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Hodge-PODge
Senior Member Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Location: Calhoun, GA Online Status: Offline Posts: 539 |
Topic: Laundry. Posted: 09 Jul 2012 at 8:41pm |
This is what I use to dry wet bathing suits and towels. It collapses and folds flat. You can get it at Camping World http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/foldable-drying-rack/34560 but I think I actually got mine at WalMart or KMart.
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2011 RP 177, the Hodge-PODge
2011 Mercedes ML350 "A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it." |
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Snowbound
Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Location: Edmonton, AB Online Status: Offline Posts: 270 |
Posted: 29 Jun 2012 at 12:35pm |
Our " washing machine" (5 gal pail with tight lid ) does not wash too many items at once so we can usually manage to dry with a few plastic hangers in the shower or a rack set up in the r-dome. We do carry a small clothes line and clothes pins to use for bathing suits and towels and airing out bedding.
Since we are gone on long trips sometimes( 4-7 weeks), laundry is a must at some point but doing a few pieces most days reduces the laundromat stops considerably. We manage to take clothes for about a week. B
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Tom and Bette
in our 177 "The Gastropod" |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 28 Jun 2012 at 9:14am |
That's what we did. Under $10 at Wal-Mart, about shoulder-high and it collapses flat for travel.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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this_is_nascar
Senior Member Joined: 24 Jan 2010 Location: NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 466 |
Posted: 28 Jun 2012 at 8:00am |
OK. I had forgotten about the added risks while traveling with a pet.
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"Ray & Connie"
- 2017 R-Pod RP-180 - 2007 Toyota Tacoma TRD-Off Road |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 28 Jun 2012 at 7:46am |
We carry a small bit of laundry D etc, just in case. But we have done a full week without need.. and had to bathe a dog on an overnighter.. luckily she didn't get into the camper with the funk on her...
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Keith-N-Dar
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Location: Mayville, WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 28 Jun 2012 at 1:01am |
On our last trip one of the dogs got sick on the bed and we did sheets and blankets in the washers up at the lodge. Glad we had some detergent and such along.
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
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g4royce
Senior Member Joined: 20 Nov 2010 Location: PortStLucie FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 335 |
Posted: 27 Jun 2012 at 11:10pm |
oh no! We're not planning on doing laundry while podding! We're not *that* disorganized! The line and pegs are for swimsuits and beach towels, and because some campgrounds and state parks don't allow laundry lines, we were thinking of getting an inexpensive drying rack. The rest of the detergent and stuff is mainly for laundry emergencies that tend to randomly happen when you have a pet.
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ChaiPod
2009 RP152 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe 3.5L V6 |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 27 Jun 2012 at 2:34pm |
For weekend trips, or even a week-long trip I would agree. But it comes into play on longer trips.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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this_is_nascar
Senior Member Joined: 24 Jan 2010 Location: NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 466 |
Posted: 27 Jun 2012 at 1:41pm |
If you're only gone for a few days, why are you guys doing laundry while camping? I can't imagine it's any easier doing it at the campground then just waiting to do it when you get home.
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"Ray & Connie"
- 2017 R-Pod RP-180 - 2007 Toyota Tacoma TRD-Off Road |
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Outbound
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 19 Nov 2009 Location: Oshawa, Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 767 |
Posted: 27 Jun 2012 at 12:23pm |
I simply carry a small jug of liquid tide laundry detergent and some dryer sheets under one of the dinette seats. Its pretty rare that I ever want to do laundry while on the road (it is vacation after all), but emergencies come up.
The only thing I'd ever bother to hang out are towels. There's some rope in the camper that I can use to rig a line, but usually, I'll just throw towels over a lawn chair, over the spare tire or over the picnic table - whatever is in the sun. |
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Craig :: 2009 RP171 towed by a 2017 F150
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