Well ... my first night was trial by fire ... Ok by rain ! Our scout troop went camping on my Father-in-laws 17acres on a small creek. Set up for my tear was a breeze !!! I just unhooked it ... slipped in the two rear stablizer legs and set up a new 10x10 canopy (I found at Family Dollar for 15 bucks!).
Finally went to bed about 11:00 ... Scouts were still on the snipe hunt About 12:30 it started thundering and lightning and dumping tons of rain. I had the canopy set over most of the tear ... but left one side hanging out to test the weather proofing. After a very long night (it didn't stop raining or thundering) and about 45 minutes of sleep ... I got up dry and comfy We got about 2" of rain overnight and most of the scouts were sleeping in our cars. The rain just beaded up and ran off my tear ! With the top vent cracked just a bit and the little window in the rear open, every gust of wind would create a little breeze in the tear.
I am so pleased with tear and its performace. And towing it ... its like theres nothing back there! Now I have to make a set of fenders and paint the interior.
I parked it at home and had to make a roadtrip to take my daughter to a camp were she will spend two weeks as a councilor ... a 9 hour round trip. It was about 8:00 when my wife and I got home and she said can we cehck out the tear ? So we both climbed in and spent a few minutes laying there with the roof vent opend all the way ... it makes a great view looking up as you lay there. And she says ... whats a close campground that we could go NEXT weekend ? WooooooHooooo
Thanks for all the info you guys sahre here !
Wild Mike