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Re: Camping "What You've Learned"
[Re: IDOT]
#4078682
02/06/24 04:54 PM
02/06/24 04:54 PM
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Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 8,397 Boaz,AL
CarbonClimber1
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Careful what leaves you wipe with…just cause the coleman lanternt tank is empty…dont mean you should throw it in the fire
"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
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Re: Camping "What You've Learned"
[Re: jmudler]
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02/06/24 05:01 PM
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Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 11,302 Somerville
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Booner
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1) Pull with the right size truck. 2) Never ever, buy a new camper. 4) Must have air conditioning, to include a vent in the ceiling (heat is in the floor) in the master bedroom!. 5) Master bedroom must be able to be closed off from the living area. 6) Lay down in the bed before you buy! The end of the bed to the wall in our camper is 6' 2". I am 6'1". 7) Never let your father in law help you back in your space. 8) The longer the camper the more spots you cant fit in. Some places are designed by some real jokers. 9) Buy a 30/50 amp extension cable. Try finding one at 1am when you realize the power pole is on the opposite side and your cable will not reach. 10) Buy the surge protector that plugs in the power box then to your cable. 11) Always carry a tool box, spare camper fuses, tv cables (pole to your camper), tv cable splitter, tv cable barrel nut, board games (when it rains) 12) Always lock your camper door when hauling down the interstate.....ask me how I know. Also hide a spare key under the camper somewhere 13) Lock up your distribution hitch in addition to your camper if you leave the site. 14) If camping in the winter, watch your propane levels, changing/flipping the switch outside at 3am in 25 degree weather sucks. 15) Make sure you have an extension (and 90 angles) to your poop hose, again reference #9 16) Always have rubber gloves.
17) If this is your 1st camper, try a couple of spots very close to the house. You will forget something, this way you can add it your camping list. 
"Don't let a dead deer kill ya"
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Re: Camping "What You've Learned"
[Re: IDOT]
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02/06/24 05:57 PM
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Posts: 3,558 Sumter County
sumpter_al
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So we went on our 1st camping trip this week with our travel trailer. Bucks Pocket is very nice by the way if you haven't checked it out. What I learned -It sucks to forget your power cord and have to go back to get it  Make a list of important MUST have items and check it 100 times to make sure you have it packed. -Forgot to pack a tool kit, you will definitely need that -Gloves for the sewage hookup -Extra Fuses -Backup Camera while not necessary would be nice I have a friend from my boy scout days who almost died there. Repelled off the stone house and rope was not tied correctly. Fell onto that big flat rock at bottom I think it was about 35 feet. As an 8 year old kid I have never forgotten that. Or my scoutmaster doing cpr on him until the paramedics could get there.
I love my country, but don't trust my government.
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Re: Camping "What You've Learned"
[Re: IDOT]
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02/06/24 06:32 PM
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Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 4,441 Here
Okatuppa
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I agree with Ron White’s option on camping.
I ain't fightin nobody that swings around in trees with a running chainsaw like Tarzan. - FurFlyin
Oh I just thought u were a dumba$$ 🤣 my apologies… - jb20
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Re: Camping "What You've Learned"
[Re: IDOT]
#4078859
02/06/24 09:38 PM
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Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 8,237 Montgomery, AL
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A lot of GREAT advice in this thread.
"The struggle you're in today, is developing the strength you need for tomorrow."
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Re: Camping "What You've Learned"
[Re: IDOT]
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02/06/24 09:53 PM
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Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 3,963 Huntsville, Al
Bronco 74
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Posts: 3,963
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Gonna laugh. I’m a tent camper. Don’t go with the aldeer crew. They will get you put in jail. A divorce. A visit by a park ranger. After a few beers the ranger was cool.
"We have an opponent in this state that we work every day, 365 days a year, to dominate."
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Re: Camping "What You've Learned"
[Re: IDOT]
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02/06/24 10:17 PM
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Posts: 108 Central Alabama
Spotchaser8
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I always have an extra water hose with me. In case I need it for length or in case one had a leak.
Last edited by Spotchaser8; 02/06/24 10:17 PM.
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Re: Camping "What You've Learned"
[Re: IDOT]
#4078953
02/07/24 02:41 AM
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Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 7,875 Lee County
RCHRR
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14 point
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Posts: 7,875
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You’re not a camper unless you can throw a 2 man tent on a Harley and go for a few days. Otherwise you are a Glamper. Sissified camper. LOL.
Last edited by RCHRR; 02/07/24 02:42 AM.
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