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Yotaonrocks started following Update of Bed Build and And so it ENDS, the Smart Car, deck on the Pete, is finished.
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Yotaonrocks started following New hdt owner in need of help and Vintage Peterbilt
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I am fine to use a residential style small box and breakers correct? And my inverter has a lug on it that says to ground to the body and chassis. I feel like I read somewhere that this is a bad idea or is my inverter ok since it seems to be made for a.c. being wired to it.
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My inverter does have a built in transfer switch. I would only be using a generator to run the truck on 1 trip a year. I don't even plan to mount the generator on the truck. Just planning to throw it in the truck for that one trip. That's why I thought the easiest way was to just plug it into the 30amp rv plug I put in the side of the sleeper for the shore power inlet. The toy hauler has its own generator so no need to send any power to it.
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Hey guys it's been a while since I posted but I've been lurking. Had some family emergencies last year that brought working on the truck to a halt. I'm back at it now and after a talk with Henry at ET Hitch today I think I've figured out my hitch. Anybody on the fence about a hitch should give Henry a call. Super nice and knowledgeable guy. I am about to install my inverter and have a few things I'd like to run by y'all. First is I'm planning to run 4/0 from batteries to xantrex 1800hf inverter with a 250amp fuse on positive cable. Second I plan to add a 30amp plug on exterio
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I assumed not many people would want a 379exhd for an rv. I'm fine with the reduced turning radius I'm used to the trucks.
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Haven't bought the camper so don't have a pin box to compare to at the moment.
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I'm a welder so I have no issues with adding the frame extensions I'm just trying to keep from any major modifications in case we decide it isn't for us and I need to sell the truck to a commercial driver. These Pete's are pretty well sought after and I got a steal so I will stand to make good profit if I don't make any modifications that hender commercial use until we decide it is right for us.
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Thanks for the opinions and insight guys. I think I'll just bite the bullet and go with an et. Other question I have is most of the pictures I've seen have the hitch mounted in between the frame fails at the rear. Without stretching the rear frame I would have to go on top because of the shock mounts at the rear of the frame. Would this put my hitch too high? Is there a standard height for the plate on the hitch. And hall tall is the et hitch. Sorry for all the questions.
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Ok Thanks for the info. I had read not to use an air ride hitch and pin box together. I was just wondering if I could get away with using an air pin box and standard hitch to save money.
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Ok guys it's been a while since my last post but with spring here most my free time has been spent riding atv's. I haven't had time to install my inverer yet but I think I have everything I need. My next question is I have read a lot about hitches and I would like to buy an et hitch but I'm assuming the price is around 4k I can't find an actual price on the internet and haven't had time to call the guy. I was wondering what the benefits are to an et hitch vs a standard fifth wheel hitch and a air ride pin box. We are looking at two campers now. One is 37' with a gvwr of 13500 and the othe
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I bought a hydraulic crimper to put the ends on my golf Cart batteries so I can make the cables up myself. What's the best way to run the cables through the sleeper since it moves?
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Ok thanks.
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Ok so I did some rough measuring and where I want to mount my inverter it's going to be approximately 12ft to the batteries. The instructions with the inverter said to use 2/0 with a run no more than 5ft. How do I figure out the wire size needed?
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Well I went ahead and ordered the xantrex freedom inverter. Should be here by Wednesday. Thanks for the suggestions and help so far. I'm sure once I start the install I will have plenty more questions.
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Thanks for the comments on the truck. It has a 550hp 3406cat and a 10spd can't remember the gears in the rear off the top of my head. Engine had a complete rebuild including a new block about 300k miles ago and the transmission and rear ends were rebuilt 200k miles ago. Not sure I will be able to make the rally(when is it) I work weekend nights wich is why the wife and I are able to travel a lot during the weekdays without using vacation days. I live in a little town between Winston Salem and Greensboro called Kernersville. I'll get some interior pics posted up as soon as I clean
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Have any pics of your setup? I wired my shop and did all the wiring in my rock crawler but this 12v to 120v has me worried about burning the truck to the ground.