Life with a Diesel Heater
Life with a Diesel Heater After years of using different heating methods from electric to propane to wood, none of them offered the flexibility I needed with my new teardrop trailer. The trailer is very well insulated, has a dedicated diesel heater port, and has several exhaust fans to pull the heat through the trailer. I often have a secondary tent to heat, so that makes heating options much more limited. The key attributes I was looking for from a heater were the following: A diesel heater meets all the above criteria and with cheap ones becoming more and more popular, there is hardly any downside to trying one out, so I did. Just as a point of reference, my temperature target is around 50F in both the trailer and tent as I like sleeping in the cold and have adequate bedding for down to 10F in the event the…
Project Evergreen Part 1 – Introduction
Backstory
In 2015 I was bit by the Land Cruiser bug. Having “just” my 2011 Toyota Tacoma to play in, and it being a somewhat expensive vehicle to damage offroad, I decided a second rig was in order. While Land Cruisers are legendary for their reliability, the 80 Series is perhaps the pinnacle of Toyota’s offroad engineering efforts. Overbuilt in virtually every aspect, sporting a solid front axle with birfields, and a full-floater rear axle, they are extremely tough and capable. In my opinion, the combination of capabilities, reliability, and comfort in the 80 Series is simply hard to beat at any price point. I quickly found a 1993 Triple-locked FZJ80 with 234k miles and all the goodies already installed. I went ahead and bought the rig, and the seller has since become a friend of mine, that will become an important fact later in the story.