
Downtown Chicago on our maiden trip July 2017
1998 Beaver Patriot 425 Thunder Brandywine – Built in Bend Oregon
- 40 foot diesel pusher Beaver motor coach
- Magnum chassis riding on eight air bags
- Powered by a 425 horsepower C12 Caterpillar diesel
- 6 speed Allison transmission
- One full galley slide (kitchen living room)
- Queen size bed with no bedroom slides
- Mid-coach washroom with full size shower
- Splenda washer / dryer combination unit
- 12 cubic foot NorCold fridge / freezer with ice maker (with Amish cooling unit)
- 100 gallons of fresh water
- 60 gallons grey water and 60 gallons black water holding tanks
- Hurricane hydronic heating system (with unlimited hot water)
- 7500 watt Onan diesel generator
- 3000 watt Victron Hybrird Inverter / charger / with remote
- 1.16 kilo watts of roof mounted tippable solar panels
- Two Blue Sky solar controllers with remote
- Six 100 amp/hour Battleborn lithium GC2 batteries
- Victron BMV-712 monitoring system with Bluetooth
- Two 12 volt series 31 flooded batteries for the chassis
- Our towed is a 2007 Ford Explorer Sport-Trac 4WD
- Two Pelican 10′ Kayaks that we carry on the Sport-Trac
- Two bicycles that are on a bike rack on the coach trailer hitch
- Roadmaster 5000 tow-bar with brake master
- Gerard 20′ power awning
- Garmin RV760 GPS
- Roadmaster spare tire carrier with rim and tire and cover

A lunch stop in Woodstock with family April 2019




