QR Code Link to This Post We are upgrading the mattress in our new travel trailer and are selling the mattress that came with the unit. It is a queen size mattress and measures 58 x 78x5". The mattress is covered with a sewn on cover. The top of the mattress appears to be a textured top, similar in feel to a memory foam top and the lower foam is a high density foam. This should fit many popups and small travel trailers and would be an inexpensive upgrade to an older RV. Please call or text as I have been having problems responding to questions about this mattress through the craigslist email.This page is dedicated to tips and tricks to make your Teardrop travels more fun and less effort. If you have a trick or tip that works for you, please email it to us and we will include it here. These tips will apply to most Teardrop owners, not just owners of Camp-Inns. TIP 1: To determine what is necessary to take with you, put a piece of masking tape on every item. When you use each item, remove the tape.
After a few trips consider leaving home any item that still has the tape on it. A-twin size comforter and/or blanket will fit well. Anything larger tends to be too bulky to tuck in. Using a queen-size fitted sheet and a full-size flat sheet works well. The full-size flat sheet allows about a 10" overhang on both sides of the bed, which can easily be tucked in. If you choose to use a queen-size flat sheet instead, there will be about a 15" overhang on both sides of the bed. On all models, an easy way to make the bed and keep the sheets in place is to sew the bottom of the flat sheet to the bottom of the fitted one. This is done just like waterbed sheets. Line up the centers of the bottom ends of the fitted and flat sheets. Then pin them together and machine stitch the two sheets together, sewing only between the two elastic corners of the fitted sheet . If you sew onto the elastic corners of the fitted sheet, you will tear both the stitches and sheets when you try to put them on the mattress.
TIP 3: Placing pieces of cloth between pots and pans will reduce scuffing and scratching of your cookware. TIP 4: For your cooler, try wrapping a towel from the top, around the back and underneath when you put it into the storage area on the countertop. You can pull on the bottom of the towel to assist sliding the cooler out. It will also add insulation and reduce scuffing of the stainless countertop. TIP 5: In cooler weather, you will get condensation on the windows. Roll up a small towel and place it between the curtains and the windows. This will absorb excess condensation that might otherwise drip onto you at night. Remove the towels in the morning. Opening side windows, sunroof or roof vents slightly will help reduce condensation. TIP 6: When cooking in windy weather, try opening the counter lids to shield the stove from wind on all sides. TIP 7: Need to hit the road but your towels are still wet? Make a clothes line to fit between the cabin coat hooks. Pin your damp towels, clothes, etc.
Open the side windows and roof vent a crack. After about 20 minutes of driving all will be dry. Use 1/8" Nylon rope and tie a loop at each end or make one large loop that will make it two strands. Make it taut but easily removable without untying.US 20 & I-94 (exit 22A), Burns Harbor, IN 46304 (map) Which RV Type is Best for me? Which type or class of RV will best fill your needs depends on several factors, including how you intend to use the RV, the size of your camping family, the tow vehicles you already own and your personal preferences. In general, young families tend to select pop up campers because they are lighter, less expensive and have lots of sleeping space for a family. The natural progression some years later is often to a travel trailer, fifth wheel trailer or mini motorhome which have more comforts and amenities. As time goes on and children leave home, many couples find they need less sleeping space, but more living space because they are able to stay away from home for longer periods.
A big fifth wheel with 3 or 4 slide-out rooms or a class A motorhome with slides is often the answer for those who want to travel and explore the Americas, or spend the winter in Arizona. Or a large travel trailer or park model trailer with slides, permanently parked in a nearby campground, may be your idea of the perfect weekend and vacation getaway cottage. The choices are endless. Some recent developments have blurred the boundaries between the traditional types of campers. Slide–out room extensions pack more living space into a given length of RV. Ultra-lightweight materials and creative design have resulted in pop ups, travel trailers and fifth wheels that can be towed by smaller, more fuel efficient tow vehicles (600 lb. pop ups towed by a small car; travel trailers by a small SUV or mini van; 5th wheels by a half-ton truck). Hybrid travel trailers (pictured here) have the amenities of a travel trailer, and the sleeping space of a pop up, while preserving a little bit of the romance of camping in the woods under canvas.
