noteven

I used a ProPride hitch towing a 12K x 30ft travel trailer behind a long bed Dodge diesel. It worked very well. Especially in cross winds conditions and with 80mph trucks and buses passing in the hammer lane. Rig handled like on rails.

It could be a jackass to hitch up on uneven ground. 

Canada’s Prime Minister spoke at COP26 and told the assembly Canada is warming twice as fast as everywhere else.

3rd paragraph:

https://electricautonomy.ca/2021/11/15/trudeau-canada-clean-net-zero-grid/

So all the media articles mentioned in the linked video in the original post are no longer valid. Canada is now in the lead. 

Renegade DC amps heading for earth quick before the brown wire melts completely?

Rescue insurance is available- can’t remember the provider I heard about.

Rick the “wet” tank is part of the AD IS air dryer system, maybe…

to quote Darryl - “I’ve been wrong before…”

1 hour ago, ARGO said:

You found a SQUARE "O type" ring?  Buy a ticket! 

& thanks!

supply chain link to square o rings

It is 6x6 too Vern! 

But totally no good for a Big RV because it’s not a dooly?

Just now, lappir said:

So that's much faster than any "Barbers Pole" I've ever seen turning. 

 

Rod

It would be a blur in the eyes.

4 minutes ago, lappir said:

but a really fast one. Most turn pretty slow, at least the one's I've seen. What is the typical RPM for a drive shaft? How much does it vary? Questions in my mind but don't think I've ever really asked or tried to figure out. 

Rod

Hi Rod

For driveline rpm divide the engine rpm by the transmission ratio. Example An Eaton Fuller 13 or 18 speed with .74 overdrive in top gear will turn the driveline at 2027 rpm at 1800 engine rpm. 

Buggah

Quiz time: when driving your air brake equipped RV vehicle what is “take up”?

There are a lot of records and newspaper reports indicating 1921 has been the hottest year in the northern hemisphere “on record”.

I know I know - the generation that studied relativity and advanced methods to harness atomic energy didn’t have accurate thermometers and computer models. 

4 hours ago, orca said:

Good report!  Right now i am shovelling my way through our first snow storm. I am looking forward to my chit chat with the border guards mid Dec.  Hope they are still in a good mood then!

Considering the stampede of the first 2 days they have processed I found my interaction to be just fine. But then again I have never had a grumpy border guard in either direction ever.

The truck lane filled up as well so then there was passenger winda down visiting with drivers from both countries wanting to know about my old crate. 

As I wander south I’ve also had more than one “good to see you folks again” from local people.

Arrived at Coutts/Sweetgrass near mid day. Yes about the busiest time. 1 hr 45 mins got to the gate. Entertainment includes watching que jumpers driving down the truck lane then wanting in the non commercial line, while stopped in front of trucks wanting through to the empty POE lane ahead. 
The line of waiting vehicles was 98% AB plates.

The line jumpers were 90% BC and SK plates. I guess we dint understand how far they had to drive to get here.🤣

I roll up to the gate with the engine shut off and don’t dump the air from the parking brakes. 
Border guard says Thanks for that then usual 4 questions, scans the passport, and then:

What do you have in the garage?

My motorcycle.

What kind?

Triumph Tiger 800…

Cool! I ride a Triumph such and such. 

chit chat chit chat chit chat 

Except for the motorcycle chat the crossing would have taken 1 minute.

Report over.

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2 hours ago, Ray,IN said:

I was disappointed; he did the warming test while charging the battery. I wanted to see the actual draw on the battery bank and how much capacity was used.

Hi Ray - he has another video kind of to that effect.

On 11/6/2021 at 6:45 AM, Kirk W said:

That does bring up an interesting issue. I found quite a bit on the subject when doing a search but this was the article that I found most interesting. EV Mythbusters: Electric Vehicles Can't Handle Our Cold Saskatchewan Winters

How to start your Tesla at -34C in Saskatoon, SK

Link to a video

2 hours ago, lappir said:

None made in USA. 

9:38 time - Chinook RV?

erased

This is a 15:46 video of 10 camper designs

Link to you tube video

ElectraMeccanica - poifect for physical distancing:

Corporate website

That Roadmaster system looks good Dave

We have an old utility flatdeck in the family made from a recycled travel trailer chassis. 

It has tandem axles with slipper springs and all greaseable points. 

It really rides nice. 

9 hours ago, sandsys said:

Yup. I tend to drive in the next to the right lane. But, occasionally the two right lanes are exit only! And sometimes the exit is a left lane only. Some days you can't win for loosing.

Linda

Yes on more than 2 lanes where off and on ramps are frequent I will find a truck to pace in the next to right lane to allow local traffic to merge and exit. 

My Big Rig has fwd signal light at the corner of headlamps, rear/side facing amber signals on the back of the front fenders, amber LED high on back of cab, amber LED low at rear on the rear skirt, side ambers half way down the trailer, rear LED on the trailer. 

So when I get a right side blind spot speed matcher cruiser beside me when I would like that lane I do this:

1. Impart the gentle RV trailer weave and wiggle that is so easy to do with their RV teeter totter axle location. 

2. Illuminate six (6) flashing indicator lamps. After 5 flashes or so begin to change lanes, then weave back like I just noticed them. 

3. Once they are done their text or phone call they make a decision to get out of the way.

Contrary to most war stories on line my ratty pile of RV parts in close formation seems to create it's own safety zone. 

13 hours ago, sandsys said:

We have Minnesota nice. That's where at a 4-way stop everyone lets everyone else go first. So everyone just sits there. Until we all go at once. Then every one sits and waits again.

Linda

🤣 - Skandahoovian migrants brought that to west Canada too Linda.

We were guests in a home in England. The people had visited Ontario Canada the year before. They thought the "4 way" or "all way" stop intersection was the most ridiculous thing they had ever seen.  When I asked why in their polite way they said, "Why would you have to stop if there is no traffic approaching the junction?" 

Once you leave southern California in the west you again see more of "the hesitation merge" by drivers. You see them coming and you back off just a tick to open space in front of your Big Rig RV and they respond by matching your speed as they run out of road beside you on the merge lane, while you have no room to move left... why do you have a 400hp personal vehicle?

In SoCal it's like leaving the pit lane under green.  I've had vehicles turning on the merge road off the bridge while I go by underneath beat me to the lane ahead.  That's the way to do it.