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Go get your self a lil trailer and build up from there, I used to do trips like your planning out of a lil diesel golf all the time.. absolutely nothing was in the hatchback but people and a few bottles of water, everyone could stretch out and get comfortable for the long hops, trailer was...

might carry a jumper box/cables, I tried this at first but never drove enough every day to recharge the battery fully.. eventually it was a loosing game, if you discharge it to 50% SOC it takes like 6-8h of driving to get it back to 100%.. It'd take me about 48h w/no engine running to hit 50% on...

wow, how does a stick cost $1500!? does it swing its self?

AGM is garbage dont waste your money on em

how close are you to your TV's tongue capacity? I put lithium in my flyer for weights savings.. but you could easily fit two GC batteries in there, now getting em into a case might be a lil difficult as not much height with the shore power box.

ah, my MT80 don't have that capability it seems.. nor does the OG MT45 (U1), but the new MT45 does.. neat, yeah in that case running it on a ciggy plug is just asking for trouble IMO.

yeah but I'd wager most people's starter batteries see more work than deep cycle house batteries on a rec vehicle, unless your a full timer or retired its hard to get more than say 50-60 days a year of use, if your battery bank lasts a few days its a fraction of that number of cycles per year...

Ive seen many huge battery banks (like 100s of batteries) for data centers to run while gensets fire up, these survive over a decade with regular testing and top of the line maintenance.. they got the mars rovers to survive decades with 90's battery tech and strict longevity protocols. In a...

There's no reason to spend extra on premium batteries, if you keep them maintained properly ~5 seasons is doable even with the cheapest GC batteries you can find.. You've got a fairly large bank compared to most of us here, which just compounds premium overhead and returns practically nothing...

I dont believe engel has a low voltage disconnect, ARB definitely does and will get finicky as all heck w/undersized wiring and end up shutting on/off and cycling a ton w/out cooling because the load drops voltage too low. Fridge coming unplugged because of shifting gear or someone digging...

I agree with @Bayou Boy, use tinned cabling if possible, mebe a dust boot for the back side to keep crap out (they make those too) or just marine shrink wrap and don't worry about it, rain is not conductive enough to short out 12vdc so you basically need to keep junk out of it, which could just...

I dont follow, what added fittings? the connection is waterproof when connected, or disconnected..IP64

https://powerwerx.com/anderson-36036p1-sb175-environmental-boot-source https://powerwerx.com/anderson-sb-connectors-sb175-175amp

cots that fold down off the wall running length wise? you can put two of those in back of a cargo van and retain hauling capability.. getting 7ft length should be doable. getting eaten by bears is wildly over-rated, if anything sleeping soft sided in bear country hardens your resolve to observe...

I lock down everything on my trailer now, I got bitten hard a decade or so ago when I parked my rig all hooked up in my driveway overnight.. I was going to the PNW for 3 weeks of longboarding and camping at 6am the next day, planned it for a very long time and trained until I was at my peak...

Only the top of the line AGM's provide promised benefits and are truly deep cycle.. such as Lifeline or Surrette/Rolls and then the costs are hardly worth those benefits.. but if you have to mount it sideways or something then AGM does have that over FLA.. unless your putting very high...

I was thinking about going for something like a lock-n-roll, not really because I need the articulation but for quietness, and because its uncommon enough of a hookup it'd make a larger trailer like mine hard to get far with. Right now I have a cheap tongue lock and some locked tandem axle...

Renology makes one: https://www.amazon.com/Renogy-Battery-Batteries-Multi-stage-Charging/dp/B07Q4SVX3M The benefit of these is you can pamper your house batteries for more lifespan and charge them properly instead of relying on the vehicle's rather dumb charger.. your starter battery is never...

solar panels under the roof rack.. sigh, smh, thats just.. dumb.

teardroppers been doing that for eons, seems to work fine.. alot more cost effective than a roof top unit.. as long as the condenser dont dump water inside because of poor drainage dunno what'd be wrong with this.. at least one of the lil campers my dad had when I was growing up had a window...