Pop-Up Camper Mods and Hacks {Pop-Up Camping}
Pop-Up Campers are great for families because they close down small and open really big. But sometimes they don’t always make the best use of the space. However, there are so many small changes you can make to your pop-up! Thanks to some easy DIY pop-up camper mods and hacks, you can easily add more storage and convenient features to your pop-up camper! Take a look at these easy DIY pop-up camper mods and hacks that we have done to our own pop-up!
All camper mods and hacks are done at your own risk, Rain and Pine accepts no liability for any damage to your camper as a result of modifications or hacks. Modify your camper at your OWN RISK.
Adding Storage to a Pop-Up Camper Trailer Frame
This DIY pop-up camper modification takes just a couple hours and some ingenuity. You will need to purchase an inexpensive hitch mounted storage basket to do this hack. This hack may not work for every camper, measure your space and the storage basket and determine if you have sufficient space to mount the basket to the trailer before attempting this hack.
Before 
Remove battery and propane tank CAREFULLY and SAFELY 
Remove center support and cut the length on remaining areas where metal sticks out farther than your basket 
Bolt center support back onto the rack 
Drill holes for bolts on the trailer 
Check that the basket fits properly 
Bolt the basket to the trailer in appropriate locations 
Screw in metal guide rails where the propane tank will now go 
Secure propane tank to guide rails and screw battery holder to the trailer 
After – now there is room for a box or some supplies! Or you could double the propane and batteries!
Adding Rug Storage to the Bumper of a Pop-Up Camper
This easy pop up camper mod requires a 6″ PVC pipe. This pipe is cut to the width of our camper. It holds a 5×7′ rug perfectly! We added pipe caps to the end, and installed metal handles to the caps for easy on and off. Now our dirty camper rug doesn’t have to be transported inside our camper anymore! To attach it to our bumper we simply used galvanized pipe strapping with self tapping screws to screw into the bumper.
Attaching a Grey Water Tank to the Bumper of a Pop-Up Camper
Having a grey water tank is super handy, but they are huge and hard to store. This hack is super easy, you just attach it to your bumper tire with the included hook and then strap it on tightly with ratchet straps. Easy!
Adding Hooks to the Ceiling of a Pop-Up Camper
This hack is fairly simple. Just buy some d-rings that will fold flat when the camper is closed, and screw into the roof with short screws. I hang organization baskets from these at each bunkend for everyone to hold their personal items!
Adding a Shelf Inside a Pop-Up Camper Storage Compartment
It is so much easier to store things with a shelf. Just use a nail gun, thin strips of wood as shelf brackets, and thin wood cut into the size you need for your shelf!
Add brackets 
Add shelf and nail in 
Done
Converting a Pop-Up Camper Dinette into a Bed or Couch
We have 2 dinettes in our camper, one is very small and we needed an area for our youngest to sleep so we converted this dinette space into a small bed/couch. We simply cut a piece of plywood to size and notched around anything in the way, and notched the corner out so cords could reach the power outlet below!
Before 
After 
Set up as a couch/bed
Creating a Stacking Drawer System inside a Pop-Up Camper with Velcro
We use a system of bins to organize the camper. The clothes are in 2 large bins that stack. To add some stability to the bins we added Velcro to the sides so that when stacked they stay put!
You need 4 sets of Velcro 
Line the Velcro up in each corner 
Cut the Velcro so there is some on both bins 
It should look like this 
Leave the second piece of Velcro whole 
Now you can secure the bins by placing the whole piece on each corner
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23 Comments
Jeremy
Looking to add the storage basket on the front of my trailer like yours. What do you mean by “cut the length down”? Is that just making the length of the center support flush with the length of the basket? Thanks!
Bree
Yes! If there is any remaining metal on the support cut it so that it is flush with the basket.
Melanie
I just did that bed hack and love it! Bye Bye table hello extra bed!
Jasmine Watts
Nice hacks! These are definitely helpful and worth sharing.
Jasmine Watts
The camper looks amazing and would be perfect for us. Thank you for these tips!
Jasmine Watts
Nice hacks! Love it all. I will definitely try these out on our new pop up!
Courtney
Oooo so many handy camper tools!!! I will have to keep all of these parts in mind next time I’m camping
Kristen
This is perfect for any RV road trips. I love how accessible everything has become.
Melanie williams
There are things here I would have never though about. Useful hacks that would make all the difference for sure xx
Neva
This is awesome! We recently bought a pop-up and I have been searching for good and easy mods – thank you!
Angela Tolsma
My husband and I have been debating on renting a camper to try out for a weekend and see if we enjoyed it. I wouldn’t have thought to use bins for clothes!
Addy
All the hacks are so practical and seriously going to make our pop-up so much better!
David Elliott
I’m impressed with all the stuff you were able to do in a popup camper. We had a hard shelf one but this one looks pretty cool I must admit.
Samar
The ideas/hacks are really awesome.
I am sharing it on Facebook.
Kelly
The Pop-Up Camper looks amazing and would be perfect for families who love the outdoors. I love the instructions you have put together.
Lavern Moore
Wow I learned so much from this about hacks for pop-up campers. Did not know you could do this.
Christa
I love a good DIY! Finding creative ways to improve storage is so important when you’re in a smaller space. These ideas are great!
Stephanie
You have some great ideas here! We went camping all the time when I was growing up, but it was in a full rv. Some of these would be great options for the tent camping we will be doing this coming year with the Cub Scouts, too!
Laura B
These are great hacks! I know I will be trying at least a couple of these!!
Stephanie Stebbins
Wow, these are awesome. I never would’ve thought of these! Thank you!
Paula Stewart
We live in an RV year round and have so many hooks that we’ve been compared to a gypsy wagon. But hanging things sure do give you not only more storage but access to the items you use most often.
Lyosha
awesome hacks! I am going to do the hanging one ASAP in our pop-up!!
Lina Melo
So many nice hacks here! Love all of them, they are very practical. I’ll save this for later!