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6.
Placing pieces of cloth between pots and pans will reduce scuffing
and scratching of your cookware.
7.
Make a clothesline that stretches between the coat hooks in the
cabin. Open the side windows slightly, and you can dry towels etc…
as you drive. Use a small rope with a loop tied on each end.
8.
In cooler weather, you will get condensation on the windows. Roll
up a small towel and place it between the curtains and the windows.
This will absorb excess condensation that might otherwise drip onto
you at night. Opening side windows, sunroof or roof vents slightly
will help reduce condensation.
9.
Weight Distribution:
Using the picture above, imagine you were hauling a
50 lb. load
. The
following table shows approximately how much effect that 50 lb. load
would have on different points on the car and trailer.
Weight Added or (-xx)Removed
As you can see, where you add the weight can affect the ride of the car
and trailer. Since a
Camp-Inn
TM
trailer is rated for 500-1000 lbs. of cargo
carrying, you should use it to haul all your heavy gear. The best place to
haul heavy items is to slide them into the footwell area of the bed (inside
the cabin). As you can see from the table above, it will not affect the
tongue weight or load the rear axle of the car. Putting heavy items in the
under countertop storage area will actually take off tongue weight.
Load Location
Trailer
Axle
Hitch /
Tongue
Car Rear
Axle
Car Front
Axle
A
Roof top carrier
0 lbs.
0 lbs.
30 lbs.
20 lbs.
B
Car trunk
0 lbs.
0 lbs.
50 lbs.
0 lbs.
C
Front storage
17 lbs.
33 lbs.
44 lbs.
(-11) lbs.
D
Cabin area
33 lbs.
17 lbs.
22 lbs.
(-5) lbs.
E
Cooler area or
Footwell
(above axle)
50 lbs.
0 lbs.
0 lbs.
0 lbs.
F
Under counter
storage
62 lbs.
(-12) lbs.
(-16) lbs.
4 lbs.
