Modification ideas for boondocking
I've got some ideas and I thought I'd run it by you guys (gals): First of all I have an 2002 Arctic Fox 24-5N 5er which I plan on exclusively using for boondocking in the high mountain western sta...
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Todd- NOW you're talking! I like the way Todd thinks.
Tomman58- "Survival Mode"- I currently live a "pretty high life" in what you call "Survival mode" at my home in Truckee (and NO I am not a survivalist!): 2700 sqft home, 5 Kw solar, 3.0Kw Wind Turbine, Solar Hydronic hot water that heats both my greenhouse and works as supplemental heat to my in floor hyrdonic heat in my home. In my eyes, life is good and can't get much better.
Although I am "hooked" up to the grid, my monthly utility bill (in one of the coldest/snowiest spots in the nation) is about $7 a month all year and $100/mo for propane from Nov-March. Probably less than what most everyone in the US pays for running ANY sort of living space.
So, in my case "survival mode" works fine for me, thank you very much. I am just looking for ways to extend it to my rv. In my opinion, most RV's are set up for pulling into trailer parks and "hooking up". And (as noted before with the link to the $500K RV) unless you are willing to drop a cool $500K to have an "off-grid" rv built for you, I am stuck trying to retro what I have to maximize my efficiency (and I don't have an "extra $500k laying around). Fortunately the wisdom gathered from forums like this are invaluable in my search for maximum efficiency.
I guess "max efficiency" doesn't work for everyone, but it works for me. Like I said previously- it's how I think.
Tomman58- "Survival Mode"- I currently live a "pretty high life" in what you call "Survival mode" at my home in Truckee (and NO I am not a survivalist!): 2700 sqft home, 5 Kw solar, 3.0Kw Wind Turbine, Solar Hydronic hot water that heats both my greenhouse and works as supplemental heat to my in floor hyrdonic heat in my home. In my eyes, life is good and can't get much better.
Although I am "hooked" up to the grid, my monthly utility bill (in one of the coldest/snowiest spots in the nation) is about $7 a month all year and $100/mo for propane from Nov-March. Probably less than what most everyone in the US pays for running ANY sort of living space.
So, in my case "survival mode" works fine for me, thank you very much. I am just looking for ways to extend it to my rv. In my opinion, most RV's are set up for pulling into trailer parks and "hooking up". And (as noted before with the link to the $500K RV) unless you are willing to drop a cool $500K to have an "off-grid" rv built for you, I am stuck trying to retro what I have to maximize my efficiency (and I don't have an "extra $500k laying around). Fortunately the wisdom gathered from forums like this are invaluable in my search for maximum efficiency.
I guess "max efficiency" doesn't work for everyone, but it works for me. Like I said previously- it's how I think.
