Women-Owned Popups

[spearmint]

Are there any women owners out there?

How do you handle the driving of PUP, the maintenance and repairs etc. yourself - especially if you are not particularly handy and are single?

[AustinBoston]

Are there any women owners out there?

How do you handle the driving of PUP, the maintenance and repairs etc. yourself - especially if you are not particularly handy and are single?

In our house, PJay is the primary driver, and has probably driven more than 25,000 of our pop-up's nearly 30,000 miles.

Austin

[dthurk]

Are there any women owners out there?
 
 How do you handle the driving of PUP, the maintenance and repairs etc. yourself - especially if you are not particularly handy and are single?

Oh boy (or maybe I should say girl).  There are a few that I can think of that may jump in on this one.

[beacher]

The setup video I was given when I purchased my 2004 Fleetwood shows a woman virtually effortlessly setting up her PopUp.

I have participated in a few rallys where a PopUp or two were Women-owned, driven, and setup.  I have also ran across a few Woman owned TTs, Hybrids, and ClassA RVs as well!

BTW, now that you mention it, I have never run across a Woman owned ClassC, or Slide-In Truck Camper though.

[HersheyGirl]

There are several of us women in the COTOC group who own, etc our popups without the help of our DH's.  We just do it and don't think a thing about it.  I read and read and learned all I could about maintance, towing, setting up, mods, etc. and just applied what I learned.  I think that the first step is wanting to do it, then just doing it.  It is rather empowering to be able to do everything your self.  It really is not that hard once you set your mind to it.  
I really enjoy "girl camping" and in order to do it, the girls have to be able to go alone.  I am teaching my DD how to girl camp and she has learned very well how to set up the camper.  Its fun.

[MoJoCamping]

What are we in the 50's again?  Of course there are women owners.
I am a woman owner and own a Fleetwood E-2 and love it.  We load the motorcycle, canoe and dogs and go have a blast!  Like someone commented, you have to want to do it, and trial and error is the way to learn.  Also, watch, and ask alot of questions. This website has alot of answers.  We all go through basicly the same thing, just different situations.  hang in there girl, just enjoy the moment!

[Russinator]

We have an 2005 Niagara. Is there a secret to putting the bed supports in place for a single woman? It takes myself and DH to do them. Other than that, I'm able to do everything, but, never have, DH does his part.

Donna - the wife of The Russinator

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Tracy (tlhdoc) will be on the scene any second....

[wavery]

We have an 2005 Niagara. Is there a secret to putting the bed supports in place for a single woman? It takes myself and DH to do them. Other than that, I'm able to do everything, but, never have, DH does his part.

Donna - the wife of The Russinator

We don't have the Niagara but I think the principal is similar.

We stoop down under the bunk end and push up with our shoulders then place the supports on their bracket. We do one corner at a time. My wife does one side while I do the other. She is a 5'4 light weight and doesn't seem to have a problem doing it (not that she would admit it anyway :p ).

[AustinBoston]

Tracy (tlhdoc) will be on the scene any second....

Heh, shortly followed by Kelly...

BTW, PJay has taken the pop-up with one or more kids without me, but I have never taken it anywhere without her.

Austin

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Heh, shortly followed by Kelly...

BTW, PJay has taken the pop-up with one or more kids without me, but I have never taken it anywhere without her.

Austin

Holly thought about surprising me a couple of times by taking the popup and setting it up somewhere, while I was working. However, she had never backed it anywhere, and the other big limitation was lifting the top. Ours wasn't a crank-up, so she would have had to enlist some fellow campers.

The thought was there....

Larry

[Russinator]

We don't have the Niagara but I think the principal is similar.

We stoop down under the bunk end and push up with our shoulders then place the supports on their bracket. We do one corner at a time. My wife does one side while I do the other. She is a 5'4 light weight and doesn't seem to have a problem doing it (not that she would admit it anyway :p ).

Wavery, thanks for the tip. I didn't think it was possible for one person, especially someone my size, to do it by myself [I'm the same size as your wife].

DH said he met you at the San Clemente campground a few weeks ago. He said that he spoke to several people and everyone was just great.

By the way, his van is The Russinator Van [TRV for short]. Our PU is known as The Donnanator--an inside joke. We'll explain it next time we see you.

Donna

[wavery]

Wavery, thanks for the tip. I didn't think it was possible for one person, especially someone my size, to do it by myself [I'm the same size as your wife].

DH said he met you at the San Clemente campground a few weeks ago. He said that he spoke to several people and everyone was just great.

By the way, his van is The Russinator Van [TRV for short]. Our PU is known as The Donnanator--an inside joke. We'll explain it next time we see you.

Donna

The only thing that I don't know about is if the height of your bunks will make a difference. If you're as short as Carolyn, you may have to push up with the top of your head :p    j/k

We enjoyed talking to Russ. Wish he could have stayed longer. That van's quite a beast....I'm glad that I don't have to feed it .

[austinado16]

Whenever I come across someone asking the question, "Can a woman do...." I always think about WASP's like Ruth Daily who flew front line fighter and bomber aircraft during WWII before the male pilots were even done reading the training manual.

[PJay]

You hook, drive, back up or drive in.  Lower the feet, raise the roof, plug her in ... Good to go!  I had to learn how to light the hot water heater, but I think that is the hardest thing I needed to learn.  Basically, as a woman, jump right in and do it.  Desire to learn is your best friend.