RE: Bunk Skirt?

[Joe Gleason]

 
Does anyone use a Bunk Skirt for storing items - Hidding things?
 
 Did you make one?  Or use the Manufactures version...
 
 How do you like them...
 
 We are thinking about it them...
 
 Thanks -

[Michicampers]

 Joe Gleason
There were a couple of threads on this subject on the old board - I did a search, but couldn t find them. I made one for our Rockwood last year, out of heavy-duty vinyl to match the pu, snaps and velcro. It wasn t difficult, just a little time-consuming. We use it when we are camping for more than just a couple of days, or when we re expecting rain. It s handy for keeping firewood dry and stashing stuff. I also made a full-length (the height of the skirt) pillowcase-type bag out of the same vinyl to store it in, and keep it under one of the mattresses when not in use. It s come in handy on several trips. If you re handy with a sewing machine and would like more details, let me know.
 Dawn

[tlhdoc]

 Joe Gleason
I have the one Coleman makes.  I didn t like the way it attached to the bottom of the bunk.  It came with the same type of hooks that are used to attach the tenting to the bunk.  You have to install the hooks on the bottom of the bunk.  There is bungee cord in the top of the skirt and the bungee cord is supposed to hold the skirt on the hooks.  Only every time you unhooked a few of the hooks the whole skirt would fall off, so I made my own attachments.  I put 3 small screw eyes along the bottom of the bunk, being careful I didn t screw them up through the bottom of the wood.  Then I attached small carabeeners to the bungee cord on the skirt, where it lined up with the screw eyes.  Now I can attach and un-attach the skirt in seconds.  It also stays on when we only want to unhook a side.  We use it on every trip.  It is nice to keep stuff out of sight and where it isn t seen.  I didn t pay full price for mine.  If you can sew you can make one easy enough.  []

[kminton]

 Joe Gleason
Friends of ours that we met through SEPUC (The KampinKeiths) made theirs.  She bought some vinyl table clothes from Wal-mart that were green to match their Coleman.  I believe that they just sewed them together and maybe used velcro (not sure how she attached it).  Those would be nice if you were going to be camping longer than the weekend and needed to " hide" stuff (bikes, firewood, chairs) or keep them dry.
 
 Kerri

[Gamecock Camper]

 Joe Gleason
I d probably use bunk skirts to keep things dry and the campsite a little neater..... but don t even start to think that these will add any security to the items you have under them...... but then again, I would never expect to have theft problems in the campgrounds we go to.

[rccs]

 Joe Gleason
I use a bunk end skirt every time we go camping. It makes a good place to keep the firewood and kindling out of the rain. I made mine from a heavier nylon tarp I bought at a military surplus store nearby. I attach it to the bottom of the bunk with snaps. I bought a snap kit at a farm supply store and used that . The kit came with snaps to put on the material and a tool to " set"  them. Also in the kit was the other half that has screws to screw that part to the wood. It works out very good and takes only a couple of minutes to put on or take off. To measure the height to make the skirt I set the camper up on fairly level ground and measured from the ground to the bottom of the bunk, then added about 3 inches for the top foldover to snap to the bottom of the bunk and also added about 3 to 4 inches to the measurement for when I set up on less level ground  making a total of about 7 inches more than the distance from the bunk bottom to the ground. That mesurement seems to work out fine most of the time when we camp at differant campsites.

[mike4947]

 Joe Gleason
Bought one with one PU and then made ones for the others. We used everything from regular cloth with sinkers sewn in the hem to keep it down in the wind to table clothes, shower curtains, and even one was made from a tractor trailer tarp.
 
 One note, it s recommended only to put one on the rear bunk. As any propane leakage or battery outgassing however slight would be contained by tenting the front.
 
 Our s was mainly for " out of sight out of mind"  storage and having dry bicycle seats.

[dee106]

 Joe Gleason
made ours! with snaps. i bought the material banged in the snapes into the fabric he drilled the other side of the snaps into the bunkend with screws and it was done, cost 20.00!  ez to do, they are great, makes your site neater, and keeps stuff dry![]

[Wayfarer]

 Joe Gleason
Those skirts sound great.  I m assuming that if you camp in colder climates they would tend to keep the bunk end boards and thus mattresses just a tad warmer by cutting down some on the flow of cold air under the bunks.  On a recent campout at Brazos Bend SP in Texas it got down to 23 one night.  When I first crawled into bed the mattress was cold as ice so I put a regular blanket under me (on top of the mattress) and an electric blanket on top which made me warm as toast.  But anything to cut down on air flow under the bunk should help, and on a cold night anything, even a couple of dogs, are welcome![]

[Gamecock Camper]

 Joe Gleason
Hey, if your pop-up camper has a skirt, does that make it a girl camper?  (Just curious)...

[Gone-Camping]

 Joe Gleason
I really don t see the need for them myself, just one more thing I have to pack/unpack, lug around, set-up & take-down... To each his own I guess, I ve got nothing to hide really....

[dee106]

 Joe Gleason
they do keep the wind from coming up, and like i said before keeps the area neater and dryer, since it always rain when we go camping!  it packs away like a normal blanket, I will be making new ones this year, we got a new unit so the colors changed. just have to figure out the mounting of it![]

[Joe Gleason]

 Joe Gleason
Found a cheap ($5) Green Tarp... 9 X 12  ... Figured I d Hang it under the bunk by running the bungie cords through it on the way to the hook?  Or use the bungie hook with the bungi holding it on the hook?  
 
 I realize 12  wont cover it (the bunk) .. but should get me what I was looking for...
 
 As long as it doens t look like a " hacked / cheap"  solution it might work!
 
 Was also looking at the 9X12 tarp for the AAR.. but wasn t sure how comfortable that would be!

[birol]

 Joe Gleason
I am loosing it, I read the subject as " Bun skirt" , sigh ..........