Clamshell what do you do at night.

dpyo4812
dpyo4812 Member Posts: 15
in Camping & Travel

?? You pull in to camp, set everything up Open the clamshell put your wing walls up, put your Sun and rain cover over your clamshell. get everything ready to start to enjoy your camping. fun then it is time to hit the hay, What do you do with your Kitchen area? Of course I know you do not leave food out for all the nightly critters, but do you take down the wing walls and your awning and shutdown the clam, on a nightly basis. Newbie would like to know... how trusting are you?

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  • WilliamA
    WilliamA Member Posts: 1,309

    I close mine at night. My awning rolls up in a minute. I know a lot about raccoons...
    WilliamA

    "When I am in charge, Starburst brand fruit chews will get their own food group....and where are all the freakin laser beams? There should be more laser beams..."

    2021 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk
    2017 T@G XL
    Boyceville, Wi.

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  • Sharon_is_SAM
    Sharon_is_SAM Member Posts: 696

    Closed and locked at night or while away from the trailer. We only use our wing walls when it is very windy.

    Sharon - Westlake, Ohio | 2017 TaB CSS - 

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  • HikinMike
    HikinMike Member Posts: 400

    I have wing walls. I leave mine open. I don't keep any food in the galley area other than what is in the cooler. I keep the cooler pushed in and locked. Pantry items are kept in my TV.

    2019 T@G Boondock Edge 5W
    2017 Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro
    2022 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 4xe

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  • MrGGBrown
    MrGGBrown Member Posts: 42

    We always close ours at night, and when we're going to be away from the campsite for an extended time. We also only use our wing walls when it's windy.

    Greg Brown
    Bellevue, WA
    2016 PVTT T@G

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  • TomD
    TomD Member Posts: 357

    Closed

    Tom
    Aptos, California
    2015 LG Silver Shadow
    2012 Ford Edge Sport TV

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  • HellFish
    HellFish Member Posts: 140

    Only use wing walls when it is too windy. Don't use a shade for the clamshell. So, of course we close it at night. Don't want critters climbing around in our kitchen...and they will.

    2014 T@G

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  • GigHarborTom
    GigHarborTom Member Posts: 270

    We shut er down every night. We have the 6 panel clam (Cabela). During the day, we bungee the awning door flap/small awning to the open kitchen hatch door. We do have the beloved wing walls up during the day. These are all secured at night and when away for any length of time. I get up in the morning, open things up and make coffee, feed and walk the pup. By the way, about the only thing we cook on the trailer stove is coffee. Going to Mt Rainier, bear country, in a couple weeks. Let you know how that turns out.

    Gig Harbor Tom
    Trl '17 T@G Max
    TV 2018 Mazda CX9 Signature

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  • theashleyoe
    theashleyoe Member Posts: 17

    100% close it at night. I'm not so much worried about the people-thieves as I am the critter-thieves. When tent camping once in semi-remote central Idaho, I put everything else in the car for the night, but accidentally left out a 3.5 gallon stock pot filled with leftover jambalaya and no joke a black bear straight up stole the entire pot.

    RIP stock pot.

    neveragain

    I feel bad for the bear, though. It was a particularly spicy batch.

    Ashley and John and two idiot dogs
    Boise, Idaho
    2020 T@G XL
    2017 Dodge Durango

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  • beaky
    beaky Member Posts: 283

    leave the back open at night? no way, dew forms at night even in the desert

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  • JohnnyLoco
    JohnnyLoco Member Posts: 195

    Spray fox urine around camp and sprinkle cayenne pepper

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  • LuckyJ
    LuckyJ Member Posts: 1,239

    We close our at night.

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  • zgfiredude
    zgfiredude Member Posts: 215

    Close up the hatch? No way, that means the bar is closed and the party's over!!!!

    '21 T@G 5w Boondock, 2006 Toyota Land Cruiser B)

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  • LuckyJ
    LuckyJ Member Posts: 1,239

    We close our at night.> @zgfiredude said:

    Close up the hatch? No way, that means the bar is closed and the party's over!!!!

    Well, why would you close it if you do not have a last call and you tend to all those wild guest! 😎

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  • dpyo4812
    dpyo4812 Member Posts: 15

    Thanks for all feed back! that is was I thought that the Majority had them Closed.

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  • evpeeling
    evpeeling Member Posts: 69

    I took the wooden dowels out of my wing walls so that I could leave them attached and shut the galley

    2020 Tag BD 5W, 2018 RAV4 Adventure, PA

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