SoCal Tear Drop Owners! Post up!
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Luckytibbs
LuckyTibbs
Oh I had to get the shower. After a couple days of dusty roads my hair would feel like straw! Nothing better than being all nice and clean and climbing in the trailer to relax!! I didn't get the spare either, I matched my tires with my jeep. With the fantastic fan, you can go without the AC, however, don't come south to Arizona, Texas or New Mexico in the summer! Ha.
Debbie
Semi-Hex
Enfant Terrible
We have a Road Shower which is either solar heated or you pour in a gallon or so of hot water and shower (it holds a total of 4.5 gallons). We end up squeaky clean and it has worked very well with us for four years so why reinvent the wheel. But going to sleep clean is the best. We also did a couple of 90+ nights in southern Arizona with no fan and we'll pass on doing that again.
Keith Starr
Inmate #2558516
On the subject of heat I finally gave in and installed a Propex. There's something about hearing that furnace fire up on a cold mountain night.
Semi-Hex
Enfant Terrible
So, do you have your battery behind those lower drawers or up front in the tongue box?
I'll be installing my Propex almost the same way. It should work really well coming from a R-1 tent.
Keith Starr
Inmate #2558516
The battery is in the tongue box, fuse block is behind the drawers. FYI the wiring harness that comes with the Propex is way too long for these trailers, we cut about five feet out of it to ensure it was the exact length we needed. Also, you can unclip the pins and pull the wires out of the thermostat connectors so the holes you drill for routing wires can be the same size as your wire loom.
Nice! Any reason you didn't go behind the drawers? I'd like to add the Propex kit too but the installed price is like 2.5x the cost of the unit.
Keith Starr
Inmate #2558516
Sure is, if you don't get the heater and you get the "galley upgrade" the drawers are full depth so there's no space behind them. While very nicely installed by So-Cal (aluminum enclosure, etc.) like you I couldn't justify the additional cost when the Propex kit is "only" $700. The 510 has the perfect spot for it and you retain the additional drawer depth. I'm a big fan of factory installed options, would have saved me a few trips to the hardware store and several hours in the garage no doubt, but like many my bank account has its limits. Total cost was probably more like $800 as I had to buy a regulator, propane hose, heat reflective tape, 40mm and 95mm hole saws, etc.Nice! Any reason you didn't go behind the drawers? I'd like to add the Propex kit too but the installed price is like 2.5x the cost of the unit.
Something to note is that being a U.K. device the heater requires 37mbar of pressure (or 14.8" water column). U.S. propane regulators are standard at 11" WC so if you run the bloody thing with a U.S. regulator you'll lose some output - it even says so in the manual. Oh, hell no! I want all $700 of power man! What's worse is with 11" it may be unreliable at high altitudes. My solution was a local propane supplier (R&L Enterprises in NM) who was nice enough to turn up the pressure on the second stage of my regulator to 14.8", verified with his manometer. Most propane suppliers will probably laugh at you if you ask them to do this. Alternatively get with Westy Ventures, they've got everything needed for the Propex.
BulldoginaJeepwithaColt
Observer
Where are you now?
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Very happy I saw this post. Going through the initial ordering stage right now with Andy. So far I'm quite happy and very excited to get going with my teardrop from him.
4runnerteq
Explorer
Hey guys. I'm just about ready to commit to an order. However is there anyone any where relatively close to Paducah, Ky that I could travel to & have an up close look at their trailer? I reached out to Keeno in Nashville TN, 2 hours from me, but haven't heard anything back yet. Thanks a bunch