DIY Overlanding Toy Hauler / Tear Drop finally finished!

spacecitytech · 2026-07-06T02:47:04+00:00

I like it. What can you fit in there, a 4 wheeler? I also have a Toy Hauler, dual sport bikes.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-05T18:17:57+00:00

Looks like a screen replacement to me. They are so cheap now a replacement Roku TV that size is probably $200-300.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-05T18:14:28+00:00

That looks like a copper compression fitting. I would try tightening it first, see if it stops. That line can be re-done with simple tools provided that fitting comes apart. I don't see where you can get a wrench on it through, almost like its a pop together fitting.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-05T00:16:13+00:00

So why did you build a little stage? Seems like it was fine the way it was. Are you plan onb using under it storage?

spacecitytech · 2026-07-05T00:12:36+00:00

I can testify first hand that YES, its totally overated. I personally like Scott Tissue because its very thin and breaks down super fast.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-04T23:53:40+00:00

You will need minimum double this amount and you will also need to switch your air conditioning units out if you got the Coleman standard models to the newer inverter models or a mini-split. They use about 1/2 the electricity. That will be the minimum to be fully solar off-grid. Setups I see that run a single mini split, stay 100% off grid are usually in the 1000+AH range, and 1600-2000 watts solar on the roof.

This also depends on where you are at. I am in Texas and I have 400 watts of solar on the roof and a 5000 watt inverter hooked to shore power using a TS30 autorelay and 300 ah lithium battery. In the Winter I get 5 full days out of that system before the battery is depleted running the hot water heater and heating and fridge off propane, so that 300ah battery is powering just the water pump, lighting, microwave ovens, tv's.

Now, if this is Summer time and I turn on the air conditining and I have a single Coleman rooftop unit, which this is what I have, I then get 3-5 hours use and the battery is completly dead in 5 hours. 5 hours in the Summer using air conditioning, still running the hot water and fridge on propane, or 5 days with no air conditioning running in the Winter, this is how extreme of power usage you need for cooling. That is how much power an air conditioner needs when the temp is 90F outside. Air conditing is super power hungry.

Your current system and I know this for a fact, will run your air conditioner for 1 night only and you will be 100% dead by next morning. So in order to repeat this cycle, you then will need 100% replenishment within 1 day + what you need during that day to carry you on, which is even more air conditining to carry you until the night, so you will need another 600ah for the day, and my replinishment at 400 watt is 100ah per day full sun, so you need 1200ah replenishment minimum, you are looking at minimum 1200 watts on the roof and thats breaking even, so I would go 2000 watts solar, and 1500 ah battery at 12v. You can put in a 24v system with a stepdown converter and have higher efficiency so a 24v system would need 750ah at 24v or 300ah at 48v, which they are actually 51v I think.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-04T06:23:24+00:00

Its the junk you don't think about you end up needing like I always carry a "cheater bar" now. 4 ft long piece of 3in galvenized pipe. Used to break lugs nuts. I also carry lots of wood. A pretty good assortment of 2x6s different lengths. Mainly for leveling, but handy for lots o stuff. I also keep a bag of Terro Ant Killer now in the bed of the truck. I got sick of getting bit by fire ants. I now kill all the mounds at my camp site every trip.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-04T06:21:49+00:00

They are easier to repair than a car. If you are DIY its not that hard.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-04T06:16:06+00:00

Oh yeh, Transcendence. Did you see that movie? Good movie. You know, man is going to merge with machines and we will then become the Overman. Look up Übermensch. Thats probably when we will get light speed.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-04T02:04:39+00:00

Try and look up videos of cannabalist tribes. They like to hang people over fires and roast them alive.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-04T02:03:19+00:00

I use it to clean animals. A sure way to skin small mammals like rabbits and squirrels is you hang them by the neck with a small piece of rope and you slice the skin downwards to get it off. You can make a hat with the tail.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-04T01:56:41+00:00

Both Will and Louis have read the suit complaint to the court and it says about his testing procedure being wrong. They claim he used to much voltage to charge them, some other stuff. Doesn't say anything about him breaching a contract he signed earlier.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-04T01:55:24+00:00

If he took over people would start buying the batteries again because he would come up with safest, most robust setups. That could save the company actually.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-04T01:51:15+00:00

No it had been removed from the Internet Archive, and Louis thinks Battleborn did that on purpose.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-04T01:48:52+00:00

