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RE: bed's
I need a new queen mattress. But it will have to pass thru an approx 36" square opening to get into the cabover. Will quality mattresses fold or roll that small?
I bought this thing called bed in a box. It's a memory foam ,attress that uses a BASF foam. Nice comfortable bed with a good guarantee. The cool thing about it though is it comes in a small box and when you take off the box it expands like a liferaft. You'd be able to fit it in the hole really easily but if you ever wanted to remove it you'd probably need a chainsaw or something.
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Ugly1
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07/26/09 02:40am |
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RE: TIRE WENT DOWN
Yikes! That is exactly what I'm running. Should be coming right up on the 2500 mile point too. I'll be paying some closer attention now. I guess a crack beats catastrophic failure. Now I'm nervous.
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Ugly1
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07/20/09 12:20pm |
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RE: TIRE WENT DOWN
Just an update it wasn't the tire... The wheel had a defect in the casting.. The wheel cracked. They are rated at 3990lbs and the tech said it wasn't due to the camper it was a defect in the manufacturing
AISURFFISH those wheels look just like mine. Are they Moto Metal rims by chance? Man, I hope mine doesn't do that. These things are brand new. How many miles did you have on them before that happened?
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Ugly1
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07/20/09 11:57am |
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RE: Lightning
My turn to try to clear the air (or stir the pot a bit).
OK, good post but since we are stirring the pot, all in the name of science of course, about that thin layer of water forming an adequate Faraday cage...
My concern is that a the thin film of water covered non metal sided camper may not be as safe as the truck cabin of the truck that hauled it out there.
First water will need to be present. Not always a given but if that condition is met...
The water purity will affect two major aspects that determine how much protection you actually have since distilled water is in fact quite a good insulator. Those aspects are: conductivity which basically determines the ampacity.
There are a couple things about this water purity issue which I don't think I'd like to bet my life on. Even saturated salt water is no where near as good a conductor as say a sheet of aluminum or a steel body panel. Second as soon as the resistive element of non pure water has current flowing through it conductor heating will occur (I^2 * R). Just how much heat is necessary to evaporate a thin film of water? I bet some bolts of lightning carry more than enough energy to evaporate the thin sheet of water covering a camper. Once the water is gone where does the rest of the lightning energy go? Wherever the path of least resistance is...which hopefully isn't including the body of someone thinking the water is protecting them.
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Ugly1
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07/20/09 10:21am |
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RE: 12v vs. 6v batteries
I just wanted the most amp hours I could cram into my battery box. What I ended up with is two group 31 Deka (rebadged) 12V batteries rated at 130 amp hours each. Maybe they won't last as long as the golf cart batteries...we'll see.
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Ugly1
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07/20/09 01:28am |
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RE: Lightning
So much for that old myth about how safe you are if you are inside a vehicle.
It's not a myth. You are safER in your car than standing outside it. The thing is though lightning is not a constant and there are bolts that will travel through it and damage nothing and of course bigger bolts that will vaporize a fender or more. It's a game of chance and your chances of survival go up drastically when you wrap yourself in a conductive layer such as when you climb into a car.
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Ugly1
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07/20/09 12:17am |
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RE: Lightning
Nice explanation seldomseensmith.
The only thing I might add is that a non metal sided camper which IS plugged in to the grid would be much closer to what the article posted by fordsooperdutydieselsmoker is calling a "safe" building. At least in that case there is the hope the lightning chooses the camper wiring which is tied to earth similar to how it would in a regular house. IOW us plastic sided boondockers are living on borrowed time and should begin praying immediately as recomended.
A metal sided camper with the metal panels all electrically tied together and to the truck chassis would probably end up being as safe as a car even when not plugged in due to the whole current path around you thing, aka Farraday cage.
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Ugly1
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07/20/09 12:11am |
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RE: Thought new TVs were suppose to receive digital?
Chill man. ;-) The frequency reallocation in '96 was simply a response to the legislation during GB senior term which outlined the eventual switch to digital. I personnaly am thankful for the switch. Broadcast football is now friggin beautiful.
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Ugly1
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07/19/09 12:23pm |
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RE: sway bars parts and labor
I went and pulled one off a truck out of a U-pull yard for $50 with all the bolts, bushings and brackets. It wasn't until I tried mounting it that I found ou the 2WD and 4WD brackets are different and couldn't use it. Moral: get it from veehicle with same type of running gear to ensure a good fit.
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Ugly1
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07/17/09 01:17pm |
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RE: K&N high flow filters
You guys are a hoot!
Sam, I hope you really are taking this lightly like I am and as a friendly discussion. If not I'll apologize right now since that was my intent. The subject is not important enough to me to ruffle feathers over, but a good debate can be entertaining and educational.
" For all we know all the dirt entering through the air filter could be flying back out the tailpipe."
Kevin, Is this part of your post an attempt at humor or are you seriously suggesting that?
Well, I wouldn't really expect all the dirt to fly out the tailpipe, no but suggesting some will seems resonable. Kind of a half joke maybe. The point is without keeping track of it personnaly I don't think I'd want to make any bets on where it goes. Afterall the air fuel mixture seems to find its way through the combustion chamber and out the tailpipe...I bet some dirt that passes the airfilter would too.
