mikehmb
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TL;DR - RANs are faster than my last experience; uphill clobbers range worse than I remember; Utica res is beautiful; selling my rooftent.
Took the Long Dog, wife and son (adult-ish daughter opted to stay home, throw a party, and piss off my neighbors) camping to Union Reservoir off Highway 4 in the Sierras this weekend. Tried Utica first, got skunked on campsites, but there was a loaded up S with an adventure trailer at Sandy Flat campground. Nice rig, if you’re out there.
Truck of course handled it just fine. Used the RAN in Manteca (which was almost full when we got there!) and charged up to 100% for the drive up. Arrived, 110 miles later, with about 43% remaining. Used approx 4% on various camp-related activities - getting in and out for stuff, leaving Long Dog there overnight, hiding from a brief thunderstorm, powering the Smeg kettle, etc. Running 20” OE tires at 48psi cold, 52 hot. Conserve mode for a good chunk of the climb up to 7k feet.
Return trip - departed with 39%, got to the highway with about 33%, conserve downhill and into the valley. Arrived with around 19% (54 miles) of indicated range at the Manteca RAN, charged up to about 91%. Back to HMB with 65% remaining - all-purpose, speed of traffic (75+ when possible). 84 miles, 26% range used. I would have stopped charging at a lower %, but we barely had enough time for lunch as it was.
Camp Mode was a little aggravating at times, but it was mostly intuitive. Self-leveling was fantastic with the RTT. The truck looked donked - very silly.
The Smittybilt tent was truly great. Easy setup/tear down, very much kept us warm and comfortable. But it’s not going to work out for our family longer-term, so it’ll be up for sale in another thread later today.
Took the Long Dog, wife and son (adult-ish daughter opted to stay home, throw a party, and piss off my neighbors) camping to Union Reservoir off Highway 4 in the Sierras this weekend. Tried Utica first, got skunked on campsites, but there was a loaded up S with an adventure trailer at Sandy Flat campground. Nice rig, if you’re out there.
Truck of course handled it just fine. Used the RAN in Manteca (which was almost full when we got there!) and charged up to 100% for the drive up. Arrived, 110 miles later, with about 43% remaining. Used approx 4% on various camp-related activities - getting in and out for stuff, leaving Long Dog there overnight, hiding from a brief thunderstorm, powering the Smeg kettle, etc. Running 20” OE tires at 48psi cold, 52 hot. Conserve mode for a good chunk of the climb up to 7k feet.
Return trip - departed with 39%, got to the highway with about 33%, conserve downhill and into the valley. Arrived with around 19% (54 miles) of indicated range at the Manteca RAN, charged up to about 91%. Back to HMB with 65% remaining - all-purpose, speed of traffic (75+ when possible). 84 miles, 26% range used. I would have stopped charging at a lower %, but we barely had enough time for lunch as it was.
Camp Mode was a little aggravating at times, but it was mostly intuitive. Self-leveling was fantastic with the RTT. The truck looked donked - very silly.
The Smittybilt tent was truly great. Easy setup/tear down, very much kept us warm and comfortable. But it’s not going to work out for our family longer-term, so it’ll be up for sale in another thread later today.
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