Author |
Share Topic Topic Search Topic Options
|
lostagain
Senior Member
Joined: 06 Sep 2016
Location: Quaker Hill, CT
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2595
|
Topic: Just bought a used Rpod Posted: 27 May 2019 at 1:17pm |
I've had 3 trips to our favorite campground cancelled due to late opening. Now the target date is June 21, over a month late. But I'm not complaining, mind you, we had a wonderful winter with a badly needed snowpack. Out west one should never complain about precipitation or the rain god will hear it and turn off the spigot, leaving us to dry out as we did a couple years back.
|
Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney
Sonoma 167RB
Our Pod 172
2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost
|
 |
GlueGuy
Senior Member
Joined: 15 May 2017
Location: N. California
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2705
|
Posted: 27 May 2019 at 10:49am |
Originally posted by lostagain
I meant that it didn't get broke bent yet. I can still see the camber. And when I meditate on the condition of the axle, it tells me that its in synchronization with each wheel gliding effortlessly down the road, except there's no where to go because the camp grounds in the Sierras are still closed and full of snow.  |
Indeed. Saw on the weather report this morning that Squaw Valley has had 715 inches of snow for this season. That is just short of 60 FEET of snow. Some of the high sierra camps will not open this year at all; it will just take too long to dig out and provision.
|
bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River
2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost
|
 |
lostagain
Senior Member
Joined: 06 Sep 2016
Location: Quaker Hill, CT
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2595
|
Posted: 18 May 2019 at 8:01am |
I meant that it didn't get broke bent yet. I can still see the camber. And when I meditate on the condition of the axle, it tells me that its in synchronization with each wheel gliding effortlessly down the road, except there's no where to go because the camp grounds in the Sierras are still closed and full of snow.
|
Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney
Sonoma 167RB
Our Pod 172
2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost
|
 |
podwerkz
Senior Member
Joined: 11 Mar 2019
Location: Texas
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 966
|
Posted: 17 May 2019 at 11:54pm |
Originally posted by lostagain
.... and the axle ain't bent yet.
|
It was when it left the factory....what happened?
|
r・pod 171 gone but not forgotten!
|
 |
lostagain
Senior Member
Joined: 06 Sep 2016
Location: Quaker Hill, CT
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2595
|
Posted: 17 May 2019 at 6:19pm |
I use the Zen of measurement and just go by what feels right.  And my brakes still work and the axle ain't bent yet.
|
Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney
Sonoma 167RB
Our Pod 172
2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost
|
 |
mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 07 Apr 2016
Location: Greenbrier, TN
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3419
|
Posted: 17 May 2019 at 6:14pm |
I have a pressure gauge, a torque wrench, an IR Gun, also EEZ tire system on Pod, and when I first got Pod I cleaned up the wiring and secured it on the bottom of Pod. Four years - no issues, knock on wood.
|
Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."
|
 |
offgrid
Senior Member
Joined: 23 Jul 2018
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5290
|
Posted: 17 May 2019 at 5:58pm |
I have a calibrated tongue, as in when I put my tongue on battery terminals I can tell about what voltage it is (but not to 10mV like your power supply). And I've never tested my 200V Prius battery that way 
Not that far off topic really yet, but we we're still working it....
|
1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft
2015 Rpod 179 - sold
|
 |
podwerkz
Senior Member
Joined: 11 Mar 2019
Location: Texas
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 966
|
Posted: 17 May 2019 at 3:01pm |
After awhile a truck driver can learn by the sound of the tire buddy (or the flat palm) thumping the dual tires, about what they are inflated to. Now, you can't tell 90 psi from 100 psi just by thumping, but you can tell if all the rest are around 100 psi and one is low, say, 75 psi, just by the sound of the thumps.
And a really low tire will make a dull thud.
Boy did we wander off-topic....probably my fault...again...
|
r・pod 171 gone but not forgotten!
|
 |
GlueGuy
Senior Member
Joined: 15 May 2017
Location: N. California
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2705
|
Posted: 17 May 2019 at 2:06pm |
Originally posted by podwerkz
I don't need no stinkin' IR thermometer.....I just reach around and quickly touch the drums with the back of my knuckles. I can tell really fast if one is hotter than the other!
I will also grab the hubs, kick the tires, place my palm on the tread, and feel and smell for anything hot. I do this after nearly every highway run, when getting gas, taking a pee-break, whatever.
Of course, I've got a few million miles driving trucks. Comes with the territory. |
I know people who claimed they had calibrated elbows and did not need a torque wrench. 
... but seriously, you would be amazed at how accurate you can get with things like this with a bit (or a lot) of experience. That said, using a tool (like an IR thermometer or torque wrench) is still a good idea for the rest of us who are not "calibrated" appropriately.
|
bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River
2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost
|
 |
podwerkz
Senior Member
Joined: 11 Mar 2019
Location: Texas
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 966
|
Posted: 17 May 2019 at 1:57pm |
Right knuckles: Fahrenheit. Left knuckles: Celsius.
I do the F to C or C to F conversion in my head while I'm walking around to the other side and using the opposite hand. The smell of burning flesh means that there was a mountain behind me.
Hey, you asked! 
Duct tape is fine, but my lab supply is calibrated to 1/100th of a volt. I be in the know, don't cha know.
|
r・pod 171 gone but not forgotten!
|
 |