Family Based, Camping, Overlanding, Outdoor Adventure Channel. We share our adventures and lessons learned, in hopes to encourage you and your family to experience the great outdoors and grow as a family.
We are Matt and Andrea Frey. With our daughter Caroline and son Matthew we seek adventure through exploring nature. Our passion for outdoors brings us closer together as a family. We love to experience God’s creations, while taking a deep breath in relaxation.
Our home is Wisconsin and provides a great outlet for outdoor weekend getaways. Whether spending the weekend boondocking in Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest, at established sites in the Wisconsin State Parks system or venturing to Upper Michigan to completely unplug, we love it all.
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The bed is 5 feet wide and the length is custom but can be made over 6’ if desired. Air conditioning is not an option direct from TC, but they can accommodate several after market designs.
Found your channel looking for vids on people using their teardrops made from wood off-road. I wouldn’t have what it takes to do those high passes. Whew, I had to take a breath just watching.
Thanks for stopping by and dropping a comment. It’s always interesting to hear how people stumble across our channel. There were certainly areas over the passes that I don’t think I would pull a trailer over again, but it was an amazing area to explore. As far as wood construction off-road trailers - TC Teardrop is a well constructed teardrop.
@@FreysOnTheSide what I like about TC over Hiker is that rear galley. I’m enjoying watching some other vids on your channel. Interested to see how you get along with the Tundra, but I’m sure it’ll be nothing except great. I have a Ram Power Wagon so I love seeing people do what you’re doing in big trucks.
@@That_Paul_Guy In our experience there are two places you spend majority of the time. One - inside when you sleep. Two - the galley, which arguably we spend the most time around camp. Having a easy to use galley is fundamental to teardrops. Thanks for check out some of our other videos. We honestly are a family based channel that enjoys sharing our story.
Bowline.....easy to teach kids, or anyone. Here it is...the rabbit comes out of the hole...around the tree...and back in the hole . Someone taught me that when I was about 6 yrs old..72 now..still remember it! Haha
I enjoyed this video! We recently acquired a new to us teardrop trailer and backing that sucker up has been a learning experience for sure. Still need more practice so your advice was spot on! Cheers!
Welcome to the Teardrop community! A single axle, short wheel base is more challenging to back up than many expect. Smooth and small corrections is definitely the key. Best of luck on your teardrop and outdoor adventures. Looking forward to hearing about those fun experiences.
@@FreysOnTheSide Thank so much! We are loving our teardrop (Bean Trailer - Mean Bean). We had a Class C RV a few years ago but this is fitting our lifestyle so much better.
@nicadavelife Mean Bean is an awesome trailer. The build quality is amazing and love the target market of more rugged off-road version. We thought about one for in the past as I think it would hold up to our Wisconsin winters well. We also recently moved to a full size truck in lieu of our Jeep wrangler, so I feel the weight of these trailers is a little less concerning. Total side note: we have also talked in depth about a class C, but we think this will be a down the road decision.
for patches, use glue dots (Zots) little dots of sticky rubber like the ones credit cards come with in the mail. Some headliners do not hold the velcro and need to be pinned in. these come in roll or sheet, used for posters etc.
Hemi swap would have been nice in your jeep. America's Most Wanted does these engine swaps and they do financing. I'm thinking about it for my jeep gladiator.
That certainly would have solved one piece of the pie, by adding more horsepower. Unfortunately, the Hemi swap doesn't provide better ride comfort and more interior space.
@@FreysOnTheSide , the willy's jeep gladiator has a really smooth suspension and the seats are comfortable on long trips. I've read that the gladiator has more leg room as well. Do you miss going "naked" in the jeep? I hope you have fun on your trips and be careful out there. I want to go on a nice trail and put the windshield down on my gladiator for the 1st time for a different experience.
@@user-fk2dm5oy9f I bet that will be fun riding down the trail with you windshield down. Be sure to bring some goggles and some extra toothpaste to get those bugs out of you teeth. Save travels and stay hungry for adventure!
