Nater Potater
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- Oct 19, 2020
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- Boat Info
- 1992 300DA Sundancer
- Engines
- Twin Merc Alpha I Gen II I/O's with 5.7 V8's
40 foot seemed like a really good size for us. Initially, the size was a bit intimidating until you get your references for where the fog lines are, then you're no worse off than any other large truck out there. In fact, I didn't realize just how much that meant until I noticed I was looking straight into the eyes of the other trucker's eyes as we rolled past them. If they can drive triples through town, there's no reason you can't maneuver your rig through equally tight areas, and more so.
We started out camping out of the back of an old Dodge van, then an ancient eighteen-foot bumper pull, twenty-two foot bumper pull behind a pickup, slide-in camper, thirty-foot fifth wheel, but the forty-foot diesel pusher with slide-outs was so amazingly roomy inside that we could park anywhere we wanted and feel like we were at home. Big tv, an actual sit-down dinner table, huge awning, and could handle all of the fresh, grey, and black water controls from one panel without ever crawling underneath the rig, not to mention the push-button auto-levelers. Get a smaller towable rig on the back for local sight-seeing and trips to the store, and hit the road. Be sure to stop by on your way through Idaho.
We started out camping out of the back of an old Dodge van, then an ancient eighteen-foot bumper pull, twenty-two foot bumper pull behind a pickup, slide-in camper, thirty-foot fifth wheel, but the forty-foot diesel pusher with slide-outs was so amazingly roomy inside that we could park anywhere we wanted and feel like we were at home. Big tv, an actual sit-down dinner table, huge awning, and could handle all of the fresh, grey, and black water controls from one panel without ever crawling underneath the rig, not to mention the push-button auto-levelers. Get a smaller towable rig on the back for local sight-seeing and trips to the store, and hit the road. Be sure to stop by on your way through Idaho.