Frame replacement?

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Okay, the transaction is done. We bid farewell to our EscaPOD with a bit of sadness. We have had many fun (and a few not so fun) adventures with it. We have many great memories. However, the time came for a change. A lot of my mods remained with the RPod, but things related to the LiFePO4 battery were removed as were my HAM radio mods. The dealer, A&L RV Sales in Chocowinity, NC was very helpful. I think the fact that they wanted to close out sales from the RV show in Raleigh before the end of February helped.
We brought home the Grey Wolf today. It tows nicely with the Frontier, but we will be looking for a half-ton pickup in the near future. I can now say for sure that it is not just equipped for solar, but it does have a 50w panel on the roof and a PWM charge controller. That is likely to be upgraded to an MPPT controller when I install the LiFePO4 battery. The big question is where to mount it.

It does also have the on-demand (tankless) water heater. The ducted AC is quiet. We can carry on a conversation with it running. and don't even have to raise our voices. It has a battery cut-off switch. It is not next to the battery, but is inside next to the power center. I think I like that as it will be out of the weather. The down side is that it is one of those with the big key that sticks out and is likely to be a place to catch one unawares. I may switch it out to the flatter one I was using in the RPod (see my mods). 

One thing I found surprising is that with the on demand water heater, it does not have the shower saver. I may be investigating that as a modification. I won't need to make too many mods as many of the things I did with the RPod already are present with the Grey Wolf. Of course, it is early and I may wind up doing more than I think that I will at this point.

With this, I will wind this topic down and go back to other areas to post. Thanks everyone for your friendly advice.