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Makes me think that a good oil pump powered by 24 volts off the slave receptacle would be handy for roadside refueling from tanks in the bed. So too would having a heater or something for liquifying the vegetable oil for the purposes of running it in the tank. Bjorn's heated tank setup would be...

Wow. That is EXACTLY what my WWII Group needs 3 of for moving our armored cars around. What'd the trailer cost you and what's the make?

I bolted a pintle hitch to the bumper itself. It works well for pushing an empty trailer around. But it doesn't have re-enforcements yet for handling heavier weight.

make sure you have a good seal on the filter housing.

So if NY doesn't like another state's license they refuse to recognize it? How's that work again? The whole point of a unified licensing scheme under the FMCSR's minimum standards is that other states CANNOT require you to get a license there to be legal (plus I believe it violates the full...

More generally, the artillery on land had similar equipment to the naval artillery to direct their guns. Basically electromechanical computers that either directly or gave guidance to the gunners where to point their guns. The bigger and better guns had fuze setters that would allow a loader to...

Reviewing my paperwork from my manila folder of FMCSA letters, I reviewed part 383.3 Applicability. The rules of this part apply to every person who operates a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in interstate, foreign, or intrastate commerce, to all employers of such persons and to all States...

I'm addressing the differentiation between joe blow using a private vehicle and Joe Trucker using a CMV. There are Class B rated Motor Coaches out there that weigh more than a loaded 5 ton and a number of states exempt them on the basis of equipment. How does NYS license an RV in the Class A...

Laws that aren't applicable aren't loopholes. They're what they're intended or not intended for. The FMCSA regulates interestate commerciual use of Commercial Motor Vehicles. Where it gets interesting is where it trenches on states like New York or the like that excempt vehicles based on...

Don, I have a letter, on official letter head from the FMCSA examiner for Georgia. He specifically cites that Commerce is business purpses. Look at the definitions section and the other sections of the. I have discussed this ad nausium with him and with the legislative and state compliance...

Don, as I've posted before, unless you're hauling in relation to a business or for some sort of renumeration (prize winnings are NOT renumeration), the FMCSA does not care if you've got a car or a 80,000 Gross Combined weight tractor/trailer setup. The relevant sections are 390.3 (f)(3). The...

I didn't have too much trouble drilling the frame for my second fuel tank's mounting arms. 8 bolt holes with a titanium coated bit cut pretty quick, even with a battery powered drill. Just make sure that what is behind isn't going to be cut by the drill bit when it gets through (electrical wires...

RE: 24v to 12v converters Newmar Power makes marine rated inverters, chargers and voltage converters. They make a 24-12 volt converter that can be configured from the factory as a charger (add a 12 volt battery). They have some that are rated from 3 amps to 40 amps. They also have some heavy...

Bear in mind that I believe that the 2320-209 manuals state 10,000 towed load. The 361 manuals de-rate that to 6000 lbs, which is basically a 1.5 ton trailer plus some extra weight. Good brakes on a trailer are a must. My Deuce does well with the dingo properly loaded on the trailer. 26,200...

RE: How do you do it? I'm 170 lbs. Standing on my 6 foot cheater bar hanging onto the side of the truck seems to tighten them down just fine.

Right, they'll be 120 degrees out of phase. Their sum being 208 volts. Most 240 volt appliances work just fine with this. Some VERY home purpose items might have issues. Computers are just fine with it. I have a data center FULL of 208 consuming systems that are just like anything else. As long...

I've towed around my 5ton trailer with no power steering and haven't really had problems. I've hooked it up so many times now that I can actually back up to it and not have to do very much, if any jockeying to get it right. Last time I hooked it up at the Reading Airshow in June, we had to load...

To keep you from bumping the starter while the truck is running.

reversed axles? Huh? Someone could have just used the wrong side lug nuts when doing a field expedient repair. The axles can't be reversed because the inputs are over to one side.

Did you unhook the power from the utility? Your garage may not have a neutral bonded to ground which is correct IF it's a sub panel off of the house. If you didn't disconnect from the utility, you could have been out of phase and really horked things up. If you don't know about bonding...