I haven’t had the opportunity yet but that’s my plan. Only thing that sucks is that without a true “generator” mode, truck has to be on the whole time
My dealer moved my GoFast Camper over from my ‘21 F150 to the Lightning, no probs. Haven’t camped in it yet, but plan to when it’s warmer. I had about 50 nights camping in the ‘21 F150/GFC, before the Lightning came. I actually used a 12v heated blanket in that. I plugged It and my refrigerator and phone etc chargers into a Jackery, which was plugged into the truck bed plug. That way the truck, which I always had in generator mode, didn’t have to idle as often to charge the truck’s hybrid battery to charge the Jackery.
i do think that for serious overlanding, I’d have reservations about using a Lightning, as you’d be seriously stuck with no juice for the spark! But for the light overlanding I do, should be fine. And I noticed while camping this Fall, that a fair number of RV parks charged just a small fee to charge and go, like $16, when I camped across Canada while waiting for the Lightning.
Here it is outside my house on the Lightning (lower) and on the ‘21 F150 on my Canada trip, loaded (top). There is a 16 gallon water tank and potassium potty in the back, with running water. Glamping!
so far, unloaded, I have gotten 1.7-2.4 miles/kWh with the GoFast Camper on. The lower #’s are cold weather/high speed. Better is just moseying along in warmer weather..
That’s a super nice setup! I’ve been thinking about it as a possibility and the Project M from Four Wheel Camper.My dealer moved my GoFast Camper over from my ‘21 F150 to the Lightning, no probs. Haven’t camped in it yet, but plan to when it’s warmer. I had about 50 nights camping in the ‘21 F150/GFC, before the Lightning came. I actually used a 12v heated blanket in that. I plugged It and my refrigerator and phone etc chargers into a Jackery, which was plugged into the truck bed plug. That way the truck, which I always had in generator mode, didn’t have to idle as often to charge the truck’s hybrid battery to charge the Jackery.
i do think that for serious overlanding, I’d have reservations about using a Lightning, as you’d be seriously stuck with no juice for the spark! But for the light overlanding I do, should be fine. And I noticed while camping this Fall, that a fair number of RV parks charged just a small fee to charge and go, like $16, when I camped across Canada while waiting for the Lightning.
Here it is outside my house on the Lightning (lower) and on the ‘21 F150 on my Canada trip, loaded (top). There is a 16 gallon water tank and potassium potty in the back, with running water. Glamping!
so far, unloaded, I have gotten 1.7-2.4 miles/kWh with the GoFast Camper on. The lower #’s are cold weather/high speed. Better is just moseying along in warmer weather..
What do you see as the problem with leaving the truck on and locked so the Pro Power stays on? Is it only when hiking away from the truck while running a refrigerator? Or someone breaking a window and driving off while one is sleeping in the back (but could use FordPass App to disable, assuming cell service)? Or the time-out on the Pro Power (but that can be acknowledged so it can stay on)?
Just super annoying that you have to jump through hoops. Would be nice to just press something in the app and have power without all the extra steps
Even if it's on, you can't shift gears and drive without the key being present in the cab. Same thing with remote start. But i agree, you shouldn't need to leave the truck on for this. Doesn't make any sense. I hope they can just fix it with an update.
well it's also the additional power drain. I measured power usage through an OBDLink scanner and the truck uses about 400Wconstantly whilst on. That's with climate control off and nothing plugged in to AC. So you're losing 9.6kwh per day leaving it on. Or about 20 miles give or take. For that reason alone I use a large Jackery-style battery and only turn ProPower on to charge that for a small time period per day, or when I need more power output for cooking.
That’s the best option, but after spending so much on the truck, I don’t want to spend even more on an external battery. Plus, that defeats some of the elegance and convenience of the pro power in the bed, if you can’t just plug right into it and have to use some external power source
Well I decided that I can't lose over 7% range per day of phantom power whilst travelling. If I'm away for 1 day then it's no big deal but 4 days and that's 28% of the Lightning's battery wasted on nothing. I spent less than $500 on the battery and it's still the same end result - using ProPower to power a fridge, etc. for the whole trip, but just done more efficiently...
I'm not gutsy enough to leave my Buddy Heater running while I sleep. But it is bolted to a Molle panel, and works great for warming up the camper. I do have one of those heat-powered fans on top of it to move the hot air better. That works....kinda'ish, but doesn't take any power so I'm ok with it.
I've been debating using a Jackery or not on my next camping trip. 9.6kw a day is worth carrying the Jackery!
