hone eagle

'not a pro'  ha

news for ya Carl - you are a pro.

US cargocontrol     they sell the rubber blocks in box sets- with or without straps 

Iam with Charlie ,the wheel baskets were always finding ways to lose tension - straps not so much.

Hydrogen is less of a useful prime driver then electric, first make electric then make hydrogen ,each conversion results in a loss.Then we need to compress it like a scuba tank and if you put it in a steel tank hydrogen promptly start to migrate right through it say at a rate of 2% a month.

All the while embrittling the metal.

Hydrogen is not really a fuel - and yes I know it will burn in a I.C. engine (dumb) - but a energy storage medium.

Now imagine your wife fueling the mini van in a cloud of vapour  like a saturn 5 rocket .

honey where di d you leave the gloves?

not just me ,everybody calls him on it 

the ultimate shyster

google - tesla and ponzi

I call B.S.  on the 2000# less weight .

google the weight of a 400hp electric motor- hint over 7000#

the battery pack of the Tesla is 10000#

subtract the drive train and fuel of a semi ,engine  3000# transmission 1000# shaft and diffs ? and fuel 300 ga.

so the only way the truck is going to be light is a very exotic build material  and that is very expensive 

Painted ours black - too much light in the bedroom, shower has a light of its own ,would not have another given the choice.

Don't feel too bad about air leaks ,a member at the ECR a few years ago stated "we got 6 new petes at the farm and every one of em leaked"

not only check fuses - but clean fuse holder(s) inside and out , and clean connections, every one you can find no matter how inconsequential .

-battery terminals .

-each end of the wires going to the doubler.

all of them.

hope that works ,it always does for me ......... every spring. :-)

I replaced my max brake with a direct link a couple of months ago.

Happy with it

Gregg's prices are USD.

crap

never mind

I second Rick - ask away , but add a reminder to those who looked at Greggs trucks and thought 100,000 was too much ,remember the power of the U.S. dollar.

That truck is $30,000 less now and likely for the rest of the year.

Goes for smarts as well,Canadian dollar is around 0.70 give or take. (jan. 2016)

Dave and Jenny are from Ohio- send them a PM ?

Some HDT's do ok in the loose stuff ,have a look at U tube videos that show logging operations ,the big guys do fine (if they are chained up) in stuff you could not walk in.

Jack may be able to help , know his stuff when it comes to solar

Hopefully once you are west of the great (cold) lakes you will be clear of the cold and damp.

North of you in the Wawa area the spring melt is washing out major roads , even threatening the trans canada hwy.

-following Janets blog-

safe travels

Ralf and Laurie

Welcome both you guys and gals

welcome

you will love never having to clean bugs off the front of your trailer ever again.

Not sure if I have enough posts yet to start a thread of my own ,so Iam just tacking a quik question on to the newby thread.

I have read the FAQ's and sticky stuff on HTD's at the top of the forum and started to check out the ad's of recommened dealers but have not been able to figure out the tranmission code #?

I would not rather call or E-mail a dealer just to find out two pedal three pedal or manual.

Whats the secret?

I think I figured it out ,if they dont say 'auto' then look at the pictures of the interior ,most have a pic of the drivers seat area.

I can even tell the differance between autoshift and freedomline now

Not sure if I have enough posts yet to start a thread of my own ,so Iam just tacking a quik question on to the newby thread.

I have read the FAQ's and sticky stuff on HTD's at the top of the forum and started to check out the ad's of recommened dealers but have not been able to figure out the tranmission code #?

I would not rather call or E-mail a dealer just to find out two pedal three pedal or manual.

Whats the secret?

Thank you Jim, Iam well aware of Rick and his rep,but his neck of the woods is about a 14 hour drive :-)

There is a rally in the northeastern part of the province,but dang by the time I found out about we had already made all our travel plans (north of Superior this year )

Next year I wll keep a canadian rally in our plans.

Got time, wife works 5 more years and the '99 SuperDuty soldiers on.

Canadian newby here ,been lurking for years just reading and learning.

Thought I would come into the light :-)

I dont have a big trailer never will ,when the wife retires we will 'snowbird' but not fulltime ,we dont need a HTD but Iam drawn by the saftey and reasonable (cheaper) cost of these units compared to a say 1 ton pick-up , and Iam all for saving money.

If any fellow ontario'ans know of a HTD rv converter I would love to know ,someone posted a link to a outfit in alberta and may stop in when Iam out that way next, but I thought the prices were a bit steep (up to 59,000cdn)and we need some competion up here.

I wont post much as I dont have any answers and most of my questions are covered in the excellent resource in the sticky

so thank you for that.