Lucy’s Flight The girls all left for Australia at the start of June. Macklin and I decided to stay behind until we could get Lucy on a flight. Lucy couldn’t land anywhere in Australia but Melbourne and with Covid in full swing there is was few flights to Australia and Melbourne being further away from …
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Electric Power Update – Trying to Avoid Tripping the Generator
Plan A: 2800w peak generator Didn’t work. Well not sufficiently that it was worth carrying around such a big generator. Plan B/C : Charge cable from the truck alternator. Works and is great if you just need to get a bit of power and it’s cold and raining outside. Running a 6.7L motor is …
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Solar
We need internet and power for laptops from 3pm to 9pm five days a week for the kids school. I wired all our routers including the Mofi cellular router and our voip phone to the 12v battery through voltage converters however the kids laptop batteries don’t last 6 hours. We tried cheap inverters from Walmart …
We Bought a Truck
Success at last. After weeks of trying to get quotes I have finally found our truck. Earlier in the year I was told not to order before September, so I got some quotes from dealers in Oregon and was satisfied that they would confirm new pricing in September and order my truck. Then we decided …
The Planned Truck, Slide on and Caravan
Northstar Truck Camper 12STC Also planning on a Dodge Ram 3500 diesel. Click photo for more. Rockwood MiniLite 2509s Ram 3500