Recent content by Brett

Yeah, not the end of the world. Maybe that side will get covered in stickers from our travels. The bumpers won't work though because the screw heads are rounded so they won't stick. I looked at it more closely and it only dented the side opposite of the arm that holds up the hatch. The arm...

Yes, it's those little screw heads, they put surprisingly large dents! Oh well, nothing I can do about it now.

I just drove our new camp inn 1100 miles from the shop to our house and I used a Yeti 35 in the cooler niche. Valuable lesson learned. There are two small, chrome fixtures on each side of the cooler that attach the rope handle. I wrapped the cooler in a towel from front to back. I did not wrap...

Thanks for all the posts. I'm pretty excited to drive the outback to pick up the camp in this week. The old forester I had only had a tape deck and the pop out cupbolders were broken just like every old subaru. I'll post when I get back on how it does. Ron was awesome and sent me pics of how his...

If you can't buy a used camp inn a new one is the way to go. I'm also a less is more kind of guy. I like if my coleman stove craps out I go to any wal mart and buy another one. If my water jug breaks (ha!) I go to wal mart and buy another one, and if my lanterns break or run out of batteries I...

This thread made me laugh. The only vehicle I ever owned that consistently stranded me on the side of the road was a one year old Land Rover lol

So I pick up my 550 in a little over two weeks! I have my Dad's old Subaru Forester that I got all set up yesterday by putting the trailer hitch on it in my garage and wiring for the 7 pin. I dropped it off at the mechanic this morning to have the oil changed and it gone over before the trip and...

I love old cars, but I hate working on them. I also hate tent camping. When I was a kid my Dad refused to go camping saying it reminded him of Vietnam, so we'd go hiking or fishing and stay in a hotel or cabin. I never learned to sleep on the ground and I hate putting up and taking down tents...

Very nice. How many total yards of fabric did you have to buy for the curtains?

Thanks Cary! I sent him an email. Yeah...we're nerds. I like anything with spaceships, monsters, vampires or zombies. I like the bigger on the outside jokes too. We're going to make curtains with Dr. Who themed cloth. Any idea how many yards I should order? Dr. Who fabric isn't cheap!

Cool! What kind of things did you do to it? And what options did you add?

Thanks Cary! That's a good point about getting cold, I don't know how much cold camping we'll do but it's something to consider. The down idea is a good one. Is a four inch down mattress going to be too soft? I don't want to feel like I'm sleeping in the floor with a quilt under me....?

Thanks! That's exactly the mattress I was looking at. It gets great reviews online. And camping sounds great! Brett

My teardrop doesn't come with a mattress, so I'm looking at 4" memory foam ones at different places...like Walmart. It looks like the Camp-Inn is two inches shorter and narrower than a standard queen? Do I just cram a regular sized queen mattress in there? Does anyone have any recommendations?

I can tell you from many hours on the web looking at teardrops...finding a used Camp-Inn is difficult. I'd have cash ready and be prepared to pay almost the same price as a new one. You might be better off ordering a new one and picking it up in the spring.