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The whole idea will be to save money, since the trailer will be floating on the slipstream from the truck.

3 hours ago, L&JSteinmetz said:

Thanks...fortunately we are living one of our dreams right now living out in the country on property...full timing though has been on our radar for a long time and may finally happen in the next couple of years.

I can make it super simple for you, zero hassle.

i can even convert it for you.  

All it takes is a little money.

hand me your keys a check, an i’ll get er done. 🙂

difficulty- 

insurance- not bad, was told no twice, local office set me up with liability policy

registration- moderate, but they know me and the regs now in Bellville.  And in Austin . . .

ownership- takes effort and time and money to take care of my 21 yr old beast.  And lots of gojo

license- dunno, i have cdl

bed- working on it

neighbors- not easy, i have to sneak it in and out to prevent any issues

2 hours ago, Lance A Lott said:

I made similar mistake I started my truck and left it idling behind the barn, two days later I remembered it.  It had shut off after 5 minutes, thats almost as stuped as I am. Of course the batterys were dead and I figured I had just cost my self 4 new ones. It didn't take long on the charger before it was ready to go and I have had no problems with then for 2 years. I have not done that again.

Eek.

i thought leaving my shop air compressor valve open for a couple days was bad.

hope I don’t leave my truck idling. 

1 minute ago, noteven said:

We jump start hunters without permission aka trespassers with a electric fencer.

My grandfather had his model T set up to give people a shock if they touched it.  Back in the days of dirt roads and leather shoes..

been trying to figure out how to rig up same system for my truck, especially the fuel tank.

Google the Texas registration manual and the tx title manual. 

Those list the basic requirements. Read through, gather the paperwork to get it done in one visit  

If you’re lucky, your title office will be able to figure it out. 

I should be able to help if you get stuck.

Got my tags three weeks ago.

6 hours ago, Brad & Jacolyn said:

Are you sure that the F250 charged the batteries OR did the HDT just start from the F250 batteries? Guess it really doesn't matter as long as it started. I once started mine from a golf cart. Now that is embarrassing.🙄

That’s not embarrassing, that shows you have brains.  Now if you pull started it with the golf cart  . . .

I want to see someone verify having jumped their truck with an electric wheelchair. 

My apologies for the poor picture .

good questions and points.  

An isolation disc would be a good idea, but i think the object in contact with the rim is steel.  It could have been a spacer to keep the nuts from running out of thread with a steel wheel, and just left on when Al rims were installed.  I will check the build sheet for the front axle section to see what it says.

it could be the brake drum, but it looks like there are two thin layers.  I would expect a brake drum to be a single homogeneous layer with maybe a chamfer.  

yes, i would also like to see more threads showing, most industrial standards i am familiar with require more than one thread showing.  Will need to fix that if i want to put centramatics on  

i have a three ton floor jack, but did not attempt to lift one wheel, i agree a bottle jack is the best solution, just have been too cheap to pay full price since the size i wanted was on sale and sold out of the local tractor store.

i finally have an impact that will loosen the lugnuts, so  i will eventually get it off, i thought there might be some special reason for spacers, ( or it is probably the drum)

Thank you for the ideas 

There are two thin shims behind my front rims.

this truck used to have steel 24.5s and now has aluminum 22.5s.

i checked the best i could from the back side, and there doesn’t appear to be any interferences.

the track width doesn’t match the inside dual like a drw pickup, and is narrower than the outside dual, so no reason i could see to use these to set the track width 

have not yet pulled the rim, don’t have a jack strong enough yet.

any ideas about these?

I will make sure I always have iced Dr Pepper on hand!

What made it a little more difficult:

the TX title manual changed in early 2019, and the old title manual was more clear and simpler. 

There is no actual title for motor homes now, it is registered as a travel trailer.

the laws changed, and they removed the motor home section while i was in the process.

the new title manual says the conversion has to cover the entire frame, but the laws don’t say that.

my frame is still bare, and the commercial fifth wheel is still on the frame.   This got the local title lady bent out of shape.  If you can put a bed on it and pull the fifth wheel off first, it would probably go smoother. 

Licensing my hdt in Texas . . . Was a process.

