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I prefer cooking over a campfire, when possible. We carry a grate in a trash bag. We used to carry a small infrared grill. I loved it, but, since we love a wood fire more, it got little use. It's been in the garage for years... Sherry

The jack bubble is often wrong.. especially in weather or elevation changes. We have a little pocket pen level, and i often use a half empty water bottle placed on its side on the floor, as a handy level. If the level is comfortable for you, in most cases, it's level enough for the fridge. If our site is super difficult to level, we always opt for heads on bed higher than lower.. We use cutoff leftover lumber for leveling, and jack supports to decrease travel of the jacks free, burnable, biodegradable, easily replenishable, at least for us not plastic. Though plastic would be lighter.

That's always an option.. the folding ebike. Paul and I went to the parking lot a few years ago to measure the clearance in the bed. Folding wouldn't wotk for us, upright, with the bed cover. We didn't want to give up the room to place the bikes sideways. After years of towing, we know what has to fit , for us. But, many of you don't need what we carry. Do you think oliver possibly does the smaller rear hitch to limit the change in tongue weight? I'm kind of that opinion... Sherry

We got a tour of an xp v1 rig a few years back at a carwash in Fairbanks. It was a great 4 x 4 unit, but very expensive, and I found the mostly underseat storage , tiny fridge, and super tiny bath to be really inconvenient for full timing, as these owners were. That said, it was familiar white molded fiberglass, in and out, and they could certainly go places in Alaska and the Yukon where I would hesitate to drag our Ollie. Their v1 came with a powered hard side popup top to afford about 3 extra ft of headroom when stationary, and lessen wind resistance and clearances when traveling. Quite a tradeoff, though. Everything had to be stowed in the tiny kitchen for the top to be lowered. The wife lamented about a cabinet door or something that had inadvertently come open while lowering the top, cracking the glass top of the diesel cooktop. These units are, or were, not customized, except for listed options. At least not then. The owner told me that the xp builder was convinced that he has everything figured out to optimize space, and that was the way it was to be built... Sherry

We could just edit the title to include your new coniderations.... or, you could start a new thread... Sherry

I would add that the newer trailers have a nicer, double paned little window than the original 2008 series. We had ours replaced with the new window a few years back. It seals quite nicely when closed, though it's usually open when we are camping.

Thirty years ago, we lived in a smaller home without a dedicated office. We had a cabinetmaker build an 8 ft long credenza with four long filing drawers. To keep the front cleanlined, and prevent our child from opening the heavy drawers, the cabinet maker installed latches operated by a separate magnetic knob that we hid inside a clock case. No power source required. I've seen newer rfid electronic versions since. These require a battery or a low draw power source. Either might work to make your top seem permanently attached, but remiveable with a magnet or key card. . Sherry

John, your chart is a little skewed to temperatures that many of us never see... Not to mention, the Tesla is extremely popular in Norway.... The Atlis probably isn't even in production yet. Still crowdfunding, as far as i know. But, it's a really pretty truck. And, I agree, that 15 minute charge is not very realistic.

Sweeet!

Don't know about yours, but our fantastic fan has a humidity sensor. We have to switch to manual mode if it's raining or snowing...

EZE rvgutter, a available at campingworld ( on sale right now) or amazon, is what we use. Get the bright white, not the colonial. Sherry

We looked at a number of models, for our failed 2008 convection. Weighing replacing the failed microwave , which we only used a few times, we decided on a useful cabinet. Everything we looked at, in convection, required more depth than we had available. But, our trailer is now 11 years old.. ... Since we used the microwave maybe twice, or three times, in ten years, mostly for tests, I'm not the best resource. Really happy with a big cabinet in place of the useless microwave.... as we almost never camp with electrical hookups... Sherry .

I'm having some internet isdues today, but yes, I did finally remove his account...

