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    how level do you really have to be?

    just had MorRyde install their independent suspension, disc brakes and Goodyear G114's 17.5" tires. Even though they shimmed their IS up 2" inches I'm still 5" high at the king pin from being level on a 40 foot trailer. I can lower the truck hitch an inch and the trailers hitch looks like it...
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    MorRyde IS? does it yield a meaningfully smoother ride for the trailer

    Those of you who have invested in IS, how strongly do you feel that it produces a smoother ride for the trailer and therefore less wear and tear on the trailer. On a scale of 1-10 how strongly do you feel that is does yield a significantly better ride? Would you say that a smoother ride is the...
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    anybody got recent opinion about coleman mach 8 a/c unit.....are they still really really LOUD outside

    15,000 BTU Mach 8 ultra low profile model last summer stayed next to a 5th wheel with two of these and they were so loud we could not stand to be sitting outside when they were running, which meant all the time. is the condenser fan still a 5 or 6 blades, i know that was part of the problem.
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    Xantrex gen support or Magnum load support or Victron power assist or Samlex power boost

    anybody got experience with any of these hybrid inverter/chargers that control all sources of energy - shore+gen+batteries? They can grab power from the batteries for short spike events like when you start up an a/c unit if your shore or generator can't do it without a voltage drop. none of...
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    anybody heard about a variable speed inverter a/c roof top unit

    Dometic sells a roof top ac unit in Australia that is a variable speed inverter compressor. It allows the unit to start at a low speed greatly reducing the amperage spike at startup, and then ramps up speed to match the ac cooling demand. wouldn't that solve a lot of problems trying to run...
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    generator for running down the road

    I'm considering a new Bighorn 3970RD, a big trailer for only two a/c's in the Texas summer. So I wanted to ask if anyone has had any luck in running at least one a/c from a generator in the truck bed. I like the Champion Inverters because they are only 18.3 inches tall and will fit under my...
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