must be tried and true,first hand knowledge of a superior product at an affordable price 

ala,blue sea fuse boxes,sure you can get a cheapy $10-15 but the $30-40 for blue sea is well worth it

quality electrical connections,hoses,buckets whatever

whats you gots?

If you would like something in the thread make a post here to be vetted by the members and then i or a mod will move it

If I have the page set for 100%, the text is veeery tiny.

If I have the page set for 125%, the text is more legible, but tiring to read much.

If I set the page at 150%, it's much easier to read, but the board page runs off the page a few inches on the right.  Which is how I have it now.  I WAS moving that bar at the bottom back and forth, but now the bar has disappeared.

Did I mention that I don't understand electricity, and computers are right behind?

*whisper*  I know that eveyone else is having the same problem, but they don't want to say anything because they're afraid that GARY WILL BEAT THEM UP.

VEHICLE WEIGHTS
 
You are going to come across a whole slew of numbers which might confuse you, but which are actually quite important to keep you safe.
 
Curb Weight:  The actual weight of the vehicle, sitting parked at the curb. This includes all fluids, anti-freeze, oil, a full tank of gas or diesel fuel, etc.; but no passengers or cargo of any kind.  Differs from so-called Dry Weight, which is the weight of the vehicle without any fluids.

Gross Vehicle Weight:  (GVW) The actual weight of the vehicle with all the passengers and cargo on board.  This would include the Tongue Weight of any trailer you are pulling, but only the tongue weight – most of the trailer’s weight is carried by the trailer axles.  (BTW, some foreign manufacturers  that are heavily influenced by the metric system may refer to this as GVM or Gross Vehicle MASS.  It’s the same thing.)
 
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating:  (GVWR) The MAXIMUM amount of weight the design engineers say the vehicle can carry.  Unlike your GVW, your GVWR never changes.  Example:  You have a pickup truck with a removable truck camper. Obviously, your Gross Vehicle Weight will be radically different when the camper is on the back than when it is off, but the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating hasn’t changed.

And note that you may modify your vehicle with air bags, helper springs or what-have-you to make it handle the weight better, but nothing you do with aftermarket parts legally changes your GVWR.

Gross Axle Weight Rating:  (GAWR) Your vehicle has two axles, and there is a maximum weigh that each of them can carry.  You will usually find them listed on a sticker on the driver’s side when you open the driver’s door.  Example:  I have a 2012 F250.  The front axle’s GAWR is 4,800 lbs. and the rear axle’s GAWR is 5,200 lbs.  The GVWR is also listed, and unsurprisingly, it is 10,000 lbs.
 
How much weight is each axle actually carrying?  (It’s GAW) Well, you’d have to weigh your loaded vehicle on truck scales. You will often find them at truck stops.  It will give you separate weights for your front and rear axles and will combine the two GAWs to give you your GVW.  If it turns out that your Gross Vehicle Weight is under your Gross Vehicle Weight Rating, but one of the axle weights is more than the Gross Axle Weight Rating, you will need to figure out how to shift some of your load around to transfer some of that weight to the other axle.
 
Gross Combined Weight Rating:  (GCWR) This is what you are dealing with when you are pulling a trailer.  As we said earlier, most of the trailer’s weight is carried by the trailer’s axle(s) and only the trailer’s Tongue Weight is counted as part of the Gross Vehicle Weight.  But there is a limit to how much weight a vehicle can pull.  And safely stop.  Factors affecting this limit include the horsepower and torque of the engine, strength of the transmission, the rear end ratio, the size of the brakes, etc.

To use my previous example, my F250 has a GVWR of 10,000 lbs.  It’s GCWR is 19,000 lbs.  If I have a truck camper on the back, and my truck is maxed out at it’s rated 10,000 lbs., I could still pull a 9,000 lb. trailer.  If my truck were empty – no truck camper – I could pull an even heavier trailer.  But Ford specifies a Maximum Trailer Weight of 12,500 lbs.  This number probably reflects the strength of the trucks’ frame and trailer hitch.

