Bunks vs Bunk House

ford-willy wrote:
Your post sounds like you may not have had any type RV previously. Aside from the size/weight issue here is some thoughts. My neighbor just retired and bought his first RV. A large TT bunk house model. He did not know enough about RV's to make a wise purchase. There are so may issues to understand. One thing he did regret is that he did not get a combo propane/electric water heater. Just propane. The water heater is located next to the master bed. When he is in a full service campsite with all his grand kids the propane only water heater goes on and off all night waking him up. He has to turn it off all night to get his sleep. There are many options issues to understand, so do your homework first.

To be honest, this doesn't bother me anyway. I don't leave the water heater on most of the time anyway to conserve gas. I get an entire summer's worth of camping on less than 2 tanks. I also never run out of water in my 42 gallon tank, nor do I have issues with the waste tank capacity on a 3-5 night outing.

I started trailer camping 50 years ago with my parents with no electricity at all, gas was only for light and cooking (no heater except the gas light), manual pump for water, and an ice box instead of a refrigerator.

By comparison my Jayco is the height of luxury, but I'm conditioned to the old habits of extreme conservation. I have to use solar or a generator to keep the battery topped up, even with very frugal use. I haven't invested in any modifications to that yet, but I may just buy a second battery and swap them out as needed. Then I'll take a couple of hours to charge the depleted one with the generator (2000w Powerhorse inverter) and 110 volt charger during the time of day when it is least likely to bother other campers.

Since we are rarely parked where there are any services, we have to be pretty self sufficient, and electric hot water wouldn't be an option even if I had it.