Refrigerator and milk

[mrquacker]

Got myself a new Cougar 27RKS and am in the process of stocking it. I took a look at the shelves in the fridge and started to wonder just how much weight they could/would hold. For instance, a gallon of milk?

In my little pop up, I had to keep the milk on the floor level to keep it from tearing up the sides. Don't want to do that on this one.

[Fabguy]

I am a home brewer with a keg system and I have carried up to 3-2 quart growlers full of beer on one shelf of my Dometic many times with no issues.

[Vette_Racer]

If there is a empty spot in the frig(or anywhere else for that matter)my wife will fill it with something, no shelf's broken yet, we do try and keep the heavy items out of the frig door during travel to help the hinge's on the door. This is on a 1095 Norcold.

[GoPackGo]

I find it easier to buy 1/2 gallons. They fit in more places. Plus, a single half gallon lasts about the right time for me - a gallon would probably spoil. Another advantage is that I will buy a half gallon, even though I still have a partial in my fridge - That way one has a an expiration date that is further away. Yes, it's more expensive. Oh well.

[GBuilders]

We keep a gallon of milk, OJ, ice Tea , and some beer in our fridge on the top shelf and have traveled tens of thousands of miles through flat lands and mountains and have never had one problem with anything breaking. We also pack our fridge tight so we don't have a lot of space for things to slide around.

[toedtoes]

I keep my gallon of milk on the bottom shelf with other large non-squishable items - both at home and in the RV. Just seems like the bottom shelf is where milk goes. 🙂

[Old-Biscuit]

We FT for 7 yrs ......

Gallon of ice tea and milk on same shelf, jars of pickles, jalapenos, mayo, and everything else that needed to be refrigerated.

Never broke any shelfs

[darsben1]

ventrman wrote:
We only put Milk in our Frig to chill it prior to consumption. We go to Dollar Tree and purchase the ultra pasteurized Milk. It is Shelf stable for up to a Year without Refrigeration. They have been using it for over 40 Years in Europe. When I got to Germany in 1974, all of the Milk was like that in the German Stores. It does have to be refrigerated after it is opened. That is all my Wife and I use. If we got a Gallon of regular Milk, it would go bad before we could use it.

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[ventrman]

We only put Milk in our Frig to chill it prior to consumption. We go to Dollar Tree and purchase the ultra pasteurized Milk. It is Shelf stable for up to a Year without Refrigeration. They have been using it for over 40 Years in Europe. When I got to Germany in 1974, all of the Milk was like that in the German Stores. It does have to be refrigerated after it is opened. That is all my Wife and I use. If we got a Gallon of regular Milk, it would go bad before we could use it.

[mrquacker]

Thanks for the replies. Guess I'm just being a little over cautious.

[KD4UPL]

My 6.0 cu ft Dometic has a cut out in one shelf just the right size for a gallon of milk to pop thru from the shelf below. If it weren't for that I would have a tough time getting it to fit as the shelves are too close together.
Some of my shelves also have sort of a guard rail across the front to keep things from sliding too much. We always take a gallon of milk and have no problems.

[SoCalDesertRid1]

I've filled up most of the fridge with bottles of beer before. It didn't break anything.

Beer is the new milk. :B

[BB_TX]

We have carried gallon jugs of milk frequently over bouncing highways with no problem. Your fridge may be different.

[mikebreeze]

I found some fridge holding bars at campingworld.com:

http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/single-refrigerator-bars-3-pack/70078

I usually take powdered milk in my RV for my coffee. I guess that if you have kids, real milk would be better for them to drink.