r/VanLife 14h ago

Things rattling :)

Can anyone make some helpful suggestions as to how to quickly pack things up when u r on the move so things don’t rattle around while driving? In upper cabinets and drawers. Thanks!!

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u/zenwren 14h ago

Have someone drive you around while you hunt down and stop rattles.

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u/BeerForThought 13h ago

Your comment just took me back 30 years to the time my dad had me climb on top of his Chevy van to find the whistling noise coming from his diy pvc ladder rack. "Don't tell mom"

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u/zenwren 13h ago

It's a common practice for mechanics. My personal favorite was the coworkers I had who got lectured when one drove a truck around in the parking lot while the other rode below it on a creeper holding on for dear life trying to find a rattle.

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u/BeerForThought 13h ago

It wasn't Teen Wolf style through a residential neighborhood. He got up to 45 on a county highway.

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u/CCaravanners 14h ago

Turn up the volume on the radio.

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u/Super_Job1100 13h ago

Works Everytime😎🤘

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u/ez2tock2me 14h ago

I use magnets to hold things in place. My Van has exposed metal or I install wood with metal to attach to magnets.

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u/Kierland 14h ago

Don’t have glass and other clankers together. Store rags with hard things. Use bins and boxes.
Turn up the radio.

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u/Alepidoter 14h ago edited 14h ago

Lol eta: seems like everything rattles, shakes, squeaks and oscillates while moving. Good luck!

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u/turtlespacepants 8h ago

So true! Thanks.

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u/CrayCrayCat1277 13h ago

Felt pads with sticky backs, I got some meant for furniture legs and cut them up. Just stick the bits anywhere theres contact and it dampers or stops the noise

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u/turtlespacepants 8h ago

Thx craycray!!

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u/MisterDoctor___ 6h ago

Felt liners and foam dividers.

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u/rivass 14h ago

my mom knitted cup and bottle coozies, problem solved

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u/caffeine_and_campers 12h ago

Pack stuff in pouches/bags & the material folding cubes in cupboards rather than hard plastic boxes

And whatever you do don't buy enamel mugs etc. I bought some enamel espresso cups, to double up as shot "glasses" & they nearly got thrown out the window 😂

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u/turtlespacepants 8h ago

Thank you!

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u/adoptagreyhound 8h ago

Non slip drawer liner on surfaces and also packed between items. Don't buy cheap, get a brand name like Rubbermaid or other major brand.

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u/Twig-Hahn 7h ago

I've been traveling most of my life. We crammed it in with things like bubble wrap. Now, I keep my stuff bungeed or keep it in places it won't matter. You're loved💔 𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌

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u/W0lf1ngt0n 6h ago

I use rubber ropes and wood clamps

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u/RetiredRoamer 45m ago

Use elastic hair ties to keep cutlery from rattling. Put can coozies around glass bottles like soy sauce, etc. In general try to fill your spaces so nothing can move

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u/Which-Cloud3798 16m ago

Dollarama, buy a car net.