Storage (or lack thereof) in a teardrop?
I'm looking hard at small trailers that will work for me by myself, or with a couple of grandkids. Two that hit all the weight/sleeping space/tank capacity marks are: Forest River R-pod 172 Jay...
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As Thom02099 stated, when we had our pop-up (6 years), everything of any size was put on the floor when the top came down. Lawn chairs, tool box, storage bins, mat for outside on the ground, any extras.
Of course, if we needed to get inside the camper with the top down, it was impossible unless we reached in and started pulling stuff out so we could crawl in and get whatever we need if we were not set up.
Once at the campsite, everything on the floor had to be moved out. We kept everything in tubs and they were usually put under the camper or in the back of our mini-van which we used for a tow vehicle.
After a while, this constant shifting of tubs and containers just became a way of life. Our food items were kept in plastic tubs and they usually stayed in the back of the mini-van. This made packing and unpacking much easier. Of course, back then, we didn't store food items inside the camper when not in use. Anything left over at the end of a trip came back in the house. Tubs were brought in also and when planning the next trip, we started loading them back up a few days before our next trip, which gave us time to NOT forget anything. After a while, this became a routine also.
Our pop-up did not have a refrigerator also. It came with an ice-box, which I removed and turned into cabinet space. We purchased an electric cooler that could be turned upright into a refrigerator position. We kept that outside the camper or in the back of the van. Although that was around 1999 when we purchased the cooler, we still have it, still works great, and still use it occasionally. (works great for keeping extra drinks and extra milk in on longer trips now.)
Basically, with smaller camper, or a pop-up, you have store things in containers that can be moved around, and you need to plan on using the space in your tow vehicle for storage also, as well as the space under the camper.
Of course, if we needed to get inside the camper with the top down, it was impossible unless we reached in and started pulling stuff out so we could crawl in and get whatever we need if we were not set up.
Once at the campsite, everything on the floor had to be moved out. We kept everything in tubs and they were usually put under the camper or in the back of our mini-van which we used for a tow vehicle.
After a while, this constant shifting of tubs and containers just became a way of life. Our food items were kept in plastic tubs and they usually stayed in the back of the mini-van. This made packing and unpacking much easier. Of course, back then, we didn't store food items inside the camper when not in use. Anything left over at the end of a trip came back in the house. Tubs were brought in also and when planning the next trip, we started loading them back up a few days before our next trip, which gave us time to NOT forget anything. After a while, this became a routine also.
Our pop-up did not have a refrigerator also. It came with an ice-box, which I removed and turned into cabinet space. We purchased an electric cooler that could be turned upright into a refrigerator position. We kept that outside the camper or in the back of the van. Although that was around 1999 when we purchased the cooler, we still have it, still works great, and still use it occasionally. (works great for keeping extra drinks and extra milk in on longer trips now.)
Basically, with smaller camper, or a pop-up, you have store things in containers that can be moved around, and you need to plan on using the space in your tow vehicle for storage also, as well as the space under the camper.
