02-15-2018, 12:27 AM
Mad Plumber (and group),
A plumber would know. They usually have racks above the cab for pipes. Perhaps use some big PVC pipe with end caps mounted on top of everything. Then, rods too long for inside your camper can be inside and protected.
An expedient shortcut would be to get one of those (free) long cardboard tubes for carpet or roll material or shipping tubes and just lay it in your camper shell anyway it fits with the amount of necessary length sticking out and bungie cord the back glass hatch as much closed as it will close on it. Your rods inside that would be protected. Make it still inexpensive yet last with occasional rain, by painting it. A slight upgrade to PVC and that's still inexpensive, durable and protective.
I've damaged expensive ultralight rods by breaking the tips with them just getting snagged on things and clutter mainly in the dark, so now I use tubes of one sort or another.
Ronald
A plumber would know. They usually have racks above the cab for pipes. Perhaps use some big PVC pipe with end caps mounted on top of everything. Then, rods too long for inside your camper can be inside and protected.
An expedient shortcut would be to get one of those (free) long cardboard tubes for carpet or roll material or shipping tubes and just lay it in your camper shell anyway it fits with the amount of necessary length sticking out and bungie cord the back glass hatch as much closed as it will close on it. Your rods inside that would be protected. Make it still inexpensive yet last with occasional rain, by painting it. A slight upgrade to PVC and that's still inexpensive, durable and protective.
I've damaged expensive ultralight rods by breaking the tips with them just getting snagged on things and clutter mainly in the dark, so now I use tubes of one sort or another.
Ronald