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Ideally, anyone will have in hand the table created by the manufacturer that shows tire capacity versus air pressure. The table will look something like this example: Then you weigh the truck at the weigh station or Cat scales to get front and rear axle weights, then use the table to decide...

I'm pretty sure I recognize those trees. ;) Enjoy the trip home. Still more cool things to see.

Umm, yeah, now that you mention it, I think that was in the sign up agreement. But I'm pretty sure it was Jack that provided the free fabrication. You wouldn't want my free fabrication. :sombrero:

And that's about the most elegantly-shaped garbage bin imaginable. :)

Oooh, titillation through advanced technology. Works for me. :) Seriously, that's very nice. I need to go get something 3D printed to get used to the idea. There must be fifty things I could use.

I can't answer your question, but I do want to congratulate you on your very cool truck. Good luck with your build.

Your latest work looks great. Congratulations on your progress. Was the main reason for CNC'ing the cabinet doors for saving weight or for making them look special or for getting better ventilation of the contents? (Probably all three.) If you were trying to save weight, do you think it made...

You are correct, sir, in that they certainly do not write as much for Four-Wheeler as they used to. No doubt it would have been better, and more germane, to focus on the fact that they've written for this forum as recently as September 21 of last year, and this forum contains a lot of people who...

Yeah, pretty interesting the price you pay in ground clearance for the cool extra outside storage on that Isuzu. Looks like you could get it stuck on the lip of a concrete driveway. So, about the service body trailer idea . . . Lots of interesting ways to configure it, including your innovative...

I'm going to guess "Way more than you can believe for a twenty-year-old vehicle that didn't cost all that much when new." :sombrero: However, as the saying goes, "They ain't making any more of them," so if it's what you want--and it's not like there are a lot of alternatives with this form...

That's the setup in the XV-JPs. It works fine. It doesn't seem noisier than the ones I've had mounted in the ceilings, except that the cabin is small so you are pretty much sitting right next to it. I don't believe rain would get in unless the motor was on with the fan switched to intake...

A Suzuki DR-Z400 is a full-sized bike capable of freeway travel with two, and it is a credible bike on trails. It is large enough that you don't feel like you're overmatched with the surrounding traffic and is quite reliable with good aftermarket support. And it weighs little enough not to...

I wouldn't pretend this is important, but the situation with the Sprinters is that the speedometer reads higher than your actual speed, e.g., reads 70, really going 65. As the tire gets larger, there are fewer revolutions of the tire in a mile traveled, and that has the effect of lowering the...

I thought that was your rig. Did you keep in touch with them to have any idea why the new owners didn't keep it longer?

Quickie thread hijack--Since Oxrockrat and I obviously need this thing to haul our sidecar rigs, does anyone see any trick way to get them into the back? BYO ramps, right? It would have been nearly-irresistible with integrated loading ramps for ATVs and hacks. DetroitDiesel . . . it's not...

Indeed. And you also have to remember to multiply your miles/gallons mpg calculation by 1.05 to get the correct fuel economy.

Well, that's news to me. And here I thought I had been paying good attention. :( Are these private sales you refer to? I knew of one at $95K, but it was a little tattered, and certainly didn't make me think five figures was the norm. The "Anything under $150K doesn't last long" observation in...

I'm curious, too. Both my T1Ns, in common with a lot of German vehicles, had big positive speedometer errors--e.g., 65 read as about 70--which were removed by going up in tire size (on the T1Ns, to 215/85R16s at 30.4 inches diameter). In exchange, though, the odometers started reading low by...

So the bidding ended at $80,000, which not surprisingly failed to meet the reserve. Now I know that it was one of the earliest ones and on the F450 chassis, but it nevertheless is 90% the same rig as is selling new for four times that amount now. I sure don't need one, and don't know about the...

Sorry for the delay in responding. I was camping in my Sprinter w/o any connectivity. Stahl Truck Bodies is not far from you in Wooster, Ohio. You could probably learn a lot by calling them at 1-800-277-8245. I worked with them directly, but that was a fluke because of investigating a...