..... What's on the mod list?
I'd always reckoned after a few trips away I'd quickly work out what needed modifying. But I've resisted the temptation of jumping in straight away.
After the first trip, I figured a second battery was needed, as we only got 16 hours out of the 2 year old 105 AH battery before the Waeco 50 litre dual zone fridge turned itself off.
But this last trip, by keeping the kids away from the fridge and LED lights, using a gas light a bit in the annexe at night, keeping the kids out of the fridge (and by turning the fridge voltage cut out setting from medium to low - doh), we got over 40 hours out of the battery. Did I mention keeping the kids away from the fridge? As most of our camping will be on weekends at the moment, this ought to do for a while. Doing a recondition on the battery with the new Ctek charger may have helped. So new/second battery goes down the list for the moment.
I am debating waiting until the finances allow for 2 new batteries, since I keep reading that having an old (more than say 50 deep discharges) battery and a new battery together is not ideal for the battery life of either battery.
So the next modification has to be the hitch. The standard 50 mm ball hitch only just clears the spare tyre when hitching up. The standard ball hitch also leaves little room to open the rear door of the tug. The dish-licker occasionally needs to get out for pit stops too, though she'd have a bit less trouble fitting through the available door opening if she shed a few kilo's.
So a new hitch is the first planned mod. I am currently leaning towards the Ozhitch, because it has good offroad capabilities, won't clash with the tug spare when hitching up and seems to be the lowest profile of the reputable offroad hitches on the market - meaning the rear door will now only hit the stoneguard rather the hitch! Welcome any feedback on this!
LED trailer lights might yet make the mods list too - though probably after the batteries. It seems the rig only has to drive near some dirt and I'm changing bulbs.
pete
