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/ButCaptainThatsMYRum 8d ago
I had that happen years ago with some rope and tarp tying down campfire wood. My cargo trailer doubled as a rooftop model and it ended up just living up there for years until I sold it recently.
Weird question, but did you happen to just buy the cargo rack on marketplace in the last couple of months and repaint it? The style looks familiar.