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Just to make heads explode...and yes, it was hitched up.
Wonder what range he gets per charge with that aerodynamic drag?
Can be done with a local campground 15-20 miles away. Get there, plug in, stay a few days with the car plugged in and charging. then drive home. they can tow but not too far.
Just to make heads explode...and yes, it was hitched up.
Wonder what range he gets per charge with that aerodynamic drag?
This is an example of one of my pet peeves with folks that don't set up their tow rigs properly. Standard mirrors on the tow vehicle are not wide enough to see around the trailer. I don't know how they drive on the highway when all driver can see in their mirrors is the trailer. Mirror extensions please.
I heard about a guy in our social circle with a Tesla that put a bike rack with a couple bikes on the back. Range dropped significantly on the highway just from the added drag.
My first RV trailer, connected to my '07 Nissan Titan. There was nothing in the garage. 1400 lbs of tongue weight and no WDH. I towed the trailer between home and the storage lot. No highways. It was a white knuckle ride. I broke a leaf spring bracket and shackle doing this. I knew it was too much trailer and never had any expectation of taking that setup camping. The F-350 was ordered shortly after I acquired the RV.
Can be done with a local campground 15-20 miles away. Get there, plug in, stay a few days with the car plugged in and charging. then drive home. they can tow but not too far.
the model 3 has a max tow capacity of 1000 kg with trailer brakes and a max tongue weight of 100 kg for non performance models but ive seen videos of one guy pulling a 6k airstream with one and said it was great although he ignored the fact he exceeded the limit and voided the warranty by doing so.
I was looking at upgrading our 5th wheel to a 44 ft toy hauler, rated up to 20k lbs. I wouldn't do it because my F350 SRW wasn't setup to tow that kind of weight and I wouldn't want to try. I have seen some sketchy towing out there and I try and stay clear! Some people have no idea.
That's not the case around here, they'd be turning away 1/2 or more of the campers if so. Times are changing, campers are getting longer. My bumper pull is right around 38, anything with a separate bunkhouse is going to be in that range along with any 5er bunkhouse as well.
As I was coming out of Rocky Mountain National park last summer and at the west gate side, 3 5'ers less then 40' were told "No way Sir, so please don't ask me again". Those were the words I heard as I crawled by. Devil's Tower, Mount Rushmore, the federal camp grounds south of Rushmore all the same. I even saw a guy asking to take his 40+ 5er up the needles road. No joke.
As I was coming out of Rocky Mountain National park last summer and at the west gate side, 3 5'ers less then 40' were told "No way Sir, so please don't ask me again". Those were the words I heard as I crawled by. Devil's Tower, Mount Rushmore, the federal camp grounds south of Rushmore all the same. I even saw a guy asking to take his 40+ 5er up the needles road. No joke.
I keep trying to figure out what the smallest RV I can live with is. I have no desire to bring the house but I do want to cook, shower and sleep well. As nice as the big fifth wheels are, I have no desire to tote one around. Less is more sometimes.
Not really camper season here yet. I will have some doozy photos come July and August though...The trades people are all running legal around here because state patrol is a lot like the gestapo.
I keep trying to figure out what the smallest RV I can live with is. I have no desire to bring the house but I do want to cook, shower and sleep well. As nice as the big fifth wheels are, I have no desire to tote one around. Less is more sometimes.
Vicky and I found a 22' that would fit that bill. Rear kitchen, queen front bed and mid bathroom. One slide. Most places I look at in the west, 22' seems to be max length.
I keep trying to figure out what the smallest RV I can live with is. I have no desire to bring the house but I do want to cook, shower and sleep well. As nice as the big fifth wheels are, I have no desire to tote one around. Less is more sometimes.
That is our thinking. Our camper is a measly 21 feet long (26 tongue to bumper) and while spacious isn't the word we use to describe it, we are quite happy with it... especially with 2 large dogs! If it had a single slide out for the love seat, it would be just about perfect size wise! We also had to do some pretty major repairs to it earlier this year, and while doing so we also took the liberties to remodel some of the inside, adding the reclining loveseat, which made it much more comfortable. But we like the smaller sized RV's. Those super huge campers sure do look nice and luxurious, but it's just too much for us. We like the smaller ones that are easier to get around, and won't make so many campgrounds a non-option. I imagine after the next couple years of FT'ing in it, it won't be far from us replacing it, but it won't be with anything much bigger. We have looked at some pretty short ('half-ton towable") 5th wheels that look nice and we have considered those since and even longer 5th wheel could still be as short as our current bumper pull...