A Google search on something like: GVWR 2012 Ford or whatever year and vehicle you have will usually get your information from the manufacturer on your vehicle's weight capacities if you can't find a sticker on the vehicle.

CAT scales are the best know and most widely available truck scales.  If you pull a trailer, the scale can give you separate trailer weight as well as your vehicle weight.  You can find CAT scales using this locator:

https://catscale.com/cat-scale-locator/

There is also a general truck scale locator at this site:

http://www.bigrigjobs.com/Truck-Scales

As with most people here, I suspect, I crossed over from CRVL to join a new forum. I didn't think about an introduction but got encouraged to write one from another thread.

I have been in my RV (2007 Keystone Springdale 27' fifth wheel) and truck (2000 F-250 7.3l diesel) since the beginning of August. With much going on in my home town (Sheridan, WY) I was lived stationary on a friend's property for 6 weeks and finally hit the road mid-September. I have two border collies, a 9yo male called Cody and a 7yo female called Kye, who are my constant companions. I have been a nomad most of my adult life and traveled from seasonal job to seasonal job...this is the first time I have left home without a job at the end, except when I actually moved to Sheridan, and hope to find something for the winter in southern Utah/northern Arizona to get me through until mid-June when I am heading to Alaska.

I am 38, female and single...somewhat by choice, and somewhat not.

pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

Just A Car So Far .... from the other forum, here to irritate y'all in another dimension. 

Cammalu' invited meh.. so blame her? 

Happy to make your acquaintance and get to know some of you better.  I'm still in the dreaming stage of Vandwelling
so I've no skills really to share but maybe you'll put up with my very odd humor anyway!  

Started watching the videos in August and have been obsessed since. From the help of the community, I learned:

"You've got a lot of work to do Pilgrim" ....  yup yup yup.. I see this clearly now.

 But, I can't help myself in continuing to learn, dream, have fun, make new friends and hang out.

Hey, I even got a "Stinkin Badge"  I brought wiff meee!  How  AINT RIGHT is that!!! ? 

 
"Renegades trying to do the right thing" someone posted, my kind of group!! Good job Gary and everyone helping ?

My long time advocate, friend, supporter Texjbird told me about this. I hope i can be part of it!

Yogidog the scrapper passed on, she is truely sorry if she offended anyone, she was trying to learn the ropes, very ungracefully at times!  Blissfully Abiding is much more confident so can be much kinder and is now thriving instead of surviving 

I thank so many of u for your help and support, may we have a great future!

Gary your help with my truck was awesome.

Still full timing. 4 months michigan for summer with family state land and walmart, it sucked!  am currently in a mercury mariner suv i like it. Just left cherokee national forest beautiful, loved it! Now at land betw÷n the lakes tennesse, very nice here. I go to my daughters wedding in new orleans beginning nov. Then hopefully padre island the arizona desert to save money! 

Hope all are well, great to be among like kind again! Thank u gary!

I think we need to add a few more less-PC emojis... specifically, one with horns and an evil grin, sort of like this:
https://www.graphicsfactory.com/Clip-Art...66463.html

One with eyes actually rolling around would be nice, too.  There used to be one on a dog discussion board, but the board went away when they sold it.  If you can't find one with eyes that really roll, one with a much more sarcastic expression would be okay.  Like this:  http://diysolarpanelsv.com/images/emoji-...ces-13.jpg

A problem with discussion boards is that just typing words doesn't always show how you REALLY feel.  Wouldn't want anyone to MISUNDERSTAND what I mean, you know.

Sue

Well I am here! Hello to everyone else! I have an old ambulance I frequent till I am ready for the long haul. Still working out the bugs and what not like where will the shower go? I am a mechanic and a redneck engineer who will give it a go. If it works cool, if not, time to try again!

Cheers!

Baloo




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