Marchin_MTB
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Over the 4th of July weekend, we went on a glamping trip to Taylor Park for some water sports and biking. Towing a 3,500 lb camper and a few hundred pounds of gear and people, the truck handled beautifully. Charged in salida on the way out. This is a bit out of the way but we took advantage of the grocery store next door to get supplies for the trip. Went over cottonwood pass (over 12,000ft elevation) without breaking a sweat and arrived at the campsite (Lakeview Gunnison) with just over 50%. During our stay, we did some driving back and forth to the lake and a little light off-roading. There is a forest service L2 charger at the marina which we weren’t counting on, but took advantage of as it was available, free, and outputting just over 7kW (thank you forest service!).
Using the truck to power our cooking equipment is a huge plus for us. The induction stove and electric kettle are much quicker than propane and we can save the propane for heating the camper at night (nighttime temps dropped to lower 40s F up there).
We returned via FairPlay stopping just briefly at the ChargePoint there. We didn’t have to wait and didn’t have to unhook either time so I count that as a win.
I didn’t separate the trip meter on the two legs so I can only report the average over the trip. We encountered strong cross winds on the outbound and headwinds on the way back so that dropped the efficiency. I do not think that the kayak on the roof made much of a difference as we would have been pushing that air anyway with the camper.
Results for this trip:
Average over all times towing the camper:
And the required truck glamour pics!
Using the truck to power our cooking equipment is a huge plus for us. The induction stove and electric kettle are much quicker than propane and we can save the propane for heating the camper at night (nighttime temps dropped to lower 40s F up there).
We returned via FairPlay stopping just briefly at the ChargePoint there. We didn’t have to wait and didn’t have to unhook either time so I count that as a win.
I didn’t separate the trip meter on the two legs so I can only report the average over the trip. We encountered strong cross winds on the outbound and headwinds on the way back so that dropped the efficiency. I do not think that the kayak on the roof made much of a difference as we would have been pushing that air anyway with the camper.
Results for this trip:
Average over all times towing the camper:
And the required truck glamour pics!
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