Walking thunder Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Hi all I'm getting ready to take my first trip in my new unit with a residential fridge that has glass shelves. Does anyone have any experience as far as how well they travel with items on them what you do to make your fridge safe so that when you stop at your first place you don't open up the fridge to broken shelves etc. Any help would be much appreciated. This is the only fear I have of a new fridge. I'm sort of missing my metal slotted shelves at this point. 2015 Cardinal 3850RL F350 KingRanch using B&W Companion Hitch And my funny little dog DOVES Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyB Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 I put the non-skid shelf liners like you use on your cabinet shelves in my residential refrig. Bought spring tension curtain rods from WalMart to place in front of each shelf. Cheaper than the RV refrig. bars, and also the RV ones aren't as long as the curtain rods, which you need for the larger width of the refrigerator. You'll LOVE having frozen ice cream instead of soft serve ice cream. <G> NancyB NancyB 40 ft. 2006 Alfa See Ya Gold Class A, Diesel KarKaddy SS dolly 2009 Toyota Prius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Mayer Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 We probably have 50K+ miles on our residential fridge. We put the crossbars you can find in CW or Walmart (curtain rods) across the shelves. They are REQUIRED. You also have to have a VERY secure method of keeping the door shut. VERY SECURE....or you will regret it. Jack & Danielle Mayer #60376 Lifetime Member Living on the road since 2000PLEASE no PM's. Email me. jackdanmayer AT gmail 2016 DRV Houston 44' 5er (we still have it) 2022 New Horizons 43' 5er 2016 Itasca 27N 28' motorhome 2019 Volvo 860, D13 455/1850, 236" wb, I-Shift, battery-based APU No truck at the moment - we use one of our demo units 2016 smart Passion, piggyback on the truck -------------------------------------------------------------------------See our website for info on New Horizons 5th wheels, HDTs as tow vehicles, communications on the road, and use of solar powerwww.jackdanmayer.com Principal in RVH Lifestyles. RVH-Lifestyles.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AprilWhine Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Hubby is a very careful driver, have had no problem with the door staying closed. I put items in the fridge in plastic boxes, extra benefit is that it's easy to move stuff from the home to RV fridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selah Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Like most people have mentioned, spring tension rods (curtain rods) work great to keep things from sliding around. note: do not or a whole uncut watermelon on the fridge, even with tension rods. I know how that works and it's not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d&dvogel Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 You also have to have a VERY secure method of keeping the door shut. VERY SECURE....or you will regret it. Agreed. We forgot to put ours in bondage once, freezer door slammed open on a turn, not good on many levels. Donna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyToRV Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 We didn't like the curtain rod (our opinion only). Instead, we have used a combination of these: - make sure "pocket shelves" inside frig doors are full enough any catsup/soda etc won't rock & roll too much - we keep empty Gal. (washed w/soap etc, milk or OJ containers) w us, and use these empty ones as spacers to make a 'back row on bottom glass shelf' filled side to side. FWIW we usually keep 2x gal Milk, Tea, OJ "on hand" in Frig so we won't need to make more frequent groc/wally visits. YMMV :-)). - we also use plastic tub (?maybe 10"x14"x4"h on sides) if we have smaller items that need to ride on main glass shelves. - what we choose instead of curtain rod is a folded, bed blanket, placed at front of tall bottom glass shelf in frig; put in place before travel / removed as soon as we arrive & set up in cg. (it keeps items on shelf " in place," not allow items to push against frig doors & never have anything 'fall out to greet us' at rest stop or when opening refrig at cg on arrival. YMMV :-) Also, our frig is a 3-door style, and so our MH mfr adds "clips" at top of upper frig doors, and adds a 'rotating lever type latch external to freezer dwr' to help secure from accidental opening frig doors while driving. However, we chose to add a "bungee" wrapped through two top frig door handles 'just in case.'. Love the space a res frig provides! Best wishes for many happy travels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest THE TRAILERKING Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 I'd be more worried in a trailer than a motorhome. You're more aware of the ride in a motorhome. However dragging a trailer behind is another thing. You may feel like a smooth comfy ride in the truck but the trailer is doing a "Shake'n'Bake". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark and Dale Bruss Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 We use clear plastic refrigerator trays with sides about 3" high. We lose so shelf space but we don't have surprises when we open the door after traveling. Please click for Emails instead of PM Mark & DaleJoey - 2016 Bounder 33C Tige - 2006 40' Travel SupremeSparky III - 2021 Mustang Mach-e, off the the Road since 2019 Useful HDT Truck, Trailer, and Full-timing Info atwww.dmbruss.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alie&Jim's Carrilite Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Alie uses a variety of containers and trays. Mostly the plastic style baskets with a few old style ice buckets- rectangular 5-6" high from the old ice makers. It's her system and it works great as long as I don't move things around too much! Alie & Jim + 8 paws 2017 DRV Memphis BART- 1998 Volvo 610 Lil'ole 6cyl Cummins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking thunder Posted July 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Thanks for all the tips. Defiantly going to make sure glass bottles are in door with non skid. Actual frozen ice cream was in my top ten for a residential fridge as well as ice and water in the door. I though dometic is now offering the dispensing door idea. I'm sure at a very high price. Had to replace 1 door on my four door norcold for $700 CRAZY STUPID 2015 Cardinal 3850RL F350 KingRanch using B&W Companion Hitch And my funny little dog DOVES Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s106300 Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 That non-skid shelf liner is as versatile as vinegar and cat sand buckets! For those of you who have not yet gone full-timing and are just packing up (as we are) and who have non-skid shelf liner in your cupboards, just remove it and pop it in the washing machine - washes up beautifully! I have used my now clean shelf liners for non-skid rug backing, packing material, pet food dish control, and now, lol, refrigerator shelves! Thanks for the tip. 2010 Volvo VNL 670 D13 500 HP Ishift - "THOR" 2016 DRV Elite Suites 38RSSA - "Freya" 2012 Smart For Two - "Loki" Ron & Shelley Johnston, pilots Toy, Nika, and Piranha, feline co-pilots and Demi-gods (at least if you ask them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remoandiris Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 The Samsung French door fridge in our unit has a latch on the fridge doors and a snap strap on the bottom freezer. We use those only. Our fridge came with the fifthwheel. No problems in the 4 months we've been on the maiden voyage. No tension rods inside either. Wife opened the door too quickly once and lost the eggs. Now we make sure the first time we open the door, at each new locale, we do it slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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