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I'd agree that's probably too much for the truck... not so much the generator & crane themselves, more like by the time you add those, what are you really going to use the crane for? (Both spacewise & weightwise) It'd be one thing on a 5500 with an 11' bed, but you're burning up like 4' of an...

'Security through obscurity' also isn't really worth much of anything. It'll fool a really, really, seriously, incredibly lazy bot, or a really lazy amateur port scanning manually. Which is probably like 0.00000000000001% of threats out there.

I'd guess that the left in the pic is the inverter, middle is battery compartment, and right is the charger? Maybe? Or I got the charger & inverter backwards...

I'm kinda scratching my head. If it didn't have a separate inverter, and is relying on the battery to provide power to the factory inverter, then it'd seem to me it would have no real extra surge/startup capacity, because as I understand it, the inverter (or at least the programming of what...

That first part is intriguing... does it have its own inverter, then? Not sure I'd call it an "additional" 3.5kw, assuming you're talking the mention of 6.8kw "surge" capacity... but owning both an 831 & a well pump, I'm interested by any surge capacity. If it does have its own inverter (that...

I don't even need pressure, I forget to hold the switch in Start long enough the 1st time about half the time anyway!

As far as physically, everything I've seen points to the axle being an actual 7k axle, and the brakes on it are what would be used on a 7k/axle trailer. The tires are a thing, although with E-rateds at 80psi you can get around 3500lb/tire rated, so with 10% tongue weight, you can hit 7k without...

The tires are unnecessarily tall & heavy for practical purposes for like 99.99% of people's uses, I suppose? They're also expensive to replace, but TBH you're not going to come out much ahead buying anything to replace them & selling them either. But no, there's not a mechanical issue with...

Check out this: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/mep-831a-cb-indicator-works-backwards.213153/post-2494597 I've been staring at a computer screen too long today to reacquaint myself with exactly what I learned here, but it was something, and very much adjacent to what you're wondering. The...

Do you know the thread size(s)? (I'd assume both the same, but...) Taking a guess it's 1/4", Snapper # 7015753 is 1/4-28, and widely available online for cheap. If you wanted one now you could probably walk into most small engine dealers, they're commonly used on zero turn mowers for control...

If they didn't hold it long enough to build oil pressure the first time, all that confirms is they don't know what they're doing, or they forgot. (I've done that enough times) When you start it the 2nd time right away, the oil pressure is high enough thanks to residual pressure that you don't...

Please tell me you cleaned that spindle before you took a picture of it?

The switch inside will only crank it (or make it not crank), it they started it from a switch (and didn't have the solenoid bypassed like they tied the lever to run) then it was the switch on the panel. I wouldn't put much of any stock in what they write in the details on GP. I judge by pics &...

My personal advice... keep in mind that pintle mount is probably rated for around 10k, and the warnings are assuming you might be towing around 10k. Towing your empty trailer home is <1500lb (assuming it's not, like a generator trailer with a generator or two on it) Thing two, it's a standard...

I have a working actuator off mine that could go away... if you're buying from Chambersburg I'm probably on your way. If you're buying from NC, I'm very much not on the way. (Of course, it won't do you much good for brakes unless you bleed the system) The inside width of the tongue is 2", I...

The first year in this house, there was about a 3 month stretch that our power went out for at least an hour, at least once a week. Usually more like 4-6 hours. Then the PoCo went nuts bringing tree crews along the road trimming overhanging junk. That was all when I didn't have any generators...

My power has been almost 101% reliable ever since I got the MEP-831... that's been used once for 3 days. It's been almost literally 100% since I got the 802 early last year. I don't think we've lost power for 2 minutes at a time since.

It wasn't aimed at you in particular, just a heads up for others reading it... lest they try testing with their Noco & everything they test is "dead". Obviously yours works fine & doesn't have that feature.

Just as a note, lots of small battery maintener type chargers have protection circuitry that won't provide output (or you have to override the safety) unless they sense the voltage/resistance of a battery. With the other side working, I'd start by just swapping them... see if the right one is...

A couple random thoughts. First, if you really wanted to avoid finding a way to lock the flywheel, check out a "crankshaft bolt tool", part # SP70865 for example... kinda works like a crowsfoot, but instead of turning it with a ratchet, you smash it with a hammer. Works great for crank pulleys...