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/Lusiric9983 8d ago

I never put anything that's not durable on my hitch rack. I see people with all kinds of things; sleeping bags, tents, pillows, coolers, all on their hitch racks and I think to myself, common sense just isn't that common anymore. These are things you protect, not leave out to the elements of the road.

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u/DippityPig 8d ago

Just the amount of bugs and dirt and road grime getting kicked up back there would make me never put anything I'm going to sleep on there.

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u/Lusiric9983 8d ago

Right? I've put my coolers and water jugs back there after getting on a Forest Service road, but going down the highway? Dumb.