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CavemanCharlie

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Posted: 10/13/20 07:38pm

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Grit dog wrote:

#1nobby wrote:

The view from my trailer

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Beautiful place coming together there!
What’s under the cover? Monte SS?

Yup, Yup, I was wondering the same thing. Maybe just a regular Monet ??? Show me a picture of a covered up car and I want to know what it is.

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Posted: 10/15/20 01:21pm

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BarneyS wrote:

Lwiddis wrote:

“and dump my gray water behind the trailer.” Hopefully I won’t be the camper after you.

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There should not be another camper after him since he is on his own property next to his home he is building. At least that is how I read his post.
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Me two - LOL! Where did you go Lwiddis? I don't come on here much any more, but every time I do, I can be assured that I will see at least one of your condescending blurbs

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Posted: 10/15/20 07:50pm

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#1nobby wrote:

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Adequate batteries, adequate solar panels...no generator needed.

Who's asking?

Most of my camping is fair weather.

Running my generator for 1 hr before bed when it's 30F doesn't equate to more batteries and more solar panels.

Keep doing exactly what you're doing. Sounds like a good plan

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#1nobby

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Posted: 10/16/20 10:07am

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Grit dog wrote:

#1nobby wrote:

The view from my trailer

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Beautiful place coming together there!
What’s under the cover? Monte SS?

That's my 1983 Mercedes 280SL.

Waiting for it's new garage.

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Posted: 10/17/20 05:54pm

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#1nobby wrote:

Grit dog wrote:

#1nobby wrote:

The view from my trailer

[image]

Beautiful place coming together there!
What’s under the cover? Monte SS?

That's my 1983 Mercedes 280SL.

Waiting for it's new garage.

[image]

Ohooo. I've never seen one of them in person. Not to many cars like Mercedes around here.

#1nobby

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Posted: 10/27/20 07:21am

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Lwiddis wrote:

Adequate batteries, adequate solar panels...no generator needed.

A lot of good MORE solar panels would be doing right now as the ones I have are now covered.. LOL

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Posted: 11/02/20 08:46am

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153 days and counting!

Got through a couple of 22F nights managing the generator / baseboard heater, furnace and hot water heater.
Bathroom tap froze for a bit....got it thawed out.

After the first snow fall I decided to retract the awning.

It had been deployed since June 1 and I used guy lines to angle it one way so rain water would go that direction.
Well it seems one side got a little stretched out and now it won't retract cleanly....rolls up on a slight angle and won't completely stow.

I'll look at that in the spring.

Looks like I have another 30 days to go before the house is move in able.

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Keep on, Keeping on. Good to hear you are still making it OK

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Posted: 11/02/20 05:53pm

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Nice car and even nicer "cabin"!
Sounds like fun. I've built a house in the woods and a couple highway projects living out of a trailer or camper and it was awesome. Like a long term camping trip!

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