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Re: What Wheel Chock Do you prefer. X Chock?
I've always used the cheap plastic wedge-shaped wheel stops on the uphill side and one of these on the downhill side: (Dang, can't seem to post this as a pic so that it automatically shows up ... anyhow, it's just a pic of two plastic wedges with a bolt that passes through them and allows them to be tightened down between the tandom wheels) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2RwEFye1aLVMlU4Y0tlb1o2dzg/view?usp=sharing591Views0likes0CommentsRe: Campgrounds near Coeur d Alene ID
We LOVED Farragut State park when we stayed there. It's about 30 miles north of where you're currently looking though, so rather than burden you with details, here's a link to more info: Farragut State Park Just lots to do there and gorgeous private sites. (We got temporarily lost playing on one of the disk golf courses that they have available! :) ) Perhaps a bit out of your way though.284Views0likes0CommentsRe: Hybrid camping in Yellowstone....which is your fav CG?
We've been there a number of times. We've always felt that some of the bigger campgrounds, such as Madison or Grant tended to have a "refuge camp" feel about them that just was too packed together for us. Just a personal preference thing though. Canyon is a larger camp and does have lots of fairly private sites. Our preference has usually been Norris, which is centrally located, and Lewis lake, but Lewis is positioned more to the South. Some of the sites in these camps just seemed more private than the bigger camps. If you're coming from the Teton direction you could check out Lewis lake on the way into Yellowstone. Last trip we stayed at Lake Hebgen but that is well outside the Western boundary of the park. Very nice and private sites though. There are quite a few camps just outside the Eastern boundary as well. If ya go the generator route? Just try and be considerate! There was one camper at Norris that ran his loud generator so often and for so long that whenever he turned it off the whole campground would cheer! Literally! We boondock quite often -- I've got two batteries and a small solar panel and make it a week off the grid easy, but granted, no TV running or anything. Water pump and furnace fan are the big power consumers but we easily make a week. Have fun ... it is gorgeous!307Views0likes0CommentsRe: Show your mods!!
Frank, we usually are camped at locations with no hookups -- we can go 10 days without the batteries totally dieing-out on us but that's mostly due to us being really conservative. The solar panel is 65 watts and certainly helps, but the biggest power draw we typically have is the water pump and probably the furnace blower. If we were running stereo, television and other such appliances I'm sure the solar panel wouldn't be a heck of a lot of help. The solar sure does help slow the loses though! We do have a controller for the panel. It's not a super expensive model or anything -- I don't think it's really as important an item when using such a low powered system as ours. Overcharging is not usually an issue.427Views0likes0CommentsRe: Show your mods!!
Popeye -- The panel is 20 x 48. It sits on the ground, picnic table, or wherever else we can find a sun spot! It's not nearly as convenient as a roof mounted panel but it runs at full power for much of the day this way even when the trailer itself is sitting in the shade. (and I'm weird enough to actually enjoy adjusting it when we revisit the camp during different periods of the day!) I've a full-width pull out storage bin that sits under the sofa at the front of the trailer...you know, the kind that is accessible from the outside of the trailer through doors on both sides? I pull the big bin out the opposite side which gives room for a tray mounted to the top of that compartment to tilt downward -- this upper tray holds the solar panel when not in use. I wish I had a picture -- this is way simpler than it sounds! Keeps the panel out of harms way really well though when it's not being used and I can still fill the storage bin up to full capacity.428Views0likes0CommentsRe: Show your mods!!
Wow, what a great bunch of ideas in this thread! Here's a few of my own mods: Lots of my mods are related to storage such as removing the diagonal divider under the bath sink and strapping the pipes to one side, making more room for towels and such: Removed another divider in front of the wheelwell which gave probably 4 more sq. ft. storage in one cupboard: There was a fake front on the top drawer of the kitchen drawers -- it didn't actually open. Fixed that problem, but it could only be half depth because of the sink: I don't have the before pic but I replaced the HUGE cd player with a car-type cd/radio. I've got a door ordered for the opening that was created: The area under the fridge was inaccessible -- put a door in where we now store all the shoes! I've no welding skills so I bolted together some underframe storage for the portable sewer cart and an under-bed type storage container for outdoor sort of stuff. The trays tilt down on the opposite edge of the trailer. I've some mod's for electronics: The solar panel has adjustable aluminum legs to tilt toward the sun. The "shore" power cord is used to plug the trailer in when power is available or acts to connect my solar panel to the batteries otherwise. Gives me about 25' of play to position the panel directly into the sun where possible. There's a switch barely visible to isolate each battery individually or tie them together or cut them completely off. The trailer only came with one battery tray so I had to mod that as well to fit two batteries.427Views0likes0Comments
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