Jason Foster

My wife and I were lounging in our camper one night when a white Tesla backed into the lot next to us. A middle aged dude with a huge belly got out and started walking around talking to his phone which he kept pointed at himself. He mounted it on a tripod and removed this horrendous looking world war something tent out of his frunk. After 30 minutes of huffing, puffing, resting and more puffing, he got it set up. He then started cooking this amazing smelling food which he proceeded to eat in front of his phone talking animatedly between bites. I swear the dude looked like Alfred Hitchcock sporting a bright Hawaiian style shirt, some shorts stolen from Al Borland and knee high socks. I would have expected deck shoes or penny loafers but he preferred purple Crocs. His car made noises and flashed like a Christmas tree and other than the awesome food smells, he was completely annoying. I don't know why I'm telling this story. All this talk about EVs and camping I guess.

I can probably vouch that everyone, including myself, trying to talk you out of an EV, don't particularly have any hate for them and we all mean well. If you are dead set on it, let us all move on. :)

And less when it is cold.

I will second JD's comment here. Don't buy into the EV propaganda. They are still a LOOONG way from perfecting them. Give them a few more years to work out the kinks. In the meantime, embrace the raw power of a 3/4 ton.

We stayed there a few days last year while visiting family. Most are in the Dardanelle area. It is about 5 hours away depending upon traffic. Due to work demands, we won't be able to break free for a while yet.

I have a 50 foot view of trees in my backyards, so I'll just let everyone one enjoy JD's 100 mile view. Happy resurrection day, everyone.

You are less than 2 hours from where we live in Longview. Welcome.

This is why I do my own electrical work. and construction and vehicle maintenance and plumbing and medically necessary surgeries.

You can't run from it but you can run with it. Stay mobile, stay strong.

For some reason,Bacon and Eggs just sound better on the Fair Oaks Ranch.

That is exactly what is happening right now. Bacon and eggs.

36 degrees here in Longview, TX. Pellet stove keeps everything toasty warm for my wife and sweat inducing for me.

I have the 390 AH option and have run my trailer for four days without additional power. It was cloudy and rainy. We used the microwave, coffee pot morning and night, and had the tv on for several hours. By the end of the four days, the batteries were down to 30%, if I remember correctly. In the hottest temps of Texas summer, I have run my Truma AC off of the batteries and I believe it ran for 3 hours before I shut it off and the batteries were about 50%. I would have to do that test again to verify because I wasn't paying too much attention to the details. I also opted not to get the Platinum primarily because it was somewhere around $15000. That is some crazy money for something that can be done much cheaper DIY. I got the pro for the 3000 watt inverter and the 390s work for me until we need new batteries then I will definitely upgrade to 600+.

Yeah. I get that all the time here in NE Texas. I go outside in shorts and t-shirt when it is in the 40s and the next door neighbor is wearing a parka. I can't tell if he is looking at me or not. I guess I should be able to since his eyes are so big. See picture of neighbor below:

This. We should all be checking our trailer brakes. It is the very first thing I do when pulling out of the campsite and I also drive a big diesel powered truck. Like @Rivernerd mentioned, liability is separate from personal safety. You might be fine with your big truck but if you run over a kid chasing a soccer ball and you stopped just fine but your trailer brakes aren't working, you and/or the manufacturer will be in trouble. ALWAYS check those brakes and fix them before going anywhere.