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I got a text message from ArcPak several days ago telling me that someone was going to follow up and contact me regarding my questions but that has not happened. Both of the batteries in my 2 units are old and suspect. Right now in the car I am running the 730 powering an Engel Mt14...

My concerns would be the brakes, and rear axle capacity. The limiting payload factor may be the soft springs to give the 1/2 ton a car like ride. The air bags and heavy duty shocks may cure that. I would look into a heavy duty anti sway bar also. Brakes are so much better than 15 years ago...

If its an F550 with 2500 lbs over cab and chassis weight you will probably be alright

Looking for a replacement battery for an Ark Pak which can handle up to a group 31. Ark Pak would live inside a daily driver 24/7 365. Not tilting on extreme angles, no appreciable shaking around, 100 degrees in the summer and below zero in the winter. My life will not depend on it. Not...

So I posted before I got a really good look at the units. Seems one is a 730 and the other is a 715 but that unit does not list a model number anywhere on it. They both came with deeply discharged batteries. One was DOA, the other a flooded lead takes a charge somewhat but is probably not...

If I was interested in changing connector styles I would have posted that. I am hoping to find cigarette style plugs with better designed wiring connections. Sorry if my initial post was confusing.

I am going to be putting together a few chords and need to buy some male plugs. Usually my go to is Blue Sea, but I think their male design leaves a lot to be desired. Are there other brands with a better design?

I just picked up 2 Arc Pak 150 Watt AC output units. They came with 120v chargers with a weird plug to go into the units. Batteries are deeply discharged and trying to revive them out of and independent of the units. While that experiment is going on Id like to hear your guys thoughts on...

I just bought a used and history unknown MT35. When turning on the light is green and it makes a starting up noise and slight vibration for about a second and then goes silent, power light stays Green. It does this every time you cycle it on and off. I have other Engels and the noise is...

I just bought a couple of group 31 batteries, One a Deka Extreme, the other marked Bright Group. They were in Arc Pak power units. Owner knew nothing about them and they were pretty badly discharged. I can't find date codes on either but they have not been used for a long time and I am sure...

100k houses as well as 1m houses use white pine 2x6s primarily for wall construction today but no one I have ever met who knows anything about construction uses 2x4 for flat roofs except for kids in back yard forts. Are you getting your advice on how to build this from a guy at a lumber yard...

You guys post as though you are under the assumption that a sizeable percentage if not most Wrangler owners actually use their vehicles off road. There must be data out there on how many wrangler owners actually take their vehicles to places that a 77 Pinto couldn't go.

Why did you choose to use white pine 2x4's for all of this?

I acquired one that looks exactly like that in a box of stuff at an auction from a tree service that closed. The pully on mine has a big chip taken out of it making it pretty much junk. It is just a low grade cast iron pully on a bolt that is probably 3/4 diameter. I believe this was meant to...

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Specs I read say bronco wheelbase is 2 inches less than jeep and with is 2 inches more width. Doesn't seem like that much of a difference to me. F150 is another 4 inches wider than Bronco. Where I work there are over 20 wranglers in the parking lot every day. Id be willing to bet that 75...

Have any of you had issues with propane powered generators in cold temps?

Get a shovel or a rake and push that loose debris up against the curb and drive out. Not really sure if your are kidding about all of this but if you aren't you should not get very far from civilization.

A big air tank can help make up for a small compressor. What kind of room do you have under the truck for an air tank? There are many different sizes available if you do some searching. Speedway Motors has a good selection

When I was a kid I had a US military style folding shovel with about an 18 inch handle that had a folding pick on it also. It is long gone but I thought it was of pretty sturdy design and construction. The locking nut would come loose every so often but a quarter turn by hand and it was good...