Hybrids are usually found listed together with conventional travel trailers. Also called Camping Trailers, Tent Trailers, Pop Up Camping Trailers, or just Pop Ups. They come in a wide variety of sizes from a 600 pound, aluminum and synthetic-fabric lightweight with one bed, to a big collapsible home that sleeps 8, with slide-out, complete kitchen, toilet and shower. Whatever vehicle you drive, there is a Pop Up that is light enough for you to safely tow it. To select the right one for your family, the best idea is to sit a while in several of them and imagine serving a meal and a spending a night at the campground. Is there a place for everyone to sit and sleep? View our Pop-Up Camper Inventory → This class includes everything from a 12 footer weighing less than 2500 pounds up to a 40 footer meant for permanent parking at a campground. Travel Trailers are nearly always self-contained with full kitchen, furnace, air conditioner, bathroom including shower, and fresh water and waste water holding tanks.
Bunkhouse travel trailer floorplans are very popular with families. There are now many travel trailers weighing under 3500 pounds, towable by many of the smaller SUVs and mini vans. Check your tow-vehicle owner’s manual to see what weight you can tow. Most travel trailers have a permanent queen size bed, even some of the under-3500-pound, ultra lightweights. However, in the interest of reducing trailer size and weight, RV manufacturers are re-discovering the practical value of convertible camper furniture that was popular back in the era when cars had smaller engines—like dinettes and sofas that convert to comfortable beds at night. View our Travel Trailer Inventory → Also known as Fifth Wheelers, 5th Wheel Trailers, 5th Wheels, 5th Wheel Campers, Fifth Wheel Travel Trailers, etc. These easy-towing campers come in all sizes from about 25 feet with no slides up to about 38 feet with multiple slides. The larger ones require a ¾ ton or one ton truck as a tow vehicle. Many newer lite-weight models are towable by a ½ ton truck.
All the comforts and amenities of a travel trailer, with better towing and handling characteristics. Usually have an upstairs bedroom in front. Fifth wheels are especially suited for use by couples because of the passenger carrying limitations of many pickup trucks. View our Fifth Wheel Trailer Inventory → Class C Motorhomes, commonly known as Mini Motorhomes, are built on a Ford or Chevy van chassis with automotive style driver and passenger doors in the cab. Many drivers are more comfortable driving a mini because the driver/passenger compartment is similar to a van of SUV. Sizes range from about 20 feet to 35 feet. Popular with families because the front cabover bed provides extra sleeping capacity. Usually have another permanent bed in back, or bunkbeds in the back. A sleeping capacity of 6 or 8 is the norm. Also popular with older couples who like the driver-friendly feel of the cab. Usually powered by a gasoline engine, but some new models built on the Dodge Sprinter chassis, feature a small Mercedes diesel engine for fuel efficiency.
View our Mini Motorhome Inventory → Often called Motorhomes, Motorcoaches, Buses, Full Size Motorhomes or just RVs, they come in sizes from about 28 feet with no slides to about 40 feet with multiple slides. There is a tremendous price range from the smaller ones that cost about the same as a mini motorhome to big diesel buses that may cost more than a house. Generally designed for a couple, sleeping capacity is somewhat limited, except for a few bunkhouse floorplans that have appeared in the last year or so. Most Class A’s being sold now are gasoline powered. However, most of the very large luxury motorhomes have diesel “pusher” engines located at the rear of the coach. Due to the high cost of the diesel pusher chassis, diesel power is economically justified only for users who drive many miles every year, such as full-timers, entertainers, professional travelers, etc. However, diesel pushers have other features that make them worth the cost to some people – quietness in the cockpit, different floorplans due to entry door placement and the absence of the engine hump, tighter turning radius, more luxurious interiors, prestige, etc.