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I'm not in a 1079 but I've been in one which has been left in the sun. Do everything you can to combat the heat/cold. They bake. It will render useless all your efforts to get "out there" if it's not comfortable to "be there". Other than that, I would second Third's recommendation for the...

Don't under-estimate solar and other support systems costs. I found decent prices on all my solar components and it was still quite easily used car $'s once all was said and done. Water system components weren't bad, but I had a custom tank built and that was ~$1k, but it was very well...

Hi Mober, The short answer is not really. If I had to guess, I'd say ~$10k for the empty box with ply floor and OSB interior walls sitting on the subframe I made. It was much less expensive than any other options, but the trade off was in time taken to build. I know that's not too...

This might be Captain Obvious but be advised it will vent when the cab does its leveling. When I climb out, it will hiss until the sensor thinks the cab is level again.

Keith, Upon closer look, you may want to consider reconfiguring your +24 connection like this: I had my house solar batteries configured as you have here and a contact who does solar for a living recommended moving it as drawn to force current to travel through all batteries (both charge and...

Damn Keith, that is pretty!

What's a decent price, and AGM or FLA? I can find ~$200 FLA but the AGM'S I've found are $600+.

Can anyone point me in the direction of reasonably priced 6TL AGM's?

If you want, I can whip up a $347 CAT sticker for you to apply if that'd ease your wallet of its excess bulk and make the part fit in more easily?

We already chatted off-line. I don't have the valve in question. It may be the difference between an A0 and A1, or mine was deleted by someone...

Throw an air chuck quick connect on the wet tank and make an appropriate adapter to connect to your compressor. This also allows you to run air tools when the motor is running. Random example of internet: Super easy mod and a very handy and practical feature! Just wrench the two male...

I understand schedule constraints, but think carefully about this. It sounds like you're prepping correctly but a single minor issue could literally strand you for days or weeks on the road. This is a massive expedition in a (basically) unevaluated rig. Take the time to make sure it's ready...

This is true, and I went a little overboard due to not having the resources of the US military supporting me (at least not directly!). I intend to use my rig to go places and after already experiencing an engine code 1000+ miles from home, I went with the pound of prevention is worth a ton of...

Pieced together a bit of the video. Still no soundtrack, but a decent visual documentation of our trip. Nothing we were saying was really going to add to the spectacle of the scenery: Be sure to open in Youtube and watch in full resolution.

Moving back to my build thread. Just did another UT/AZ trip. Some details here: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/road-trip-ut-az-again.219526/ Putting together a few things to share with friends and family... Trip pics: https://photos.app.goo.gl/1x4ch3PXAXiGykhG8 Video trailer (no...

Back home. Roughly 2800 total miles, truck ran fantastically. For the record, it was a total of 322 gallons of fuel to go 2570 miles, which equates to 7.98 MPG across the entire trip. This includes hours of slow uphill on gravel, some deep sand stretches, a couple of nights with the heat on...

Very possible if your CTIS came on, your tires needed air, and your RPM's were down. I'd bet this was the trigger.

No worries at all. I assume that volunteers keep the forum running and I appreciate the efforts, even if everything doesn't go perfectly. Fact is, I wouldn't be doing this without the support of this forum, so I contribute what I can as content and happily $'s support it as well. I didn't...

Gunny, Despite a number of other people discussing their rig configurations and mileage impacts, my prior reply to you was deleted because "The folks who have been posting in the Thread 'ECO Hubs who needs 3:07 Gears?' have requested that you start your own thread about your current trip." Not...