camper trailers
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Member - Brenton W (SA)
Has anyone any idea's how to stop the mattress in the camper trailers from getting wet if you have to pack up in the rain. I have a trakshak with an iner spring mattress, and it gets very damp if we have packed up in the wet, any info appreciated
Reply By: Outa Bounds - Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 13:13
Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 13:13
Our camper has a tarp built in, zipped at one side of the bed (not to the mattress at all). You just roll it up to set the bed up and pull it back over when packing up. It works really
well, only time mattress got wet was during the watering in period for the canvas. (or camper is an All Terrain). It's a god size so covers all the sleeping gear etc.
Otherwise when we were in the market for a camper trailer I saw that the Complete
Campsite people have an actual canvas "suitcase" for theirs - the whole mattress sits in this canvas "bag", you unzip the top around 3 sides from memory and roll it to one side (like we do with the All Terrain plastic tarp thing).
Providing their mattress dimensions are similar to yours it could
well be worth inquiring as to the cost and weather they sell them separately. I think it's a fantastic (if not probably expensive) idea.
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Follow Up By: Outa Bounds - Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 13:15
Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 13:15
I had the idea of a plastic bag as
well (like the removal ones) but hubby tends to be against those, he reckons it would lead to mould etc as the mattress can't breathe.
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Reply By: Member - Oldbaz. NSW. - Friday, May 30, 2008 at 09:51
Friday, May 30, 2008 at 09:51
No doubt all these solutions work, but I prefer to put a silver tarp over the lot. No wet beds , no bird poo & other stains, always
cooler, & never pack up with wet canvas. Takes 5 min with a
handful of oco straps... dead easy.....oldbaz.
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