QS 8.0 Anniversary Edition owner checking in

[woodman]

We've had ours for about a year and a half now. We really like it a lot.

In spite of liking it a lot we've made a couple of changes to it.  Put D-ring tiedowns on the back deck, installed a 12V bus so I could hook up a 12V water pump that submerges in the blue container and some LED strip lights under the counter. There's a switch on each side so you can just turn on some gentle light at night if someone needs to get up for some reason. We replaced the bulbs in the supplied lights with LEDs as well.

I've replaced the single propane with a double and installed a second battery. This is new this year and I still need to get out and finish wiring it up. I think I can finally take the cover off as I don't think we're due for more snow down at this altitude this year. Well, at least until fall I'm looking at a solar option as well, mainly because I have a CPAP that I like to run if at all possible. My wife appreciates that as well as I'm much quieter when I'm not snoring

We're looking for a bed update. Right now with just my wife and I we put both mattresses on one side and it's OK.

Originally we hauled with a Jeep Patriot but had performance issues in the mountains. We now have a 2011 Dodge Ram 1500. It works for other things as well - as a woodworker my wife is much happier when I put logs in the bed instead of the the back of the Patriot.

[johnc]

Would like to see photos of the upgrades that you've made.

[woodman]

[quote source="/post/21262/thread" author="@johnc" timestamp="1463535029"]Would like to see photos of the upgrades that you've made. [/quote]I have a local craft show this weekend and I'm busy getting ready for that. I should be past the snowy season (at least down here at our altitude) so I can pull the cover off and open it up. I'll try to remember to get some pictures put up next week some time when I'm not quite as busy.

[johnc]

No rush! We were hoping to be past the Ark building season but we have more rain coming this weekend so I am having trouble getting mine uncovered.