Hi! I just purchased a Transcend Xplor 260 and am setting it up to live in full time. I'm curious what other people's experiences were with propane use and what the best way to go is when it comes to tank size and how long it lasts cooking, heating, etc.
Thanks so much.
The other folks here are right, that more information is needed. Being full-time you find that the focus of your daily life is logistics. Food, fuel, propane, water, electricity, internet, waste tanks, laundry. Where will I be camping? Do we have hookups, electricity, 15/30/50 amp, or dry-camping? What is the weather like, temperature? Everything needs to be considered every day.
For me, right now we are in So Cal, temperatures mostly in the 70's and 80's. We have 30amp, water and grey-water dump at the site. Staying 8 days so trying to use the campground bathrooms to save black tank. At night we turn on our electric fireplace which gives off just enough heat to take the chill off. Got a little rain today so tonight I expect to use the propane furnace. If we had an electric blanket I'd use that instead of the propane. I'm using the campground showers but my wife is showering onboard. We are cooking all our meals on board.
I have two 8-gallon (30lb) tanks, right now I'm going through about one tank per month. Your rig comes with two 20lb tanks. Not sure if it will take 40lb.
My coach has two 8-gallon tanks. If your rig will take them, the 8 gallon tanks are probably best.