Free download · Real Campers series
The pocket cards.
Five printable reference cards, distilled from Towing and Camp Setup for Real Campers. The sequences experienced campers use — sized to live in the tow-vehicle door pocket or a saddle-bag clip.
What's inside
Five cards. One PDF. No fluff.
Each card is a single 8.5×11 page — print, fold in half, laminate, and it fits anywhere useful.
Card 1 · Pre-trip
Departure
The order things get done the night before and the morning of. Interior secure, exterior walk-around, hitching final checks, site final walk, and the first-mile test.
Card 2 · Arrival
Arrival & Setup
Site inspection before you commit, the exact setup sequence, and hookups in the order that keeps you from unwinding your own work — power, water, sewer.
Card 3 · Departure day
Teardown
The morning-of teardown in exact reverse order of arrival. Hookup breakdown, site final walk, and the details most people forget on the ground.
Card 4 · Backing
Backing hand signals
Two people, one language. The eight signals every spotter should know, the spoken confirmations, and the rules that keep a body-shop bill off your trip.
Card 5 · Brakes
Brake controller setup
What gain and sensitivity actually do, the gain adjustment procedure, when to re-check, and the warning signs of a controller that's drifted out of tune.
Print · Fold · Laminate
How to make them last
- Print on regular letter paper — single-sided, 100% scale, no "fit to page." Any home printer, color or grayscale.
- Trim if you want — the cards are designed with a wide margin, so you can trim them to a smaller pocket size or leave them full 8.5×11 and fold in half.
- Laminate. A cheap $25 laminator and 5-mil pouches will outlast the trailer. Rainy hitch-ups and greasy hands can't kill them.
- Store where you'll actually use them. Tow-vehicle door pocket. Trailer command-center wall. Under the sun visor. Wherever you already reach.
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These cards are the last five pages of Book Two.
The pocket cards distill the checklists. The book explains why each step is in the order it's in — the reasoning behind every sequence, the failure modes, and the small mistakes that turn small problems into expensive ones. Towing and Camp Setup for Real Campers arrives soon.
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