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story time, few decades ago I bought an abomination of a race car from a kid once who mucked it all up, was stupid cheap because how bad he messed it up.. I'm limping it home from across the country, takes constant repair to keep it on the road.. when in the middle of BFE Illinois the car just...

All batteries should have a master fuse on em, should be sized adequately it would never normally trip.. its only job is to keep that pile of lead from unleashing hundreds of amps upon your poor electrical system, which often results in fires and batteries exploding.. its big day on saving your...

Check your wiring gauges here: http://circuitwizard.bluesea.com/ A distribution bar for DC charger is fine, most have house batteries on a master disconnect switch and they would be wired up much the same way.. oversize the hell out of the wiring between the battery and its bus bar and its...

House Battery Obviously, how often are you really gonna take camper off if its tied into engine cooling loop.. If you take it off, and plug that up.. then setup like andersons or something so you can plug it into the starter battery. or another battery just for the heater thats joined to house...

yeah but how hard is all that extra length off the back going to make traversing switchbacks or other hairpin turns..and then there's leverage, everything behind the rear axle gonna need to be really well built and secured or its gonna go flying like the kids who sit in the very back of the bus.

i'm in 1500sqft with 2 children, retiring to a vehicle will be easy.. when were out boondocking it feels like we got more room.. my kitchen and bathroom is HUGE at camp; however I'll require a giant morton building somewhere cheap to store all my tools/cars.

If you wanna make ice boondocking, get an ice maker.. It'd actually be more energy efficient, otherwise the freezer is just for keeping stuff frozen.. not for freezing things, that sucks up a ton of power, time is a terrible multiplier.. if it takes a very long time to make ice, all that power...

I do 95%+ of my camping boondocking dispersed, has no problem on forest/mining roads, or pulling off into a short trail to an established dispersed site.. those kinda roads are clearanced for big lumber/mining rigs.. its the actual trails that are tunnels just hollowed out for wheelers and no...

I was kinda on this same trip.. at first I was looking at tiny little trailers with minimal space.. we rented a couple and quickly discovered a bunch of pitfalls we were unaware of.. like floor space for doggos, storage of big items.. etc.. most small campers give no floor space at all, when in...

its like $36 for a 40A buck, just do it right.. its cheaper in the long run. My Engel Runs off 24v, my inverter could had, my solar chargers will all do 24v, no shortage of air compressors either in 24v.. the only things I'd need a 12v circuit for my rig is running the Propex, Power Vent, USB...

Heck look nationally, Colorado's outdoorsey selection is huge.. I imagine the PNW is much the same.. there has to be other parts of the country like that.. but for example you could make a trip to colorado.. rent a rig here, spend a vacation in the mountains w/out towing the damn thing all the...

That sure sounds like a trailer, mebe you should rent some rigs and get a feel for your needs.. thats what I did and it really helped me and my old lady re-adjust our perspectives.. we'd been tenting it for eons and had no idea what we really wanted.

This will let yeh run a 12VDC circuit for low power devices.. up to 40A combined: https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Converter-Regulator-Transformer-Waterproof/dp/B01LYK6G2Y That should cover any small things you cant get in 24v, like USB chargers and Automotive appliances.. but anything you can get...

24v is the way to go if you have any large loads like big inverters/compressors/etc.. it pulls half the amps, which is better for everything.. since your truck is already 24v, I would just do the whole house system 24v and a small 12v circuit for any small 12v appliances.. stepping down voltage...

Taking big wheels off and replacing them with smaller wheels is not that much of a hassle, its a nice rebate on a vehicle you just purchased.. With as much as a good set of OEM Alloys fetch you can finance the wheels/tires of your choice and still end up with some money in your pockets.. usually...

likely, I'd start with any crimps..

could try to do a chassis ground, would cut your wiring nearly in half.. for a fridge its fine.

Who the hell even needs aircon in Colorado, My house dont even have aircon. I think I used mine once here at Lake Pueblo in August, mid day was quite brutal w/very little shade.. My brother lured me out there like an idiot for some snake hunting group that canceled.. pretty sweet lake fishing...

I've seen these lil micro units on almost every DIY teardrop Ive checked out on the road.. usually sitting on the tongue, if I remember correctly one of the lil campers my dad had when I was a kid had a normal window unit hanging out the back with some steel water pipe supporting it off the...

given the choice of white noise v swamp ass.. I'll take the AC any day if I'm needing to avoid heatstroke.