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I purposely left a coleman roadtrip behind while traveling. They suck - they rattle, it's a pain to line with foil and the burners are too close to the grills. I bought a Weber Q1200 instead - massive improvement.

The price on the sterling is a little high, but I do like the power throughput - 50Amps is nice. However, reviewing the specs says they are designed for GEL, AGM or Flooded Lead Acid batteries. I'm using LifePO4 so those don't seem to be a good choice.

Yeah, big cabling is the way to go as it'll reduce the voltage drop. For big cables, I like to run them through some hose anywhere they can rub. (I do this on all my winch installs.) Do yourself a favor and add a big breaker at the battery end. I like this style...

A few more details as I develop this. I've been taking a serious look at which DC-DC converter I'll run. It'll be extra important when I crank up the winch. I have three contenders, all made by victron. There are some offbrand options but victron has two features that I require: 1) Adjustable...

No the alt system in the land cruiser is 12v. however I will be using a DC to DC converter to charge the lipo bank either way - it's not great to charge lifepo4 off of direct alternator voltage even with a 12v pack. Instead of a 12v-12v charger, I'll be running a 12v-24v charger. That'll feed...

@dreadlocks that's 200A per cell in a 4p (parallel) config, so more like 800A max across the pack. :) Virtually all of the commercially built packs do have pretty low current. My pack is made from headway 38120 hp cells. They are 8Ah LifePO4 cells. I have 64 of them total, 32 per pack...

I'm building up my cruiser for camping and I've got a pair of 4S LifePO4 packs that are identical. I haven't settled on a proper BMS yet. The other day I ordered a dual ARB compressor and the next day realized that I'd ordered the 24v version. Bit of an accident. I also have a Warn 8274 winch...

I was aware of them but for discussion that's a good point. In my case I have a used yakima ski rack that I bought for $40. I'm going to fab some brackets so I can just bolt it on. The biggest cost will be the nuts and bolts at that point.

Nice, I was just trying to figure out how to slap a ski rack on there...

Back from travel and looking at my next steps. I'm planning on making door panels and am thinking of some composite work... For my door panels, I'm thinking of using 3/4 square tube along with foam filler and skinning both sides with aluminum trailer siding. This will create a strong, light...

The slide showed up today, but there is an issue with it. It doesn't extend the cooler beyond the end of the slide base. There's a significant flaw in the design of the slider: It doesn't extend past the mounted base. Fine for vehicles but not so good for a trailer where it needs to slide out...

I put together some inch and a half angle to run along the trailer bed and up the fender wells. Then I ran full length box along the top of the fender wells. The wells aren't quite level but I went for a better fit across the wells for now. There's a good half inch drop front to rear on the...

Got the main body of the new box together today. Tomorrow I need to pull some bolts that are in the way, double check for squareness and finish welding joints that are tack welded. After that I'll work on the steel that'll run along the wheel wells and make my final decision on where the kitchen...

Picked up steel today, planning to build out my frame over the weekend. 5 24 foot 1.5x1.5 16 guage hot roll square tube steel pieces. I figured on about 4 but grabbed an extra for creative bits. 1 20 foot 1.5x1.5 1/8 inch angle - This'll save me square tube along the bottom of the frame to the...

I like a lot of the design here. I'm going to offer nitpicky thoughts that are note meant to insult, but to encourage thoughtful design. Please don't get offended. 1) Looks like you've wasted a couple inches on the rear for attack angle based on that tail end metal hanging out. Cut it down or...

Some tent parts arrived today - I can see why the cover is so expensive - it's a heavy beast. I decided on a Freezer Fridge - The rather massive Dometic CFX 95. It's huge, but my wife and I love good food. Reviews are great for this series and the flexibility of having a fridge AND a freezer is...

Yeah, PEX is pretty much the way to go as far as I've seen.

I use Geico for RV insurance.

Allright, I guess I'll start this. My inspiration here is certainly the turtleback trailer. Great design, overpriced for my needs (and my fabrication abilities) I'm starting with a Military M716 generator trailer - pintle hitch, towing with my 5th gen Toyota 4runner Trail. (maybe my wifes GX470...

I agree on power usage, but I don't intend to use that with the battery. Key point here is that it would be used with *shore* power/towing, I'm referring to running it when the trailer is plugged into 110v at home/campsite or when connected to my running vehicle where the power usage won't...