Truck Camping Photo Thread

Marble Canyon in Arizona

 

Some BLM land in Utah

 

It's gorgeous country UP there!
Last summer we made the mistake of hitting Burned Damn area known for it's black flies. The size of bees!

Great time exploring Superior too

 

West of Brisco BC, in the Purcell's

 

Very nice - is that a Jackery 1000 Pro ? ... driving a Dometic ? -
I use the 1000 Pro do run my Dometic very impressed with it.

 

I picked up a 1000 pro on sale recently. While I haven't had a chance to really put it through its paces. it has been great for the one weekend I needed it. More testing in the upcoming weekend!

 

I'm very happy with mine - I charge it while driving via 12v under the seat cubby ( orange cable ) and then run the
Dometic off the Jackery full time. We did a 5 day trip recently to Monument Valley and it worked like a champ.






Tested out these 200w panels running the cable into the slide window into the Jackery to re-power it, in good sun it was sending
85w into the Jackery.



We use this Yeti400 inside our little camper to power lights, recharge phones, and 12v connect to my cpap machine.
It can run for days like this. I was testing the solar panels to recharge it as well in lousy light it was taking in 37 watts.


I am totally into this solar powered stuff. I could survive for 2-3 weeks with this setup if I had to.
We packed for 5 days worth of food and ended up bringing some back, the real need of course is
water, and we've decided to just buy a case of water bottles and rotate them in/out of the Dometic
to keep them cold.

I reckon a carton of smokes would be in order should the sh*t hit the fan LOL.

 

Some camping pics from this year.

 

Quick overnighter last night

 

Nice sunset and rainbow last night before getting pummeled by a storm.

 

Spent the weekend in and around Monogahela and GW National forests

 

Camped at an established site, Tillicum Beach CG outside of Waldport, OR. It was good to see how the 23 Zero tent would do in the rain. It kept us completely dry. This site is right on the coast, 2 minute walk to the beach.

 

one of my favorite spots i camped at in OR

 

Interesting, I haven’t smoked for 30 years. But if shit hit the fan I be smoking again if they were available.

 

Wish I could say the same. Really affecting my health in a bad way.

 

Just wondering if anyone out there has a line on a small heater that runs on 12v ( ie: Jackery 1000 Pro ).
Everything I've found online so far is rated as junk. Not talking extreme cold just enough to raise the temp from say 40 degrees to 50 degrees
in a 4x8 camper.... shouldn't take much. I suppose I could go 12 some 12v heated blankets if those exist.

 

ive been looking at the ignik heated blankets lately. might pick one up for winter.

not sure about a battery/electric heater though

 

I use a 110 volt Milk House Heater with my Jackery 1000 pro. Should be good for an hour and a half of continuous heat, but I'd think It wouldn't run anywhere near that much. I'll be using it this weekend to confirm.

I used my Honda generator for it last year and it went from 32 to 70 in my 5x8 in half an hour or less.

https://www.farmandfleet.com/products/1443755-comfort-zone-deluxe-milkhouse-heater.html

 

Gonna have my wife look into these options - she knows all this 'stuff'.

 

I picked up the same heater from Tractor Supply and use it in my camping trailer. Just run it with my gen for a bit and shut things down for the night. Works for me. Also comes in handy during the winter in the pump house.