Boat Trash Storage Solutions
Jared 0:08
Alright guys, so trash can storage is something that comes up quite frequently for a lot of our customers. I know on the dealership side, it can be something that’s an objection for them to lose a sale. Kate, you mentioned you know earlier we were talking about this and that your dad ties a hefty bag over the bow rail of the boat to dump all the different beer cans in there or what not. It’s something that we’ve got a lot of better options for that, so. Ashley, you’re our catalog manager, so walk us through some of the different ones that we have to help add some storage on the boat
Ashley Burnette 0:44
Yeah, we have some I would say your entry level kind of an upgrade from the hefty bag like the yeti topper, the yeti loadout can topper or like a 5 gallon bucket topper that can transform any small up to 5 gallon bucket into like a trash receptacle. Keeps the stuff from blowing out. I would say those are your basic, one step up from a hefty bag tied to the rail kind of thing.
Jared 1:09
Yeah, I mean a lot of boats I’ve been on you know, you’ve got the bucket in the back that you either pee in or throw your trash in, right? So, the hard deal with that though is a lot of those buckets don’t have a top right so the ones you’re talking about are toppers for those. Either a home depot bucket or a Yeti bucket that helps retain the trash when you’re going underway.
Ashley Burnette 1:30
Yeah, those can be taken on or off the boat. I would say the next step up from that, that we have would be the CaddyCans. They are kinda like a soft-sided cooler kind of deal. You can open them up and they have a similar top that you can push your trash down through that keeps it contained so its not blowing out. You can put it on your shoulder, carry it down to the beach, or wherever if you’re getting off that’s an island it’s gonna hangout for the day, eat some sandwiches, drink, you can put them in the caddy can and take it back on the boat and kind of strap it down sort of deal.
Matt Porter 2:01
and you can strap that to the railing on a t-top or inside a console. Yeah, that’s nice.
Ashley Burnette 2:06
Exactly. It gives you a nice portability. I mean the buckets you can take them with you too, but it’s a little more clunky carrying a bucket with a handle versus just throw this over your shoulder and go on your way.
Matt Porter 2:15
And you’ve got open hands for all the rods, tackle box, everything else you’re carrying. It’s a little more portable
Jared 2:21
I think from a portability stand point, those are definitely the best products for somebody that instantly bought a boat to enjoy their time on the water a little bit better. You know there’s some ones that require some installation as well like the hang it mate that we have that generally people are installing in a console or on the back of a door. Walk us through those products, Matt. You feel like those are difficult for someone to install or fairly straight forward?
Matt Porter 2:47
The hang it mate’s been around for a long time. That’s a really good solution for mounting something to the back of the door where you can get it out of the way, it’s not on the deck, it’s not visible. You can replace the trash bags from it as you fill them up and go, That’s a good solution. Some of the other stuff that we have though, are tilt-out boxes with a trash can in it, right? We’ve got those on the website. We’ve got pull-out drawers with trash cans in it. Actually, one of the custom projects I did for a guy recently, we made a larger drawer, single drawer unit, where we just used the actual starboard box as the trash can and we made a custom poly ring that drops down and locks the trash bag to the top rim.
Jared 3:30
That’s cool. So they don’t have to order some type of rubber made bin or anything. It’s all starboard.
Matt 3:35
Right. A lot of times the rubber made bin, you might have more space than what that bin is actually offering you. Right, so that was a really good way for us to utilize all the space in there and they filled it up, but it took them a while.
Jared 3:48
Yeah, I do think that on the customer project side, we are starting to see more and more people kind of check the box off on tilt-out storage. Even on the builder side, you know we pushed a lot on the pontoon industry. One of the things we prototyped for Crest with that removable changing station that doesn’t get a ton of use is a tilt out door with 2 trash cans in it. So for the guy who entertaining on a pontoon and owns a Crest that's a pretty easy engineering's already done six screws come out 15 screw is whatever going in and out and you're able to get two trash cans on the boat. So you know, definitely you want to be here from a custom project standpoint. If you guys have a space we can usually make something work and that’s what Matt’s team does a really good job at.