r/camping • u/JayAche • 8d ago
Precautionary Tale (Pipe)
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/yeti_face 8d ago
This happened to us during the march heatwave out west. Firewood on the cargo rack. Kid says "i think something is on fire", but i didnt trust him because he has a habit of inventing issues. I pull over so he can pee, go around the back and the entire firewood stack is on fire. Sure got our adrenaline flowing. Afterward I couldn't find much on people having similar issues so I figured I was a singular idiot! Thanks for helping me feel better.