Recent content by JiminDenver

I left 1/1, thankfully before the current weather hit. I'm decompressing at the bird watchers park in San Antonio, NM and it's kind of a treat. This ol boondocker has never had full hook ups before. ;)

It's been a while, I wanted to say thank you and that the map made me smile. I have to admit I've come close to getting another. There have been a few rescues including a little black schnauzer that was the spitting image of my boy. The issue was I went full time in the trailer and the rescues...

I will be there for the first time the 22cd or 23rd. I look forward to putting faces to names and shaking some hands.

Congrats. I have one, maybe two days left at work and will be pointing the nose of the truck southward 1/1.

For the only reason that I like the carafe I have a B&D with digital timer. Luckily the carafe also fits a Mr Coffee with just a on and off switch should the B&D not like my Tripp-lite inverter.

Today I finished the wiring to remove my battery from the tongue of the trailer. It felt so good knowing I don't have to worry about charging it and I'll put a tool box in it's place.

It's generally not good to combine different type and ages of battery together due to differences in charging requirements. Correct settings for one type may over or under charge a different type. Older, weaker batteries may pull down a good battery. A 15K A/C, microwave and likely converter...

With solar you could get a portable unless you need BIG power. I created three systems and tested portable before mounting one.

I do a lot of forest service roads with the trailer that I simply could not do in two wheel drive. I don't get into a lot of slick conditions but when it gets rough and rocky I need to drop it into 4x4 low to crawl over the rocks or risk shaking the trailer to pieces. Low is also great for very...

The point I wanted to make is I have a fairly good sized system/ bank and still can only run a tiny A/C. It works for me because you will find me at 10,000 ft or chasing the mild weather where I need little heat or A/C. On the opposite end I have a 200w My heat that I use in the bathroom for...

It can if set up properly but not much. You would be better off turning the truck around and using heavy jumper cables.

I've never used the oil filled heaters in the trailer since we boondock but we have three here at the house and love them. They do take a bit to warm up but they are not for short term heat like 15 minutes in the bathroom. Turn them on and leave them and they are the best heaters and will handle...

While I was prepping my trailer for boondocking earlier this year LOOKIN at things I could do with it, before long I had decided to remove one of the dinette benches and then the other tossing them in a utility trailer with a crash. Just as the crunch of the second bench hit I remembered that I...

With 750w of solar flat mounted and 675 Ah of AGM battery I can run a small window A/C during peak hours. The solar actually covers the load at that time, the batteries could run it at night but I don't have enough solar to recharge them and run the A/C too.

When you really get out in the boonies you may find you are lucky to get any signal and then it may be just email and forums slowly. Even if you could get a great signal everywhere, truly unlimited data is expensive. For me it is less expensive to have a portable satellite for the times I can't...