well 1 new battery, 2 older "house batteries" but even with 1new one it read poor when i got it home. The converter puts out 6-8amps charging so yeah it's not supposed to be high powered charge but enough i guess to keep em going when plugged in. Eventually it will have all 3 new batteries!
uhh....I can assure you any/all of the original shelving/cabinets have nothing structurally to do with the RV support. 1. It's a Metal Square Frame, not wooden. 2 I actually made it probably twice as strong with all the 1x2 slats every 16" tying in the walls and roof metal studs. Don't get me wrong, someone side swipes one of these and it's done period or from the rear but hey, it's an RV not a house or tank. These have to be built with weight in mind according to power train and add safety as much as possible but wood/metal/fiberglass RVs are pretty much rolling deathtraps in my viewpoint but the pros and luxuries they offer I guess outweigh the safety drawbacks so they are more desired to use lol.
But box trucks typically have steel or e track ribs to provide said support
I don't think I would want to see this!!! LOL, it would scare me so bad I wouldn't want to drive mine anywhere and that would suck so I'll just keep ignoring the fact that they suck for safety and be SUPER SUPER aware when driving!!
this I would have to agree with as I was very shocked when I saw how soft the walls are in between the studs. Even though there is 7/16plywood and the 1" thick foam board, it would not take much at all for suv/truck to go through it.
I understand your point but the only way those shelves would have done anything laterally speaking from side impact would be if they went all the way across the middle section which they didn't. Since the shelves only came out 12-18" average and stopped, that would have done nothing in strengthening a "side impact." All in all they are cool and useful and comfortable just not in the "safety" aspect lol.
lol. Good thing I'm pretty small guy...another 15lb on me and no way jose)
well upgrading exhaust is a must for optimal performance and since I had it laying around figured might as well use it. Plus the exhaust comes out way in the back behind the rear wheels pointing out the side so won't be that loud for us, maybe for the cars next to us if I hammer down on throttle but who wouldn't like hearing a "hot rod" RV HA HA HA. And same reason I put big home stereo in it...Why not? I'm different, like the cool factor and love the sound of a good v8 and helps it run better. Between the stereo and exhaust people will get a trip out of this thing!!
very true but that would be more money that I didn't need to spend! Now, I don't know if the big cab has anything to do with it but every vehicle/car/truck/suv or van that I've done exhaust work on, only when exhaust is dumped underneath does it make it sifnificantly louder but when exhaust is ran out the very back or back sides of vehicles, the sound inside is usually nothing compared to dumping underneath so unless I'm missing something on this "train of thought" than I don't see why dumping behind rear wheels out the side would be that loud and have interior "drone" when it's pointing away from vehicle on both sides. On Tahoe since I've had 4 of them, when dumped out the rear facing the rear sounds good but not that loud inside at all: Dumped out the sides of Tahoe little louder when flooring it but not too noticeable inside cab...dumped underneath the rear diff on Tahoe and Jeeps is where things get loud/hot rod sound (which is not bad) so I based my setup on that experience. Factory exhaust when sitting inside with doghouse cover on couldn't not hear nothing but engine and loud fan even revved up so I'm pretty sure the sound of the motor is going to be the "annoying" culprit inside the cab rather than exhaust. I'm hoping to insulate the doghouse somehow to keep that noise down as the motor sounds like crap when half throttle or more so that is my main concern!