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I have long term gas receipts for my 1998 1083/88 conversion (The Sloth):
3,000 miles average: 5.5mpg
Empty vs 2015 RZR 1000 (1,700# all in) on the bed with 2017 38' bumper pull Cougar travel trailer (~10,000#) on the ball:
Perhaps .5 mpg difference
We live in the foothills of Mt. Hood...
OhioBenz, not to be a defeatist here, but doesn’t that kinda defeat the purpose of the manual system and open the door for those electrical gremlins to come right back in again?!? 🧐
I’m just sayin’ 😏
Hey,TJ, I’m in the process of getting the parts together for the manual conversion on my Sloth.
I’ve tried blowing up the pics to see what the air lines are down at the floor, but they just get blurry.
Could you let me know what they are?
The second picture in post #18 is what I’m talking about...
$85 for all 3 lines, fitting to fitting.
Iirc, 24", 58" & 88"?
I'll look tonight.
Local hose company.
Took him 10 minutes, 7 of them because I was talking to him. :roll:
My only concern with that would be blowing the AF out when the CTIS deflates the tires...
I'm new to this stuff, so I may be way off base here! ��
Another member and I may be tag teaming our trucks soon, so if we do, I'll report what happens for us.
I' (think) that I'll be using...
So now that it's almost 2.5 years since the last post on this thread, any fresh update? Please!
I'm about to pull the trigger on this myself, so too much information is almost enough. ;)
1998 M1088 I converted to an M1083
“Sloth”
For obvious reasons.
:roll:
58mph top speed? Maybe with a Union Pacific pushing it. Downhill. In neutral. With a tail wind. On the fifth Sunday of the second month of the third year of the... :cookoo:
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