What did you do to your Toy Hauler today???

bkirkpatrick wrote:

Crazy Cooter wrote:
I built some carpeted shelves for the front compartment to cover exposed power terminals/cables. Storage in this model is at a premium, so you have to be organized!

Are those 8D or 4D?

Deka AGM 8D'S

Was a nice day today so I went up on the roof and inspected it, found a few cracks in the lap sealant on the front trim so I resealed it. Fired up the fridge furnace and let things run for a while.
I bought an Xantrex 1000w inverter last week so I also spent about an hour deciding where I am going to mount it. Dug through my garage and amazingly enough I had pretty much everything I need for the install except a length of shielded wire to run from the inverter to the power transfer switch. I'll post some pic's of the install once it is all hooked up...

Spent the weekend at Ocotillo watching my generator run for 10 minutes at a time and then shut off and then throw error codes. I am convinced that the Onan 5500 is the biggest P.O.S. out there next to Ford's 6.0 diesel engine.

Crazy Cooter wrote:
I built some carpeted shelves for the front compartment to cover exposed power terminals/cables. Storage in this model is at a premium, so you have to be organized!

Are those 8D or 4D?

Judy D wrote:
I installed plexi glass on the screen door to help with heat loss / ac loss
so now I can leave the door open and still keep the toy hauler cool or warm .
Judy D.

Do you have pictures of this? Sounds like a great idea I may need to do!

I figured when they ship a pallet batteries, they are stacked 2-4 high, so no worries.

Yep, sit right on top. I have been putting stuff on top of them for the past year and a half with no indication of case deforming. Just now may something wont short the cables in transit?

The cases are pretty thick.

Nice shelves over the batteries,but do they actually sit on the batteries? Seems like a lot of weight with the water bottles there.

Almost forgot the shelf I built for the satellite box below in the A/V cabinet. Now I can leave it there while in transit:



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I built some carpeted shelves for the front compartment to cover exposed power terminals/cables. Storage in this model is at a premium, so you have to be organized!

Before:



Made some wood spacers to get the plywood up off the battery valves:



Carpeted and installed:



12V Refer/freezer sandwiched in there with storage for beer/soda:


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