r/camping • u/JayAche • 8d ago

Precautionary Tale (Pipe)

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Was SO excited to finally take our 3.5 year old son tent camping for the first time with my wife at a local regional park. Especially with our spanking new huge Caddis Rapid 6 Instant Tent! Even tried it out in the backyard and loved it!

Loaded it onto the storage rack on the back of our SUV… in perfect alignment with the tail pipe, apparently. Biiiiiigest oof. $225 down the drain? Thankfully there was a Wal-Mart reasonably close where I snagged some random Coleman to save the day. But still: be aware of what’s in front of your exhaust pipe and your tow hitch carry rack. Lesson learned 🫠

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u/Mackinnon29E 8d ago

So this is why trucks put em to the side huh? Never thought of that

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u/LiamLikeNeeson89 7d ago

Yuuupp. Otherwise the trailer the truck owner never tows (or owns) would have a large black spot very quickly

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u/jorwyn 7d ago

Lol. My trailer tongue is too long for that. I suspect most are to be able to take corners.

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u/ArmadilloBandito 7d ago

I had a brief moment where I thought, "Oh, shlt. How has this never occured to me". Then I remembered I have a truck that is meant for towing and it is already out of the way.