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jeepinmatt said:
I wouldn't say "silly" but certainly a difficult life for the system. Then again, think of all the other constant impact and undulation hydraulic system out there that run for years.
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Those probably do not have a Bourdon-type pressure gauge with tiny gears in it bouncing down the road while also getting shock loaded through the hydraulics. Is the gauge fluid filled? I will find out whenever mine arrives but I am curious now nonetheless. The pictures are poor but I do not think they have glycerin in them.
 
OnlyOneDR said:
Those probably do not have a Bourdon-type pressure gauge with tiny gears in it bouncing down the road while also getting shock loaded through the hydraulics. Is the gauge fluid filled? I will find out whenever mine arrives but I am curious now nonetheless. The pictures are poor but I do not think they have glycerin in them.
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Gen 1 (on clearance) is not glycerin filled, but Gen 2 is.
 
OnlyOneDR said:
Those probably do not have a Bourdon-type pressure gauge with tiny gears in it bouncing down the road while also getting shock loaded through the hydraulics. Is the gauge fluid filled? I will find out whenever mine arrives but I am curious now nonetheless. The pictures are poor but I do not think they have glycerin in them.
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I have their gooseneck ball solely for the height. Gauge quit working on mine. Not real sure how it works but the ball set on some kind of hydraulic fluid pocket and the seal failed. I know of three similar failures. They will rebuild or will send you the parts.

My camper was around 3500 pounds pin weight. That’s a lot of pressure for a seal to hold especially when you add the bouncing.
 
My first one never had any issues. But I also made sure to never overload it...
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jeepinmatt said:
Gen 1 (on clearance) is not glycerin filled, but Gen 2 is.
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Got it. Well like I said above I do not plan to tow with it, just to use it as a scale. Should hold up; wish I thought about a case (did not realize they sold those). Whatevs.

Looking at that picture above you would think that internally they would set a travel limit for the piston so that once it goes "into the red" and maxes out that the piston could not travel any father raising the pressure and stressing/breaking the gauge. Just touch the red and stop, no need to try to quantify how much in the red you are...
 
OnlyOneDR said:
Got it. Well like I said above I do not plan to tow with it, just to use it as a scale. Should hold up; wish I thought about a case (did not realize they sold those). Whatevs.

Looking at that picture above you would think that internally they would set a travel limit for the piston so that once it goes "into the red" and maxes out that the piston could not travel any father raising the pressure and stressing/breaking the gauge. Just touch the red and stop, no need to try to quantify how much in the red you are...
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Looks like the gauge is capable of that pressure, maybe it has a stop at the far side. Assuming it's a 1 square inch piston, the limit of the red is 3000 pounds and 3000psi, which is pretty common in hydraulic systems. I figure it's proportional in the red so I wanna know how overloaded I am :D
 
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