Popup (Folding/Tent Camper) Setup and Use Walkthrough Demonstration - American RV Center

Walkthrough demonstration of the setup and use of a Popup Folding Tent Camper. Example unit is a 2011 Rockwood Freedom 2270 from American RV Center in Evansville, Indiana. Covers leveling, chocking, utilities, electrical, water systems, crank up, and more. Be sure to check out our website at www.americanrvcenter.com for more information.

[@doityourselfbri]

I had one of these! Made for fun family camping trips.

[@KennyInVegas]

Thanks for your time and effort.........I learned so much!!!!!

[@Outdoorfamily.]

I just bought one of these today July 3 2020 and we can’t wait for camping!! It’s going to be so much fun!!! 🙂🙂😉😉😌😌🙃

[@aaronanderson7619]

I'm looking into one currently. Do you have any regrets?

[@keithl7422]

Mine is Hard Top A-Frame Trailer and pretty new design unit, I couldn't find any related video to teach me how to use it, but this one is more close to what I need to know. Informative and thanks a lot!! :-)

[@adkitchen]

Always wondered how these campers worked! Thanks!

[@johndesousa9448]

Thanks just bought a 1991 skamper pop up in excellent condition . I found two pieces of metal under the bench pads and had no idea where the went . Due to your video I realized they were the safety supports in the case the hoist cable breaks.

[@st3v33100]

Wow...What a complete camper trailer tent!

[@steveharris9300]

As a newbie to camping and having a Rockwood, 2008 pop up, I really, really enjoyed and profited from this video. Glad to have found it. Keep up the informative posts. Many thanks.

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@Anthony Edison instablaster ;)

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[@carbuncle1977]

i like this one. it's not stressful for pulling pick-ups or suvs.

[@DeL-sm8bl]

I was walking around my neighbourhood and for years always saw these campers. No idea what they were called or what they look when opened. So cool glad I decided to Google it now.

[@dwynepen7626]

😂

[@pattie10za]

Thank You!!! very informative!!!

[@basdensamericanrv]

@MYWHIT3BOY Glad to hear that it helped you! Check back often for updates or check out our fan page on Facebook. Just search Basden's American RV Center. Thanks again and happy camping!

[@guyh.4553]

Great video! Well done.

[@Jimmy_Cavallo]

💥 9:19 Don’t forget that jack support in the back. 🤟🏼

[@AffordableREI]

Perfect thanks!

[@basdensamericanrv]

@adkitchen We're here to help! Glad it helped you.

[@peterandandrewsmom]

Its the video i've been searching the web for for the past two weeks. Sweet, now I can sleep haha. Thank you!!

[@cynthiae.6016]

😀😂

[@MYWHIT3BOY]

very helpful, thank you

[@Modzilla32]

I'm exhausted just listening to the instructions.

[@joeblack8389]

I thought I wanted one until I realized how much time and effort it goes into one. I guess I’ll just stay at hotels 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@wickedrl1523]

@@joeblack8389 god damn millenials

[@helenajohnson5290]

Very,very GOOD

[@baiakumotorhome]

A família do Baiaku agradece por vc estar assistindo nosso vídeos e já me escrevi no seu , muito bons seus vídeos 👏👏👏👏

[@Steve-qc5km]

WTF??..😳😳

[@devonhutchison]

thank u

[@Atomic_Sucks]

My parents have been talking about getting one I thought it was gonna just be like a tent but this is cool

[@basdensamericanrv]

They're a great way to start RV camping!

[@segismundofig]

Este es el mejor mas compacto, mas completo.

[@basdensamericanrv]

Check out our website. Link in the description above.

[@laffilmfest3759]

Very informative video!

[@basdensamericanrv]

Glad it was helpful!

[@gerryriehl9434]

Seen it done it lived it

[@brianhanlon9602]

Can't wait to do it again!

[@baiakumotorhome]

Olá amigo ! Sou do do Brasil e vc foi o escritório de número 300 , ainda estamos iniciando no KZbin, e vim aqui agradecer, Deus abençoe, vc é brasileiro?

[@billchapel5248]

Those latches, that hold the top down, I worked at a place that powdercoated those latches, I must have done a million of them.

[@M70ACARRY]

Picking up our new Rockwood this Tuesday. Looks easy enough to setup.

[@marydollens3871]

That's cool!

