Travel Trailer must haves

[sumx54]

Originally Posted by sledbunnyracing

English...English....English.....lol

In laymen's terms I think he's saying to use the opposite rule as buying beer, 6ers are better than 12ers.

[Sledderglen]

Stacking blocks of wood or plastic for leveling off in uneven camping areas. You can pick some up that look like LEGOs. Lantern for out around the fire and a cooking unit so you don`t have to use the inside stove all the time. Small BBQ for picknic table with spare Propane bottle

[catmando]

A good firestick,I got a shortened version of the pole they use in the Pulp mill for untangling logs!
catmando!

[ZRrrr]

Some good suggestions. Looks like I'm doing alright so far. Picked up a Pie Iron the other day. Cast iron version. Goes real well with the beer and ice.

Keep 'em coming.

[BIGFOOT]

Originally Posted by ZRrrr

Some good suggestions. Looks like I'm doing alright so far. Picked up a Pie Iron the other day. Cast iron version. Goes real well with the beer and ice.

Keep 'em coming.

You may find U going to need a few more Pie Irons....... We started with 2, now gots 6 ? They use to be about $25.00 a campers village... What they now a days ?

[rknight111]

I have the Dual 6volt Interstate Batteries and they last a long time, I have the same in my sled trailer with the GO RV solar panel and charging system that keeps it well maintained. Never need to charge and while your out its charging. It even charges in lower light (rainy conditions).

The other addition that I added to the trailer was a outlet for the BBQ, I will now add one to the sled trailer as well. I have a Weber Q bbq and a 30' hose with quick connects. Went to Red L and had all the hoses made with the quick connects, added one to the BBQ and now its hooked up in less than a minute.

[Murminator]

Originally Posted by catmando

A good firestick,I got a shortened version of the pole they use in the Pulp mill for untangling logs!
catmando!

Better keep an eye on it to or I'm gonna steal it....it's awesome

[ZRrrr]

Now I need to know some good trailer sites between Kamloops and say Valemount.

THX

[teeroy]

thanks for the heads up on the 6 volt battery deal Murminator, great tip. is there a cable kit to connect the 2 batteries in series, or did you just make your own? I just retired my old motorhome and bought a used 5th wheel, no more gen set.

[Murminator]

Yeah you can buy them at any RV place they will all ready be premade it is only 1 jumper cable. When using 2-6ers in series hook the - to the + to get 12V.... I know it sound weird but that how you do it. for 2-12V in parallel you hook + to + to maintain 12v

To further explain

To trailer......................To Trailer
l......................................l
l......................................l
l......................................l
Neg-.....Pos+........Neg-....Pos+
.............l..............l
.............l----------l

Use the neg on one battery and pos on the other the go to the trailer to use the batteries to the fullest potential

The red lines are the wires I had to put the dots in because it wouldn't reconize spaces and jumbled everything together

[teeroy]

thanks Murray, we have a couple pieces of equipment in our yard that are old school 24 volt systems, just 2-12v batteries hooked up in series. I hadn't heard of the 2-6v battery system before for the RV stuff. your explaination was clear and concise, much appreciated.

I'll be hitting Northern Metallic today and ordering a few of them. I had been using a large 12v Cat battery along with an RV battery in the motorhome, not sure what kind of amp/hrs it was good for but it would only last 3 or 4 days before needing to be charged. I'm guessing the 6v batteries have the threaded posts, do 2 of them fit in the space meant for one 12v, or do you have to remove the stock holder to fit them?

[Slamnek]

Originally Posted by ZRrrr

Now I need to know some good trailer sites between Kamloops and say Valemount.

THX

I highly recommend Wells Gray prov. park out of Clearwater. I was just there on the begining of my honeymoon and we camped at Pyramid lake campground. Great place, water falls everywhere. I will definatly go back there.