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@@DeBoerVan Thanks!

You’re not wrong, they aren’t cheap! If this wasn’t our home I don’t think we would have bought it.

We actually just swapped it out for a residential and will be doing a new 2 year review tour next week to show all our modifications and likes/dislikes.

Nevermind, I see you upgraded to a 5500. I'll have to find that vid 😊

@@Gypsy_TrailsWe haven’t filmed it yet. We’ll be in Q next weekend and will be doing it then. 👍🏻

@@WheelinwiththeWendes Awesome! I'll be down there sometime between the 8th and 10th

We have a propane stovetop but have never used it. We opted for storage over the oven. All our meals are cooked using electric since it’s “free”. However, our microwave is also a convection oven. We mostly prepare all our meals in an electric skillet. If we want a pizza, we order out at a local pizza joint. 😎

@@Narutouzumaki-r5v3q Great question! It really depends on your usage. We happen to need a lot because we’re typically in the west and work for east coast companies that start early so we’re up at 3am. That’s about 7 hours of usage until solar starts kicking in, plus the time asleep. We also run solely on electric and installed a residential fridge. Other than the propane heater we use in the winter, everything else is electric. Once you figure out your usage, a good rule of thumb is to have twice the amount of watts in solar panels to the amount of battery amp hour storage. Ex. 500ah=1000w. We have 810ah, so 1610w would work. We happen to have 1720w and works really well. Overnight until about 10am we use approximately 250-300ah and easily recharge to 100% everyday. Without building the solar rack, we would never achieve this. However, someone that is very frugal with their usage could get away with a lot less. We like to live as if we’re on shore power and not have to worry about it though.

Depends on the local rate and what’s being run at the time. Running AC nonstop with no solar can be $150+. If we’re able to use our solar to assist, that would drop to about $30. We typically boondocking though so we don’t really pay for electric anymore.

@@lorraineakers8147 It’s definitely a downside since we swapped to a compost toilet but we’ve gotten 100% used to it. The original toilet was even shorter than the shortest RV toilet we’ve ever seen and was no issue at all. A small sacrifice to not have to deal with a black tank and extend our boondocking times almost indefinitely without having to move.

@@GuitarJams-zs7yf We’ve since upgraded to a 5500. Towing the Jeep wasn’t an issue, as it is being flat-towed, so there’s no tongue weight. The truck camper, however, was over payload for the 3500. No worries now with room to spare. Video of the new truck and setup coming soon!

Thanks! 👍

Works great for us! And many others that have done the same mod.

😂 it's not an Artic fox!

You bet

@@jimthompson2085 With a full fresh tank of water (65 gallons) it’s 7400 pounds. We’ve since upgraded to a RAM 5500.

We’ve since upgraded to a 2022 RAM 5500 with an aluminum flatbed since we were far too over payload on the 3500. We haven’t done a video on it yet because we were waiting to finish the upgrades but should have it out soon.

It’s possibly on our list. We currently flat tow our lifted Jeep and are contemplating getting a trailer to tow it AND have room for toys. Keeping miles off the expensive 37” tires would be nice!

We started with a dually 3500 but quickly realized it was not enough to handle the payload. We’ve since upgraded to a 5500 and are much safer and within payload. Fully loaded and with a full fresh tank, we were 7400 pounds. Our ram was only rated for 5750. Our new 5500 is rated for 11,000 pounds. You would be safe right off the lot with a 1 ton dually but as soon as you start adding anything, you’ll most likely be overweight.

I agree about the toilet, however, it’s something that we need as fulltime boondockers and alleviates the need for a black tank, thus extending the amount of time we can stay off grid. Yes, we both work full-time remotely. If we didn’t, we wouldn’t need the space or desk area. Once we retire, we will most likely go even smaller with a truck camper that has no slides.

Thanks, we swapped to a 5500 shortly after this video. We were grossly over payload for the 3500.

@@PublicWifi It was… we’ve since swapped it out for a 5500 for that exact reason. And yes, we’re about 7400lbs. with a full fresh tank.

We’ve since swapped to a 5500. Video to come!

Yes, indeed! We were lucky enough to make a decent profit when we sold our last rig so it didn’t hurt so bad. RVs in general have gotten crazy expensive!

@@mattroussey8413 The 360° views were unbelievable!!!

Thanks! The black tank is shared by both the toilet and vanity, both in the same slide. Since the vanity is still connected to it, we decided to leave it as is. We had thought about removing the tank and just using a bucket under the sink but don’t want to make it too custom, for resale purposes. As it is, it’s easy to go back to a conventional toilet since we just capped off the water line and used a test plug in the toilet drain. Above the door was a rolling blind/valence that we removed when we installed the built in blind for the door window. Thanks for watching!

Close, just over the border in MD. 😊

Miss that rig! She was a beaut!

Yes, we had the Poynting 7in1 mounted just behind the front cap.

@@WheelinwiththeWendes Thanks! I ended going in pantry with mine, as the cap/cabinet issue scared me :-). Thanks for always responding!!

@@brucehale6151 You’re welcome. I mounted mine there for optimum reception. It really sealed well.

You’re right, we were way overweight. We have since swapped out to a 5500 and will have a video out soon on it.

@@WheelinwiththeWendes me too. I had an incident where one of my rear wheels fell off going 60 mph. Not a fun time. I have since also upgraded to a 5500. Way more stable!

@@WheelinwiththeWendes very cool - is that the the 5500 Chasis cab? Really like the camper you have and some of your mods eg actuators for your solar - we are considering switching from our class A back to truck and camper so very interested in your experiences regarding the mammoth - look forward to seeing your setup with the 5500. We hope to be south this winter so maybe we can connect to get a “real life” view of your rig!

@@lancesundquist7589 We’ll be doing a 2 year review very soon, also “touring” the addition of our RAM 5500 flat bed.

On either side of the bed, in the very small wardrobe closets. We’ve learned to pare down to the minimum and buy only if we need it. We also use clear Walmart Sterlite containers stacked inside to utilize every vertical inch possible.

Not sure what you mean, other than the hitch extension. We haven’t touched yet… and we boondock 90% of the time. We also since upgraded to a 5500 and Kelderman suspension which gives us a bit more clearance.

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Thank you! Glad we were able to share and help! Good luck!

Thanks! We purchased them at WalMart. Similar to this one… www.walmart.com/ip/5343085495

We’ve since swapped to a 5500 flat bed rated for 19,500 GVWR. Fully loaded with a full fresh tank we’re close to 18,500.

@@Craig-ml8nw Yeah, we typically stay out west and winter in the southwest so the sun can be brutal when it comes to damage of decals. So glad we opted out of them! Thanks for watching! 2 year review coming soon!

No, unfortunately I never served but wish I had. We typically get 8-9mpg.

Thanks so much for the awesome comment and the energy you put into it. I’m glad you know her so well just from a walkthrough.

Why? Any link?

@@Kevin-midmichigan From what I understand, fulltiming just wasn’t their thing. facebook.com/share/7pjb2HFWXe6jqKax/?mibextid=79PoIi

@WheelinwiththeWendes thank you very much and nice looking new camper ya got there