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Re: Batteries Stolen...Now What?
pianotuna, I'd be interested in knowing how you can go all night on electric heat. Our two 12 volt batteries, which were well tended and less than a year and a half old, started out at 100% and dropped below 50% after only about 6 hours of running the heat at night. The heat hardly used any propane, but the batteries were done supporting our heat at night.606Views0likes0CommentsRe: Batteries Stolen...Now What?
We do boondock a little throughout the year (and would like to do more) and when we were out a few weeks ago the temperatures at night dropped just below freezing and the daytime was around 40 degrees. Even a huge battery bank wouldn't be enough to keep our furnace fan running throughout the night even though we've done about everything possible to add insulation around our rig, but I like the idea of having enough battery power to keep the furnace going throughout the night as needed; although, this is probably an impossible request.604Views0likes0CommentsRe: Batteries Stolen...Now What?
Great discussion here! Thanks RoyB for your lengthy post, I really appreciate the detail and images! Neither of our two dogs alerted us to anything going on outside, but our trailer is parked such that the hitch is only a foot or so from the sidewalk so access to the tongue is quick. I removed the propane bottles after this happened and I suppose I will start pulling both propane bottles and the batteries each time we park it now. Since we won't be camping for at least two weeks I have a little time to think about what I'd like to do for securing the batteries while we are camping.605Views0likes0CommentsBatteries Stolen...Now What?
Our 2 12 Volt batteries were stolen (off the tongue of our trailer which is parked next to our house) this week. I am very disappointed, but I need to move forward so I am trying to decide what to replace them with. The wires were all cut by the thief (thieves) so I am going to have to replace some wiring as well as the batteries. Since I am starting from scratch on the batteries should I do something entirely different from what we had? Do we buy two new 12 Volt batteries, two 6 Volt, four 6 volt, something else? Do we find a way to place the batteries in our pass-through storage to keep them safer or are there off-gassing issues with having them "inside" the trailer? I know there are a lot of people here who have tried a lot with batteries so I am open to ideas (and some opinions).17KViews0likes45CommentsRe: Towing Vehicle question
If you are considering going with a class C and towing your van you might be better off to upgrade (replace) your van in order to get a bigger trailer. With a van that has a greater towing capacity you would have a lot more options for your trailer, and you would only have 1 engine/transmission to worry about rather than 2.462Views0likes0CommentsRe: Small trailer with oven
I just took a quick look on Poulsbo RV's website and in a couple minutes found at least two trailers with ovens: Forest River Cascade McKenzie Rainier We have a Cascade Rainier that we purchased at Poulsbo RV and we love our trailer. Like you, I wanted an oven, but after about 30 nights in it over about 10 trips we still haven't used the oven and I'm not sure if/when we will.120Views0likes0CommentsRe: Diesel vs gas......................
DEF, besides being available at most auto parts stores, is also available at the pump at many Pilot and Flying J stations (at least out here in the wild west). I'm up to about 3,000 miles on my rig and have gone through about 3-4 gallons of DEF. I certainly wouldn't hinge my decision to buy a rig based on the DEF requirement.268Views0likes0CommentsRe: New awning damage
I did a similar thing to you, but when I hit the sign it bounced in and out for the entire length of my awning as I drove past so I had about 6 cuts at different depths across the length of my awning. I bought the Camco awning tape others have mentioned and used it to tape both sides of the awning fabric (top and bottom) for each of the gashes across my awning. I ended up patching over about 20 total gashes. The tape has been on the awning for several months and we were able to camp through the rainy northwest winter and it has survived. It's definitely stickier than packing tape--it's more like duct tape, but clear so you can't really see it unless you get close.407Views0likes0CommentsRe: New Over The Tanks Bike Rack on The Front of TT
I really like the design of this rack and I am very tempted to build one myself, but I am concerned about how it would impact gas mileage. I'd be interested to know if you see any gas mileage degradation from that rack since it puts the bikes in front of the "aerodynamic" front end of your trailer.130Views0likes0Comments
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