Host Mammoth Triple Dog Dare Challenge Report

MikeJinCO wrote:
We have a 2016 Mammoth. It is the greatest thing going for living in, you can hold a dance in it, and we have had dinner for 6 easily.

But, there are a couple of negatives. First the heating/cooling distribution is terrible. Neither heat or cooling get back to the bed area without an auxiliary fan. The other truck campers we have had(4) were not good at this, but it is worse. We have an ongoing problem with black tank/grey tank odors and Host hasn't been much help, I'm about to modify the black tank vent as it comes out the side of the slide and the bath sink water trap(which appears to go to the black tank) can easily be over pressured by a cross wind. I've never found the grey tank vent(haven't been on the roof that much). Finally it is barely 3 season capable, Our latest trip home from the midwest in 20-30 degree temps we found that by putting a very lightweight down sleeping bag into the Heki hatch opening(remove when traveling)and stuffing some extra blankets into the entry step and around the draft coming in by the rear slide motor we could help the situation.

We are in full winter now at single digit temps at night and about 18" of snow, so trying to figure out some solutions will wait until warmer weather.

We did lose a slide motor in Maine last summer, had to remove it to get the slide in then strap the slide shut to get home to Colorado(fortunately the kitchen side). The motor was about $1200 + installation). That was a bit inconvenient, but turned out to be not as big a problem as it sounds.

BTW my truck is a GMC 3500 dually with some HD(not factory springs) and a Helwig sway bar, cross winds and sway are not much of a problem. I'm unwilling to pull my closed car trailer at about 5000lb and a 40" hitch extension as with the mountain passes around here that would be pushing the rig right up to the edge of safety.