Recent content by LocalmotionSC

I'm trying to get a feel for the size/dimensions of these things. Do you know what the rough L x W x H of your truck is, and what the bed length is?

Bumping a very old thread, but I found this energy consumption / battery + solar sizing spec sheet from Whynter (same as Edgestar) that is very helpful. Hopefully others will find it useful to:

I'm dredging up a really old thread, sorry about that, but because this is a popular topic that I and many others keep coming back to I thought I'd add my 2c. First, thanks for taking the time to test properly and providing your data, it is quite hard to find actual power consumption data for...

Out of curiosity are your airbags on your short bus? And by airbags are you referring to a full air suspension or 'helper' air bags in the rear? Skoolies are what originally got me thinking about an air ride suspension. In those circles (non-overlanding, mostly highway driving, occasional forest...

Yeah, these were kind of my concerns (easy serviceability and potential fragility of the system--but i've only got no idea how fragile or resilient airbags are). I don't plan to do any rockcrawling and I won't be taking this build on any RTW expeditions (Mexico is about as far as I'll ever get I...

Yeah, the adjustability (in both ride stiffness, and in your case ride height) does seem like one of the major advantages. Not sure if the commercial medium duty systems would allow change in ride height/cg though

You are echoing some of the concerns I was worried about. And in terms of a 'mod' I wouldn't be considering air ride, but many medium and heavy duty vehicles come with an air ride suspension, some of which would make good base vehicles for a mild/moderate expo vehicle. Its these cases that led...

I'm curious about the pros and cons of air ride suspensions on expo vehicles. I don't know much about them, but my intuition tells me the added complexity might could be a liability. What are your thoughts? (and I mean full air ride like a medium/heavy duty truck would have, not helper air bags)

The links are in the original post (expo, makes it hard to see links if you don't hover your mouse over the text, its kind of irritating). Here they are (click LINK): This LINK is the spreadsheet This LINK is the video where they discuss/compare 24 hour power draw This LINK is to a video where...

Definitely, but in some cases, cost efficiency and energy efficiency are separate considerations (i.e. some might opt for the most energy efficient unit because they are extremely limited in square footage available for solar or payload available for batteries, even at the expense of cost...

I've been researching fridge/freezer efficiency, I know its a topic of interest (and confusion/debate) for many people. I came across a series of tests (link) done by expedition extreme on youtube (and a pdf spreadsheet (link) of their findings). They performed 1 and 2 hour cooldown, cycling...

This conversation discusses some of the physics as well as first hand impressions on the matter.

The benefits of a short wheelbase are pretty clear (1) tighter turning radius (2) better breakover angles (3) more maneuverable, etc etc. My preference in vehicles has always been to opt for the shorter wheelbase when given an option. However lately I have been questioning that conventional...

Thank you Peter, this is great hard data and first hand information! I appreciate you sharing your knowledge. That gives me a lot to digest. I have a couple follow up questions. First, I am under the impression that running tires (at least for heavy trucks) at less than their rated pressure...

I'm curious how higher load range tires fair offroad. If you have a high GVWR vehicle you don't really have a choice in the matter, but I'm still curious what tradeoffs are made in going with a higher load range tire. They generally run much higher PSIs (sometimes upwards of 120 psi), does this...