Things that took too long:

1.  I did not have all the forms the first time. Doh! Dummy!

2 the second time, I realized that I didn’t have my original title- either the usps lost it or I did.  I thought I had an electronic title like in LA.  They were in the process of doing it until they found that.  On that day, I could have gotten it licensed if I had the right paperwork . . . Because they called Houston AFTER I left, and Houston said NO.

They told me this on my third visit-more wasted time.  They told me to go to Houston, and they could reject me.

I wouldn’t have the patience to deal with the Houston Registration people after taking time off work and driving to their office three more times to make another three trips.

3.  I contacted Phil, AKA Big5er, now unemployed (ex bane of truckers and misusers of RVs hauling race cars), and he was kind enough to take time out of his busy day guarding a park full of oil spill equipment and send my case to someone in Austin.

they hemmed and hawed around, so I sent videos, photos, more photos, until even Phil was losing patience.

i work for a company where our middle name is literally bureaucracy, so I can play the game if I don’t have to take time off work and stand in line.

Austin finally capitulated, because the law didn’t say this was illegal, so I took their email in to the local office, got shouted at a little, left standing for awhile, then politely charged 165.00 to depart with my plates in hand and never darken their doorway again.

WOOHOO!

Thanks again Phil! I will have to pay you back in DrP or mechanic work.

Are you still above water?

souds a little damp up there.

i won’t be able to make it, but i would love to

Trying to get tags still, if I made this one, it would be a miracle, but i want to go to the one scheduled for next year

Listening closely to this, as my 1998 12.7 L is drooling oil on the outlet side, seems like damaged seals/bearing surfaces to me. . .

18 hours ago, Av8r3400 said:

Whoo-Doggie.  I'd like to see the RV hauler that would fit a 16V-149.  1600 hp, 4,600 pound-feet of torque, weighing 11,000pounds....

This is just a "little" 16v92...

 

Looks like the frame and hood have an extra foot in them.

long hoods were originally for the 12-71 and other longer engines, but I don’t think it’s possible to fit 16 cylinders under one without some mods.

850-960 hp@ 2100 rpm with TA, and 4840 lbs. wouldn’t get that much without a huge aftercooler, but still, would be capable of a lot of black smoke, and go fast from fuel island to fuel island. 

16v-149s sound great, but they’re a pain to shoehorn into a short hood truck.  Or see over, for that matter.

More realistically, I have had good luck so far with electronic engines pre-egr.  

but that means an oldish truck.

C'mon, this is the supreme fabricator, it's a maglev elevator.

henry doesn't mess around.

I have used a belt sander to remove that stuff, but floor sanders can also be used. 

Um, every laminate floor i have done- 4? has been a floating floor.  

Do you mean the stuff with a woodish backing(high density fiberboard) or vinly plank?  Both are floated.

some wood engineered (plywood) floors are glued down  

i would be tempted to find planks that can be glued together, so your floor acts as one, instead of separating between your cabinets and the island (assuming island is not fixed) 

each brand has different grades, buy a higher grade for the brand to reduce scuffs.  Busy pattern disguises scuffs and dog fur.  Grooves catch dirt and make them harder to clean.  

If you subject the floor to humidity changes, it will move.  Wet= big, dry=small.  If you lay when all is dry, it will swell later.  Consider this whenyou cut to fit the walls. 

My wife loved the luxury vinyl, and wished we put it in our house, instead of the rental

I superglued it together where i had a problem with it separating, and seemed to work well  

i 

So my phone says the farthest i have ever walked in one day was 12 miles.

I know i was driving a truck with lousy suspension on dirt roads on that day. I imagine washboards could look like a step to a phone.

Anyone else experience an extreme fitness illusion while being an air seat cowboy?

I would think that it would make the Fifth Wheel a Full Trailer, like a converter dolly does for a commercial semi trailer.

Seems like it would open a whole new can of worms.

Hmm would be a legal way to haul a 5er with FL tags, since they dont allow "semis"

Yup, I confess to being a lurker too.

I like Peetys 18 speed, but if I'm going to have that many gears it's gotta be a standard.

I got my cdl to haul corn during harvest for a friend a few years back.

Family members have driven trucks for years, and I don't like people telling me i couldn't do something because I had no license. So I got one.

After I win the lotto:

I hope to build my trailer similar to a moving van trailer to allow for stacking car parking system with lots of slides. and plan to pull it with my Pete 359 with the turboed 12-71 jimmy.

Maybe a two stick tranny instead of the 18 speed.