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Decided to go solo camping the Friday after Thanksgiving. It's COLD I the Oregon Owyhees this time of yeah, but the diesel heater kept the tent warm, and the ammo can firepit kept the awning room comfortable.

Well, after completing the bdr over the summer, I will say that the trailer performed beautifully. We had one issue where I noticed the battery wasn't charging when we stopped in Montana before starting the Magruder corridor. We tracked the problem down to a melted powerpole connector. When we...

Instead of dealing with people on black Friday, I went out and dealt with the cold: And combated the cold in the awning room using this:

Gonna be making my own this weekend. I opted to order the tacticool (though I think that's a dumb name, unless he's intentionally poking fun, then good on him) diy kit. It'll be here Thursday, so I should have the firepit up and running Friday night.

Finished my diesel heater box, and got it mounted on the tire platform!

Thankfully, my 03 Xterra with 150k on it is running great (and my wife's 02 with 250k does as well). We can also still find everything we need. I've debated picking up a parts car though, as they're getting older, and I'm sure that parts will be hard to find eventually.

We did the same. Drove down to the Oregon/Nevada border Friday night, and we're lucky enough to have the clouds clear enough to see it on Saturday. My 7yo daughter loved it!

I too run a battery in my trailer. 100Ah lifepo4 along with a 20A dc-dc charger mounted in the tounge box. I also have a 20A solar charger in there, that I plug a 120w panel into when needed. Vehicle connection is handled by a 3 pin anderson plug that connects to either my truck, or my Xterra...

I'll bet. I'm sure it's been quite a process getting it built.

Build is looking good man!

Day trip this time? Either way, count me in. Edit: Scratch that. That's Liana's birthday, and there's an event she wants to go to. I'll mention it, but chances are not good.

I use a diesel heater myself. I also have an old catalytic tent heater that does a decent job of heating my awning room. I'll definitely recommend using a diesel heater for the rtt. If you have any insulation at all, a 2kw model will probably be more than enough.

I have the zoleo. It works great. I bought it based on the recommendation of a friend of mine who has one. Honestly, I feel like the biggest advantage of the zoleo vs the inreach is that zoleo gives you a dedicated number that doesn't change, so people can text it, just like a cell phone...

No problem. This is the one that I use in the rig. I ran the entire Idaho BDR with it, and it's been very accurate. https://a.co/d/esCfJMD

This would absolutely work. I would also recommend a shunt for monitoring the state of charge on the battery as well. I use a small 100A shunt in my Xterra that was about 30 bucks. It works just as well as the more expensive renogy shunt in the trailer.

My heater has a built in thermostat. It kicks on at 37 degrees, and shuts off at 55 or so. I can look when I get home, but I believe mine is about 35W or so.

I'm very happy with it so far. I used a tiny battery monitor with a shunt that displays the state of charge at the back of my drawer system. We used it on the ID BDR, powering my fridge as a freezer. It worked exceptionally well.

This is the way. I have two different LiFePO4 batteries. An AOLithium that I bought for use in the trailer, and a LiTime Mini. Both are 100Ah. The AOLithium has bluetooth and Low-temp cutoff. I still added a anti-freezing tank heater that was designed for use in RV's to keep the water from...

Indeed! But.... Who uses a check book these days? I don't think I've written a check in like.... Five years? Lol.

Lifepo4 batteries are perfectly safe. Mine is in the cab, sitting on a piece of plywood, and right next to my wooden fridge box. I'm not worried about it. I would say agm is potentially less safe due to the possibility of out gassing (though that possibility is very small). Lifepo4 would...