Recent content by Joe917

A big red flag for me is no efficiency rating. These look interesting, installed in pairs they alternately intake and exhaust. Storing the heat in an internal ceramic block. 90% heat recovery. 230 v required but you may find a similar system with a better voltage requirement...

It looks to me that the "heat exchange" is cold air inside the metal flex passing warm air outside the flex. Total garbage.

A thermostat is just a temperature controlled on off switch. We ran our Webasto hydronic system off a 12v Heatmiser thermostat.

Your truck has air brakes not Hydraulic, I just looked at your pictures and can see the air guage on the dash.

Every one of these trucks I have ever seen has air brakes. Interesting.

Hydraulic brakes?

It's not just the airing down, it's how you drive. Straight you're pretty safe but hard turns or off camber and you could be in trouble. The tire manufacturer will have a table with weight, tire pressure and max speed.

I regularly aired down to 70psi for comfort and 40 psi for soft stuff with the 315 22.5 80. That tire is too narrow. Sure you're not going to go down to 10 psi with it!

Before you go to the r20s, do you plan South America? R20s are unavailable in South America. Strange but true. A 365 or 395 22.5 is a better choice for 99% of your driving.

The wheel base is fine. Extending it is a huge mistake. Our 917 had a shorter wheelbase and an 18' box. Incredibly maneuverable and drove great!

I regularly dropped our 315 80 22.5s to 60 psi, never an issue. 9400kg.

It would be nice to fill the horrible gap between 3rd and 4th. I Could never understand MBs choice of a 5 speed for these trucks.

154 hp, It will be slow!

Gov of Canada website, you'll have to dig.

Anything new. Cars start here all winter, it is very rare to plug anything in. Ontario Canada.