[@spotifyseascapessmoothjazz]

One day, I'll have one of these...

[@filotuttofare7835]

Ciao ottimo carrello nuovo iscritto ciao da monza👍👍👍bel video

[@brianmarston5048]

Definitely should NOT use a lighter to light the stove. Use a wooden match - they won't blow up, and you don't have to get your fingers nearly as close so less worries about burning your fingers.

[@reinhardliebherr7060]

E17.

[@iwemcurry]

My sister sets hers up in 10 minutes. And if she moved any slower she woulld be going backwards.

[@beavercleaver7848]

I'd set up our family's my own self in more like five minutes at around ten years of age, decades ago. But was bigger than average. I was, I mean. Hadn't thought of those campers in many years. Tent Trailer was the commonly-used term back then. Had never heard the words Popup, Folding Camper, Tent Camper used for them until saw this post. They were much more commonly seen, used back then. Their construction, setup were much more simple then. Unlatch latches on outside of each end, which secured square metal top to square metal bottom during travel, pull/slide ends of beds outward, up went the metal roof on the ends of metal pipes/rods which unfolded, straightened up as beds were pulled out. No cranking involved. Heavy canvas attached to those, other folding, unfolding metal rods, pipes covered sides, ends, rest of ceiling area of trailer when set up for occupancy. Air conditioning, heating were concepts from The Future. Zero privacy for any family member on inside. Still, when was a child, was pleasant enough vacation living when frozen tundra west of Boston thawed for summer, could drive to, set up near, a pleasant lake or ocean area to east or south, camp out there for two weeks, swim, tan - as mother, I, sisters always wanted to do. Father, though, would often have us on some version of Mao's Long March/Cherokee's Trail Of Tears, traveling to, through frozen Vermont, New Hampshire/Maine/Maritime Provences of Canada, where needed ski jackets at night in July, August, ocean water was shockingly cold first minutes immersed in it. Get up early morning, fold up trailer, attach it to station wagon, drive all day until early evening, rent camp space in camp ground, set up trailer, go to sleep, get up early next day, repeat for two weeks. Father had suffered from untreated hyperactivity from childhood, they guessed long after. Such people were just considered to be extra annoying/exhausting before there was a word, treatment for it. I bailed out for CA, where no one knew what 90+% humidity accompanied by clouds of biting mosquitos, black flies, gnats, no-see-ums (microscopic biting flying insects) were, not to mention deer ticks, almost ASAP, stayed there for decades.

[@livingtrash24]

I want one

[@basdensamericanrv]

Nah... After you get the hang of it, you can set up a popup by yourself in less than 10 minutes. There are two-person teams that can have one setup in 2.5 minutes! It seems like a lot to do, but it's all in the procedure and method.

[@dannisimes8529]

I can’t figure out my 2002 Bonnie ohzone awning. Any videos on that?

[@herrp8765]

@@dannisimes8529 This is the one step in the popup setup process where 2 people really come in handy.

[@michaelundas1212]

I thought this would be much easier!

[@brianhanlon9602]

I've had my pop up for a year now. It's not really that bad.

[@user-ot3sg5xn8x]

goooood nais

[@Masatomo0701]

欲しい♫

[@melissagarrett6693]

I'm most of these videos they don't show setting the door in place. That's the hardest part. If the camper isn't 100 perfect perfectly level it won't line up.

[@herrp8765]

Very true. The leveling has to be spot on, and the roof must be fully up (green cable taut). Good things to check if the door or "canvas" doesn't quite seal.

[@jenleduc5494]

Does anyone know how much weight is the max added when using the bed and the whole tent camper? What can is support max weight?

[@ghostfaceandme]

I'm going to cry this looks so stressful.

[@herrp8765]

Like anything else, if you follow a checklist and go through the motions several times, it does get easier and quicker.

[@biglightbt]

Pop-Ups are a huge pain in the ass, I used to have an old single-piece-roof Coleman and it was a piece of shit and impossible to set up. If you can afford to get one look at hybrid trailers. They have soft sided fold outs for the bed and a traditional RV body. Have a Jayco X23B now and it is just a totally different experience using it.

[@herrp8765]

Many popups like my Viking have simplified the setup process. I use a 20v drill to raise the roof and crank down/up the stabilizers, and there are no bars under each bed bunk. Those help quite a bit.

