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Originally Posted by Fred L
ESW... loving the mods, but i seem to recall reading that this time you planned to camp and not do all the mods...
Im still in the pre-purchase mode. Expecting a 2108TB in the future, but also do a lot of boondocking and FS roads. Am looking forward to your future reports. BTW, used to pull a 23D airsteam with my 2006 Land Cruiser and did well. Did need to replace front wheel bearings and differential, not sure if my hitch was poorly adjusted and put too much weight forward? Pained me to take the AS on logging roads, so sold it.
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Haha. That's exactly what my wife keeps telling me!
The TB is a nice layout. You'll have access to much more useable storage above the beds than we do!
We've already done two nights in the trailer, I just didn't post it here. I'll copy/paste what I shared on Expedition Portal:
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First trip out with the Winnie this weekend. Been camping all my life, but have never had such comforts before. Hot, daily showers in camp are definitely a new (and much enjoyed) luxury.
We had freezing temperatures at night (from -1C to 0C both nights) - ran the interior propane heater, but did not even turn on the water tank heater; zero issues.
Fridge ran the entire trip. Used all interior appliances, heater, water, lights, etc.
Went through 73ah (of my 200ah lithium total) in the first 24hrs. More than I anticipated. Thankfully I installed a 40a DC/DC charger, and was back up to 100% battery in just over two hours of idling the car. Will very likely add two more 100ah batteries to bring the total up to 400ah.
The 31 gallon water tank showed "empty" right at about hour 26, despite very conservative water use. The water pump still pumped water without an issue, so perhaps the water level sensor wasn't super accurate. I brought a spare 20 gallons of water in cans, poured those into the trailer, and that was more than enough to last the rest of the trip (2.5 days, 2 nights). Will absolutely have to sort out additional water storage and re-fill options ASAP. We cook a proper meal 3x a day, clean the pots/pans/dishes, don't use anything disposable. That seems to be at least 95% of our water usage, and it's not something we can minimize much more than we already do.
All in all, a great shakedown trip. Identified lots of little things that need usability improvements (storage, storage, and more storage).