By Russ and Tiña De Maris
Plenty of RVers carry a “grass carpet” with them to stick out under the awning. It’s great to simulate a little green when parked at some high-class RV park where your parking area is solid concrete and the nearest green is at the shuffleboard court. Problem is, how do you store your grass carpet?
For years we had to fold ours up, regardless of whether it was wet, dry, muddy or clean. We’d then stick the folded-up mess into a rectangular storage container and shove it away in the bowels of the rig someplace. Here’s another idea that might work a wee bit better.
Head on down to Home Depot or another similar retailer and look into a chunk of 6″ diameter PVC pipe. As to pipe length, much depends on your carpet size. If you’ve got the typical six-footer, than a few inches over six feet in length for the pipe is just about perfect. Pick up two end caps while you’re at it, and make sure you have some PVC cement.
On one end of the pipe, glue an end cap into place. Roll up the carpet and push it into the “tube” and push on the other end cap. That neatly secures the carpet and keeps it out of the way. Where to put the storage tube? For travel trailer folks, you’ll likely find that the tube could slide under your trailer very neatly, and can be suspended from a couple of loops of plumber’s pipe hanging tape. Form the loops and secure them to the frame using self-tapping screws. We suspect motorhomers may find a similar arrangement could work for them.
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To let it vent and maybe dry out a bit, try a piece of perforated PVC. Secure the ends with pins of sufficient length.
Driving in the rain would be bad! It would get wet and be very heavy!
I use https://www.amazon.com/Valterra-A04-0153XBK-EZ-Hose-Carrier/dp/B007S3LC0E/ref=sr_1_17?crid=PGUJ7ML0KU1G&keywords=rv+tube+for+sewer+hose&qid=1643295713&sprefix=rv+tube%2Caps%2C808&sr=8-17 to carry an additional sewer hose length. It would work fine to carry an outdoor carpet.
My Dad did the same thing only for his fishing rods. He was an avid fisherman and always had one at hand. I always thought that was pretty clever.
Our 10′ x 12′ fiber mat came with its own duffle bag. Swept clean before storing, we fold twice into a 4′ x 10′ then role it up. This works because the role is compressible, not nearly as bulky as grass and affords us a much larger “porch” on which to set our 0-gravity chairs. Easy.
a larger “rug” could present an issue trying to get it into a 6 inch tube, I will stick to folding and putting in a heavy garbage bag until returning home where I can clean it. Mine ends up in the storage area for transport
i use the same kind of carrier for my sewer extension line. Just need to make sure it dries when not in use.
Terrible idea!
If you used sewer pipe it would be lighter weight.
You could use either one with or without the holes for draining.
I when I used the hose carrier to store my carpet when it was rolled up wet it got moldy due to lack if air flow.
It would have got moldy folded up and put in a storage bin too. How long did you leave it?