Recent content by qcdstick

Any insight into battery replacement configurations on a medium duty? My truck has 3x group 31 FLTBT31925S batteries currently that need replacement due to being drawn down too low (AC switched over to the inverter when shore power was lost). Truck is a 2005 International 4300LP with a...

I guess I only do updates every few years... Well, 4+ years in and many race weekends later, I've put more than 12,000 miles on the rig, mostly towing a trailer. IA, IL, MI, WI, MN, MO areas mostly. On average I tend to get around 7.5MPG. The few times I've run with an open trailer or no...

Another issue is the seats in this thing became quite uncomfortable after several hours. A lot of it is because you are forced to sit very upright in the standard cab which I can't do a lot about. However, they probably weren't the best seats in general when they went in and 20 years of use...

Simple one, but after using the ambulance so much, we decided to pull the trigger on a 12v cooler. After reading online, Alipicool came up a lot as an affordable cooler good for people who weren't living in their rigs full time to justify a dometic or what have you. So, I pulled the trigger on...

A couple things I have done modification wise: After a couple longer trips, it became apparent that the noise was going to be an issue. Not that you notice it so much on short trips (it's loud, like any MDT), but after 2+ hours on the road and switching off the engine your ears definitely let...

Haven't updated in a while, although I could have swore I had more recently than two years ago! Time flies, but we have been using the rig quite a lot with (knock on wood) no real issues to speak of. More power would be nice, it's a bit of a dog with a big trailer, but gets the job done...

I could be wrong, but I don't think you are likely to find an ambulance set up to run the AC off of 120v. Ambulances only need AC back there when they are in service, and when they are in service the engine is always on so there is no possibility of a non-start. A possible exception are the...

Just ran out and measured mine. Floor at the rear doors is 29.5" off the ground with the bags fully deflated. That would make the inflated height 5.5" taller at ~35". So I would assume then the 34" requirement is indeed bags deflated, but your rig may or may not be a fair bit lower?

Mine is a 20k truck (8k front, 12k rear). Loaded with camping gear, parts, supplies for a race weekend it scaled out at 16,620 (7.8k front 8.82k rear) with my wife and I in it. I'm sure you'll be packing a ton more weight in it than we do, but we had 3,400lbs to spare and all of the capacity...

Wondering if these consume 75w, or are "equivalent brightness" to a 75w incandescent bulb? A true 75 watt draw would be an awful lot of heat.

I've often thought the opposite. Tons of otherwise useable space is lost with rear axle and driveshaft for road going vehicles. Seems to me the optimal new RV configuration would be a FWD based platform, with help as needed from electric hub motors in the rear. I see several significant...

Yeah, that will be the general idea. The thing you can't see very well in this picture is it actually can draw air from the top too, but it can only draw from the back (towards the camera). Would need to block that off, which would block 2/3 of the vent area on the unit, or have a more complex...

Looking like a nice setup! I, like Federiksen here, also went with a window unit in an exterior cabinet, and found the performance to be sub-par. Even with this amount of open air around the unit, it tends to re-breathe a lot of its own exhaust and performance suffers. Works fine at first...

There are some similarities with my Medtec box for sure as far as the interior layout, but that isn't saying much. You really don't have any certification stickers left inside any of the compartments, plaques on the box, or anything that would tell you the make? Mine has it inside the driver's...

Went racing with the rig for the first time last weekend! Someone snapped a nice picture of the rig through one of the corner stations. Don't mind the trailer, it is as rough as it looks, but I can borrow it for free and it gets the job done getting our 2 cars to the track! Need to...