[@hollykuhn5351]

Anyone know how to get the electric fridge working on a 1989 Flagstaff pop up trailer?

[@DonDomel]

Where can I buy it and how much does it cost ?

[@johnthomason2773]

For anyone wondering you can pull one of these with a smaller truck. I pulled one of these with my 99 tacoma with no problem as would a ford ranger

[@brianhanlon9602]

I pull mine with a Rav4.

[@Jezebel2299]

@@brianhanlon9602 That’s good to know I have a RAV4 and the weight on it only says 1500 pounds. The camper we’re buying is 1100 and I was concerned

[@rollingstopp]

10 cases of beer can be easily fit into your pick up

[@pammyjoe66]

We've got a 1972 vintage Bethany Citation pop-up and can't find the fuse box. Any ideas?

[@abhu1420]

Good 👍🏼

[@plstrom]

the felcros look weak but that looks like a cool camper

[@amethystarcher2758]

My family used to have the exact same pop ip camper but the supports broke

[@OldDood]

Question: Can a Toyota Tacoma 4x4 with the 4 Cylinder 159 hp engine pull something like this easily? It also has a 5 speed manual tranny as well...(would it need a transmission cooler?) I always wondered if my Tacoma could pull one of these without destroying it.

[@kong3]

Trans cooler is for automatic transmission.

[@TheSkeletor77]

i have tent trailer with odd plug on roof side.whats it for? i dont have AC. skamper 1988 240c 12ft i looked online for manuals but no luck.

[@basdensamericanrv]

It's probably prepped for air conditioning. Can't think of anything else it would be.

[@svazzana8594]

Price please? Dealers in Las Vegas, Nevada?

[@BigFire505]

Дополнительная головная боль за бешеные деньги... И не кемпер, и не палатка. Так палатку кинул в багажник и не заморачиваешься с прицепом. А времени на установку столько же. Ведь в чем прелесть дома на колесах? В том, что можно остановиться в любом месте - пообедать, переночевать, не заморачиваясь с разборкой и сборкой тента. В любую погоду - в дождь или снег у вас есть готовый домик, где можно укрыться. А здесь что?... Лучше уж палатка:)

[@aaronlawson7138]

And if your car can't pull an Airstream?

[@andioop3905]

We own one of these after a while it stinks and it's hot in there when we open it it gets cool after one hour

[@wobu5361]

Brooklyn Tea i found that showering regularly greatly helps keep the stank away.

[@beavercleaver7848]

@@wobu5361 It doesn't help keep the skanks away, though, thank heaven.

[@kong3]

Throw some dryer sheets in there, they really clear up the air.

[@fritznorbertoabelleyrarico7763]

deseo comprar uno cant you send me information ?

[@solidneo9026]

This is the movie tenet

[@soupdragon814]

how heavy is one of these pop ups

[@basdensamericanrv]

soup dragon Normally in the 2000lb range empty

[@djjoshbibby]

How much

[@tw-ub1kd]

少了车顶太阳能板电池来发电 和塑料淋浴澡盆+便厕

[@filotuttofare7835]

È il carrello più completo che abbia mai visto dovete inventare qualcosa per il wc ciao

[@Anthony-kd9fd]

Well I'm sold on never buying one by the time I set it up and take it down the weekend will be over lol

[@christophercardono6274]

The only thing suck about pop up camper don't have a stand up shower and a private toilet.

[@kenlovejoy3409]

mine is 3200 empty

[@shanegroom5879]

Where can I get that hardware that lifts the sink from the floor?

[@basdensamericanrv]

Any Forest River dealer should be able to order it for you if it's still available. They'd need your VIN, year, and model number of your camper to look that up for you. Feel free to give us a call at 812-867-5200 and we can look into it for you.

[@vincenzotroia1326]

Ma si possono trovare in Puglia

[@USMCDOGOFWAR1]

Could I pull this with a 2017 Jeep Renegade?

[@ddcatwoman25]

USMCDOGOFWAR1 I'm pulling mine with a Dodge caliber

[@user-fs7jn2mr6h]

가격이 궁금합니다

[@marymusgrave5539]

can i use my coleman canvas and put it on my jayco?

[@basdensamericanrv]

Unfortunately, they are custom fit to each model and manufacturer.

[@lucafurno7632]

Purtroppo in italia non c'è.

[@CGAZ66]

so whats the price on a pop up.

