Switching Harvester to All EV Model?

[SrfnFly227]

I will most likely select BEV when offered the choice even though I reserved the Harvester and that option was one of the huge selling points to me for 2 reasons:

- I do not have gas plumbed to my house and we do lose power a few times a year. A good portion of my neighbors have generators as a result. The Harvester working as a back up for my house was appealing. No cost to have gas run to my house. No huge cost to install a generator. Just have my vehicle do it from the driveway. Sounds awesome.

- I want to have the ability to tow my Wrangler to offroad trails. The closest option for me is 230 miles away and involves a lot of hills. Short stops to top off the gas sounds a lot more appealing than finding a charging station every 100 miles while towing a 16-18 ft trailer and then sitting while it charges.


Ultimately, I think the convenience of the BEV will win me over vs the rare use cases that originally sold me on the Harvester. Our power outages are usually short. I can think of 1, maybe 2, times in 4 and half years of living here that we've lost power for more than 24 hours. I figure the BEV with a full charge can get me through any power outage I'd expect to see. And towing the Jeep is reallistically 2-3 times a year if I'm lucky. Taking some extra time to charge during those trips is an easy trade off to the reduced maintenance needs the rest of the year. I'm hoping that as battery tech continues to improve, towing range will come up or charging time will decrease. Either will make the choice to go BEV pretty easy.

 

[cyure]

I will most likely select BEV when offered the choice even though I reserved the Harvester and that option was one of the huge selling points to me for 2 reasons:

- I do not have gas plumbed to my house and we do lose power a few times a year. A good portion of my neighbors have generators as a result. The Harvester working as a back up for my house was appealing. No cost to have gas run to my house. No huge cost to install a generator. Just have my vehicle do it from the driveway. Sounds awesome.

- I want to have the ability to tow my Wrangler to offroad trails. The closest option for me is 230 miles away and involves a lot of hills. Short stops to top off the gas sounds a lot more appealing than finding a charging station every 100 miles while towing a 16-18 ft trailer and then sitting while it charges.


Ultimately, I think the convenience of the BEV will win me over vs the rare use cases that originally sold me on the Harvester. Our power outages are usually short. I can think of 1, maybe 2, times in 4 and half years of living here that we've lost power for more than 24 hours. I figure the BEV with a full charge can get me through any power outage I'd expect to see. And towing the Jeep is reallistically 2-3 times a year if I'm lucky. Taking some extra time to charge during those trips is an easy trade off to the reduced maintenance needs the rest of the year. I'm hoping that as battery tech continues to improve, towing range will come up or charging time will decrease. Either will make the choice to go BEV pretty easy.

Similar situation except I don’t tow. We go to Chicago 5 or 6 times a year so 200 to 260 miles round trip depending on where exactly we are going. I kept thinking I needed a Harvester for that but it’s truly overkill for what my needs are. I work from home and my Wrangler averages 13 mpg because the majority of my driving is around town. We have done a couple cross country trips but we drive really really long days. Like really long. I’m not interested in that anymore. We need to take longer breaks while we are driving.

 

[socalscout]

I opted for battery only traveler as while it’s fun to go off road, that what my diesel truck is for. I see the traveler as a highly optioned SUV for general use. Not an overlander.

If I need to tow my trailer, diesel truck.

If I want to go hunting and camping with the boys, diesel truck.

If I need to go a long distance, again my diesel truck.

Why? Because my truck holds 130 gallons of diesel and I can go more than 2000 miles without refueling if needed.

Now, I hope scout will use SS batteries and get the range close to 500 max. That would at least get me to my winter home in one charge.

 

[cyure]

I opted for battery only traveler as while it’s fun to go off road, that what my diesel truck is for. I see the traveler as a highly optioned SUV for general use. Not an overlander.

If I need to tow my trailer, diesel truck.

If I want to go hunting and camping with the boys, diesel truck.

If I need to go a long distance, again my diesel truck.

Why? Because my truck holds 130 gallons of diesel and I can go more than 2000 miles without refueling if needed.

Now, I hope scout will use SS batteries and get the range close to 500 max. That would at least get me to my winter home in one charge.

What truck holds 130 gallons???

 

[socalscout]

What truck holds 130 gallons???

Mine.

 

[J Alynn]

Similar situation except I don’t tow. We go to Chicago 5 or 6 times a year so 200 to 260 miles round trip depending on where exactly we are going. I kept thinking I needed a Harvester for that but it’s truly overkill for what my needs are. I work from home and my Wrangler averages 13 mpg because the majority of my driving is around town. We have done a couple cross country trips but we drive really really long days. Like really long. I’m not interested in that anymore. We need to take longer breaks while we are driving.

“Life is in the journey, not the destination”. Have had an inspirational card in my wallet for nearly 20 years that a friend gave to me. Figure it will hold true for EV driving breaks on longer trips-just like other opportunities in my life. To that point-it’s roughly one month from being 3 years since I started the journey on this forum and I’ve loved every minute of it this far. Without this adventure, the new traveler would ultimately just be another SUV-albeit a very cool suv but it would lack the emotional connection.

 

[cyure]

Mine.

“Life is in the journey, not the destination”. Have had an inspirational card in my wallet for nearly 20 years that a friend gave to me. Figure it will hold true for EV driving breaks on longer trips-just like other opportunities in my life. To that point-it’s roughly one month from being 3 years since I started the journey on this forum and I’ve loved every minute of it this far. Without this adventure, the new traveler would ultimately just be another SUV-albeit a very cool suv but it would lack the emotional connection.

3 years!!

 

[Sparetimetoys]

I’m thinking harvester option. Had full EV in my R1S and trips sucked. I prefer quick stops. I like the generator being built in. You can also control your electric cost with this. Depending on your location some charging options are ridiculously expensive. Also reducing charge anxiety on a trip is huge.

 

[cyure]

I’m thinking harvester option. Had full EV in my R1S and trips sucked. I prefer quick stops. I like the generator being built in. You can also control your electric cost with this. Depending on your location some charging options are ridiculously expensive. Also reducing charge anxiety on a trip is huge.

This is why I’m glad they have both. Everyone has their own personal calculation as to what works best for them.

 

[J Alynn]

I’m thinking harvester option. Had full EV in my R1S and trips sucked. I prefer quick stops. I like the generator being built in. You can also control your electric cost with this. Depending on your location some charging options are ridiculously expensive. Also reducing charge anxiety on a trip is huge.

Welcome

 

[04Ram2500Hemi]

What truck holds 130 gallons???

I was just thinking to self, that’s got to be close to $600 per tank (depending on where you live). That’s the definition of pay to play. And I like it!

 

[Mousehunter]

I live in a rural ag community. Unless you are really old money, most new ranchers lease what they can find - so they have to move equipment, so making fuel at the barn not all that common anymore. Solution, mobile refueling out of a tank in the bed of their truck - so 150 gallons in a truck is probably fairly common.

 

[cyure]

I live in a rural ag community. Unless you are really old money, most new ranchers lease what they can find - so they have to move equipment, so making fuel at the barn not all that common anymore. Solution, mobile refueling out of a tank in the bed of their truck - so 150 gallons in a truck is probably fairly common.

That makes sense.