OK...now that the spring (late
) refit is underway
(new bag
awning, new rail, new holes in the Road Toad's roof) I want to thank Booker and Greg for their postings and advice...and ask for some more advice.
-has any owner of a green Trill 1300 sourced a
paint that is "close to" the original sage/grape/pea green of the early Trills? Two western trips and four Florida safaris and a couple of down-easters have left the front in need of some stone chip repair. I'd like to come close in shade so that new stone chips don't stand out right away, and so that future repairs can be touched up easily. I'm leaning to a surface treatment for the area below the crease that was posted a couple of years back...Tremclad/Rustoleum with a dusting of fine sand and recoats enough to give a gravel guard-type finish. A spray
paint would be a possibility too. I want to avoid a black
paint / truck-liner look if possible. Anyone find a supplier and, maybe even have a colour code number???
-secondly...where in Ontario can you obtain the Optima spiral gel cell
battery? And which one is best for a
dry camping mode and
solar panel recharge? The yellow top seems to be the one suggested by the manufacturer, but folks have said the blue top is OK too.
My current deep cycle
battery is nearly three years old and doesn't seem to be holding a charge all that well. Three years of three month outings.
My
electrical needs are low...all the interior
lights are LED...but I do need to power a CPAP machine for 8 hrs/night and recharge with 30 watts of
solar a day. When we are not
boondocking we'll use the Fantastic Fan and a 'smart charger' during the day.
Alistair & Inge in the Road Toad