keeping cargo dry

Small Water Pro · 1 keeping cargo dry Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:25 am

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In our togiak float tubes we have a rear mesh platform. Trouble is that it sits down in the water, which makes putting stuff there difficult.
How do you folks keep things dry in the back storage area?
We seen an attached platform on the buck bags roughneck tube. Would this work? and could a person get one to put on our tubes do you think.
Thanks for any ideas

jeffcpr · 2 Re: keeping cargo dry Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:44 am

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I don't know about a platform of course that would be a cool idea to come up with. I on my last trip ended up using a dry bag to keep my stuff dry in the back.

.:LOLLY:. · 3 Re: keeping cargo dry Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:49 pm

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Some people place five gallon buckets back there and put their stuff inside the bucket.

jesusbm562 · 4 Re: keeping cargo dry Sat Sep 01, 2012 3:11 pm

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a good trash bag will do the job too lol!

monkeee2002 · 5 Re: keeping cargo dry Sun Sep 02, 2012 12:23 pm

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Small Water Pro wrote:In our togiak float tubes we have a rear mesh platform. Trouble is that it sits down in the water, which makes putting stuff there difficult.
How do you folks keep things dry in the back storage area?
We seen an attached platform on the buck bags roughneck tube. Would this work? and could a person get one to put on our tubes do you think.
Thanks for any ideas

I gave up on trying to keep stuff dry on my Togiak. I'm sure a dry bag would work well though.

My PFD vest has a couple of pockets, between that & the armrest pockets, I keep enough stuff dry to support me for a few hours on the tube. I also bought a small Plano waterproof case to stash my wallet & phone in while I'm floating.

Misfit_Angler138 · 6 Re: keeping cargo dry Mon Sep 03, 2012 1:36 pm

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I think i seen a post on aanother topic I'm this forum about someone cutting up an old boogie board to make a dry box in that platform....seemed like a good idea....

motorazr · 7 Re: keeping cargo dry Mon Sep 03, 2012 1:58 pm

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I noticed the other day that the Cumberland also sits low in the water and the mesh tray gets wet, the bucket sound like a good idea as it would also support the back of the seat.