As I was coming out of Rocky Mountain National park last summer and at the west gate side, 3 5'ers less then 40' were told "No way Sir, so please don't ask me again". Those were the words I heard as I crawled by. Devil's Tower, Mount Rushmore, the federal camp grounds south of Rushmore all the same. I even saw a guy asking to take his 40+ 5er up the needles road. No joke.
I guess one place to mark off the list to go with the current TT . Places like that are retirement vacations for me, as it's a haul there and I don't want to go for a week at a time.... I've got a few years and likely a few campers until then. Once the kids are done camping we'll downsize to something 30ish ft I'd imagine.
Vicky and I found a 22' that would fit that bill. Rear kitchen, queen front bed and mid bathroom. One slide. Most places I look at in the west, 22' seems to be max length.
Heck I live here and didn't know that... I see people daily on the local trails page wanting to bring 5 families each with a 40+ ft hauler and they expect to camp in a convenient place all together in a town of 800 residents. Not sure how many have to turn back LOL We get a TON of them and they will be in pictures. Lots of 40 foot 5th wheels towing another trailer behind 25 feet long with a boat or UTV trying the mountains switchbacks on for size.
That is our thinking. Our camper is a measly 21 feet long (26 tongue to bumper) and while spacious isn't the word we use to describe it, we are quite happy with it... especially with 2 large dogs! If it had a single slide out for the love seat, it would be just about perfect size wise! We also had to do some pretty major repairs to it earlier this year, and while doing so we also took the liberties to remodel some of the inside, adding the reclining loveseat, which made it much more comfortable. But we like the smaller sized RV's. Those super huge campers sure do look nice and luxurious, but it's just too much for us. We like the smaller ones that are easier to get around, and won't make so many campgrounds a non-option. I imagine after the next couple years of FT'ing in it, it won't be far from us replacing it, but it won't be with anything much bigger. We have looked at some pretty short ('half-ton towable") 5th wheels that look nice and we have considered those since and even longer 5th wheel could still be as short as our current bumper pull...
I think that small size with a slide is perfect. I do like the fifth wheels for the headroom. Being 6'2" means little headroom in lots of travel trailers. Showers are a challenge in most of them for me but hey, I can make some concessions.as long as the function is there.
First task is to find a suitable place to land when we flee Commierado. Just can't take it much longer, gone to the dogs... So lots of destinations and a small camper gives us flexibility and keeps costs down. I keep coming back to the Lance line because they pack a lot of quality features into small rigs. Not cheap though... That's the idea anyway, well below the capabilities of the F350!
Vicky and I found a 22' that would fit that bill. Rear kitchen, queen front bed and mid bathroom. One slide. Most places I look at in the west, 22' seems to be max length.
Back in 2018 a friend of mine and our sons was heading out to California to hike the JMT. A few months prior to this is when we bought our camper and our plan then was to take the camper with us, and that my wife and daughter would take it and camp for a few weeks while we were hiking. Since I live at 490' above sea level we planned a few nights at different elevations to acclimate. The second night was at Onion Valley Campground. I called the Park Service to discuss taking our 21' camper. They said they had a spot that would accept that length, so we reserved it. By the time we got to go on the trip, we abandoned the idea of taking the camper (that's when I found out the tow button in the Pathfinder didn't really mean we could haul our camper 2000+ miles across the country with the Pathfinder) and we ended up tent camping in the site instead. When I got there I was thinking it was a good thing that we didn't bring the camper because there was no way our 21' camper was going to fit in that spot! The only "RV" we saw up there was a slide in camper in a spot near us. But this made me realize, those big campers are nice, but they really limit where you can take them!
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. Places like that are retirement vacations for me, as it's a haul there and I don't want to go for a week at a time.... I've got a few years and likely a few campers until then. Once the kids are done camping we'll downsize to something 30ish ft I'd imagine.