# Need a shelf for my 2017 Ford Escape **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** escape, ford\ **Created:** [May 19, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355 "2025-05-19T20:30:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sundayDriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sundaydriver/32/5263_2.png) [@sundayDriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sundayDriver)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/1 "2025-05-19T20:30:22Z")
I have a 2017 Ford Escape (I think SE). My elderly mom has a Rollator which does fold up nicely. This isn’t a post to about how jealous I am, I want to find a good way to store it in my car. I want some kind of shelf, but can’t find anything like that. I have stuff stored in the back and I put groceries there and other stuff. I want a shelf above that, which I can lay the Rollator on top of. As it stands, I can fit the Rollator by laying it on my stuff, but I don’t want to. I want a shelf. For a reasonable price. Something like this guy did (but not really able to build things myself): [A near perfect rear storage solution for under $150... | Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum](https://www.fjcruiserforums.com/threads/a-near-perfect-rear-storage-solution-for-under-150.27289/) Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/2 "2025-05-19T20:38:08Z")
Measure just how much room you have in the back. Then go to Amazon and look at kids tables and you might find one to fit as a shelf. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/3 "2025-05-19T20:40:08Z")
Here’s one on eBay. Maybe your Escape already has the grooves they mention. My guess is that your car has them. > **[Cargo Cover for Ford Escape 2013-2019 Trunk Security Luggage Privacy Shade |...](https://www.ebay.com/itm/315084101741?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338678874&toolid=20006&customid=fff7164048c615de673c7e6bdee29d5b%7C%7C&gclid=fff7164048c615de673c7e6bdee29d5b)** > > \[Fits For \] Ford Escape suv cargo cover. Model A Black cargo cover. Tool free installation. Retractable cargo trunk cover. 1 year warranty. 1 pcs Cargo Cover As Shown In The Pictures. \[Easy installation \] Tool free installation. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/4 "2025-05-19T20:48:19Z")
That cover will not hold a Rollator ( which is a 3 wheel walker for handicap people ). ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/5 "2025-05-19T21:05:57Z")
Ok. I didn’t check what a Rollator is and assumed incorrectly it is a cargo cover. After looking it up, I’d get a couple-a-three totes with tops that are tall enough to store stuff, but not so tall that the Rollalator would slide over the rear seat and hit the driver or passengers. It looks like the guy with the FJ has two wide totes. Something like the tote below, properly sized for the Escape cargo area. > **[Husky 27 Gal. Pro Grip Storage Tote in Black with Red Lid 999-27G-HUSKY - The...](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-27-Gal-Pro-Grip-Storage-Tote-in-Black-with-Red-Lid-999-27G-HUSKY/328026911)** > > This heavy-duty Husky 27-Gallon Pro Grip Tote is designed to handle all your storage needs. The recessed lid enables you to stack multiple units effortlessly, while the tapered design facilitates easy ---
**Author:** ![sundayDriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sundaydriver/32/5263_2.png) [@sundayDriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sundayDriver)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/6 "2025-05-19T21:52:03Z")
Technically it’s a 4 wheel. It’s at most 25 pounds. That cover probably won’t hold 25 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/7 "2025-05-19T21:58:39Z")
> [@sundayDriver](#): > > That cover probably won’t hold 25 pounds. Mr. Sanders is the one who said security cover because he did not know what a Rollator was. If you do talk to anyone else be sure to let them know you are talking about a wheeled walker. ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/8 "2025-05-19T22:40:08Z")
What’s in the back seat? Seems to me that if it folds up well, I’d find a way to strap it upright once folded up to the back of the front seats - or “a” front seat if the size is right. If you do want/find some kind of a shelf, be sure that there is a way to firmly secure everything. The last thing you need is to get hit in the back of the head with the stuff in the event of sudden stop or accident. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/9 "2025-05-19T23:00:25Z")
The best way would be to have the wheeled walker under the shelf and the groceries ( which is a word someone just invented recently) on the shelf . ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/10 "2025-05-20T00:19:57Z")
