Recommended Dry-Camping Mods to a Small TT
Thanks everyone for their thoughtful and informative posts on the site...I've enjoyed and benefited from them immensely! I'd greatly appreciate your thoughts regarding the following: We're loo...
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profdant139 wrote:
I didn't know that DCNR allowed dispersed camping -- gotta check it out when we go back East! Very cool.
An R-Pod is a fine choice for what you intend to do. My only problem with them was the headroom in the kitchen area -- I am 6'3", and I am the cook, and the roof curves down. Very well built trailer, and pretty good mileage due to the shape. Maybe consider an axle flip for more ground clearance?
For three days, you do not need a second tank. We do a lot of cold weather camping and have never had to use our second tank.
Two batteries mounted side by side on the tongue is a great idea -- the bigger, the better. We have two 110 amp hour Group 31s. One will last us three or four days in cold weather. We use one and then swap out the spare. Be sure to learn proper battery maintenance tricks and tips -- I ruined a few batteries before I figured it out.
With the hot water, as soon as shower time is over, turn it off. No reason to have it cycle on during the night, waking you up with the roar of the burner.
You may need to bring extra water in jerry cans. The limiting factor will be gray water storage.
If you have some free time, click on my "about the trailer" link in my signature -- then type "modifications" into the search bar. Some of my supposed modifications are very ordinary, others are too complicated, but a few might actually be useful, since we boondock a lot. (Sadly, I am too lazy to go back and edit the blog so that only the good stuff remains.)
Old PA is getting downright "with the times!". Dispersed camping is now permitted in (select) locations via permit...info under camping/motorized camping/dispersed camping on the DCNR site. Dogs permitted in (select) cabin rentals within the state system. Even adult beverage sales in (select) convenience/grocery stores! :)
From your post, it seems like you leave the one 12V connected, with the second battery in storage? And then swap them out 1-for-1 when the original hits 50%?
The r-pod has a spot on the tongue for the battery(ies). Do you see any problem with putting two 12V side-by-side (in parallel), probably in protective battery boxes, to begin with? Since it's still 12V, just of higher capacity, I'm hopeful that it wouldn't compromise the on-board battery monitoring system.
Thanks again for all the great info - much appreciated!
