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A 40 gallon fresh water tank adds about 334 pounds, and most people forget the hot water heater tacks on another 50. Propane surprised me … Read more

A 100W panel in 5 peak sun hours only generates about 500 watt-hours, which blew my mind because a 12V camping fridge alone can pull … Read more

A single cubic yard of wood chips only covers about 108 square feet at 3 inches deep, and that number floored me the first time … Read more

A single gallon of propane packs 91,502 BTU which sounds massive but an RV furnace chewing through 30,000 BTU per hour burns that in about … Read more

Class A motorhomes shed roughly 20 to 25% in the first year alone, and Ive watched them settle to about 50% of their original value … Read more

35 BTU per square foot is the baseline number I kept landing on for RV cooling, but honestly that only holds in mild weather. Push … Read more

A 13,500 BTU rooftop AC pulls around 1500 watts running but surges to 2800 at startup, which is the number that actually sizes your generator. … Read more

The full AT runs 2,194.3 miles, or roughly 3,531 km, and Ive found most thru-hikers average somewhere around 12 to 16 miles a day once … Read more

  A 170 lb hiker carrying 34 lbs hits that 20% body weight threshold — honestly thats where my knees start complaining. Drop to 15% … Read more

  A 155-pound hiker on flat terrain burns roughly 370 calories per hour,  bump that to steep uphill and youre closer to 550. Thats a … Read more

  2 pounds of food per person per day — thats the number I kept landing on for moderate backpacking trips. Sounds low but dehydrated … Read more