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Forum: Manufacturer Discussion 07-11-2021, 07:29 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,995
Posted By porky69
If you are looking for the switches the one for...

If you are looking for the switches the one for the living room is mounted on the wall between the fridge and the shower (there is another momentary on/off switch on this wall as well and that is the...
Forum: Manufacturer Discussion 06-30-2021, 08:54 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,995
Posted By porky69
What exactly are you looking for? I have a...

What exactly are you looking for?

I have a 2007 Haulmark and haven't seen any kind of "controller" for the slides, just rocker switches to reverse the polarity.
Forum: Wanted: Conversions, HDT, MDT, Parts or Accessories 05-21-2021, 08:41 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,838
Posted By porky69
Try your local truck tire shop to start. or...

Try your local truck tire shop to start.

or Catalog:Â*Â* Highway 22.50", Hub Piloted Wheels | Wheels Now Inc. Catalog (https://www.wheelsnowinc.com/catalog/index.php?appID=1&mountingID=2&diaID=14)
Forum: Building Your Own 05-10-2021, 09:15 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,465
Posted By porky69
Ask at a local truck wrecker.... There are...

Ask at a local truck wrecker.... There are thousands of double frame trucks on the road, so they should be in the wrecking yards too.....
Forum: Building Your Own 05-06-2021, 11:40 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,465
Posted By porky69
Call a local heavy truck wrecker and buy a chunk...

Call a local heavy truck wrecker and buy a chunk of used frame.
Forum: Truck Conversion General Discussions 12-26-2020, 07:41 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,656
Posted By porky69
Check with any truck equipment shops in your...

Check with any truck equipment shops in your area. Look for companies that install tanks, dry van boxes, gravel boxes, etc.
Forum: Building Your Own 11-27-2020, 11:13 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,595
Posted By porky69
Unless you stay at campgrounds that are way more...

Unless you stay at campgrounds that are way more level than the ones I stay at I am sure you will want a levelling system. Plus if the trailer chassis you use is air-ride (the only way I would go,...
Forum: Truck Conversion General Discussions 11-21-2019, 10:09 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,656
Posted By porky69
From what I can recall from days long gone...

From what I can recall from days long gone by.....if you take a gas engine and put propane on it, it will run properly, but not as efficiently(power wise) as an engine built for propane. But when...
Forum: Building Your Own 04-11-2019, 11:33 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 10,993
Posted By porky69
Showhauler use VHB tape to skin their coaches,...

Showhauler use VHB tape to skin their coaches, and has done so fo years. If you watch one of their videos they touch on the subject briefly.
Forum: Truck Conversion General Discussions 03-30-2019, 11:26 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,579
Posted By porky69
Last summer I had to replace the Michelin XZA2...

Last summer I had to replace the Michelin XZA2 Energy 295/80R22.5 that the dealer put on my coach when I bought it 6yrs ago due to dry rot(only have about 10,000miles on them. The dealer chain my...
Forum: Truck Conversion General Discussions 03-28-2019, 08:40 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 5,407
Posted By porky69
Any light that does not have a SAE or DOT...

Any light that does not have a SAE or DOT Approval number on them is illegal for on road use. Not that this stops most people.

These lights...
Forum: Building Your Own 03-16-2019, 07:36 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 4,561
Posted By porky69
The one pictured above went for $63,000 according...

The one pictured above went for $63,000 according to the auction website. See full results here:
...
Forum: Building Your Own 02-21-2019, 09:35 PM
Replies: 147
Views: 33,597
Posted By porky69
On this forum you have to be patient, some times...

On this forum you have to be patient, some times it can be a few days between new posts.

As far as the avatar go into your USER Control Panel and select edit Avatar, then select use custom avatar...
Forum: Building Your Own 12-23-2018, 09:59 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 16,283
Posted By porky69
Every box I have ever seen has had hardwood...

Every box I have ever seen has had hardwood between the truck frame and box frame, a kind of sacrificial wear plate.
Forum: Truck Conversion General Discussions 12-18-2018, 05:45 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 5,407
Posted By porky69
Strange....when I click on the link on my laptop...

Strange....when I click on the link on my laptop it filters properly but on my phone it doesn't.

If you filter by Freightliner and marker lights it brings up 6 possible teardrop LED lights.
...
Forum: Truck Conversion General Discussions 12-18-2018, 09:15 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 5,407
Posted By porky69
Any of these look like they would work. ...

Any of these look like they would work.

https://www.iowa80.com/browse/semi-truck-lights-led-marker-lights/LEDMARKER/

The 2 expensive ones look bright.
Forum: Wanted: Conversions, HDT, MDT, Parts or Accessories 11-26-2018, 10:59 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 7,720
Posted By porky69
Your current ball hitch is NOT meant to accept a...

Your current ball hitch is NOT meant to accept a lunette(pintle) ring with an additional piece, it is designed that way to give it proper support for up to a 25,000lb trailer.

If you want a...
Forum: Truck Conversion General Discussions 11-12-2018, 11:30 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 20,892
Posted By porky69
Thanks for posting. Pretty much what I had...

Thanks for posting. Pretty much what I had envisioned.

So to hold the new LED lights into your custom buckets you used the just the retaining ring from the JW Speaker mounting kits?

What you...
Forum: Truck Conversion General Discussions 11-11-2018, 09:45 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 20,892
Posted By porky69
I am not a member on that site so I can't see the...

I am not a member on that site so I can't see the pictures but thats ok, I have a pretty good mental image of what you did.
Forum: Truck Conversion General Discussions 11-11-2018, 10:34 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 20,892
Posted By porky69
Petrel do you have any pictures of the...

Petrel do you have any pictures of the modifications you had to make to the stock buckets to mount the Evolution 2's? I plan on(and have been planning for several years now) doing something similar...
Forum: Aftermarket 08-31-2018, 12:54 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 10,356
Posted By porky69
EGR flow is not monitored, it will still sense...

EGR flow is not monitored, it will still sense the EGR valve operating so it thinks everything works. The older the engine the simpler they get.
Forum: Aftermarket 08-27-2018, 04:51 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 10,356
Posted By porky69
Most of the mechanics that I know that work on...

Most of the mechanics that I know that work on them say they seem to do better in vocational or regional (gravel trucks, local delivery trucks, etc) applications, where engine loads and speed varies...
Forum: Aftermarket 08-27-2018, 07:35 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 10,356
Posted By porky69
Read the first two posts here (plus many more on...

Read the first two posts here (plus many more on that wonderful engine)....


https://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/threads/mbe-4000-mercedes-engines.26048/page-3
Forum: Truck Conversion General Discussions 05-12-2018, 11:11 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,305
Posted By porky69
I made my own ball platform(with bushpilots pics...

I made my own ball platform(with bushpilots pics for reference), it is on a Haulmark but looking at the pictures for a Renegade it looks the same. Here is a link to the thread on these hitches, post...
Forum: Building Your Own 11-23-2017, 09:04 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 6,714
Posted By porky69
Beaudacious, where in Canada are you? Must be...

Beaudacious, where in Canada are you? Must be down east.....Out west we have lots of truck conversions. I am in southern Alberta and i know of at least a dozen within 50miles of me. I have even...
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