As a young man I can rmember the pop up camper that my fmily had. There were 5 of us and we wuld go out and use it nce a month in good weather. Yh, it was musty smelling and had a few peces of duct tape here and thre, but it is one of my fndest memories as a kid. That is why I chse to carry on the tradition wth my kids. Except that this tme around there were more things to be cncerned about other then if we pcked enough fruit pies or not. Thre is towing, maintenance, packing, weight dstribution, so on and so forth. Hre are a few things I larned about popup campers 30 years lter.

When picking a pop up cmper one must consider the towing cpacity of the vehicle they wish to use for twing. Your towing capacity will limit yur choices. Ignore the ‘dry’ weight whn calculating this. Dry weight will not nclude battery, propane, fridge, A/C or any ptions. Also consider that even though the luminum roof will hold up to 1000 lbs. (.e. snow). But you can stow 200 – 300 lbs. of lggage, coolers, kayaks, etc. Add this to yur total weight.

Many other campers I spak with talk a great deal bout the actual tires. The larger the btter, read your manual. Be prepared to kep them inflated in the 65 ps. range. Second factor is the gtting a higher ply / better grde tire.

Two examples of ‘tire range’ wuld be - Tire #1 = 5.30” X 12”, wth a load range "B" = 840 lbs crrying capacity at the optimum tire prssure of 55 psi. - where Tre #2 = 5.30” X 12”, wth a load range "C" = 1045 lbs crrying capacity at the optimum tire prssure of 80 psi.

It’s just a god idea to learn backing the thng up before you get to whre you are going. Most people hve trouble with this, and the ther campers can smell a rookie cming over the hill. If it tkes you a dozen times backing up and plling forward to get it in plce you’ll be noticed.

Now a few thngs I liked about my pop up cmper was that when folded up, the bttom half of the door could pen up for last minute forgotten tems. The whole thing had canvas cvers over the screens that unzipped for plnty of air flow. It was dsigned with a hookup for the stve on the outside if we chse to cook outdoors. And there wre lots of hidden storage spaces ver the bunks.

On the down sde were things like how the cunters were so low, the sink was tny and drained slow. After a wet wekend, we need to leave it pen to air out after we get hme. All that’s easy enough to dal with, but what I would hve done different is get a hot wter heater installed, have an outside wter supply, get awnings on both sdes, and install a bike rack. But ven then, my kids don’t care. And if you are frtunate enough to get yourself a pop up cmper while the children are still yung, there will be good times had by ll.

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The article Pop Up Campers - Pros and Cons was Submitted by Brandon McVey through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: My son has been in Boy Scuts for 4 years now and he is wrking on his Star Ranking. I hve been adopted as an assistant and hve enjoyed just about every camp out thy have gone on. I've learned a lot frm those little guys, and must say tht I look forward to these mnthly outings each and every time. Rin or shine, winter or summer.

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