What do you take with you? Is there a master list?

[greekspeedoman]

I am trying to put together a general list of items that teardroppers use when camping. I'll use this list to share with friends who are interested in borrowing my trailer and in the teaching materials which will go along with the "Historic Camping and Teardrop Trailers" Film which was just released on my website.

Is there a master list? Does anyone have a list? I've got one of my own going but would like more input so I can make more of a general list.

Here's what I usually take:


Galley Items
• 2 - Backpacking style Aluminum Cooking pots
• 1 - Roll of Paper Towels
• 1 - Backpacking style Cutting Board
• 1 - Spatula
• 1 - Mixing Spoon
• 1 - Set of Collapsible Silicon Measuring Cups
• 1 - Can Opener
• 1 - Set of adjustable measuring spoons
• 1 - Flat grater
• 1 - Peeler
• 1 - Set of backpacking style spice containers
• 1 - small roll of Aluminum foil
• 1 - Small Roll of Plastic wrap
• 1 - Liquid Lighter
• 4 - sets of Collapsible bowls, plates, and cups
• 4 - sets of silverware
• 2 - hotdog roasters
• 3 - sharp knives
• 1 - vinyl table cloth
• 1 - Small French Coffee Press
• 2 - Small collapsible mixing bowls
• 1 - Small Dish Soap
• 2 - Hand Towels
• 2 - Tea Infusers
• Plastic Dish Washing Bin
• Napkins
• Garbage bags
• Small Glad Ware containers
• Washcloths
Inside the Camp Chef Oven
• 1 - Frying pan with folding handle
• 1 - cookie sheet
• 2 - Hot Pads (or Welding Gloves)
• 1 - 9â€

[pete42]

I've been camping since the 1960's in those 50+ years I have found that the one thing you should take is the one thing you left at home.

need a hammer darn left it at home..
need a skillet darn left it at home....
where's the kids darn left them at home...

But being a pilot since 1966 I know the importance of a check-list and seat belts don't leave home without them.

Now to what's on that list, mine changed when we change modes of camping Tent, pop-up, van, travel trailer all require a different list.

Pete

[planovet]

We don't have a list although sometimes I wish I did. But, pretty much everything is either stored in the teardrop or in plastic bins in the attic. When we are ready to go, I pull the bins out and load them up.

[jerry101jlh]

I've been camping since the 1960's in those 50+ years I have found that the one thing you should take is the one thing you left at home.

need a hammer darn left it at home..
need a skillet darn left it at home....
where's the kids darn left them at home...

But being a pilot since 1966 I know the importance of a check-list and seat belts don't leave home without them.

Now to what's on that list, mine changed when we change modes of camping Tent, pop-up, van, travel trailer all require a different list.

Pete

I would agree with this poster lol. I've seen more than a few lists on the internet and they do vary, is one or a few peoples idea of what you should take. Bottom line in my opinion is you take someone else's idea of the perfect list and modify it to be your own.

[glenpinpat]

we just make a list during our first campout of the year and go from there. most of the stuff stays in the td all year like pots and pans etc. the rest gets put in a tub and stored in the house. I did not see on your list a clothes line, clothes pegs, fly swatter, mixing bowl, extra fuses and a small tool kit that includes a socket that will remove the td tires incase of a flat, 12v air pump and a jack though your tow vehicles will generally do. Also keep a camping journal on where you stayed, weather what you did and what you wished you brought.

[jerry101jlh]

we just make a list during our first campout of the year and go from there. most of the stuff stays in the td all year like pots and pans etc. the rest gets put in a tub and stored in the house. I did not see on your list a clothes line, clothes pegs, fly swatter, mixing bowl, extra fuses and a small tool kit that includes a socket that will remove the td tires incase of a flat, 12v air pump and a jack though your tow vehicles will generally do. Also keep a camping journal on where you stayed, weather what you did and what you wished you brought.

A socket set a good idea, but never thought of a socket sized for the lug nuts. Great idea!

I think what you add to your list proves my point of any list being very individualized, but having a starter list to modify a great idea also.

[Larry C]

or in plastic bins in the attic.

You better check your plastic bins in the attic. With Texas at 100+ all summer, you probably have melted plastic all over your attic

[jerry101jlh]

or in plastic bins in the attic.

You better check your plastic bins in the attic. With Texas at 100+ all summer, you probably have melted plastic all over your attic

Reality check lol

[2bits]

It's tough if you want to give your teardrop to friends because to quote George Carlin, they need their stuff around to make them feel at home.

With my teardrop, I want to pack as little as possible, but and bring as much as possible, so I simply keep the teardrop stocked up. You might tell them what you have in it, and see where the gaps are.

It is a unique situation.

[rmclarke]

Not trying to be funny here, but I always have a roll of duct tape with me. Pretty darn useful stuff, if you ask me, with lots of imaginative uses (think Red Green here).
And one time it saved my bacon: we were visiting Mount Rushmore, we blew a radiator hose 25 miles outside of Rapid City....I duct taped it and made it to a repair shop.

[Shadow Catcher]

In my efforts to be organized (I am not by nature) I have a set of tools that stays with Compass Rose and the mats, tarps, tent poles, stay put. Other items change with the destination and season i.e. the diesel heater or AC.
Nancy has the galley stocked with staples and the nesting cooking wear (Coleman Peak Stainless steel) coffee pot etc. She has a grocery/menu list of items to bring which will change drastically as I have been diagnosed with diabetes.

[SonofT@B]

Someone on a camping website once recommended that you put a piece of masking tape on the stuff you take camping and when you use it take off the piece of tape. Then after two or three trips out leave anything home that still has the tape on it.

I always take too much stuff including clothes. The one exception I would make is to always take the minimum tool kit I have put together (and of course the big roll of duct tape!) I even take a small multimeter and some electrical repair items like clamp on quick connects. I once had a broken wire on my tail light and this kit got me home safely.

[eaglesdare]

3 things i will never leave behind any more.

a/c
heater
potty

all 3 are a must. have learned my lesson about not having each one of them when needed.

now since i have bought the electric water pot, that is now on my must bring list. the last time we camped we could not get the fire going well enought to boil the water. problem solved with the electric pot.

this year i have become very spoiled with staying at sites with electric. so electrical cords and outlets have been added.

[jerry101jlh]

Not trying to be funny here, but I always have a roll of duct tape with me. Pretty darn useful stuff, if you ask me, with lots of imaginative uses (think Red Green here).
And one time it saved my bacon: we were visiting Mount Rushmore, we blew a radiator hose 25 miles outside of Rapid City....I duct taped it and made it to a repair shop.

Duct tape????????????? OMG yes and with it I can forget a lot and get by just fine lol

[campmaster-k]

Once many moon ago I was camping in a mid sized group. Some were known and some were strangers. We were all sitting around the fire in the afternoon getting rained on. We were all talking about what we like to bring to eat. We all got hungry and ate our modest fair. Mostly hot dogs and canned yuk. We were in our low 20's back then so we had food but nothing really good. I think one of us spread around some store bought sweet rolls. This one guy starts talking about marinated tri-tip and how he babied it and made this special marinade just for camping. But that is not what he ate in front of us. I asked this fellow why he had not brought the delightful tri-tip he spoke of. He turned to his ice chest and brought out the booty, "I was waiting to cook it for desert, anyone want some." His list was short and made us all real happy.