There are these, not sure of weight capacity. Wheathertek seems to have one, perhaps you can claa them and ask. [Amazon.com: kongka Cargo Cover for 13-17 Ford Escape Cargo Cover Black Trunk Shielding Shade : Automotive](https://www.amazon.com/kongka-Cargo-Cover-Escape-Shielding/dp/B013K5J1CO) ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/11 "2025-05-20T00:21:13Z")
> [@VOLVO-V70](#): > > groceries ( which is a word someone just invented recently) Ah, yes. I remember: “_An old fashioned term that we use – groceries…used…on the [presidential] campaign. It’s such an old fashioned term, but a beautiful term. Groceries. It says a bag with different things in it._” The brilliance is … so… well, brilliant. Who ever knew what “groceries” even were before? ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/12 "2025-05-20T00:22:26Z")
A cargo cover will not work to support the weight plus the parts of the walker will punch holes in the cover. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/13 "2025-05-20T01:56:15Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > Something like the tote below, properly sized for the Escape cargo area. Ding ding ding, I was racking my brain trying to figure out some kind of fancy get up I needed to put groceries in the bed of my truck so the bags would not fall over and stuff go everywhere… Wifey bought 4 big totes to store stuff in and I stole them from her, they work great and are about an inch or two shorter than the bed rails so even with a bed cover they fit and can be removed easily and with the tops on them, they can act as a shelf… And very affordable also… ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/14 "2025-05-20T13:39:11Z")
I don’t think putting those plastic lidded totes in the back will meet what Sunday Driver wants to do. I think they want to put things in and take them out without having to move the other stuff. I think Bing or myself could make a shelf that would solve the problem . By the question it appears that folding the rear seats down is not an option for the OP. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/15 "2025-05-20T16:18:30Z")
Find a body shop that’s not too busy. Ask how much they’d charge to fabricate one for you. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/16 "2025-05-20T16:29:33Z")
Your cargo area looks like this? ![Screenshot 2025-05-20 122311](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/2/f/2fce97ad0e121ad5bdfccf49ef471497ceda14af.png) Buy a cheap table like this, cut the legs to the height you need and pop the rubber caps back onto the ends. Viola (sic)- ![Screenshot 2025-05-20 122720](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/e/3/e3c16e8b8bd2d16c8e0029a2e67f2785cccf8a4f.png) ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/17 "2025-05-20T20:05:22Z")
> [@VOLVO-V70](#): > > I don’t think putting those plastic lidded totes in the back will meet what Sunday Driver wants to do. I think they want to put things in and take them out without having to move the other stuff. I think @sundayDriver like the idea. He liked my post. See #5 above. ---
**Author:** ![sundayDriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sundaydriver/32/5263_2.png) [@sundayDriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sundayDriver)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/18 "2025-05-20T23:10:43Z")
I did like it, and am still considering what I’ve read here. To be fair, though, I’ve upvoted all responses, since I appreciate the time you all take to answer me and figure at the least I can give you a thumbs up. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/19 "2025-05-21T03:06:27Z")
Well I think I would consider talking to a cabinet maker. It wouldn’t be hard to just build a frame with a couple of drawers sized the way you want and on drawer slides. You could use the Rubbermaid containers as inserts if you wanted and a carpeted plywood top. I would hinge the top though in the center to make it easy to put in and take out. You’d want to minimize weight though so nothing massive, just cheap cabinet framing. In our camper I made quite a few cabinet modifications so you might get an idea looking at an rv o4 talking to a dealer. Yeah I’m into cabinets and this wouldn’t be that hard to do for a wood worker. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355/20 "2025-05-21T11:50:02Z")
A custom stereo shop or interior shop would probably be the best place to have something built, they build custom stuff for vehicles every day… Unless of course you go the DIYer route… [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-a-shelf-for-my-2017-ford-escape/200355.md?page=2)