Alie&Jim's Carrilite

Several of the freezers we looked at were like the new(er) fridges that are a dc compressor- either 24v or 48 volt. They run off their own inverter that is picky about its input power supply.

We've been running a 3.5 cuft upright freezer for several years. Had on in the Carrilite 5'er, and now have one in the DRV. I run them off a small dedicated inverter so on travel days, it still has power while the rest of the trailer is dead. The DRV has the residential fridge but the extra freezer space means we have packages of bison, crawfish, lamb, etc foods that we can't find in different areas. When we were looking for a freezer, we intentionally went cheap with an old fashion non-electronic compressor. This allows a cheap modified sine wave inverter to power it.

Here's a madman theory on why we are warming more now than past decades. From 1944 to 1963, 528 nuclear + 2 famous explosions, took place above ground. Millions of pounds of dust was thrust into the atmosphere at all levels. The dust is and has been slowly settling allowing for more uv sunlight to reach thru to the earths surface returning us to a warmer state. Same effect as a nuclear winter they all warned us about, or the effect that we see after a major volcanic explosion. This nuclear effect can be traced but is rarely mentioned. Another issue that may be farfetched, is all the cloud seeding countries are doing. Last year China seeded an additional 5 MILLION square miles. They had devasting flooding.. On the other side of the globe we had drought. Coincidence maybe, but common sense says you can't wring out the atmosphere over one land mass and expect it to rain over another.

We're just north of Medford in Shady Cove. 30 miles on I-5 and another 20 or so on US-62. Pulled in the park and there were several comments about double towing in Oregon.... I'll say ignorance is bliss.... Went by the weigh station, and I know 2 highway patrol. I have seen commercial doubles on the highway, so maybe the officers thought I was commercial.

Or you can if you don't get caught... 😇

My lil' ole' M11 likes to run between 1500 and 1700rpm. That difference in RPM is 65mph to 71 or so. If we're running across the mid west plains, and have a head wind that is already penalizing us in economy, I'll kick it up and go. Running across North Dakota, at 60mph we were getting 5.1mpg, sped up to 70 and got 4.9. That 10mph difference got us to our destination about 40minutes early, set up. enjoying a beverage in the wind....

We put Firestone on the steers. this is the second set. Truck came with 10 yr old Toyo's on the front when we bought it in 2014. Replaced them with another set of Toyo's. Had a weird wear pattern show up on 1 and swapped them for a set of used Firestones. Those were replaced after the front end rebuild with another set of Firestones. Total mileage from when we bought the truck to now is a little over 230k. Rear tires are Hercules all position closed shoulder. We have around 180k on them since 2015 and they are starting to weather check.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! May your travels be safe!

I've used half a dozen different style and brands quick disconnects. Over time the only ones that haven't failed me is a cam-lock style. I've been using these for 2 years now with good results. https://green-leaf.us/garden-hose-camlocks/

What are you powering with the small inverter? Fridge or something else?

If you moved the bottom of the generator shroud, make sure you reseal it. Exhaust fumes trapping in the basement isn't good.

Will do, Thanks,

Henry, Do you have a link for the dual spade connector for the running lights/ICC lights.

Got fuel covered. HDT with 250 gallons when full. What's the chance of being stopped on SR-140 and having to have my wife follow for 4 hours? SR-140 crossing Oregon. We double tow, about 78' overall length.

I changed ours out. I'll find the fan number, ordered it off e-bay. The hardest part is removing the front clip off the car. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CNN3SQ/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks! We've never been to the northwest... and my job is sending me there now.....

We double tow so I'm looking for a route that will get me as close to Medford as we can before we have to separate the toad. Options are - 1. 80 to Winnemucca then 95 north to 140 west. 2. 80 all the way to Sacramento and 5 north- looks like a long ways around 3. A route from Reno up 395 to 299 to 139 over to I-5. Weather is a concern on any passes as well. We're heading that direction Friday.

When my clutch was done.... sept 2021, they did the "Rear Engine" mounts as well. They are actually on the transmission. This is on a 1998 Volvo Gen 1. Cummins engine, Rockwell 10sp trans.

I put another set of Firestones on my steers. For Drives, knowing you'll never wear them out, I'd do a 2nd tier if that's what the dealer has. I've run Hercules all position as drives for 100k miles with no issues. Had them balanced and run centramatic balancers on the axles.

Just had a clutch put in my "98 610, Cummins M11 and 10 speed Rockwell. It engages about an inch to Inch and 1/2 off the floor. Which is a whole lot better than at the top of the stroke.

So many of the FEMA trailers had chemical off gassing issues that caused respiratory diseases in a bunch of people. There were class action lawsuits over it. But Forest River and Thor got rich, the guys hauling them got rich, the people that sold land to the government that the parks were put on got rich....

Had our 5th wheel totaled.... Long story, but slightly stressful at best....

This has been the summer-fall-and approaching winter of truck repair. First was a front end rebuild, king pins, bearings, all new brake parts, couple of tie rod ends, and new steers. Second was a new clutch, rear engine/front transmission mount, new input shaft, rear engine seal. Third was a Cummins ECM.... yea... can't get that part... but Midwest ECM is a great company to deal with. Fourth and final has been a rebuild of the trucks separate house battery system. Its always had a separate AC/DC system to power the fridge, microwave, 2 outlets, and to run power to the RV. The 2002 era Zantrex inverter finally died. So with needing a new inverter, charger, etc. I've pulled out all the old and am in the process installing the new. Instead of putting it back in the original old locations, all the electronics parts are going in the jockey box area with the extra batteries in the truck bed storage.

Since July 2017, Our DRV has been in the shop a total of 4 months. Those 4 months were spent in extended stay hotels with 1 cat and 1 dog. According to DRV, this is normal routine work, that you're supposed to do..... replacing rotten floors and roofs due to their lack of craftsmanship. Non of the expenses were reimbursed.

Second that. Chad is also on several of the HDT Facebook groups as well.