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Lisa,

Are you talking about a "deep cycle" battery (like a marine battery) or
something different?  We are also working on a "do it yourselves" LQ in our
Sundowner.  We didn't worry about A/C because we don't have it at home,
either -- but did install oscillating fans (truck fans) at opposing corners
of the trailer neck so we could sleep in relative comfort.  That works quite
well and doesn't pull a lot of "juice".  In Texas, you'd better have
something because it may only drop into the humid 80's at night!  I think we
found those fans at Walmart and they were pretty cheap.  They've lasted
about 10 years so far...

We were also given an old travel trailer.  It's very 1970's but who cares?!
Now we have a water tank, pump, gray water tank, propane stove AND fridge,
along with those funny little fold-down beds (which is good because we
almost always have extra people tag along to rides).  I prefer NOT to cook
in the dressing room (but I have in the past and like that option).

How do you get water to your "box" (which I'm having trouble visualizing) so
you can shower?

I now have to outfit another (much smaller) gooseneck for a trip to Kentucky
the end of July and we'll want as many creature comforts as possible after
that much time on the road!!!  We need lots of CHEAP ideas as the cost of
fuel (and then stabling, etc. once we arrive at KHP) will eat us alive!
HELP!!!

Milinda Ellis
Beargrass Cleveland Bays
Jewett, Texas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Simpson" <simpson@xxxxxxxx>
To: <Lra1222@xxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Camping on the cheap and coffee


> We are converting our gooseneck trailer to living quarters ourselves.
When
> we were realistic, we decided to keep our main power sources as the deep
> cell batteries that I carry. (Thanks Ed, for helping Jim to hook them up
so
> they'll last all weekend)  I could have put AC in the rig, but with my
work
> schedule and the time I finally arrive at ridecamp, the only AC plug in
I'll
> ever get close to is the one on my power pole at home!
>
> That said, those who ride with me know that I'm not a morning person and I
> don't function well (actually at all :-) )with out my coffee.  My most
> prized possession to date is a 12 volt coffee maker that plugs into the
> cigarette lighter in my truck or a 12 volt outlet in the camper.  Watch
the
> bigger truck stops when you are traveling.  They make wonderful things for
> trucks that work well for quick, easy, camping solutions in horse rigs.
> I've seen everything from coffee pots to TVs and even ovens.  Hardware
> stores sell 12 volt light bulbs that work in regular light fixtures.  Car
> stereos will give you noise for crews that can't miss that ballgame.  As
for
> appliances, we found an old over the truck camper and stripped it out.
> Cabellos even sells a toilet seat that fits on you basic 5 gallon pail
> (great for the middle of the night).  We've also seen the box that washer
> drier hookups fit into set high (above horse height) in the back of the
> goose neck horse compartment.  Run you water back then install the hand
held
> shower head, a few hooks on the ceiling for a shower curtain and a rubber
> catch tub on the floor.  Instant shower stall with out getting the trailer
> wet when you don't have room to install a on board bathroom.
>
> Lisa
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Lra1222@xxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 4:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [RC] Camping on the cheap
>
>
> > Hi. I had to comment on this thread-- used to HATE camping! Being from
the
> > younger generation (i'm 20), I'm a bit spoiled by the A/C and heat at
> home.
> > However, I am not lucky or rich enough to have a living quarters trailer
> or a
> > camper, so the must have things for me are:
> > - a cheap fan  (walmart)
> > - cheap heater that runs on the little propane bottles (walmart)
> > - home made table (sheet of plywood on 2 folding sawhorses)
> > - propane stove (you can cook anything on one of these if you have the
> > patience-- also from walmart)
> > -a good attitude-- rain, mosquitoes, and humidity are real mood killers
> >
> > I used to sleep in a tent, but got smart after waking up at Carolina one
> year
> >  with ice hanging from the roof!  Now I sleep in the trailer-- I do have
a
> > gooseneck, so the BEST, MOST USEFUL, MOST APPRECIATED piece of
"equipment"
> i
> > have (other than the horse) is a cheap mattress in the top! Sleeps
better
> > than my bed at home (provided I don't sit up and hit my head on the
> > ceiling!!) Air mattresses have never worked for me-- tried about 5 of
> them---
> > always woke up on a flattened bag! If you don't have a gooseneck---
sweep
> out
> > the back when you get to the ride, lay down an old piece of carpet(big
> enough
> > to fit under your sleeping bag), a couple of the egg crate mats, and
then
> > your sleeping bag-- pretty comfy!!
> >
> > Hope you find something useful in the above--
> >
> > Lindsey
> > M21756  SE
> >
> > PS-- nifty trick we found this past summer while camping at the lake---
> > find an old portable AC unit (or window unit?)-- put it outside next to
a
> > window of the tent-- zip the window up around front vent of the AC-- all
> the
> > cold air is blown into the tent--works good at night---- looks a little
> > (okay, A LOT) redneck, but hey-- the cold air feels great!!
> >
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