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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We don't try to put out everything all at once. We just do the basics once we get onsite so it takes us about 10 minutes to get setup. We dived and conquer. I normally do all of the outside. My wife does the inside and starts dinner since we're normally arriving in the evenings. Things slowly come out of the trailer in a pretty relaxed pace after dinner.
Items in the passthrough are organized by the order that they'll be pulled out. Saves you a lot of time from having to dig for stuff. Things that get pulled first are closet to the doors, like the power cord, water hose, and drill. Things that aren't used often are located dead center of the passthrough, like extra wood and traffic cones.
My wife has the "Everything Has a Home" rule. When you're done with an item, it's cleaned if necessary and put back in its home. Tear down goes by much quicker because of it and it's less likely that something will get left behind. The night before we leave, we'll start putting away all the items that aren't needed for the morning. After breakfast is done, we're out in 10 minutes and headed for the dump station.
Items in the passthrough are organized by the order that they'll be pulled out. Saves you a lot of time from having to dig for stuff. Things that get pulled first are closet to the doors, like the power cord, water hose, and drill. Things that aren't used often are located dead center of the passthrough, like extra wood and traffic cones.
My wife has the "Everything Has a Home" rule. When you're done with an item, it's cleaned if necessary and put back in its home. Tear down goes by much quicker because of it and it's less likely that something will get left behind. The night before we leave, we'll start putting away all the items that aren't needed for the morning. After breakfast is done, we're out in 10 minutes and headed for the dump station.
