I did the same. I’ve been voting for rural Idaho for years. Used the 3rd party charger in Arco once during a Craters of the Moon trip. It worked, but was slow. Would love something to make a Salmon trip easily doable. More off the beaten path chargers are really needed, no matter the provider.
no. I am out in the truck. I get back and start generator overnight which sucks as I like the quiet, or just start it when we get back to camp.
Tesla doesn't have a satellite network. They contract out for the cellular bandwidth to AT&T. The thing is a cellular antenna for the truck costs about 10 cents. Starlink requires a phased array antenna, it would be too expensive. SpaceX subsidizes the sale of these antennae to get more customers, but they wouldn't want too many vehicular customers because vehicles tend to be clustered in cities. That would overwhelm the satellite bandwidth in densely populated areas.
I've looked at building an insulated box to put it in when running. Holes for airflow and exhaust. Use it to put the generator or other gear in for transport. Several plastic home deck boxes look promising for a start.
I've watched probably hundreds of reviews for solar generators over the last 3 years. Pecron is on the top of my list for powering the inside of my trailer and also potential larger solutions for powering the truck instead of a generator. I'll check their Xmas deals, but will likely stick with my $500 Harbor Freight small generator for now. But I do think we're getting closer to making home made cyber solar a reality. Hopefully it's like TVs. Each Xmas the price comes down.....and pretty much stays down Each year. I paid $1400 for my first 50" plasma TV 20 years ago. Since then, tech is better a d price is lower. Appears that solar is doing the same.
agreed. Can’t justify the price just yet unless you are doing something else with the pecrons. It’s getting closer though.
How much do those things weigh though? I looked all over thier website and the PDF spec sheet and could not find it listed anywhere.
Ah, a fellow Hope-Princeton-Merritt hunter I see. Cheers!Luckily I have many superchargers near where I hunt. That made a big difference for me when the range came out as around 500 km vs 800km promised. I'm basically 50 to 100 km away from a supercharger at all times. However *I* don't eat Elk unless I buy it from the store.
My youngest son and I just filled our elk tags from the Hopi Hunt O’Haco cattle ranches in Arizona unit 4A. It was fantastic. The Cybertruck is the ultimate elk hunting vehicle. Shout out to TSportLine for their CTX front bumper and 12,000 pound Warn winch integration: I used it with the vehicle in reverse to pull the elk carcasses from where they were downed all the way to a dirt road, and then on to a waiting trailer. Easiest elk retraction I’ve ever done!
