So probably not quite the same as what most of the expeditions here are as it was more camping than expo - but it was a 900 mile round trip and we were boondocking, plus there was some healthy off-roading mixed in. To boot, the Airstream is actually an Overlander (model), so we'll call it an expedition.
Which leads me to my first mod (and only planned mod right now, it's pretty well outfitted stock) - I need some jerry can mounts so I can carry fuel to run the generator. I have a predator 3500 - which is insanely quiet for what it is, the a/c unit on the roof is louder, and it was run 24/7 for 5 days due to my buddy's daughter having a health condition requiring a/c be available in hot weather - which consumes around 2.5 gallons in 10-11 hours. I think spare tire mount would be fine as supposedly the stock carrier can handle 85lbs on top of the factory spare, and I'd prefer not to carry gasoline in the vehicle. Two 5 gallon cans would weigh around 65lbs and get me 40-50 hours worth of generator power, which should be plenty for any of our standard trips as it'd only really need to be run a few hours a day to cool things down before bed at night, even less (or not at all) if it's cool. Fridge runs off of propane and I can get at least 2 weeks with both tanks full. Dual batteries on the Jeep will run the fridge for 2 days without any trouble, so all in all a trip - just need to carry some fuel.
I plan to do some much more minimalist trips but it also has to handle family camping duty, which it did with aplomb. For those trips the thought is I could swap the fuel cans for water cans, carrying 10 gallons of fresh water, which should get me a long weekend without much trouble - or carry the water inside the vehicle if I need the added fuel. On-road range is 350-400 miles depending on how loaded it is and how far you push it (21.5 gallon tank but it's reading empty at just under 19 gallons used, so a 40 ish mile reserve). Off-road is less, depending on the speed, but will still get 15-16mpg on 20-30mph roads. I tested out the sway bar disconnect and lockers on some upstate NY logging trails and made it through with no winching - and that's probably the roughest terrain it'd ever see on and expo/camping trip other than actual off-roading trips where there will be plenty of other vehicles around to pull it out. Slick logs are some of the worst things to get over and it handled it, so other than a winch which I may pull off of my land rover, and possibly on-board air, it doesn't need much. I use a lame ground tent and have a very efficient camping setup that mostly fits in a large hockey duffel, so storage isn't a big issue. The only thing I'm really missing is a good cooler for those types of trips, but plans (ie work) don't really allow for more than a 3 days weekend here or there for the 'rougher' trips which my igloo can handle.
Here are some gratuitous nudes:
Which leads me to my first mod (and only planned mod right now, it's pretty well outfitted stock) - I need some jerry can mounts so I can carry fuel to run the generator. I have a predator 3500 - which is insanely quiet for what it is, the a/c unit on the roof is louder, and it was run 24/7 for 5 days due to my buddy's daughter having a health condition requiring a/c be available in hot weather - which consumes around 2.5 gallons in 10-11 hours. I think spare tire mount would be fine as supposedly the stock carrier can handle 85lbs on top of the factory spare, and I'd prefer not to carry gasoline in the vehicle. Two 5 gallon cans would weigh around 65lbs and get me 40-50 hours worth of generator power, which should be plenty for any of our standard trips as it'd only really need to be run a few hours a day to cool things down before bed at night, even less (or not at all) if it's cool. Fridge runs off of propane and I can get at least 2 weeks with both tanks full. Dual batteries on the Jeep will run the fridge for 2 days without any trouble, so all in all a trip - just need to carry some fuel.
I plan to do some much more minimalist trips but it also has to handle family camping duty, which it did with aplomb. For those trips the thought is I could swap the fuel cans for water cans, carrying 10 gallons of fresh water, which should get me a long weekend without much trouble - or carry the water inside the vehicle if I need the added fuel. On-road range is 350-400 miles depending on how loaded it is and how far you push it (21.5 gallon tank but it's reading empty at just under 19 gallons used, so a 40 ish mile reserve). Off-road is less, depending on the speed, but will still get 15-16mpg on 20-30mph roads. I tested out the sway bar disconnect and lockers on some upstate NY logging trails and made it through with no winching - and that's probably the roughest terrain it'd ever see on and expo/camping trip other than actual off-roading trips where there will be plenty of other vehicles around to pull it out. Slick logs are some of the worst things to get over and it handled it, so other than a winch which I may pull off of my land rover, and possibly on-board air, it doesn't need much. I use a lame ground tent and have a very efficient camping setup that mostly fits in a large hockey duffel, so storage isn't a big issue. The only thing I'm really missing is a good cooler for those types of trips, but plans (ie work) don't really allow for more than a 3 days weekend here or there for the 'rougher' trips which my igloo can handle.
Here are some gratuitous nudes:
