What do you do with a wet coat in your teardrop?

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What do you do with a wet coat in your teardrop?

Postby cmrcmk » Wed Jul 29, 2020 3:06 pm

Since a teardrop trailer isn't usually much more inside than a box around a bed, what do you do with a wet raincoat or other wet clothes? I'm finalizing my design (hoping to start construction within weeks!) and this question keeps nagging in the back of my mind. I want to be sure that bringing the family back from a hike that ended in a rain shower doesn't leave our bed soggy.

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Re: What do you do with a wet coat in your teardrop?

Postby linuxmanxxx » Wed Jul 29, 2020 3:39 pm

Either a closed awning or one of the suv tents with flap at teardrop door gives changing room as well as extra sleeping too.

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Re: What do you do with a wet coat in your teardrop?

Postby tony.latham » Wed Jul 29, 2020 3:44 pm

We have clothing hooks just aft of the doors.

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Everyting gets hung there. But it doesn't rain much here in the summer.

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Re: What do you do with a wet coat in your teardrop?

Postby pchast » Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:40 pm

We installed clothing hooks. But, I always carry garbage bags to
carry something too wet or dirty to drip onto the bed. Its not
unusual to have something for a dryer at a laundromat on occasion.
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Re: What do you do with a wet coat in your teardrop?

Postby noseoil » Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:58 am

We typically have an awning at the galley, so wet stuff can hang behind the trailer to drip dry...
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Re: What do you do with a wet coat in your teardrop?

Postby cmrcmk » Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:41 am

Seems the consensus is to have an awning of some sort so you can deal with the drips before you climb in, though that may not help in the worst case where you're soaked to your skin and have neighbors within sight...

Clothes hooks inside make sense to me once the item isn't dripping. Maybe I just need somewhere under the awning to hang the items until they're done dripping and then they can be brought in for the night.

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Re: What do you do with a wet coat in your teardrop?

Postby Tomterrific » Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:34 am

We setup a 10x10 canopy behind our camper. This acts as a living room/screen porch so we have a dry area. Any wet towels or clothing is dried by hanging on the frame of the canopy.

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Re: What do you do with a wet coat in your teardrop?

Postby linuxmanxxx » Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:01 am

The suv tents are awesome since it's closed and private with a floor.

I thought the texsport brand was best value in that genre and easy to pop up 10x10 7ft center.
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Re: What do you do with a wet coat in your teardrop?

Postby S. Heisley » Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:08 pm

If you have a little shower/potty tent, you can hang them in there, too.
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