I want to RV around the country this year and apparently I need a degree in solar energy and lithium batteries to understand what is or is not possible. I've given up and am resorting to this post.
Long term I'd like a Nitro XLR 407 and a big dually truck to pull it but the housing market started to collapse right when I listed a house for sale and now I'm stuck trying to figure out what I can afford TODAY that will suit my needs. I have found a few RVs my Jeep can pull that will fit us short term. Main issues-- I have pets and 2 children. We are homeschooling. The jeep can only pull 8k lbs. We like to stop at rest stops and sleep for the night here and there. Don't want the trouble of scheduling with RV parks, finding openings, and limiting my travel to where I can find open RV locations. RV MUST be able to run ac/heat when not attached to electricity. Why? I have 2 french bulldogs and they cannot handle extreme temps.
We considered travelling via airbnb for a while but I'd still need something behind me to carry all our stuff. At a few hundred dollars a month it might as well be an RV rather than a box trailer so it serves more function than just storage.
I am trying to imagine if we had the RV and installed some solar and lithium batteries and just hit up RV parks to recharge and wash clothes as needed... how long between parks could we last? How long would it take for my Jeep to charge up a lithium battery and how many batteries would I need to run the RV overnight WITH heat or air? Where I live there are free RV parks (they don't have any amenities just septic, water and electric) that you can stay up to 3 days. Do those exist around the country or only in my little neck of the woods?
For reference I drive a 2015 Ecodiesel Jeep grand Cherokee 2WD.
And I'm looking at getting something around 30 ft long and 6k lbs to travel with.
Long term I'd like a Nitro XLR 407 and a big dually truck to pull it but the housing market started to collapse right when I listed a house for sale and now I'm stuck trying to figure out what I can afford TODAY that will suit my needs. I have found a few RVs my Jeep can pull that will fit us short term. Main issues-- I have pets and 2 children. We are homeschooling. The jeep can only pull 8k lbs. We like to stop at rest stops and sleep for the night here and there. Don't want the trouble of scheduling with RV parks, finding openings, and limiting my travel to where I can find open RV locations. RV MUST be able to run ac/heat when not attached to electricity. Why? I have 2 french bulldogs and they cannot handle extreme temps.
We considered travelling via airbnb for a while but I'd still need something behind me to carry all our stuff. At a few hundred dollars a month it might as well be an RV rather than a box trailer so it serves more function than just storage.
I am trying to imagine if we had the RV and installed some solar and lithium batteries and just hit up RV parks to recharge and wash clothes as needed... how long between parks could we last? How long would it take for my Jeep to charge up a lithium battery and how many batteries would I need to run the RV overnight WITH heat or air? Where I live there are free RV parks (they don't have any amenities just septic, water and electric) that you can stay up to 3 days. Do those exist around the country or only in my little neck of the woods?
For reference I drive a 2015 Ecodiesel Jeep grand Cherokee 2WD.
And I'm looking at getting something around 30 ft long and 6k lbs to travel with.