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RE: Converting $/liter to $/gallon
The price is the price. Useful to know when planning a trip but once committed, it is what it is.
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wilber1
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04/13/13 12:09pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Manual Transmission? Yea or Nay?
Good ones are as automatic as you want them to be but still give a lot of flexibility when it comes to how they operate. That's a major difference between newer transmissions and the autos of yore. They are getting ever closer to combining the best of both worlds.
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wilber1
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04/13/13 11:59am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: How close to GCWR can you get?
The only thing I have to go by is the manufacturer's ratings so that is what I use. Everything else is hearsay and opinion.
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wilber1
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04/12/13 11:05am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Exhaust brake delimma
I put a PacBrake EB on my '97 Dodge Cummins (47RE auto tranny). Posts up above that say "won't work on earlier trannys are partially correct - won't work without a box or switch to force the tranny to stay locked up. ATS makes and sells one, I bought one from TS Performance. There's documentation online for making your own, but I wanted piece of mind that it would unlock before I tried to come to a complete stop, forgetting to flip a manual switch.
Most of the companies that sell exhaust brakes for Dodge trucks also have the electronics to make them work with 47RE or 48RE transmissions and quite a few companies make them, ATS, DTT, BD etc. I believe the problem with early 48RE's was premature wear in a particular thrust bearing with EB use, not that they wouldn't work. Odd because that doesn't seem to be an issue with the 47RE.
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wilber1
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04/11/13 02:57pm |
Towing
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RE: Exhaust brake delimma
Hauled a 10K 5er for eight years in the mountains with an 01CTD auto, including Yellowstone and the Black Hills. At no time did I think I needed an EB. Would I have liked one? You bet. Needed? Nope. That said, if you plan on keeping that truck, I doubt you would regret getting one. My present truck has one and it's great.
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wilber1
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04/10/13 08:28pm |
Towing
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RE: Towing in the mountains- do you use cruise control?
Don't know about Fords but my Dodge will shift down and try and maintain the speed before it will kick the cruise off. Not very pleasant at times. In rolling country, I would often rather let the truck slow a little rather than have it shift down. I do use cruise in the hills at times but I keep on top of it and try to disengage it before I think it will shift down. If I do want to to shift down, it's much smoother if I do it early before the cruise gives up and you get that downshift with a big blast of power. I miss the boost gauge on my old truck because it gave a good indication of when the truck was about to shift down when the cruise was on.
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wilber1
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04/10/13 11:18am |
Towing
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RE: where to install inverter
new 5th wheel does not have an inverter--
-where is the best place to install one-battery compartment or close to the TV?
-how big should I get (I'll be installing dual 6 volts)?
-should it be dedecated to only the TV (that's the DW's concern)or on the total house circuit ?
thanks, Larry
It should be as close to the battery as possible because of the size of cables required. Eg: 1000 Watt inverter, 1000 watts at 12V = 83.3 amps. 1000 watts at 120V = 8.3 amps. As you can see, you will require cables capable of handling 83 amps between the battery and inverter but only 8.3 amps on the output side of the inverter. If you buy an inverter that comes with cables, they are probably already near the maximum length for that gauge of cable.
As for the rest, it depends what you want to use it for. I just wanted one to run the entertaiment center. I bought a 700 W inverter at Costco. Mounted it near the batteries and wired a dedicated outlet and switch in the entertainment center so I can turn it on and off from inside the trailer. I use twin 6V batteries and it runs the TV, sound system and Sat receiver with no problems.
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wilber1
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04/10/13 10:50am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Manual Transmission? Yea or Nay?
When I bought my most recent manual transmission vehicle, it was a 2004 Subaru Forester (since traded in). I did my homework, and the manual transmission Forester had HIGHER tow rating, HIGHER economy, and LOWER purchase price. However, finding one turned into a hunt. I ended up driving 3 hours to a dealership to buy the ONLY 5-speed Forester on the lot. And of course, it was the stripper 2.5X model so I had to skip all the cool luxuries like climate control. However that vehicle ran twice as fast out of the hole as the same model with an automatic (test drove both), and it shifted like butter with zero clutch effort. My wife loved it also.
You might have did your homework but I would give you a poor grade.
