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Those are the best cat5/6 cable ends on the market!

Either have some one braze it or silver solder it together with an oxy/acetylene torch. God, I just agreed with Glenn....

I need to mash my hand in a door to get rid of the pain...

They obviously have never boondocked much. 7 days on the tankage they have is not going to happen. One of them uses a combined black and grey tank and neither one carrys much in the way of fresh water.

12 hours ago, rickeieio said:

And that's why so many olde phartes (like me) prefer cash.  Do I get 5% cash back?  No.  Do I have to jump through a bunch of hoops to avoid being hacked?  No again.

You just have to remember where you buried 136 mason fruit jars full of cash....

And hope that dementia doesn't set in soon.

The transient tax for stays shorter than 6 months applys to the property and also changes their tax exemptions, rules on permanent vs transient housing, their business permits and possibly land use restrictions.

Believe or not, some people try to get get out of their home state income taxes (I know, shocking....) by staying out of their home state for more than 6 months and claiming residency.

For the transient tax info, read the following:

https://law.justia.com/codes/florida/2021/title-xiv/chapter-212/section-212-03/

1 hour ago, Jaydrvr said:

Oh yes, I had completely forgotten that Henry had one, too. I would think most of them are too old by now to be viable. Jay

The trailers or Jack and Henry???

The "thank you" on a Paccar is the button on the end of the turn signal switch. If you press it when the lights are on, it will turn  the ICC marker lights off as long as the button is held down. If the lights are off, it will turn the ICC marker lights on as long as the button is pushed. A two button flash means "thank you" when someone lets you move over into a lane.

The ICC marker switch will be on your upper panel with the trailer, running lights and hazard light switches.

For Volvo drivers, jerk on the appropriate rein to make your two donkeys rear up together.....

Two other things to remember. If you plug the trailer side running lights into the ICC marker lights on the output side of the board, your "Thank you" switch on the truck will flash your trailer lights when you use it.

The other is for late model Paccar trucks. You will need to add a power diode on the 12v+ output side of the board or you will not be able to turn off your truck if the umbilical is attached. The trailer battery will back feed the ignition circuit of the truck and you can turn the truck off on the dash, remove the keys and your truck will still be running.

 

4 hours ago, TMTransport said:

Hello GerogiaHybrid! 

I'm thinking of converting a truck with an ARI Sleeper to register as an RV. 

The truck is a 2023 Peterbilt 567 commercially owned and operated but not for hire as the company I work for owns it and uses it for private company transport. Do you or anyone have any ideas or suggestions to get the registration changed? 

 

Thanks!

TMT, I would talk to your local tag office and see what they will accept as a motorhome. At the very least, you will be removing the commercial hitch and replacing with a RV style fifth wheel. You will have an advantage over most as your ARI should be equipped with tanks, toilet, shower, kitchen and bed. If you don't have onboard power that will also accept shore power, you might want to add something that will work that way. That was one of the reasons that we went with a Carrier APU with the shore power option as I can either use the Carrier Generator for power or plug into shore power for heat and air.

There was another gentleman that contacted me several years ago with an ARI sleeper that his county would NOT register as a RV due to its being a commercial vehicle before. That is where your problems are going to rear their ugly head. If you can get it past the local tag office, you should be OK once it makes it to Atlanta.

LOL, you should see them move when the side "you're about to die" turn signals start blinking.

Henry, a KW doesn't have the side lights that a Volvo has at the back of the cab and, in this case, you really should add an amber light behind the tandems (on the fender support arm) as a minimum and preferably a red marker light at the end of the frame on the side.

As long as that extension is, and as Rick noted, painted black, it will be REALLY easy for a bicycle or motorcycle to not see that extension at night and create a serious issue.

These rigs are often parked at night by themselves due to shear size in overflow areas or even during fueling or grocery runs. I know you wouldn't be able to live with yourself if you caused an acident or worse, killed someone due to that oversight.

Sounds like they took their rig to Herrin Welding in Kilgore, TX like a lot of us have.

2 hours ago, rickeieio said:

Hint: one organization pretty much has say ( think flight control ) over the orbits, since that country has the most satellites.

Bangladesh????

