One door?

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Postby Shadow Catcher » Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:08 am

SC it is a manufactured tear designed by us, if you look through the album you will see picture of MM #1. Nancy designed the galley cabinetry and I found and sent the company many of the bits i.e. lights, graphics, solar controller, that went into it. The story is on http://tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=33634

The side tarps are modified Kelty Car tarps with their poles, the rear tarp is a custom tarp made by Paha Que and a couple of paint roller extension poles with a stainless bolts screwed into the end (drilled and tapped.) The shape of the tarps is Hexagonal 6' wide at the tear (for all three) and the rear tarp is 14' wide at its widest and 14' long the Kelty tarps are smaller and the material not as heavy.
The advantage is that they can be fully stretched out or the end dropped for heavy weather. CR has Kedar/awning rail on three sides.
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Postby PKCSPT » Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:38 am

Two doors. I camp alone and mine is only a four wide. In an emergency doubt if I will fit out the window. However when I go to sleep I hope I have no trouble with the door in the morning. Figure I might sleep better with two.
Never had a problem with my door just something I think about.
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Postby wired » Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:59 am

stumphugger wrote:The bad thing about two doors is when you are loading stuff during a beastly rain event, you have rain going in through two doors.

That's the only bad thing I could think of...


yes, But if you have 2 people loading it gets done twice as fast, so it's a wash... (pun intended) :D
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Postby Gary and Cheri » Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:39 am

Also if you are going to build in under bed storage, one door can be a real pain.

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Postby 2bits » Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:56 pm

99% of the time, I camped alone, and I did not have a favorite door, I used both equally. If I didn't have two doors, I guess it would have been ok, but remember when you are out camping a year from now, you won't be thinking about that extra $$$ you spent for the extra door, just thanking yourself for putting it in. ;)
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