Av8r3400

If “we are the pie”, does this mean it goes over the hole in the sleeper floor?

Lots going on for me these days. Several years of saving and lobbying she-who-controls-the-budget, I finally have concrete in the barn where the trailer and truck live! While the concrete is curing (30 days before I can put the truck and trailer in there) so I'm still chipping away at making all the lights on the truck work. This is a dandy little turn signal, running, brake and reverse light that RVH's Jack Mayer turned me onto, so we have a bit of an upgrade along with all the repairs. There are still many more Boogey Light strips to mount and wire, but we're on the way... The final item is a little work on myself. I had a little minor surgery to remove a bit of skin cancer on my nose during this whole time too. (Everything went fine and I'm good) I definitely won't add a photo of that...

Thanks for the info, Nigel!

Did they ever import a manual transmission Smart to the US? If so what years? What years were the diesel Smarts available in Canada? Are they old enough to get one into the US?

Mothballs also work well for mice.

Happy Birthday, Carl!

...but you keep coming back, over and over again.

A friend of mine invented these. Creighton designed them for aircraft usage. They are spendy for sure, but they really are the best.

The best of the best: https://griplockties.com

You'd be surprised at how many aircraft are held together with "safety wire".

Years ago there were email lists. Then forums like this became more convenient and efficient for sharing information. Now Facebook, with all of its inherent problems, is the choice of most people for the sharing of information. To everything, turn, turn, turn…

Rick, we all know you're built for comfort, not speed...

Do you still run a monitor?

I was just discussing this topic with the DW this afternoon and her comment was that she thought she remembered someone, possibly at the ECR (?), who was saying that they did not like having a monitor system for some reason. She couldn't articulate what was said but there was some sort of down side to a having a system. Does this ring a bell for anyone?

We love our Seats Inc seats!

I've been spending countless hours scraping off 3M two sided tape that held on LED strips. The best results are a rubber eraser wheel, then 3M 8489 adhesive remover solvent soaked towel, then scrape some more, then repeat... The Jackalopee thread also inspired me to remount mine a little better in the driver side Jockey box. This will also allow for a second bus-bar for the additional tail light outputs for the remodeled "safety lights" on the drom and rear farings. Photos to come later... I will have to abandon this project for a little while for another major project, that's been a long time coming, that takes priority. I'll be pouring a concrete pad, 42 x 85', in a few weeks, in my pole barn where the truck and trailer live. It will be so nice, not to have to try to work on gravel any more...

Continuing to work on replacing LEDs from the lightning strike... Remounted my Jackalopee and added another terminal block to allow for connecting the new set of "safety lights" on the back of the cab and drom box.

I was trying to decide if I wanted the 12 $ensor set or just the 6 on the trailer. Do you have any monitor system on your truck? When I converted to 17.5s, I went with 245-70R17.5 J-rated tires that were recommended to me by a friend who runs this size on his low-boy.

I was just a little concerned about fatigue cracking of the long metal valve stems with the weight of the sensor on the end. But I guess this isn't really a thing...

Have you (Chad or Carl) ever had issue with the weight of the sensors on the long metal valve stems on your truck?

https://www.rvhaulers.ca A very good source of information for Canada.

Our first 5er was a Keystone Carbon toy hauler (The Raptor is one grade up from this). It was admittedly more of an entry level trailer. IMO the build quality was terrible. Very cheap in every aspect. It was a 2016 year and by 2021, we were constantly playing the "where did this part fall off from" game every time we set up. Our current trailer is a Grand Design Momentum toy hauler. Its quality is better by a good margin from the Keystone. It isn't what it should be but that is the nature of the industry... We like the trailer and have chosen to make it a long term relationship by investing in some upgrades: MORryde IS suspension and upgrade to 8500# (from 7500#) per axle, air over hydraulic brakes with electric backup and a rather substantial solar/lithium install. We'll never get that money back out of it, so it's ours for a while.

For sure!

We’ve been running our rig since 2017. We have yet to be turned away or needed to park the truck separately. Just a bit of recon with Google satellite view before you book and alls well. Our first 5er we were about 65' OAL. With the "new" trailer we are just shy of 70'.

Thank you, Chad. I will keep this in mind. I'm an in-depth researcher so I need to educate myself on these systems and see what I'm looking for before I jump into anything just yet. I won't be doing any traveling for a couple months yet, so I have some time.