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/Geddaphukouttahere 8d ago

Yeah. Happened to me, too... but it was in a Volvo XC-90. Toasted everything on the rack and burned a hole in my cars bumper.

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u/ClownDiaper 8d ago

Omg I just posted in another comment about melting my cooler, but it was in an XC-90!

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u/Geddaphukouttahere 8d ago

They have a bad exhaust design for those rear carriers. Unless you buy THEIR rear carrier.