First Trip with PU

[azpopup17]

This subject is fairly common so I will go ahead and jump on the bandwagon.

We camped 2 days/nights in Southeastern AZ at about 4500 feet.  Me, wife and two kids.  All in all there were no issues other than low shower water pressure which I have an idea of what the problem is ,since I modified the hose.  We did use the furnace, water pump, and lights and had plenty of batter power (group 24 85 amp hr battery) and propane.  We did run out of water on the second day (had reserves) which was a surprise.  I forget that even with the 6 gal hw tank you really only have 20 gal of water since it keeps the hw tank full using the fresh water tank.  I guess I underestimated the use.  It poured rain one afternoon which was a much better experience than "tenting" it.  No leaks, all good.  

The area we camped at was not level at all.  All I can say is this would have been a challenge w/o the BAL level which made it easy.  

Oh one more thing is these PUs tow nicely at freeway speeds.  My gas mileage was about 1mpg less in the TV pulling the fully loaded PU.  Not bad.

[flyfisherman]

Oh one more thing is these PUs tow nicely at freeway speeds.  My gas mileage was about 1mpg less in the TV pulling the fully loaded PU.  Not bad.

Same thing here with an '02 GMC Sierra. Previous pick-up had a V-6 (an engine I liked overall) and the mpg towing dropped more significantly. The more horsepowered V-8 handles the towing more economically.


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