Your
garage can only hold so many kayaks, snowmobiles, and sets of scuba and ski
equipment while housing your vehicles. When you enter your garage to start your
car up in the ritual warming process in mid January, that kayak and those river
toys seem like they are taking up too much space (as nobody in their right mind
would engage in water sports while ice drifts are present). The USstoragesearch.com
blog offers some great tips on
how to maximize your storage space, and focuses on specific items to store,
such as books. This article will address how storing seasonal items will not
only make your home less cluttered, but how it will make your outdoor hobbies
easier to enjoy.
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The Accoutrements of Winter and Summer Fun
Depending
on where you live, as an avid outdoorsman, winter is a time for snowmobiling,
ice fishing, hunting, skiing, snowshoeing and sledding. Summer, on the other
hand, ushers in the fun of water skiing, surfing, cycling, rock climbing and scuba
diving (or you may be a gutsy ice divers). It is a safe assumption to make that
when you are out having some cross-country skiing adventure, you will not be
playing beach volleyball the following day. Utilizing a storage locker for
those summer items in the winter months (and vice versa) not only frees up
space in your home, but it will make your favorite activities more accessible
and easier to prep. For example, if you rent a storage space near the lake, you
can keep the sporting goods acceptable for that season on hand, so that all you
have to do is drive to the unit, pick up the gear, and in minutes set it up by
the waterside. If you are an ice fisherman, keeping your shanty, portable
heater, portable depth finder, cooler, portable recliner, lures, scales, and
other tools neat the lake will make the set-up process a breeze. The same can
be said for the summer months. Forget going through the ritual of strapping
your kayak to the top of your vehicle; simply pick it up at your storage locker
and hit the open water.
If you
really want to free up space, you can even store all your sporting goods in a
locker, and rotate what is in season up to the front of the unit.
Getting the Most Bang for your Buck
This is
not a hunting reference, but rather a call to inform readers that choosing the
right type of storage unit will give you a greater return on your storage
investment. In an article by Yahoo, the
author writes that choosing a storage locker isn’t as easy as pinpointing a
practical location and locking the door. For example, be sure you don’t buy a
space that is larger than you need. If you think you might be adding more items
to the storage space, keep what you have and upgrade when the time comes. Also,
late fees are incurred when you become past due. Make sure to use a facility
that offers automatic payments to avoid these fees and the hassle of having to
remember to pay a bill. Ask about long-term discounts. Since your outdoor
activities are going to be a part of your life until you are too old to do
anything but sit by the fire and grumble, you will be using the storage space
for most of your life. Ask about a long-term discount as a gesture to earn your
customer loyalty.
Surf or Ski