There is a lot of good in this world, but the bad can be pretty scary. I learned a great deal attending the presentation and the NCMEC is a great organization. I appreciate you consistently supporting our channel and leaving comments. I personally like to share "our story" angle, more so than the review of each booth kind of video. Both have there place, but my goal is to capture our experience, selfishly something I want to watch years from now with the kids. We honestly got off pretty lucky with the truck and by removing a few parts we were able to drive away. Soon the truck will be repaired and I am strongly considering upgrading a few parts.
Thank you! I will work on getting you a link shortly. We have been getting a fair amount of questions on gear we run, so I am working on launching a page on our webpage. A few just links and a few affiliated. I hope to create the page this weekend, or at least start.
Great highlights as usual. Sorry about the deer moment. We have had a few of those over the years as well. Never fun. Thankfully we haven't had the typical moose moment yet.
Thanks Drew. I know it's not in favor of the RU-vid algorithm, but I value telling "our story" angle vs the walk around of each boot video. Both have their place and I do plan to do a few walk through videos at future expos. And I thank the heavens it was just a deer and not a moose. That certainly would have made a mess of things.
Hahah. @live2daywanderland is kinda a big deal...glad y'all were able to chit chat with them. Thanks for stopping in and dropping a comment. I wish we would have spend more time talking and exchanging stories. It gets crazy at these expos. I am sure our paths will cross soon enough.
Josh and Rachel from (not Antigo) here. it was great to finally meet you guys. What a great time moore was. Our first time but it will certainly not be the last. Sorry about the deer fiasco. Looks like it's time for a new bumper and a winch now..
Haha. Thanks for stopping by and exchanging stories. Honestly, it is a pleasure to meet those that are on the other side of the camera. MOORE was outstanding with great people, awesome weather and outdoor adventure gear for days. Both being form Wisconsin, I am sure our paths will cross again. The deer was defiantly not fun, but we are thankful the family is safe and we have insurance to cover the mishap.
No worries. These expos tend to be very busy. Each year I find myself spending more time socializing and less time walking around and still feel like I miss people.
Great Tips! I am just starting to learn about camping in Teardrop trailers and this was really helpful! Just made a demo video of my first time camping in one. Overall seems like a great asset! Not to big but creates a solid place to sleep and store a lot of your gear!
That's awesome. The best part about teardrop camping is its generally pretty simple and the learning curve can be climbed quickly. Good luck on your camping adventures. Be sure to drop in time to time and drop some insights and tips.
You are welcome. TC is a great trailer for many reasons, but top of the list is quality, simple living style and tough as nails. If you end up going down the TC route, be sure to let them know Frey's On The Side sent you. Also, if you have any questions feel free to reach out.
I will always love my jeeps, however my f150 has more power/room/durability than the jeep and we have enjoyed our travels in it!! (and yeah... I did cut a full ragtop roof in it cus I just missed the open air driving!!!...but hey it was only HALF the size of the roof I cut off the van!)
After cutting the entire roof off of a Ford Econoline. And putting a port hole in our camper for a rooftop tent. It only seem natural to measure about 11 billion times before making the first cut. Absolute favorite modification I’ve ever made!! don’t be scared. You can always buy another entire truck cab!! 😂
100% my thought pattern right now. As my kids grow, I've been looking at the Tundra for aftermarket. My only concern is length for some of the things that we do. Still on the fence. It's good to hear your thought process. Great points.
I may still be in the honeymooners stage, but boy do we love the truck. We just went to the MOORE expo last weekend (reason behind my delayed response) 700 miles one way, and it was such a pleasant drive. We had all sorts of cross winds, head winds, weather of all sorts and the truck, well just drove itself. The space in the rear seat is almost ridiculous and provides a black hole of toys, books and writing utensils. But you are right with length of truck. Going from a Jeep to a full size truck its crazy! These things are huge! I pull into a parking space and when I get out, I realize my truck is half way into the drive lane. I do want to get a few more things built, but want to return to Colorado to hit some of those awesome trails. Just try to avoid the skinny or switch back ones.
Thank you. We have really been enjoying the truck. As of right now, we do not plan to be at the expo. But you never know. A more likely opportunity would be the Mountain expo.
