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Westlake2019

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Jul 28, 2019
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Athens Texas
I looked at so many. Also looked into getting solar panels. We dry camp in Colorado for a month to trout fish. I gave up on a generator after I found out about Ford's Powerboost F150 truck. It has a built-in generator that has 4 120 plug-ins and 1 220 30amp plug-in right in the bed of the truck. We used it last year and it worked great. We ran the AC while in texas and the heaters while in Colorado. It was only a $750 option when I ordered the truck. The best generator I have ever bought and I got a new truck to go with it. It was a great selling point to my wife as we do not have to take up space with a generator and the extra gas cans it takes to run it. I'm not saying this is the best way unless you are in the market for a new truck. We were driving a 2007 xl model so it was time to upgrade. We couldn't take our grandkids with us due to no back seat. We love the truck and it sure pulls the pop-up way better. Just a thought...
 
rsdata

rsdata

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Oct 3, 2011
351
N. KY
EDUCATE US PLEASE
1. What is your range when pulling a popup?
2. How much range do you take away from your batteries when dry-camping for a week using the Ford battery?
3. Where do you re-fuel your EV when in the mountains?
4. How long does it take to re-fuel and how far will that take you?

appreciate your real-world answers to these questions and any other insightes youu can give to EV ownership and camping
 
PopUpSteve

PopUpSteve

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Only problem is, if the generator fails, you loose the truck while to generator is being fixed and vise versa. I've never been a fan of multiple function items, like the old TVs with built-in VCRs.
 
Lug_Nut

Lug_Nut

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May 29, 2016
390
Mt. Wachusett area, MA
PopUpSteve said:
Only problem is, if the generator fails, you loose the truck while to generator is being fixed and vise versa. I've never been a fan of multiple function items, like the old TVs with built-in VCRs.
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How many pockets do you need for your phone, your MP3 player, your cameras (still and moving), voice recorder, planning calendar, flashlight, calculator, internet browsing computer, GPS?
I'm also not a proponent of swiss army knife mentality. Adding more clutter detracts from the primary reason for existence. I want a folding knife? I want a folding knife that works. Don't make that knife less practical by dubious 'enhancements' of a corkscrew, spoon, scissors.

rsdata said:
EDUCATE US PLEASE
1. What is your range when pulling a popup?
2. How much range do you take away from your batteries when dry-camping for a week using the Ford battery?
3. Where do you re-fuel your EV when in the mountains?
4. How long does it take to re-fuel and how far will that take you?

appreciate your real-world answers to these questions and any other insight you can give to EV ownership and camping
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1.Driving range reduction is dependent on the trailer. Added mass requires more energy to accelerate at a same rate as less mass would need. Air resistance increases require more energy to travel at the same rate as less drag would. With our internal combustion engined (ICE) tow car and our trailer we see about a 33% reduction in range. In my series hybrid, PHEV tow car and pop-up I have about 30% less range.
2.The truck mentioned is not an EV. It is parallel hybrid powered by an internal combustion engine and having an electric motor for augmented power. The truck has a DC to AC Inverter (2.0, 2.4 or 7.2 kW are available) that willl run a while on the truck's 1.5 kWh battery (45 min at 2kW, 37 min at 2.4, 12 1/2 min at 7.2) but the ICE will automatically start and stop to charge the battery.
3.The truck mentioned is re-fuelled at the same gasoline station you or I would use.
4.The re-fuel time depends on the fuel tank capacity and range was commented on as part of reply 1.
 
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rsdata

rsdata

Active Member
Oct 3, 2011
351
N. KY
Lug_Nut said:
1.Driving range reduction is dependent on the trailer. Added mass requires more energy to accelerate at a same rate as less mass would need. Air resistance increases require more energy to travel at the same rate as less drag would. With our internal combustion engined (ICE) tow car and our trailer we see about a 33% reduction in range. In my series hybrid, PHEV tow car and pop-up I have about 30% less range.
2.The truck mentioned is not an EV. It is parallel hybrid powered by an internal combustion engine and having an electric motor for augmented power. The truck has a DC to AC Inverter (2.0, 2.4 or 7.2 kW are available) that willl run a while on the truck's 1.5 kWh battery (45 min at 2kW, 37 min at 2.4, 12 1/2 min at 7.2) but the ICE will automatically start and stop to charge the battery.
3.The truck mentioned is re-fuelled at the same gasoline station you or I would use.
4.The re-fuel time depends on the fuel tank capacity and range was commented on as part of reply 1.
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MY BAD... I THOUGHT THE OP WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS PURE BATTERY POWERED EV TRUCK... I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS A HYBRID MODEL TRUCK OUT THERE. I FIGURED HE POWERED HIS POPUP FROM THE BATTERY BANK IN THE TRUCK. I consider myself further educated!
 
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