New Camp-Inn Teardrop

[Sir Henry]

I bought a new used 2020 teardrop yesterday. It’s the same brand as the one I have but not as big. It doesn’t have A/C or a heater or a sofa.

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It’s a model 550.

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Here my Outback is pulling a model 560. Because it’s not a traditional teardrop design it’s called a raindrop.

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The galley on both are very similar.

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The Transit pulling it will be like an elephant hauling a mosquito. Here the Transit is pulling the 560.

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[Hatchdog]

Congrats on the new to you teardrop. Needs stickers.

[Sir Henry]

Congrats on the new to you teardrop. Needs stickers.

It’s like Almond Joy and Mounds. Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t.

[brm4450]

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[BigAl52]

Did you sell the MH

[Sir Henry]

Did you sell the MH

No. I should but I also want to build a big garage and keep it.

[BrokenolMarine]

Tina and I looked at those when we were fishing a lot of kayak tournaments and fishing out of town a lot, but we were always pulling the kayak trailer and that ruled out pulling the teardrop. The salesman said, "We can add kayak racks to the roof of the trailer." I laughed. "Dude, we got the kayak trailer so we didn't have to lift the kayaks overhead."

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The other thing was I did my camping in the Corps and was done. The Pros to having your own teardrop, you knew the beds and linens were clean and the "Room" was sanitary. You didn't have to worry about the noise next door keeping you up all night because you could just move. The Cons for us, I was too gimpy to deal with not being able to get up at 3am and take a steamy hot shower for pain management... or walk loops around the room.

Looks very nice though and I hope you get to use it a lot. We are FINALLY going to start kayak fishing again and looking forward to it....

[BrokenolMarine]

That was the old Frontier. I put 240k miles on that truck before I traded it in. It was a great little truck.

[Sir Henry]

That was the old Frontier. I put 240k miles on that truck before I traded it in. It was a great little truck.

My current Camp-Inn has roof racks but it’s not recommended to carry anything on them. Part of the benefit of a teardrop is they tend to be aerodynamic. Put anything on them and that changes. Most people pulling teardrops put canoes and such on the tow vehicle.

The roof racks on the CI are great for attaching side tents and such while camping.

That’s a lot of miles on the Frontier.

[BrokenolMarine]

That was the old Frontier. I put 240k miles on that truck before I traded it in. It was a great little truck.

My current Camp-Inn has roof racks but it’s not recommended to carry anything on them. Part of the benefit of a teardrop is they tend to be aerodynamic. Put anything on them and that changes. Most people pulling teardrops put canoes and such on the tow vehicle.

The roof racks on the CI are great for attaching side tents and such while camping.

That’s a lot of miles on the Frontier.

I was still working in Headquarters when I was driving the Frontier, it was 52 miles each way so I was logging an average of 110 miles a day around trip. But the trip was about 80% two lane country roads and interstate, so I could set the cruise control and rarely touch the gas or the brake on the way to work. Only about the last 15 minutes was "In Town" driving and at least the trip home was at 1am or later so very little traffic then either. Doesn't take long to log a lot of mileage, but we were good about doing the maintenance. All our vehicles are well maintained and still look really good... People can't believe the Titan is a 2010 with nearly 100k miles on it.

I understand completely about the aerodynamic advantages of the teardrop. The Yakima kayak trailer we pull puts the kayaks up behind the tow vehicle, weighs nothing and has no cross axle, so the air flows right under the trailer. Very little drag. When you put kayaks on the roof, your mileage drops like a stone. In addition, to load the kayaks on the yakima, you can either back it partway in the water and float them on, or pull them into the grass and then lift them waist high to load.... rather than onto roof racks... HUGE advantage since Tina has had a shoulder surgery and I have had bi-lateral shoulder surgeries and eleven surgeries on the right leg. (shattered femur and ten on the right knee.) NOT supposed to lift much weight. This way I lift one end, with the other on the ground and we roll them on.