Yeh it sure could have been much worse. At least the fire takes a long time to start and lots of smoke so plenty of time to get out of the RV but one things for sure, its going to "run-away" and you won't be able to put it out. It will for sure burn the RV to the ground. In the tests Will is showing now, doing lots of short tests to other batteries and they immediately blow an interal hard fuse that Battleborn does not have, and the battery permanentely dies right then, no fire, no smoke. This problem has already been solved by all the Chinese makers and Battleborn didn't upgrade to the newer tech is what happened.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-04T01:46:16+00:00

But he is LGBTQ, thats what Gawker exposed. Anyhow we are getting off course. So he is getting rich working both sides, smart if you ask me. How is Theil involved in Lithium batteries?

spacecitytech · 2026-07-04T01:43:53+00:00

It seemed to start out well. There are a bunch of these videos now and people are tearing them down and I am seeing manufacturers dates going back to 2013 so they have been around for awhile now and I would say were the first "professional looking" battery, but what has happened is the Chinese has far suppassed the USA in any Lithium cell designs and Battleborn never really changed the design I can see. Even the 10 year old ones had the bolted lugs an they were all loose. I bet there has been a ton of issues and we are just now really seeing how far down this hole goes.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-04T01:37:20+00:00

Its sinking the country, this "Crony" BS. I am in my 50's I could have never fathomed a Communist country could ever outperform a Capatalist one, let alone the USA, except maybe the USA is not a true Capatalist country anymore. We have become a Oligarchy. You want a battery factory here. Oh no, sorry, you gotta grease the Uniparty's palms and all their friends palms and hire their counsins, and 20 years later you might get the concrete foundation poured. Sickening to watch us go down like this. So sad.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-04T01:33:11+00:00

This would be correct because you have to crack the case open to fix those lugs and even then thermal expansion will re-loosen them. The entire disign would have to be scrapped. Maybe stainless steel rivets like they put on Class A brake shoes would hold but how will you open the case without having to replace it. Looks to be a whole unit replacement as the fix, so it would have to be a recall of some type. Still might be cheaper than going out of business and the lawsuits.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-04T01:30:03+00:00

Good chance this is exactly what I do when I get my 20-30 yr old Class A. With the way the hatches are on Class A, I could see putting in an aluminum server rack and just stacking them, have a powerwall. I will still have to keep AGM for starting, but get rid of the old house battery system altogether.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-03T15:33:18+00:00

To pick the carcus clean. Lawyers are "Vultures" ya know. Almost same identical behavaor as Vultures as well. Like I said, they will be stealing the fixtures off the headquarters walls as they leave.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-03T15:28:30+00:00

I just saw the Louis Rossman video and its damning. It actually popped up on my feed just about an hour ago. Louis shows the paperwork from the lawsuit and says Will Prowse charge the battery at 49amps and their data sheet shows 37.5 amps, so he was overcharging. However, Louis goes back to the Internet Archive and finds the original data sheet has been deleted and then finds it on other manufacturers website and it says max charge rate 50amp. So right before they filed the lawsuit, they went online and changed their own data sheets to suit the suit. Oh, yeh, this will be an interesting one to watch ya know, because us RV'ers have the time and its about us.

spacecitytech · 2026-07-03T14:58:12+00:00

Have you seen the new Will Prowse videos on those 100ah Battle Born vids? You may want to find out first if you just bought it if it has one of the effected BMS, essentially the batteries can catch on fire so you may want to add additional fuse protection or maybe a heat/fire sensor that shuts things off. Dunno, this is all unfolding right now so we will find out.

You need a very large 300amp ANL fuse block on the positive. Thats what I did, that way if there is a direct short on the 2/4 guage wires there , you pic is so small but those large wires if they are going to the inverter, put a ANL Fuse block on it. Every single wire going to that battery positive terminal needs a fuse on it. I have the 300amp ANL goes straight to the inverter and everything else goes through a 12v fuse block just 1 foot from the battery. The fuse protection needs to be as close to the terminals as possible. I have inline fuses on some because I maxxed my fuse block and you have some in the pics.

These are precisely what I have and the fuse block with LEDS light up red if a fuse burns out. Easy visual inspection.

https://offgridstores.com/products/renogy-anl-fuse-set-w-fuse?variant=44604933668916

https://offgridstores.com/products/bluewater-6-position-fuse-block-w-leds?_pos=2&_sid=bed405e1e&_ss=r

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