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Welcome:Well IMHO you are pushing it.The dryweight of the 182G is 2660#, AC about 100#, microwave 45-50#, 2 batteries 130#, 2 LP tanks 50# plus you, wife, child, and 2 dogs lets say 350#, now you are at 3340#. You have not put anything in the trailer or the car. You see, anything you put into the car is tow weight.

Welcome!  We were like you and looked for a long while, did our research, and then bought our 171 last fall.  Marwayne did a great job answering your main questions, so I just have a bit to add to it.  The 182 is a great model, but with your TV you should look at the lighter-weight Pods that are available.  Our TV is also rated at 3500# and that weight difference was a big consideration for us to drop down to the 171.

Welcome.  If you plan on mostly doing local trips you will be ok with that TV (tow vehicle).  The problem is highway speeds especially with hills and/or head winds.  Long trips on the highway will be a problem.  It isn't the weight of the pod, its the wind resistance once you get above 55 mph.

Just back from Smokemont campground in the GSMNP.  No hookups at all.  My second outing in with my 176 rpod.  The first trip was to the Florida panhandle.

First, what I think is most important, you will probably be much happier if you can stay way below your tow weight limit.  If your limit is 3500 lbs, you likely won't be happy towing 3300 lbs.  Relatively short trips to the OBX, or driving around back roads in Florida where the highest point is something like 285 feet above sea level you'll do fine, but anywhere you mentioned in mountains will more than likely wear you out as well as your tow vehicle.  Pulling up mountains is hard on your engine and transmission when you're at or close to your limit.  Weight distributing hitches help, I suppose; I have no experience with them.  Rpods come with electric brakes and you will need them.  Your vehicle probably isn't set up for them, though it can be.

  The weight issue is what you have to figure out first.  Spend some time looking into what other people say. 

  I don't know if any rpods come with mounts for 2 propane tanks, or batteries, but it's easy to add them.  Tongue weight is going to be a separate consideration with an extra battery or LP tank.  You can try thing with one tank & one battery and add another of either or both later.  Depending on the weather and what you use it for a bottle of propane can last a month or more.  In the Smokies Wed - Sun, I went through almost 40 lbs of propane.  There were extenuating circumstances though -- my on board water started to freeze at about 25 or 26 degrees and it got down to 20 so we turned the heat way up.

  As for the battery, I was almost sure mine wouldn't last through 4 nights of cold weather so I picked up a 2400 watt inverter generator for the trip (and future trips).  It's a lot to lug around but in my opinion necessary for the places we like to camp -- with no hookups.

  If you're going where there are electric hooks or you take a generator your battery will last almost forever and you might never need to use propane.  If you're boondocking 2 or 3 days or more without charging the battery somehow you'll probably get in trouble.  Propane exchange places are ubiquitous anymore, and places to refill a tank aren't uncommon around camping areas.  I carry a spare tank so I have plenty of time to get a refill.

  TT

Thanks for the replies!