Following up on my stacking shelves platform post: success and lessons learned. What other tips do you have for me? Original post linked below.
Pics posted in reversed order. See the third pick for just the platform, or see my original post for more details. .
I will almost always be camping alone. Priorities are a good night's sleep and good camping meals. What are your best tips for these accommodations in addition to my planned improvements listed below?
First, the positives- platform worked exactly as planned. Easy to assemble and disassemble, converted back to shelving in my basement quickly. I left the top shelf unattached basically because of the height where the shelves need to go but also so that I wouldn't have to remove all of the leg pieces every time.
Some planned upgrades:
- Plan to make PVC telescoping legs with star bolts that I can use to adjust level directly on the platform as needed and to buy some leveling wedges for the vehicle as well. I had a pretty flat spot for the test trip and just used some thin wooden shims under the platform legs on one side but I'd rather not have to keep track of those. And I know level-ish parking will be somewhat hard to find at times.
- Need to construct some sort of the shelf to span the gap between the front seats and the platform so that pillows and things don't fall down into that space.
- I put some magnetic mounts inside the cabin to hold USB rechargeable light bulbs. Those worked well except for my placement of them, I knocked the lights down a couple times. Getting situated. Will need to rethink those.
- Used the bug screens that stretch and slip over the whole door assembly. They were okay but didn't quite reach the bottom of the window area and one of them has a slight tear after just one use. I'll be looking for magnetic or other attachment system screens.