Thom and Cari's Parkliner

[Francesca Knowles]

The crossbed toolbox I mounted on the back of my Trillium is deep enough to hold a generator.

If I had a generator!

Francesca

[Brian M. in NY]

Now the gennie goes in the back of the Taco with the gas can. Safety reasons aside, I really hated the smell of gasoline in the back of the Forester

[deryk]

I have been driving with the Yamaha in the backseat of my Rav4 so far...if I shut the fuel off and let it run till its almost ready to die then pull out the choke it uses up the gas in the carb and has no fuel and no gas smell. I just want my backseat for when a friend comes along for their gear...and he usually travels with at least 1 guitar

[accrete]

Originally Posted by deryk

...if I shut the fuel off and let it run till its almost ready to die then pull out the choke it uses up the gas in the carb and has no fuel and no gas smell...

Thanks for the tip deryk!

[deryk]

NP buddy, this way you dont have to really worry so much about carb problems down the road... anything to keep life simple

[Brian M. in NY]

Originally Posted by deryk

NP buddy, this way you dont have to really worry so much about carb problems down the road... anything to keep life simple

Unfortunately, the Honda doesn't have a fuel shut off valve. You just turn the switch to "OFF". For storage you either add fuel stabilizer (Sta-bil) and make sure the tank is full or pump the tank out and then run till it quits. Where do you keep your fuel can?

[deryk]

Brian I have seen a mod for the Honda where you can pop the front cover and add an inline fuel shutoff. But thats another reason I went with the yamaha.

I can just barely fit a 5 gallon gas can between the cover for the propane tanks and the tongue jack. I haven't bought one yet because my run time is still pretty short... just about 2 hours and my batteries were charged back up from the drain of the furnace. Hopeing next weekend it will be warm enough that I can sleep without the furnace running on all night...just warm up my ParkLiner and then shut it off and turn it on in the am.

[accrete]

Originally Posted by deryk

...Hopeing next weekend it will be warm enough that I can sleep without the furnace running on all night...

A general question just to put the info in the noggin on personal likes/dislikes...

My question will follow laying out how cari and i camp-rest:

When cari and i head to sleep we have always shut the furnace off in either the stick&brick and now our Mobile Suite...no matter the outside temp. Nights here in the PNW winters can get down into the low 20s a couple months of the year, but mostly remain mid 30's. The measured inside temp will hover around ~10 degrees above the outside temp. We just snuggle under the down comforter and have a nice rest. Wake up in the morning and heat up the space.

As mentioned elsewhere, we camp the same way. Even waking up one morning to snow on the roof and camp. No heat in the van overnite and we slept great. Put on a pot of water on the butane stove and by the time the water came to a boil (~8min?) the rig was comfortable.

So here is my question...
Is there a need to keep furnace going at night because?
1) It may be early in the camping season and nights are just to crazy cold? (sub 30's?? etc)
2) It is just a preferred way to sleep at night (keeping interior space still at a daytime/waking comfortable temp?
3) Other??

There is no right/wrong answer...i'm just logging the data

Thom

[deryk]

2 weeks ago I camped in the mountains in Pa, dropped into the low 20's at night, lower with windchill. I usually run the furnace at it's lowest setting just to be a bit warmer then outside lol. In the morning I reach over and turn it up and in a few minutes its warm enough to get up and get dressed and put the coffee pot on to perk.

I don't mind it being pretty cold, just want to be a little comfortable. I do have a -20 mummy bag so I can go without heat all together if I wanted to but don't see the point of roughing it that much unless there is a problem.

[Francesca Knowles]

I'm still a tentcamper by philosophy and style- only the tent type has changed. Among the amenities I now enjoy is a permanent heat source. I've never gotten over the thrill of moving from a softsided tent to a hardsided one, and one of the treats I allow myself is a little heat at night.

Since my heater uses very little propane on low (and no external electricity ever) this is a very cheap luxury!

Francesca

[Brian M. in NY]

Returning from NC a couple of weeks ago, the summer weight bedding we brought with us from our teardrop was totally inadequate for the cold temps and 2" of snow we received in southwestern VA. The sound of chattering teeth would have kept us up all night had it not been for our furnace! We have since invested in a queen size Slumberjack sleep system which is good to 40 degrees with the lighter side on top or 30 with the heavier side up. We prefer to sleep cool and expect that we will use the furnace a lot less with the new bedding.

[deryk]

If its under 40' I will use heat...don't see the point of suffering lol...I've winter camped in a tent... not as much fun anymore... that and I've lost 80 pounds of insulation lol

[accrete]

when cari and eye saw the funky wood panel of the fridge door next to all that gleeming white gel coat we knew it had to go!

Went down to home depot and they cut out several the same size as the original panel. Looks sweet.

[deryk]

Looks nice! Thinking of darkening the woodwork to match it?

[Mike Magee]

Originally Posted by deryk

Looks nice! Thinking of darkening the woodwork to match it?

Um, I think they went the other direction: took off the dark panel and put on a near-white one.

[accrete]

Mike got it right...
We took the dark wood that you see on the floor to the right of the fridge (it was stock)
And replaced it with a nice textured white face plate from home depot. No more wood-grain miss-match !

and we do like the current stock color/varnish on the cupboards...ads just enough warmth for us with the other wood/earth tones we chose for fabric/curtains/pillows.

[deryk]

heh ok... Another project for the later fall for mine...

but now I have Maxxfan envy. I dont want to add a cover over my fantastic fan since they sit up too high, but like the idea of when (not if lol) it rains and still haveing ventilation.

[Donna D.]

deryk... you changed your avatar! I won't recognize "you."

[accrete]

I'll recognize him as the guy who got his
"License To Kill" before 007
...with his killer glamping rig...

[deryk]

Im sorry Donna! I will flip back and forth between them. Maybe merge them (if its not too big) Just think Its kinda cool. We have a Growing ParkLiner community now! Need to get the new owner of 002 to join us... and the ones in between me and brian lol