how long is your tear down/setup time?
Looking for ways to improve our setup and take down time. It is roughly an hour for each. I feel like it could be cut down. The most time consuming is getting the inside in working order once we ar...
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With both my TT and my C, my rules were and are:
1. Everything must have a home;
2. As soon as I have finished with it, it gets put back in its home;
3. At least once a year, go through and remove anything that hasn't been used since the last purge (exception: emergency supplies).
Food - do a bit of pre-planning before the trip and "coordinate" meals. Aim for no leftovers for the meals (meaning no bringing home extra chicken pieces, 1/2 lb of hamburger, etc.). Snacks - make one drawer a snack drawer and whatever fits gets to go on the trip.
Organization - get some packing cubes (I like the ebags brand). They work great to organize clothing, electronics, etc. I use one in place of a "junk drawer". I use one to hold the fresh water hose, one for the electrical cord, etc. - they take up less room than hard-sided buckets/containers and can be squished into corners. With clothing, you can fit more into a cupboard and when taking something out, you don't get a pile of clothes falling on top of your head. You can get different colored cubes to identify each person's clothes, etc.
A hanging shoe rack can make a great place to store hats, gloves, dog leashes, and other small stuff. I have one hung inside the closet door and it holds a ton of stuff.
In the bathroom, I hung a couple small wire baskets on cup hooks just above the sink. They hold the hand soap, toothpaste, toothbrush and lotion. No need to put those things away anymore as the baskets keep them in place during travel.
A hanging fabric laundry hamper hangs in the shower. Dirty clothes go immediately into the hamper when I take them off. When I get home, the hamper comes into the house and clothes get washed.
In the kitchen, I got a cheap set of cooking utensils (since replaced) that came with a caddy. I stuck the caddy to the counter with museum wax and it holds my new utensils. Again, no need to put them away as they stay put in the caddy.
Outside gear goes in outside storage. I keep them stored in order of how I use them. Two chairs are at the top because I always have them out. Below them is the small side table. Below that are extra chairs and another table. (If I did full hookups, I'd have the water hose and electrical cord at the top - but I usually dry camp so those things are further down).
No stuff gets stored on the cabover bed (where I sleep) except the steps for the dogs (they use them to get up there to sleep also). That way, I don't have to rearrange everything just to go to bed at night. No crock pots wrapped up in towels on the bed, no moving huge tote bags filled with stuff from the dinette seat to the couch to the bed every time I want to do something.
Baking pan and cookie tray are stored in the oven.
A over the sink strainer fits on one of my double sinks. It holds fruits while still allowing me to use the sink underneath to set dishes when I wash them. Dishes and pots/pans get washed as soon as I finish eating, dried and put away. No drying racks.
Leveling blocks are conveniently stored under the driver and passenger seat in the clipper; in the TT I stored them in the tow vehicle back seat floor. That makes them easy to grab as you get out to level - no having to get the keys for a storage compartment, unlock it, and fight with all the other gear to get to them.
In the C, it takes about 5 minutes to set up and take down; with the TT it took about 10 minutes each (more time spent on leveling).
1. Everything must have a home;
2. As soon as I have finished with it, it gets put back in its home;
3. At least once a year, go through and remove anything that hasn't been used since the last purge (exception: emergency supplies).
Food - do a bit of pre-planning before the trip and "coordinate" meals. Aim for no leftovers for the meals (meaning no bringing home extra chicken pieces, 1/2 lb of hamburger, etc.). Snacks - make one drawer a snack drawer and whatever fits gets to go on the trip.
Organization - get some packing cubes (I like the ebags brand). They work great to organize clothing, electronics, etc. I use one in place of a "junk drawer". I use one to hold the fresh water hose, one for the electrical cord, etc. - they take up less room than hard-sided buckets/containers and can be squished into corners. With clothing, you can fit more into a cupboard and when taking something out, you don't get a pile of clothes falling on top of your head. You can get different colored cubes to identify each person's clothes, etc.
A hanging shoe rack can make a great place to store hats, gloves, dog leashes, and other small stuff. I have one hung inside the closet door and it holds a ton of stuff.
In the bathroom, I hung a couple small wire baskets on cup hooks just above the sink. They hold the hand soap, toothpaste, toothbrush and lotion. No need to put those things away anymore as the baskets keep them in place during travel.
A hanging fabric laundry hamper hangs in the shower. Dirty clothes go immediately into the hamper when I take them off. When I get home, the hamper comes into the house and clothes get washed.
In the kitchen, I got a cheap set of cooking utensils (since replaced) that came with a caddy. I stuck the caddy to the counter with museum wax and it holds my new utensils. Again, no need to put them away as they stay put in the caddy.
Outside gear goes in outside storage. I keep them stored in order of how I use them. Two chairs are at the top because I always have them out. Below them is the small side table. Below that are extra chairs and another table. (If I did full hookups, I'd have the water hose and electrical cord at the top - but I usually dry camp so those things are further down).
No stuff gets stored on the cabover bed (where I sleep) except the steps for the dogs (they use them to get up there to sleep also). That way, I don't have to rearrange everything just to go to bed at night. No crock pots wrapped up in towels on the bed, no moving huge tote bags filled with stuff from the dinette seat to the couch to the bed every time I want to do something.
Baking pan and cookie tray are stored in the oven.
A over the sink strainer fits on one of my double sinks. It holds fruits while still allowing me to use the sink underneath to set dishes when I wash them. Dishes and pots/pans get washed as soon as I finish eating, dried and put away. No drying racks.
Leveling blocks are conveniently stored under the driver and passenger seat in the clipper; in the TT I stored them in the tow vehicle back seat floor. That makes them easy to grab as you get out to level - no having to get the keys for a storage compartment, unlock it, and fight with all the other gear to get to them.
In the C, it takes about 5 minutes to set up and take down; with the TT it took about 10 minutes each (more time spent on leveling).
