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Teardrop and scuba gear loading

Postby Overnuts » Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:52 am

Hi everybody,
Are there any people here who use a teardrop for travelling with scuba diving gear ?
how do you deal loading for driving and in place ?

For now, I have a cargo trailer, it's perfect for travelling with camping stuff and scuba gear for weekends.
But, getting a bit more old each year, I plan (dream) to build a teardrop for night confort,
but I can't imagine putting my "dry" bag and cylinders on my bed because:
- a dry bag is never dry for long time :o
- I wish to be in the bed when the bag should be in also :lol:
- I prefer pillow than steel tank :R

a good place should be in the kitchen hatch, but may be really heavy while driving and be a problem.
another place could be in the car, but european cars are... ? smalls ?!
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Second question, maybe stupid, when you go for weekend, what is in your car trunk (coffre?)
sorry, I always go in tent, trailer is for everything that could get wet in case of rain and leak (tent, bikes, gaz, furniture, seats, table),
and the car contains everything that must stay dry (sleeping bad, clothes) for 4 pepoles.
I've never used a caravan because I'm tall (1.97m) and get the ceilling at my eyes height :roll:
-- this message can be strange due to my english skill, cause I'm french (and serious) --
my cargo build: http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=62745#p1135613
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Re: Teardrop and scuba gear loading

Postby kmack67.km » Mon Jun 21, 2021 1:09 pm

How big is your cargo trailer? Could you just put a more comfortable bed in it? The extra height in a cargo trailer would allow you to include lots of storage space for SCUBA gear under the bed.

Just a thought,
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Re: Teardrop and scuba gear loading

Postby Pmullen503 » Mon Jun 21, 2021 5:11 pm

Maybe a big tongue box for the scuba gear?
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Re: Teardrop and scuba gear loading

Postby twisted lines » Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:52 pm

A side door with heavy slider's Under the bed :thinking:
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Re: Teardrop and scuba gear loading

Postby Overnuts » Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:17 am

Thanks for your replies, I didn't see them quickly, I didn't get notif'

kmack67.km wrote:How big is your cargo trailer? Could you just put a more comfortable bed in it?

Well, inside is about 1m20 x 2m with a bit less than 1m high :-(

Pmullen503 wrote:Maybe a big tongue box for the scuba gear?

For this year, I added a front box on thhe cargo, I plan to put things not so heavy.
I'm used to dive with a twin-8.5L (approx 26kgs) and my wife a single tank 22Kgs.
This looks enough to fold the tongue rails

twisted lines wrote:A side door with heavy slider's Under the bed :thinking:

Yes, This could be cool, james-bond like system :-)
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