Apparently, Mike and I were working at the same time... I removed the entire post. Thanks for posting the warning, John. A reminder to everyone. If you see a post that looks like spam, hit that little gray "report" word at the bottom of the post. A message goes out immediately to all the mods and administrators . If you add a warning post as John did, that can help others before we get to the post. I don't know what triggered Johns suspicion, but it was a classic spam post. Brand new member posting a link.... not truly related to the topic... For those of you have never noticed it, this is the report button. Sherry

Your furnace is under warranty. Dont bypass the sail switch...it's there for a reason. Though the new models seem to be pretty sensitive. I'd suggest you get a cube heater that you can run off that gen... What a Christmas to remember. Sorry for all your troubles, though im sure they'll make for good stories in the years to come....

If your furnace is shutting off because if low battery, you are running the risk of shortening the battery life. If you're running the furnace a lot, and not getting a lot of sun, try running your generator an hour or two in the morning, and an hour or two in the afternoon if you're not topping out with your solar. Looking at the weather for Bend the last few days, I doubt you're getting a lot of solar power... Our furnace fan slows a little as the battery capacity drops, but it doesn't cut out til 10.6 or so, well below 50 per cent. The fridge won't work, either. They're built in safety features, but, that's still really low, and a number of days on end , depleting your power, will eventually shorten your battery life.. Cold weather boondocking is certainly challenging. Stay warm. We usually turn the furnace way down at night, and pile on a good warm comforter. I also like flannel sheets for winter camping. We try to keep the trailer somewhere in the 50s at night. Easy enough to reach over and crank up the furnace in the morning, before getting completely out of the nice warm bed.

Well, this will certainly be a Christmas to remember. Looks like you've made new friends at jerrys rv.

Merry Christmas. It's been a beautiful day in Florida.

We havs run a honda 1000 as backup to solar for ten years without incident. We don't have your progressive dynamic system . Btw, All the plug you're looking for does is trick your progressive dynamic system into thinking you have a ground. I suspect your code, if you look it up, is open ground, which is normal for a generator power source... I wouldn't bypass the system for a code from a campground pieer supply, but im sure Steve has given sound advice.

If you're reading 11.9, you need to set up your generator and recharge. I try to keep our batteries no lower than 12.4. It will probably only take an hour to get you to 12.4, maybe two to get you to 12.6. If you only have the seelevel panel to guage by, understand that you're showing a little lower than you really are while the battery is under load, and will show 13.2 or 13.4 while you are plugged in, because it's reading the charging voltage coming in, not your actual state of charge. You won't see your actual state of charge for 30 to 50 minutes after you shut down the generator.... Charging to a full 12.7 or 12.9 will probably take 6 or 7 hours, and it's not necessary . As you approach a full charge, your charger ramps down the amount of charge going to your battery, for safety. At first, you get the high charge ( bulk charging) state, and goes very fast. As you approach a full state, the absorption charge is much slower and smaller. From 12.7 to 12.9 can take hours. Then, float kicks in, just to maintain full... Btw, which batteries do you have? Agm, or flooded? 6 v or 12v? There's a slight difference in what to expect for readings. The seelevel isn't all that accurate, anyway, as its sensitive to load/ no load, resting/ not resting, but it does help you to keep your battery in a healthy state... no letting it drop too low and kill the battery. .

Our dog sleeps on her bed, on one of the small dinette cushions. If your dogs are too big for the dinette, you could drop the table at night, and make the small dinette into a sleep sofa for two medium dogs.

For anyone still shopping, Spot locator had a 50% off Chrismas sale on two models. (Rebate required) https://www.findmespot.com/Holiday50/lander.php?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Paid_Social&utm_campaign=BB_SPOT_Holiday2018&utm_term=low_funnel&utm_content=14_day

Good suggestion. We always have some type of padding available in the truck bed.. Btw, did you know that trumpetguy sold his trailer at least a year or two ago? Just an fyi...I know it's not easy to see on the forum. Sherry

Davy Crockett is beautiful! And so is your new Ollie! Congrats, #412, and have a wonderful time. Hope you have as much fun as we have had in #12... Sherry

<p style="text-align: left;">We're staying home. Had early Christmas visits from part of our family, and that was wonderful. Went to the Home Free acapella concert in Tampa last week... lighted boat parade in Clearwater last weekend... I love the Christmas season.</p>