More than likely it's the DEF sensor head. That one unit measures DEF quality, level of DEF and is also the DEF tank heater. I had to replace mine a couple of years ago. Another thing to check would be the DEF filter and make sure the injector is working correctly. 

Anyone else chalk your files before starting on aluminum, brass, bronze and other soft material?

Another thing to remember about a natural gas fuel supply. When the electrical grid demands are greater than the primary supply, most utility companies use combined cycle gas turbine for backup power due to their easy, fast startup and shutdown capabilities.

They do consume huge amounts of natural gas however and have priority over home supply lines for obvious reasons. I would lean towards a self supply of any fuel required for a generator by using LP or diesel in a tank combined with generator sized for your needs.

Well Rick, as you already know, we have had to change our reservations here in Florida due to similar unforseen issues. We did have reservations but fortunately both the current and next were with TT and they were great to work with us.

Vicki said is was rough watching the old fart ride out on the hook but hopefully the mechanic at this second shop will figure things out and get us fixed and back on the road again.

Add a 5,000 or 10,000 gallon diesel tank to the backyard and an extension onto the garage with a 50KW gen set inside of it. That should hold you for a bit.... 😁

Easy vision test. If I can't hit the Army High Percentage Shot Target at 200 meters with iron sights, it's time to see the eye doc again.

OK, I know a bunch of people working construction in CA and every one of them found a buddy at another park to "switch" with. As noted above the parks do NOT want residents, they are in business to service transients that are there on a temporary basis. If this bill passes, it will be like everything else in CA and slanted WAY too much in favor of deadbeats that can't be gotten rid of easily.

Everyone keeps wanting to be on the side of the "little" guy but forget that the business owner's needs must be looked after as well. Is it really that hard to move to another park every 6 months or so???? Or failing that, move out for 4 days and then come back?

13 hours ago, durangodon said:

I drive an EV.  When you quit accelerating, the motor turns into a generator using the momentum of the car and produces electricity which is used to charge the battery.  The resistance of the generator in turn slows down the vehicle (as in braking).  Towing an EV would have exactly the same effect. 

The brakes are not involved.  In fact, I rarely apply the brakes on my car.

OK, I understand how hybrids and EV's work. I have moderated hybrid and EV sites and driven both types since 2007. If you are not accelerating in a postive number or maintaining just enough throttle to coast or on a slight downhill, you are braking. Most hybrids and EV's use regenerative braking only unless you are moving at 10mph or less or under emergency (hard) braking in which case the hydraulic brakes are engaged.

That is why I stated before that you have to keep some of the electronics active on the car in tow mode and use a system similar to DirecLink that will vary the regenerative braking force depending on the rate of deceleration which is calculated using the ABS system.

8 hours ago, durangodon said:

I think this would be the most expensive way to charge an EV battery, using regen to charge while towing it.  It would probably cut your motorhome mpg's in half.

It only generates power and charges the battery when braking.

Bruce, the battery banks for a typical hybrid run at 100v DC or more (most Toyota packs run at a nominal 201v DC). Given the 12 volts nominal on your tow vehicle, I doubt that a DC-to-DC charger would be worth the trouble to install. Even 50 amps at 12 volts would only provide about 2.5 amps of charging once you consider the losses in the system. These are massive batteries that require huge amounts of energy to charge. Stopping a 3,000-to-4,000-pound car provides plenty of regenerative power to do that.

Steve, your 100% EV has a fair chance to become redesigned to do what you want. Again, depending on design, you can just have electric motor power only driving the wheels without a transmission. That would be  an easy adaptation.

Put a gear system or transmission in the mix and that can change however.

The best way to get that to work would be similar to the DirecLink braking system that reads the cars acceleration (+/-) and applies the brakes progressively depending on the rate of change.

It would require a "towing mode" where the car would be partially powered and only able to engage the brakes.

To get regenerative braking from a hybrid, the drive system would need to be engaged. In most of the systems out there, this would be impossible to do without damaging components.

An example would be a typical Toyota hybrid with MG1, MG2 and a planetary gear set. Without an active computer determining the rotation of MG1 and MG2 and monitoring speed and acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle, things will go boom.

You need an active coolant pump for the hybrid system and battery bank as well as pumps for lubrication. All of those depend on an active management system. AKA, the car must be running.