First camping trip

[Green1]

Hooked up my teardrop and headed out to the mountains. I swear that trailer shrank since I used to pull it with my Model S... Looks so small now!

Round trip was 152km (94mi), average 3km/kWH (1.9mi/kWH) weather approx 10c (50f) with light drizzle, a third of the trip at 100kph (62mph) a third at 80kph (50mph) and the remaining third at 110kph (68mph). Left home at 99%, returned home 2 days later at 63% after running the camper off the 12v in the truck the whole weekend (letting it recharge from the HVB as needed).

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[Ford Motor Company]

Hooked up my teardrop and headed out to the mountains. I swear that trailer shrank since I used to pull it with my Model S... Looks so small now!

Round trip was 152km (94mi), average 3km/kWH (1.9mi/kWH) weather approx 10c (50f) with light drizzle, a third of the trip at 100kph (62mph) a third at 80kph (50mph) and the remaining third at 110kph (68mph). Left home at 99%, returned home 2 days later at 63% after running the camper off the 12v in the truck the whole weekend (letting it recharge from the HVB as needed).

Looks like an awesome adventure!

 

[MacLightning]

Nice setup!

We took our camper on its first Lightning-powered voyage this Spring also.
Similar split to the speeds, but we went ~280 miles each way.
Averaged 1.2 mi/kWH.
The bike rack needs to change, as it throws off the balance of the trailer and caused some light fishtailing at +65MPH.

Charge stations with room for the trailer were the biggest challenge.
The Supercharger in the picture was actually one of the easier ones to position myself at!

PP Onboard is a game changer for camping!

 

[Green1]

Nice setup!

We took our camper on its first Lightning-powered voyage this Spring also.
Similar split to the speeds, but we went ~280 miles each way.
Averaged 1.2 mi/kWH.
The bike rack needs to change, as it throws off the balance of the trailer and caused some light fishtailing at +65MPH.

Charge stations with room for the trailer were the biggest challenge.
The Supercharger in the picture was actually one of the easier ones to position myself at!

PP Onboard is a game changer for camping!

No surprise that the bigger trailer is less efficient. As for the bike rack, on my old teardrop we had the bike rack on the back like that, and I found the only way I could do that was by moving a bunch of weight inside the trailer to the front. Otherwise I had negative tongue weight, which is a very bad idea! That's why when I built this trailer, I mounted the bikes on the tongue instead. Of course now I have a problem if I decide not to take the bikes, and again have to compensate by moving weight around inside. Realistically, now that I have a proper tow vehicle, I should have the axle further back, and just allow a bit more tongue weight. But with the Tesla my tongue weight was limited to 200 lb and that meant everything had to be a very delicate balance.

I did a bunch of road trips with my Tesla and a trailer, I did have to unhitch at a lot of chargers, but there were certainly a bunch where a bit of out of box thinking could leave you connected. Sometimes by pulling in on the wrong side of the chargers if they were against a roadway or backed on another parking lot, I would also sometimes park diagonally, or across a whole row, if it wasn't very busy. But I will say that if I was parked at all to block other chargers, I would never leave the vehicle, and would be ready to move if someone needed the spots.

 

[Granger Ford]

Hooked up my teardrop and headed out to the mountains. I swear that trailer shrank since I used to pull it with my Model S... Looks so small now!

Round trip was 152km (94mi), average 3km/kWH (1.9mi/kWH) weather approx 10c (50f) with light drizzle, a third of the trip at 100kph (62mph) a third at 80kph (50mph) and the remaining third at 110kph (68mph). Left home at 99%, returned home 2 days later at 63% after running the camper off the 12v in the truck the whole weekend (letting it recharge from the HVB as needed).

Sweet looking camper! Sounds like the truck worked perfectly with the traveling and hauling! Awesome to hear.

 

[Ford Motor Company]

Nice setup!

We took our camper on its first Lightning-powered voyage this Spring also.
Similar split to the speeds, but we went ~280 miles each way.
Averaged 1.2 mi/kWH.
The bike rack needs to change, as it throws off the balance of the trailer and caused some light fishtailing at +65MPH.

Charge stations with room for the trailer were the biggest challenge.
The Supercharger in the picture was actually one of the easier ones to position myself at!

PP Onboard is a game changer for camping!

That's awesome, Fion! And that's a beautiful F-150 Lightning!

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