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Allthread is generally ungraded chinesium garbage. No way I would use it for brake linkage without grossly oversizing it and reinforcing it with sleeves.

Same trip, first leg, 15mpg with 2k trailer and 1,800lb load. Loss was likely due mostly to additional air resistance when loaded, not weight. 34 ft 5th wheel camper can be pulled at 15mpg on the same roads but usually is 13mpg due to speeds. When you can run 80 mph, why wouldn't you? #eyeroll

Makerpipe has a lot of stuff

Just a comparison. Likely intercooler is the big difference. 2002 F350 CC DRW 7.3 4R100 3.73 235/85-16s 16 mpg pulling 2,000 of trailer at 80 mph which is over 2k rpm, maybe 2,200 IIRC

The "all-thread bushing press" is a major time and pain saver. Especially for axle pivots and leaf springs.

You have the less aerodynamic front end and a taller box. He has a 5R transmission, do you? His frontend fits an intercooler too. I've only ever driven 2 ambulances but they were both like 1% throttle movement away from TCC unlocking when it did finally lockup. I think a TCC mod would payoff...

Rico, I really tried but cannot get through that. I'm sure it's my shortcomings that make reading your random punctuation and capitalization mind-numbingly distracting. My advice is start your own thread and use ordinary sentence-structure and keep it simple. A good title might be something...

That add a leaf should within the pack. Putting it at the bottom and letting it contact an upper leaf at such an acute angle will cause point loading and fatigue.

Lot of holes in the story but I'll try to get some numbers from it. Have to assume 6 entire days and nights since 7 days is kinda vague. At 12.6v your lithium iron phosphate battery is between 50 and 60% charged so you'd gotten roughly 50ah out of it at that point plus whatever you'd put back...

How bout if I draw diagrams with crayons and use smaller words? Only one system of metrology has been to the moon.

If luthj and I agree and you don't, put your "orders of magnitude" under scrutiny. If you don't get how it works, find your local jr high chemistry teacher and make their day with your enthusiastic note taking.

Propane = C3H8. About 44g molar mass. Water = H2O. About 18g. Thus 4 * 18 / 44 = 1.6x. So roughly 1.6 pound of water produced per pound of propane burned. Liquid propane has a density of 0.507. Water is the standard at 1.0 Thus 1.6*.507 = 0.81 gallon of water produced per gallon of propane...

Yes, I should've reread that before posting it. It's 1.6 pounds of water produced per pound of propane burned. Or, 0.8 gallons of water produced per gallon of propane burned. So a 9k BTU furnace is putting out just over 10 oz of water per hour.

But wait, there's NO FLAME on a wave heater. That's one reason they're so "safe". I don't think you've been around a faulty catalytic heater. It's ENTIRELY possible for a "damaged" catalyst (you mean dirty, I think) to burn poorly enough to create CO without the LP smell (which is added for...

That's most likely a problem of vapor pressure and not bc of altitude. Users of butane canister stoves experience it too. It's common to put your canister inside your sleeping bag to keep it warm. To put the problem simply, you need a volume of liquid boiling into gas to push fuel to the...

Surprised nobody's mentioned the differing types of heat between catalytic heaters (buddy, wave) and forced-air furnaces (propex, EverestStar, webasto). A forced-air furnace uses conductive heat. It heats the air. Think blow dryer, automotive heater, etc. When you're cold, it feels hot. It...

Well that's not true. Under ideal conditions and during perfect combustion, carbon monoxide production is so low it could be considered nil. That's for essentially true for all fuels in all appliances. Incomplete combustion, however, results in the production of carbon monoxide in quantities...

I think the whole idea is to use to the 2500 Suburban stuff because it's slightly overkill, right? It uses a Dana 153147X u-joint at both ends of the front drive shaft. It has 1.125" bearing caps. A 1330 has smaller caps, 1.062". If you different joints at each end of the shaft, consider...

Land Rover depreciation over 3-4 years would almost equal the cost of building a NICE Sprinter. If you can't claim that ridiculous deprecation on your taxes, keep the Sprinter (that's already depreciated). My advice to all northerners seeking a cheap daily driver is buy a one-way ticket to...

My Sportsmobile has no exterior graphics but does have camper windows and a penthouse top. Even people who have ridden in it didn't notice the bed up above. Nobody ever pays it any attention from the outside. It's 30 years old and the only time I've ever had anyone comment anything ever other...