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texman
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Topic: Texman 182g Mods Posted: 08 Feb 2018 at 10:35am |
thanks-those are good ideas.
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texman
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Posted: 08 Feb 2018 at 1:55pm |
More Mods: Added box for batteries from etrailer. (Tried Harbor
Fr, but they couldn't seem to get the toolbox and would not sale the
display. Fine.) paid more, but it is a really nice box except for drilling holes.
The box is perfect for the batteries less the plastic boxes. Anyone see
a problem not using the plastic boxes? 
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Posted: 08 Feb 2018 at 2:04pm |
Bunk Ladder Cut to correct size
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texman
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Posted: 08 Feb 2018 at 2:07pm |
i have this brake controller and an the Fastway E2 6000#gtw 600#tw to install next. if anyone has tips on either of these, please let me know.
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beaster
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Posted: 10 Feb 2018 at 2:26pm |
I have same model and year, like modes. love the garage on 182. where did you get the stove cover?
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texman
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Posted: 11 Feb 2018 at 10:11am |
The white cutting board stove cover is one I made from cutting boards from sams. They come in two packs for like $12.
I cut one of them for the sides to clear the oven height and screwed together. The other one came from amazon, the black one
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texman
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Posted: 11 Feb 2018 at 10:48am |
Lesson 46
Add your wdh before mounting the toolbox. I am remounting the toolbox. Explain later with pics
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GlueGuy
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Posted: 11 Feb 2018 at 11:16am |
Originally posted by texman
i have this brake controller and an the Fastway E2 6000#gtw 600#tw to install next. if anyone has tips on either of these, please let me know. |
That looks like a decent TBC, but I have no experience with it. As for the E2, google for WDH setup, and look at a few setup videos on youtube. You will get the idea. You want a significant portion of the tongue weight shifted forward to the front wheels of your TV. The actual amount will depend on the TT and TV requirements, and there is more than one way to measure it. Most people just measure the height at the top of the wheel wells to ground. The most accurate way is to actually weigh the front wheels, back wheels and TT wheels to see where the weight has gone. That is also the most time consuming, and in most cases unnecessary. After it's all said and done, "some" of the tongue weight will be taken off the back wheels of the TV, and shifted forward to front wheels of the TV. As a consequence a very small portion of the weight will be back-loaded to the TT wheels. Because of the relatively long moment arm, the actual weight shifted back to TT should be really small; on an R-pod it will be something in the neighborhood of 40 or 50 pounds.
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voisj
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Posted: 11 Feb 2018 at 6:59pm |
More Mods: Quote. Added box for batteries from etrailer. (Tried Harbor
Fr, but they couldn't seem to get the toolbox and would not sale the
display. Fine.) paid more, but it is a really nice box except for drilling holes.
The box is perfect for the batteries less the plastic boxes. Anyone see
a problem not using the plastic boxes?
Texman, Here's my new 6 volt set up (finally killed the g24's). I used the plastic boxes and just screwed them down to the bottom of the box as the easiest way to keep them secured. As I also put other things in the box i didn't want anything to puncture the batteries or hit the posts and ground them out. Just got back from 4 days camping and they lasted straight through!, love it so far.
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