Time to Setup Completely

[magnmike]

How long does it take you to set up "completely"?  Everything done (not just parked and popped.

As a second question.  How long to take down?  DW has been timing us and it takes around  1 1/2 - 2 hours.  Seems long but we can't seem to shorten.

[CajunCamper]

How long does it take you to set up "completely"?  Everything done (not just parked and popped.

As a second question.  How long to take down?  DW has been timing us and it takes around  1 1/2 - 2 hours.  Seems long but we can't seem to shorten.

We set up in about 30 minutes max. Takes us maybe 10 minutes to park and pop and the additional 20 minutes setting up our campsite. If we set up the add-a-room then add another 10 minutes to that.

Take down another 30 minutes 45 minutes tops.

['tiredTeacher]

We set up in about 30 minutes max. Takes us maybe 10 minutes to park and pop and the additional 20 minutes setting up our campsite. If we set up the add-a-room then add another 10 minutes to that.

Take down another 30 minutes 45 minutes tops.

That's about right for us, too. We probably take a bit longer since I boondock and leveling isn't a given.
Parked, leveled, popped up. Then DW goes inside. I stay outside. By the time she has the nest feathered, I've fastened the canvas, set up the awning and outside cooking area.

[wavery]

1 - 1 1/2 hours here too!!! :mad:

That's one of the reasons we went to the Trailmanor. I'm hoping the set-up will be easier and faster. I'll bet it's still about an hour. With the PU we had to fill with water, park, level, crank up the top, pull out the bunks, put down the support, secure the bunk canvas, put down the stabilizers, make the beds, arrange our clothes and the rest of the inside, light the water heater & fridge, put down the mat, set up the awning, the outside lights, our "SCCAMPERS" flag, get out the chairs, firewood, BBQ etc....it just takes time.

Someone at the last camp-out mentioned that moving up to their hybrid didn't take away much time from the set-up either.

I guess we just move a little slower than some... :sombraro:

[dkutz]

1 - 1 1/2 hours here too!!! :mad:

That's one of the reasons we went to the Trailmanor. I'm hoping the set-up will be easier and faster. I'll bet it's still about an hour. With the PU we had to fill with water, park, level, crank up the top, pull out the bunks, put down the support, secure the bunk canvas, put down the stabilizers, make the beds, arrange our clothes and the rest of the inside, light the water heater & fridge, put down the mat, set up the awning, the outside lights, our "SCCAMPERS" flag, get out the chairs, firewood, BBQ etc....it just takes time.

Someone at the last camp-out mentioned that moving up to their hybrid didn't take away much time from the set-up either.

I guess we just move a little slower than some... :sombraro:

Completely set up probably about the same.  Sometimes longer depending on how many times we have to stop and deal with the DC.  Or talk to those pesky SCCampers.  Its also taking a bit longer now with our new Trailer while I figure it all out and get the routine down...

As for clean up, hard to say considering many times we will begin putting things away the night before if are not gonna use it in the morning.

[JimS]

Yeah, it takes me and the wife 1 1/2 - 2 hours to set up and take down.  I can have the popup up and moving around inside and level in about 30 minutes.  Its getting everything else done for a two - three week stay that is the real time killer!

[dkutz]

Yeah, it takes me and the wife 1 1/2 - 2 hours to set up and take down.  I can have the popup up and moving around inside and level in about 30 minutes.  Its getting everything else done for a two - three week stay that is the real time killer!

Two or three weeks!?  I wish!

[CajunCamper]

I'm sorry but I gotta ask.....What are you people doing that takes 1 1/2 to 2 hours to set up your site?

CajunCamper

[coach]

I'm sorry but I gotta ask.....What are you people doing that takes 1 1/2 to 2 hours to set up your site?

:eyecrazy:  :yikes:  :sombraro:  :U

um drinking!

[mike4947]

It's the "extras" that take all that time. We've seen outdoor cooking setups that where larger than an army battalion field kitchen. Enough tacky lights to drop the voltage for an entire park. Bikes, chairs, tables, coolers, clothes racks, add a room, generator, enough stuff you want to look inside the camper because you always wanted to know what the inside of a clown car looked like...LOL

[Dee4j]

:eyecrazy:  :yikes:  :sombraro:  :U

um drinking!

 :J Have you been spying on us :J  

with No distractions ( chit chatting to SCCampers etc) it takes me about and hour or so to do my hybrid..parking leveling, unhitching, stabilzers takes me about 15 minutes. I have a slide out and 3 beds, 3 bunk end covers, awning, firewood, coolers, tables, BBq, bikes, Scooters and hookup water electric and sometimes sewer connections. Make the beds

[PattieAM]

I solo, so the PUP set up may take 45 minutes (including leveling), and add another 15 minutes to that if I set up the add-a-room/awning.  Now, the fine tuning - or 'feathering' the nest takes considerably longer, (setting up hardwalled bathroom, unpacking coffee maker, knife block/seasoning carosel, starting a pot of coffee while I set up the dinette, and that must take about 4 minutes as the coffee is ready and I can plunk down at the set up dinette and enjoy a few minutes rest while deciding which needs to be done next. At some point I've emptied the cooler into the fridge, filled the ice trays and turned on the fridge. (I have over the door organizer for personal care items, another for towels, and a over the door shower organizer)  Once those are in place, I can put the towels up, hook a t-shirt bag for garbage on one of the hooks, and I'm pretty much done other than to throw the pillows on the bunks (bedding stays on).  Oh, pull out my table lamp, indoor/outdoor thermometer and clock and plug them up.  Unroll the runner/rug, and hook up the dogs cable to the entry step, and clip the loose end to the canvas flap by the door for easy reach.

I too start packing my non-essentials the night before, and actual crank down takes about 20 minutes, roof settlement time another 5-10 minutes while I'm tossing the cooler on the truck and my suitcase, re-coiling the water hose and bagging the sewer hose.  And, hook up to the tow vehicle, then I latch her up, and inspect the campsite for anything I may have missed.

[mrsoreo57]

It takes us about an hour to set-up, inside and outside. About 1 1/2 - 2 hours to take down. Mainly because I clean the pup at the CG before we close up. I don't like opening a dirty pup...

[flyfisherman]

If I'm on the road and just stopping for a night it will be a very minimal set-up ... no awning, will stay hitched to the TV, won't even set-up the interior stove (have one of those Peak single burner stoves just inside the access door). Anyway, can do this in 15 minutes, whatever has to be done additionally adds minutes. Also includes take down.

However, when I get to where I'm going and begin the detailed set-up I have with all the junk I tote along ... hey, we're talking two to three hours! And Lord have mercy when I get ready to pack 'em up, close 'em up and hitch-up ... we're talking half a day! Of course, I clean up everything and put things back where they belong. But if I start packing up early in the morning (say 7:00am), I'll be lucky if I'm ready to go by noon! So the answer for me is to start the clean-up, square away process the afternoon or evening before. So the morning of depature, half that stuiff is done and I can be ready to drive on down the road in a couple of hours. Takes at least two hours just to take care of the fishing gear!



Fly

[CajunCamper]

Man.....sounds like some of you are moving into an apartment rather than going camping. To each his or her own.

We pack light, carry only the necessities and take along as few gadgets as possible.

CajunCamper