Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Another Road Trip

Tuesday - Today was spent getting the class C packed up. We will be slowly heading towards IL with multiple stops in TX, OK, and MO. Plus a few more places I don't remember hearing about. I finally found the sticker showing the cargo carrying capacity (CCC). With a full tank of gas, full tank of water, and empty holding tanks, we can carry 977kg or 2153lbs. That weight includes people, the new electrical system, solar panels, plus all of our stuff. I think I may stop at a CAT scale on this trip after filling up (including the water tank) just to see where we are at.

I participated in the afternoon test session since it was getting almost too hot/humid to do much outside. 

Wednesday - Today was a travel day and we covered around 340 miles for one night at a TT park west of Fort Worth. So much easier with the class C. We fit easily and all we needed 30amp and water. We will be boondocking for several days so I need to fill the water tank and empty the grey tank tomorrow morning. The replacement check valve is working as the water tank isn’t filling up when connected to city water. 

StarLink is working well with the antenna inside the class C in the over-cab area. This was a speedtest taken while traveling down the highway. Not too shabby. 

The obstruction map has quite a bit of red. But it’s still working fine. And the dish is sitting flat inside of a plastic box instead of being aimed north. 

2 comments:

  1. Yep I like having starlink working while driving and almost never having to deploy it outside or aiming it.

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    1. It's pretty convenient. Ever since Bridget replaced her iPad with the non-cellular version, she relies on Starlink. Cancelling the Verizon plan on that iPad covered almost half of the Starlink recurring cost.

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