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    Posted: 29 Aug 2025 at 7:40am
Originally posted by jato

Yes, I grit my teeth when lifting yet it is lighter than the 50 kilo bags of concrete I have toted around in Guyana and Nicaragua.  BTW 50 kilos = 110 lbs.  I wonder if that is why the men in Guyana and Nicaragua are so short!

Impressive! Not sure I could do that at my age and I consider myself to be in pretty could shape.  

Back to the battery topic, the OP needs to consider their plans for their Rpod. I went through the same decision process with our 179 and eventually decided that the juice wasn't worth the squeeze to convert ti lithium batteries, and FLA and AGM batteries didn't fit our travel style. So we ended up with a different camper with a full solar-lithium-inverter setup.
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Thanks all for the info.

I considered Lithium but decided to go with 2 GC batteries due to the cost and the 2 required side projects.  Wish I could say I was going to test them this week, but alas we have a plug in site so I may have to wait a bit to experience the joy of 255 AH of battery.
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Sometimes the best solution is the simplest solution. Glad you got it figured out. Now, on to the next adventure.
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