Camp and Trailer

[Whoopit]

Does anyone “stay in” their trailer when they go to camp?

If so, what do you do? Other than scrub out the back so it’s clean! Do you get a camp bed, if so, which brand? Do you remove the partition or seep in one half or have a hammock?

Do you take a tent and not bother with the trailer? Do you have an awning attached to the trailer?

 

[Roxylola]

I took a tent, my friend has a big trailer with a little living bit in it. most folk I have seen take some sort of boxes or tents

 

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I did! I just put the partition over as far as it would go, front and back, and had a pop up tent in there with an air bed and loads of blankets over my sleeping bag. It was actually really cosy!

 

[spookypony]

A friend stays in her trailer at comps and camp rides. She takes the partition out and travels her horse with a full-width breast bar. Cleans out trailer at site, sets up a camp bed, and her horse stuff chest with a camp stove and a lamp, and a wee chair. She swears by it.

Last year, I slept in the back of my big 4x4 on a few occasions: seats down allowed me to put a double air mattress with a memory-foam mattress topper for warmth and my own duvet and pillows. Was warm and comfortable. Outside the car, I set up a cheap gazebo from Argos to have a place for my camping table and all my stuff (several tarps deployed for floor/keeping things dry). It worked well, though it wouldn't have worked in a country with raccoons and bears!

 

[asmp]

Used to do it for TREC competitions. However cold you think it’s going to be it will feel a lot colder!

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Used to do it for TREC competitions. However cold you think it’s going to be it will feel a lot colder!

But if its a heatwave or if you are of a certain age, it can be blissful! ☺

 

[Gloi]

I put a Lilo and pop up tent in. It's really noisy if it rains hard though but otherwise fine

 

[Coblover63]

I went to a camp at Somerford, so I booked an electric hook-up. Took out my butterfly partitions when I got there and slid them under the trailer out of the way. I bought a zed-bed with a thin mattress, rather than an air bed and some EVA mats which slotted together over the top of the trailer floor, so it was more hygienic. I actually took a pop-up two man tent which fitted inside the trailer and the bed fitted inside that. I bought a camping heater which blasted inside the tent with warm air so I was toasty.

 

[Hackback]

I went to a camp at Somerford, so I booked an electric hook-up. Took out my butterfly partitions when I got there and slid them under the trailer out of the way. I bought a zed-bed with a thin mattress, rather than an air bed and some EVA mats which slotted together over the top of the trailer floor, so it was more hygienic. I actually took a pop-up two man tent which fitted inside the trailer and the bed fitted inside that. I bought a camping heater which blasted inside the tent with warm air so I was toasty.

This is an award-worthy level of preparedness!

 

[Whoopit]

Aaah super! Plenty of idea to go off here - thank you everyone ?

 

[silv]

Regularly, probably at least a couple of times a months, spring through to autumn. I take out the partitions when I get to the destination, sweep out any manure, have a camp bed and matress, a camping toilet, gas ring, kettle etc. it is very comfortable. l
Lots of room, to stand up, have a chair, hang up clothes and tack. If it gets cold, just keep on adding duvets or horse rugs! Some people put down a groundsheet or tarpaulin but I have never bothered.

 

[Orangehorse]

Yes I have often camped in the trailer. As I was always by myself I found it much better to stay in the trailer and not put up a tent. I still remember watching as all the other lorries and trailers were driving away at the end of the show and I still had to take down and pack away the tent .........

If you are going to do it a few times then it is worth getting those little extras to make life more comfortable as suggested above.

I didn't use a pop up tent, probably because they weren't around then, but I was OK just putting a carpet down on the trailer floor on the clean side and an air mattress on top with sleeping bag AND duvet. I was a bit worried about getting rained on, so I took a waterproof rug just in case, but in fact I never did experience any rain. I had a small camping gas stove so I could have a hot drink first thing in the morning and last thing at night and food supplies in a cool box. You have to think a bit about safety, keep the flame from being blown out and watch out for anything combustible. Torch and radio.

I tended to keep all human things in the towing vehicle and horse things in the trailer. Riding clothes on hangers. Horse feed already in bags portioned out, spare rugs, all the tack, first aid supplies, grooming, tack cleaning, stable cleaning stuff. Always allow lots of extra time as you are walking backwards and forwards from the trailer to the stable and nothing is to hand and it all takes extra time.

The minute you get up on the last day, pack away all the sleeping stuff so the trailer is clear and ready for the horse for the return journey.