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It better happen sooner than later. Yesterday I visted and area that I've camped for 15 years. I should have taken pictures of sites that are piled full of junk, RVs, old cars. The sites are filled until there is no room to move and abandoned.

Dodge "had" (1 1/2 years ago) a better outfitter/builder program than FORD did. I could have saved $12,000CDN if I bought a Dodge cab and chassis through the program. Three of my buddies are FORD techs so it wasn't worth it to me.

We are part of the eco system and we are overflowing it.

....and long haul trucks

This from the datasheet. Not sure if this is what you're looking for? The test is only useful in this discussion to show it "moderately" resists corrosion. I've worked with aluminum for decades and seen every way aluminum can corrode. Each time was an eye opener. There's no perfect solution...

The question of leaving stuff behind comes down to asking yourself if you're willing to return the same place after you and XXX number of other people have hid, drained and dug holes to leave stuff behind.

It is possible if both surfaces are aluminum - the terminals are on the same plane - oxide is removed from the terminals with a SS wire cup brush - oxide is sanded (lapped) off the (4mm) aluminum buss bars so the contact surface is flat. - after removing the oxide assembly is done ASAP with...

Yeah it's one I cringe at. Graphite is used to make it conductive. Grease contains water + Graphite + Aluminum = :( An interesting study is to look at the number of NEC certified alum. to alum. wire connectors that have been removed from the market in the last 40 years. This is better...

Chev 6500 is an option

A F250 use to = 3/4 ton and a F350 = 1 ton

Yeah they are expensive. I put together a set (#7-#12) of 2nd Series Erie pans 8-10 years ago. We use the #9&10 when camping Seing what a 3rd Series is going for I wonder if the pans are better off on the wall...

I use these to carry gas and oil for my chainsaw when hiking/clearing trail and extra fuel for my WR250

I spoke with our local Eagle Cap dealer 3 weeks ago and was told the 1160/1165 (5200lbs with water but no gear) can go on the F450 (5300lbsCC) we are getting. The dealer directed me to the web site that has a picture of a 1165 on a F450.

The aluminum terminals on the cells aren't very forgiving. Certainly not like lead / FLA that people are used to. I've seen cells in a bank where the resistance (heat) can be picked up with an infrared camera. I cringe when people try to remedy the differences in the buss bar/battery terminal...

Aluminum, stainless, copper (non ferrous) gall so sliding/hinging them together is difficult to do. Even anodized aluminum will gall plus aluminum and stainless (non ferrous) work harden. Welding aluminum reduces the strength x 40%. This is dealt with by increasing the welded surface / adding...

Hard to go wrong with a Heltec (capacitor) balancer. https://heltec-bms.com/products/active-balancer/ What @luthj mentions is 100%, If the balancer can't be controlled by the BMS then it should be disconnected. There's an automatic (balances at 3.4V??) version of the Heltec but I don't think...

Making the cables (not the BMS leads) to each of the 4S banks the same length (from a buss bar) helps with a low (passive balancing) current BMS. A battery charger/solar won't help because it still has to work with the low (passive balancing) current of the BMS. You may have a weak cell in...

Cell balancing of the JDB is only 0.05 amps. Depending on the qulaity and age of the cell it won't provide engough balancing. If the previous BMS wasn't doing a good job then I'd top balance all the cells and reassemble each bank based on the voltage/internal resistance. I'm also wondering if...

I called the dealer that's close to Seattle. There will be on in 3 weeks (so Forrest River must have the numbers by now) at the Tacoma Show and they are "considering" the Seattle show. The Seattle show is suppose to be the biggest in the PNW so it doen't make sense for Forrest River not to have...

20-30 years ago if someone couldn't afford it they could build it. Now those skills are few and far between. The recational (RV, boat, bike) industry would disapear if there wasn't financing. It's at the point now that dealers don't show the price, just the bi-weekly payments.