An airflow test done on a machine is direct evidence and an oil test based on chemistry is "indirect"
I'm basically having the same head scratch moment reading your post as you had reading mine. A test designed specifically to determine filter effectivity, by ISO no less, would seem to me to eliminate some of the variables of the oil test. For example the problem with the oil analysis that there is no guarantee the dirt found in the oil even came from the airfilter since there are many potential points of entry on an engine for dirt whereas it seems very reasonable to me a detector designed specifically to detect dirt coming through a filter would probably work pretty well if designed competently. It seems like almost the definition of direct vs indirect.
I would even go so far as to say that even while it is unreasonable to expect otherwise there is still no proof ANY of the dirt found in an oil test came in through the air filter. This uncertainty leaves one with the problem of if dirt happens to show up in a oil analysis there is still no way to know how much of it came from where.
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Ugly1
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07/16/09 08:04pm |
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RE: K&N high flow filters
Or, you could actually consider a third conclusion that, based on a little scientific evidence, they flow more air and filter as well(or better)than a paper filter.
Have a good day guys.
Sam
Except the only DIRECT evidence we've seen suggests they do not filter as well. Namely this ISO test cited which directly tests filtering effectivity.
The indirect oil analysis results say nothing of filtering effectivity. It is only an indication how much of dirt entering the engine makes it into the oil. There is no guarantee that this dirt found in the oil even came from the air filter. For all we know all the dirt entering through the air filter could be flying back out the tailpipe. It may be a valid test or it may not and whether it is valid or not could even vary during the life of the vehicle depending on many factors.
A case style engine like a Porche pancake motor has gaskets between the bottom of the cylinder and case. These can be a mechanics nightmare since gaskets go bad and dirt gets sucked right into the bottom end.
Cheers,
Kevin
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Ugly1
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07/16/09 02:14pm |
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RE: Solar Installer in Sea/Tac Area?
I'd call Midnite Solar up in Arlington. Those guys have alot of alternative power source experience and are very nice too. Someone there will know who to call.
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Ugly1
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07/16/09 12:22pm |
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RE: K&N high flow filters
I've never used amphetamines or tobacco------does that mean that I can't say they are a bad idea?????
You can say it's bad due to all the studies which suggest so. What you can't say is whether the payoff of using is worth the downsides. lol
I think it's analogous to this filter situation: studies show these filters filter less, unfortunately that says nothing about how big of a problem this is.
Even the paper filters let some particles through. The real questions that need answering is whether the filtering tradeoff is worth the reduced life expectancy. Without some kind of formula to find just what the life expectency derating should be in each application for each level of filtering then arguments for or against are completely irrelevant and useless.
In light of that all we have to work with here are two established facts: the K&N's filter less than traditional OEM style paper filters, and K&N filters flow better. Only two conclusions may be drawn: reduced filtering MAY cause a noticeably reduced expected service life, and higher flow MAY cause a noticeable efficiency/power output increase.
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Ugly1
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07/16/09 11:20am |
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RE: Broke down in Western Ky - PBLM SOLVED
No prob. Thanks for correcting my spelling. ;-)
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Ugly1
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07/14/09 03:30pm |
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RE: Broke down in Western Ky - PBLM SOLVED
Around here it is illegal to sell/buy used cats. You might check Magnaflo online. They sell universal high flow cats for big engines for under a hundred bucks. You can save a ton of cash and get better performance by rigging up an aftermarket setup. They have every possible configuration for O2 sensor/s and airtubes and even sell those stupid california approved cats if you need it. You just have to find a welder to do it which was easy for me when I had to do my old ford. For less than a couple bills I was on the road again.
Magnaflo is who I used but there are many others as well. I think Magnaflo had the best choice when I was looking though.
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Ugly1
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07/14/09 01:45pm |
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RE: electrical smell
It's still almost new and probably just outgassing from all the heat. If it still works right I wouldn't worry about it. All the chemicals and weird stuff they use in electronics manufacture takes a while to stabilize completely.
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Ugly1
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07/14/09 11:47am |
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RE: Photo Thread - Post a Photo of Your Truck Camper Here
http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu91/Ugly_mofo/DSC00094.jpg width=640
First trip out with our new/used camper en route to a friends land on Mt. Spokane in WA. st.
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Ugly1
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07/13/09 09:38pm |
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RE: Broke down in Western Ky - PBLM SOLVED
Are those V10's mass air? If so you might want to clean the mass air sensor. I had similar performance problems and no codes on an old F150 w/ 5.0l that had the mass air fuel injection.
It's real easy just scrub the little wire off with some brake cleaner or something.
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Ugly1
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07/13/09 09:05pm |
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RE: Microwave on battery power?
While I thank Ugly1 for spending the time to post, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE SAID! LOL
LOL! let me try and break it down.
1. It is possible.
2. how well it works depends on the specifics such as microwave type, inverter type, wiring configuration
3. considering typical RV setups...the negative tradeoffs of doing this are significant enough that in most situations it isn't worth it compared to an alternate solution
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Ugly1
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07/13/09 01:46pm |
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RE: Microwave on battery power?
Ugly1 is dead one
Now you are scaring me.;)
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Ugly1
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07/13/09 01:18pm |
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