2.0l Capable RV Campers

[oljackfrost]

To throw another angle into the mix. You may want to think hard about the bathroom. I have a teardrop and never had one and we haven't really haven't missed it. We have a privacy shelter with a boat toilet when necessary. If we camp at a site we use facilities for shower and restroom. If we are boondocking we just use the river/stream/lake with Dr Bronners soap. The less weight, expense and maintenence is well worth it.

My neighbor and another friend just sold their bathroom equipped RV and went with a Hiker Trail and added a rooftop tent for the kids. Their weight fully loaded for a week comes in at 2400 pounds and only a 1-2 mpg loss. They haven't looked back. Granted teardrop rving is more a step up from camping than rving. Not for everyone.

https://www.hikertrailers.com/

Boating folks come up with some unique solutions:
https://duckworks.com/mud-dog-travel-shower/

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[oljackfrost]

Boating folks come up with some unique solutions:
https://duckworks.com/mud-dog-travel-shower/

Set up one of these porta potty enclosures and shower away!

 

[Hot Runr Guy]

and here I was going to suggest the Airstream Nest, until I saw they already discontinued production of it,,,,,

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[oljackfrost]

Set up one of these porta potty enclosures and shower away!

Can’t find the info offhand but I have seen a portable hand pump weed spray tank modified to take a hand held shower head or kitchen faucet sprayer. If you find a black one and put it in the sun... hot water!

 

[medgar]

Boating folks come up with some unique solutions:
https://duckworks.com/mud-dog-travel-shower/

Perfect. I just ordered two of them. Thanks!

 

[spyderman01]

Keep in mind, even with the 4K tow, you have a max frontal area of 40 sq ft.

This is the bigger issue than the weight. My 2000 lb teardrop has a frontal area approaching this and it sits how, so it's a beast to tow. OK to just go slow and I think the Maverick will handle it well. The Safari Condo is nice, but there's a 2+ year wait, the Scamp is about 18 month wait now and their prices are rising and both will cost more than the Maverick!

 

[theek]

https://safaricondo.com/en/

 

[notfast]

Boating folks come up with some unique solutions:
https://duckworks.com/mud-dog-travel-shower/

I prefer the Simple Shower. The key difference is that the Simple Shower has a vent straw, which allows air to replace the water that's being dispensed. That way, you don't have to squeeze/crush the bottle or keep flipping it upright to get water out.

https://www.simple-shower.com/

Can’t find the info offhand but I have seen a portable hand pump weed spray tank modified to take a hand held shower head or kitchen faucet sprayer. If you find a black one and put it in the sun... hot water!

I've tried just about every combination and owned a couple different ones. RinseKit, DIY bug sprayer conversion, 12v pump with a water tank, Flo Pro, Road Shower, etc. My favorite, by far, is the Simple Shower as I mentioned.

My issue with pressurized systems is that, well, you have to have a way to pressurize it, and they are prone to leaking the pressure out through any number of ways. O-rings, bladder tears, valve stem leaks, etc.

The bug sprayer conversion was probably my least favorite. 2 minutes of pumping for 30 seconds or so of low-volume, lackluster spray. I could fill ten one-liter bottles from a pot with a funnel and screw on 10 Simple Showers in less total time than pumping and spraying for a shower.

The Solar Shower is a good alternate, but then you need something sturdy to hang 40lbs from, whereas five or ten 1-liter bottles can sit on the ground or a table.

Of course it also depends on how often you're going to go camping/use it. If you plan on full-time RV'ing, I'd look at something like the Joolca Hottap.

But for the weekend camper, boiling water in a pot, mixing in some cold water, and pouring it into 1- or 2-liter bottles with Simple Showers should be fine. And you'll need less money for equipment, less stuff to go wrong (would suck if your Rinse Kit broke or your 12v pump died), and less maintenance.

 

[Old Ranchero]

Keep in mind, even with the 4K tow, you have a max frontal area of 40 sq ft.

that doesn't make sense here. Look at the Ford promo picture of Red Maverick with a bumper pull smallish travel trailer behind it. Most travel trailers have been built 8' wide until recently some 7' have popped up for better vision. Majority of travel trailers (excluding tear drops, little guy, etc here) are at least 6' tall inside to stand up in comfortably and that 1 in the promo picture roughly fits these dimensions. So assuming 8'w X 6'h you would get 48' of frontal area and exceeding the max 40 sq ft? Would Ford deliberately violate a max limit in their literature, or is something off in the calculations somewhere?

 

[Scooter66]

 

[Wire4money]

that doesn't make sense here. Look at the Ford promo picture of Red Maverick with a bumper pull smallish travel trailer behind it. Most travel trailers have been built 8' wide until recently some 7' have popped up for better vision. Majority of travel trailers (excluding tear drops, little guy, etc here) are at least 6' tall inside to stand up in comfortably and that 1 in the promo picture roughly fits these dimensions. So assuming 8'w X 6'h you would get 48' of frontal area and exceeding the max 40 sq ft? Would Ford deliberately violate a max limit in their literature, or is something off in the calculations somewhere?

Don’t know. The non 4K tow is limited to 20 sq ft. It’s in their tow guide.

 

[Xtreme Thunder]

Most of the mainstream travel trailer brands with single axels in the range of less than 20’ (including hitch and rear bumper, so about 16’ floor length) in the neighborhood of 2500-3000 lbs GVWR should be decent. It will be smaller travel trailers, obviously, with widths around 7’ or 84”.

 

[Wire4money]

Most of the mainstream travel trailer brands with single axels in the range of less than 20’ (including hitch and rear bumper, so about 16’ floor length) in the neighborhood of 2500-3000 lbs GVWR should be decent. It will be smaller travel trailers, obviously, with widths around 7’ or 84”.

At 7’ wide, it could only be 6’ tall to qualify the frontal requirements.

 

[Wire4money]

The rpods are fairly narrow.

 

[Xtreme Thunder]

At 7’ wide, it could only be 6’ tall to qualify the frontal requirements.

Technically and I bet the travel trailer in Ford promo is pretty close to what I described.

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