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been setting up me truck
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:04 am
by nuts
spent the best part of a month improving recovery gear ... put in a 240 volt petrol genneratorjust big enuf to run my portable welder and fridge ... also put in a modified signwave inverter to run my laptop as going to ch ch in abt 5 days to get a goood gps to link up was a bit of hassel sorting the inverers as i run 3 of them 24volt to 12 volt as well as 2 240 volt inverters... so generator has a 12 volt battery charger built in just incase also put new bushes in front ent ... new engine mounts ....new mudders 33x12.5x15 buckshot maxis mudders
oh and hardwired in my 3 way fridge onto a false floor giving me enuf room under it to store 2 jerry cans and tools as wel as some recovery gear
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:30 am
by mike
Sounds like a well setup truck, seems Albundy has met his match with stuff onboard
Mike
set up
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:53 pm
by nuts
thanx but not as well set up as i wld like yet but wrkin on it
do u know where in ch ch i could go to get a good quality gps?
:thumleft:
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:28 pm
by DaveM
I got a Garmin 60Cx from Tony Savage, bloody good guy.
Will try to get his details for you.
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:30 pm
by albundy
Sounds like a well setup truck, seems Albundy has met his match with stuff onboard
You should see what I have made over the last week and what I have planned
As for all that technology, just wouldn't use it. I can run maps as it is on my GPS. Looking at mountng a frdge in though on top of the storage draws/false floor I have made up.
Al
albundy
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:10 pm
by nuts
wt sort of fridge u goin 2 use?
ive got an eletrolux 3 way 12v dc . 240v ac . gas toplopader wrks as a freezer if u use ice pads
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:36 pm
by albundy
Looking at the waeco thermoeletric one TS21 I think is the model number. Not going for gas as I am never stopped enough to use gas, plus the pig is 24volt. Will probably mount a deepcycle 12 volt to run it and have some solar panels mounted on the roof to trickle charge when parked up.
Al
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:45 pm
by mroffroader
albundy wrote:Looking at the waeco thermoeletric one TS21 I think is the model number. Not going for gas as I am never stopped enough to use gas, plus the pig is 24volt. Will probably mount a deepcycle 12 volt to run it and have some solar panels mounted on the roof to trickle charge when parked up.
Al
shit what are you gunna do live in the jolly thing
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:33 am
by albundy
shit what are you gunna do live in the jolly thing
Well when you do trips with me, you live out of your vehicle for days on end, longest stretch was 9 days. Plus I'm an Aussie, we tend to mod thr trucks to live out of them
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:44 am
by MudBum
albundy wrote:shit what are you gunna do live in the jolly thing
Well when you do trips with me, you live out of your vehicle for days on end, longest stretch was 9 days. Plus I'm an Aussie, we tend to mod thr trucks to live out of them
Look forward to seeing your setup Al as im struggling for room in my shorty.
And thats just the basic gear
Fridge,solar panel
alternaters x 2
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:14 pm
by nuts
looking into running 2 alternaters now as the drain from everything i run is killing batts so putting in 2 15 plate batts and an extra alternater for charge
if not wrking on me truck definitly in it
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:16 pm
by nuts
spend heaps of timee in me truck so enjoy a bit of comfort especialy wen doing 4 or 5 day runs
Re: alternaters x 2
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:11 pm
by mercutio
nuts wrote:looking into running 2 alternaters now as the drain from everything i run is killing batts so putting in 2 15 plate batts and an extra alternater for charge
why not just put in a bigger alternator rather than 2
Re: alternaters x 2
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:20 am
by wjw
mercutio wrote:nuts wrote:looking into running 2 alternaters now as the drain from everything i run is killing batts so putting in 2 15 plate batts and an extra alternater for charge
why not just put in a bigger alternator rather than 2
Safety in numbers
I'm thinking about the same thing...
wjw
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 5:06 pm
by nuts
my nxtdoor neighbr put me onto it as my alternater has a duel pully so wouldnt b 2 hard to fit a second 1
so all i have to do is make a bracket to support the extra alternater but looking @ putting it on a long shaft and placing it infront of the firewall infront of the fuel filter due 2 to the space there soit wld b set up pully above existing pully on a long shaft alon-ng the side of engine to 2nd alternater .... think it will wrk hope it does
