keeping your vehicle dry?

[DiveTyme]

I use 30 gal tub and it holds all of my gear but the tank. I keep a old rug in the back. Set the tub and tank(s) on it. When I get home the rug goes in the washer.
Tim

 

[hex92]

http://www.autoanything.com/

I bought the Husky brand liner for my Grand Cherokee. It has raised edges and keeps everything dry.

 

[Former FLL Now MSP Diver]

A large 45 gal. Rubbermaid tub and lid works for me. It keeps two sets of gear contained, and the lid laid out beside it works for temporary laying of things in the back until it goes into the tub.

At home the whole kit and kaboodle gets trundled onto the pool deck and the tub becomes the rinse tank.

Marc

 

[jlyle]

Weather Tech makes a cargo liner for your Durango that fits the cargo space with a two inch lip all the way around to keep any water from soaking your car.

Go to http://weathertech.com and enter your car make/year/model.

I have a Ford van and bought a Weather Tech liner for the back. You can lay in a towel to keep things really dry.

 

[murphdivers286]

Thank you all. I appreciate the info!!

 

[wstein]

I have 2 large plastic tubs with lids for mine and my wifes dive gear. One each keeps everything neatly separated. When it's time to go diving we just throw them into the back of the truck.

At the dive site/boat ramp we use a holdall or couple of net bags to carry everything onto the boat as the tubs won't fit under the seats. When we come back, everything is rinsed briefly and then put back in the tubs in the car. No mess, no water.

Back at the house, we just carry/drag the tubs to the spare bathroom, throw things in the bathtub, wash them down with the shower head and hang up to dry on the pole over the bath.

Once it's all dry, it's sorted into the appropriate tub, any necessart maintenance/battery charging is done and then put back in the cupboard until the next trip. My save a dive kit lives in my tub, and I have a separate box for spares that lives at the back of the cupboard.

This works really well for us, means we get no water in the car or house and that we always have the gear to hand when we need it, without spending hours sorting or looking for things.

J.

I use a similiar setup. A big blue tub that all my gear goes into to and from the boat. Once at the boat it is sorted out to a smaller net bag for the trip to the dive site.

Paul

 

[Hank49]

I have a Dodge Durgano, and have trouble keeping it dry after i go diving. I have used a tarp to cover the floor, but I recently used two small rectangle plastic containers to put mine and my wife's dive gear in. The containers are the ones you buy at Wal-mart to store things underneath your bed. If anyone has a better idea, or something that could be made to work I would appreciate the comments. Keep in mind the dive tanks.

Move to the beach where you can carry your gear out to your boat. It worked for me. haha.

 

[Lat. Adjustment]

For about $18 at Home Depot or Lowes you can get the drip tray for under the washing machine, at another plumbing supply I saw a bigger one for the washer and dryer.

 

[cth6]

I use concrete mixing pans. Snugly can fit 2 in the trunk of my Honda Accord. Each bin will hold 3 tanks (Two on bottom and one sitting on top in the middle) or two large gear bags. The walls are 9" tall so you can collect tons of water before you get the trunk wet on the corners. The big benefit is that they are thicker than most of the trunk liners. I used to have a commercial drip pan in the trunk, but the corners kept cracking from the tanks shifting. You can pick the bins up at Home Depot or Lowes for $10-$12. Make sure you look for the big ones, they also sell ones that are smaller for $6 but they wont hold most tanks for 50cf.

Chad

 

[murphdivers286]

Thanks!!!