come up with something different now.