EPA Forrester mileage. At least 1 out of your three homework assigments were 100% wrong; I did not grade the other 2 but only 66% correct is an F grade in any class. :p
The auto beats out the manual in one model and a dead heat in the other. Apples to apples. But then again if you always drove on the highway you would want that blazing 1 MPG gain with a row boat. But then you would need your car towed the rest of the time. :B
The 2014 Forester with CVT beats out the manual 6 spd by 3 mpg combined.
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wilber1
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04/09/13 05:45pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: storing rv
For seven years, I parked our 5er all winter with one side on gravel and the other on concrete before I replaced the tires. Never had an issue.
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wilber1
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04/09/13 10:44am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: The Mouseketeers are passing...
Wow. :(
Like most young guys from that era, I had a huge crush on Annette. RIP.
Yup
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wilber1
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04/08/13 07:06pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Direct injection gasser...and the rest of the herd
Anyone know why valve cokeing has been a problem with DI gas engines but not with diesels?
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wilber1
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04/08/13 07:04pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Manual Transmission? Yea or Nay?
No way I would want a truck with a manual trans. Manual is basically for sports cars only now. And I agree, thats how it should be.
X2
And that sports car may well come with an 7 or 8 speed auto but only a 6 speed manual.
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wilber1
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04/08/13 12:09pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Direct injection gasser...and the rest of the herd
The Volt is doing that right now.
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wilber1
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04/07/13 10:14pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: why no "high end" 28 - 30 ft. fivers ???
We're in the same boat. We've been thinking of replacing our 02 28E33SB Titanium but can't find a trailer in that length range that can match it. Everything else is a lot longer and heavier than we want. Glendale also went the bigger heavier route with these trailers before their demise, which even took another Titanium off our list. Like elkhorn98, many of our favourite places just aren't accessible to larger rigs.
Right now we are resigned to sticking with the one we have and maintaining it as well as we can for as long as we can.
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wilber1
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04/07/13 03:11pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Direct injection gasser...and the rest of the herd
Therefore a gasoline engine designed, like a turbocharged diesel, could potentially develope much more torque per liter of engine displwcement than a diesel.
There already are. I have an Audi with the DI Turbo 2.0 gas. It puts out 258 lb ft from 1500-4200 RPM. Thats 129 lb ft per liter. To match that the 6.7 diesel would have to put out 864 lb ft. Audi isn't the only one producing engines like this.
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wilber1
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04/07/13 09:51am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Reality TV shows are degrading
I've given up on History Channel. Used to watch it quite a bit in the beginning. Now, hardly ever.
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wilber1
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04/04/13 08:33am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: JD L110 Lawn tractor
I had one of those. They are hydrostatic drive, you can't put them in "high gear". Even if they only do ten miles an hour, half a mile should only take eight minutes.
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wilber1
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04/03/13 11:25am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: What's your " OH man did I mess up"
Years ago, tried to drive our VW camper with Dorper pop top into the garage with the top up. Luckily, it only resulted in torn canvas which was repairable.
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wilber1
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04/02/13 11:32am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: 5th wheels vs motor homes
Never owned a motor home but it strikes me it would be more convenient for traveling. You do have an extra powertrain to maintain but you aren't stuck with using a fuel guzzling truck that you may not need otherwise, as a daily driver when not traveling. On the other hand, with a motor home you may wind up having to buy a vehicle suitable for use as a towed that you wouldn't normally want if you were just buying a car.
We wound up with a fifth wheel because we lived on an acreage at the time and needed a truck. Otherwise I don't know which we way we would have gone. The only thing we knew for sure was no matter what you get, you will end up towing something, unless you want to use your RV as a grocery getter.
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wilber1
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04/02/13 11:23am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Supercharged is right!
What vehicles are running stock from the factory twin scroll turbos?
I believe the BMW 3.0L inline sixes use twin scroll. They started out with twins, then couple years ago went to single turbo with twin scrolls.
Used in everything from crossovers to 3/5/7 series to the 1M and M Coupes.
Mini Cooper S also uses a twin scroll, the first ones were supercharged. Owned by BMW so perhaps not surprising.
We decided to buy an Audi Q5 and test drove both the 2.0t direct injection turbo and 3.0t direct injection supercharged. Both great engines with lots of low end snap. Couldn't feel much or any difference the way the boost came in. Went for the 2.0t because I thought it would be quite adequate and easier on the wallet both initialy and at the pump. Take delivery tomorrow and hope I don't regret it cause that 3.0t really hauled.
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wilber1
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03/31/13 11:24am |
Tow Vehicles
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