r/popups

In fact, first camper of any type. Now with a 3 and 5 year old the convenience is paramount. We’re going to a folk music festival for Memorial Day and can’t wait to try it out.

Couple questions though:

- Anyone put more efficient tires on theirs? This is an off road model with knobby tires that we don’t really need. It’s not going anywhere our F-150 isn’t. Furthermore our truck is an EV so anything that increases range is huge (it’s why we chose a pop-up in the first place).

- Awning recommendations? I see a Dometic listed on some sites, but with many complaints. Is it better to get a standalone EZ-up or something or should i get the attachable awning?

Thanks in advance!

First time out with this trailer next weekend. We will be on a gravel bar in full sunlight all weekend. I’m new to solar and am completely unfamiliar with all of it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I am looking at purchasing my brother-in-law’s pop-up trailer. It has a toy hauler section at the front, and the sticker says it has a GVWR of 3,800 lbs, but the frame itself says 2,100 lbs.

My current vehicle is a Mazda CX-90 PHEV, which is rated to tow 3,500 lbs. I used to have a 23-foot trailer that weighed around 3,900 lbs, and towing that with a Honda Pilot was not a great experience. I have a hard time believing the two trailers are actually that close in weight.

I’m just wondering if this pop-up trailer would realistically be safe for my vehicle to tow.

Since it a toy Haller I think the gvwr would take the weight of the atv in consideration or am I wrong? Obviously I don't plan on bringing a heavy item like that.

2021 Viking Vtrec V3! This has been a great setup for us and allows us to bring the 4 wheeler along. I recently installed a roof mounted AC unit to keep us cool this summer. I also upgraded the battery to a 150 AH LiFePo4 paired with 200w of suitcase solar panels.

Awning slides in at the top, and I have these three poles. The cover itself has three holes at the other end of the fabric. So it seems like each pole would go into one hole and it would prop up.

But it has no support from the top of the pop up out to the end. So it just says and will fall over. No other equipment came with it as far as I can tell.

I figure I must be missing support beams that go from the pop up along the fabric to give it support.

Trying to find things on Google for this older model isn't working so far.

I just inherited my families 98 Coleman Taos, and it has this style of dome light with the large headphone jack looking electrical socket.

I cannot seem to find any info on them, but wanted to look up any possible accessories I could attach to them. Does anyone have ideas?

Hello! Took our new to us and first PUP out this weekend, an '05 Rockwood Freedom. I took many people's advice and just went with what I thought I needed for the first trip and now have a few questions I'm hoping some more experienced travelers could answer.

1. Whenever the other couple that went with us got up in the middle of the night, the whole camper shook a decent bit. I have all four stabilizers down but am wondering if there is anything else I could be doing to eliminate that more, or if we will just have to get used to it.

2. I obsessed over how level the camper had to be, to the point where I made everyone get out and relevel it. How important is the accuracy in how level it is?

3. Being as it was our first trip, we went pretty bare bones. What's the best addition you've made to your setup? The winner of the weekend was the battery-powered water pump in the five gallon water jug, so anything along those lines.

Thanks in advance!

This is my first time needing to get new tires. Do I just go to a tire shop? RV repair shop?

I really do try to do everything the hard way. This video was from Saturday. About 2/3 torn out and after it stops raining I'm gonna rip off the ac and get the roof off. I was trying to avoid that cause I'll have to do it in the driveway, but seems unavoidable.

Great shoulder workout tho... 😜

I cannot figure out what these metal c-channel supports are for in the camper I bought. Does anyone here know what these are for?