[@MikeColburn]

craigslist pop up camper Make sure your vehicle can tow it. These can range from 1500lbs to 4000lbs

[@jayden4974]

It'll be time to go home before you set up 😭

[@pamelaconley9744]

Only issue with a popup camper is that Yellowstone and other parks that have alot of bears will not let you stay in the park with them. Considered unsafe.

[@tayaheinrich6464]

Really?

[@herrp8765]

True. Since I live in GA, my camper will be either local or just within a couple of states. If we go out west, we'll probably rent a Class C or stay in a cabin.

[@shiniquajones2812]

Can you get a pop up with a restroom?

[@basdensamericanrv]

There are popup floorplans available with a restroom, however they do tend to be quite small.

[@siddiqiumar]

Reminds me of the flimsy IKEA shoe storage racks I would feel more secure in a Honda Civic than this flimsy rexin

[@II-gj7vq]

I really enjoyed your video it looks like you have a wonderful product here but what's missing is a woman's view of things you mentioned that there's a hot water heater but is there a shower is there a way to bathe I didn't get to see the full inside of the trailer from side to side and curious about what the weight limits are on each bed and so I think to improve your video you should ask a woman to watch it and ask her what she would like to see because I would like to see so much more as a female then you have shown me here I guess I will just have to find a dealership in my area and go and ask them firsthand but it would have been really nice since you are doing such a beautiful recording the show us all of the amenities

[@user-ql4nv1kf8t]

Howmuch 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@filmsholten2993]

heel mooie campwagen maar ik woon in holland

[@El_ReyJ]

You’d freeze your ass off in one of these if you use it for hunting.

[@kong3]

Nope just bring extra propane.

[@maryajones3147]

What do these Popups cost?✌

[@herrp8765]

Anywhere from a couple thousand up to the mid-teens.

[@Alaska-Jack]

good grief is there anything more simple?

[@brianhanlon9602]

Pop up life ain't for everyone...

[@raulcepero4810]

Do pop up campers have toilet??

[@beavercleaver7848]

Your toilet is the great outdoors.

[@user-fs7jn2mr6h]

판매하시는분 있나요

[@MSchula7798]

안녕 👋 🤠

[@michaell.8938]

I don't trust those bed supports.

[@brianhanlon9602]

They hold up remarkably well!

[@peteryoas]

I feel jipped. I watch this entire video and there wasn't a single babe in a bikini. have you guys never ACTUALLY been camping before!?

[@frankkirby5763]

Punk Rock Pete I

[@geodafootballa6001]

OMG 😂 nevermind

[@isaacdix8086]

😂

[@corpseplague]

What a hassle

[@wessyuk]

Or pick up the phone and book a hotel !!!

[@brianhanlon9602]

What fun would that be?!

[@justaskdad]

By the time you are done setting this thing up it's time to go home.

[@brianhanlon9602]

Seriously it can be completely set up and ready in about 10 minutes.

[@fan3002]

Just helped me decide NOT to buy one. Thanks for the video

[@uwekoelblin4606]

Hihi, and drink the black water, because it's not good for your health. 😜😜😜😜

[@yb4731]

Ужас! Фанера дешёвая. Конрукция на соплях.

[@Monkey8649]

Too complicated

[@brianhanlon9602]

Not really after doing it once I can do it in my sleep.

[@stephanburgess654]

I'll stick to our Aussie made campers. A lot easier and better built. These look very flimsy.

[@jimh.412]

Aussie campers are much more expensive too.

[@alfredovelazquez2700]

After watching this video I no longer what a pop up camper! Wow you would think it would be less work than a tent but it’s not. What a joke! No wonder people just buy an RV!

[@herrp8765]

But these are the only full size RVs that fit in garages. (For those of us with HOA eyes watching.)

[@colinveacock5408]

What a faff! Book a hotel for gods sake.

[@peezleweezley]

Its for camping, hunting, enjoying the lake. THE OUTDOORS. You should keep to the city...

[@colinveacock5408]

Or, just mentioning this as a maybe, a hotel in the country!!!

[@jimh.412]

@@colinveacock5408 Why would you waste money on a hotel?

[@brianhanlon9602]

Around here a full hook up camp site is half the price of a hotel room and I know what's been in the beds.

[@annmorris6280]

Only four minutes in and I gotta leave....the annoying music is just too much ARGH!