Hey Rev, were you in Flordia today? One less trailer in the pool.

http://www.miamiherald.com/466/story/653310.html

 

:shock:


Yeah, that was me and my big ass. 8)

 

What are all those boxes around the trailer. Everyone knows that Landstar doesn't have any freight in Florida. :P

 

Sure they do. Cheap freight. :lol:

 

It says dozens of boxes. Must have been LTL

 

hey Rev you got the fire now you need one of these..

http://www.trucksleeper.com/images/O...BQ%20GRILL.pdf

 

That's actually a very scary concept right there.

 

YEEEEW! A BBQ that hangs down close to the pavement!

Can you say "Urinated" BBQ? :? :? :shock:

 

Time for (yet another) update.

Since I unexpectedly got home this weekend, I took the opportunity to redo the exhaust system. Here are the results:


As you can see, the exhaust now runs up the back of the sleeper above the truck. It is secured directly to the back of the sleeper via two exhaust clamps.


I had a turnout put on the top of the stack, to keep rain from getting in.


It was a very tight fit to get it under the truck, but luckily the exhaust shop that bent the pipe for me did a good job. Considering I didn't have the truck there, and simply went in and told them what I want, I think I got VERY lucky.


On the back of the generator, I had to widen the exhaust. The pipe coming off the muffler was only 3/4", so I had to widen it to 1 1/4" to match the flex pipe that I already had. All of this is welded directly onto the exhaust pipe. In fact, the only spot where there are any exhaust clamps are where the flex pipe hooks to the muffler. The flex pipe on the other end where it hooks to the stack is welded.


This is the only spot that concerns me. due to limited space, I was forced to put a 90 degree turn in the pipe. Unfortunately, a curved 90 degree elbow wouldn't work, so it had to be a sharp 90 degree turn. I'm hoping that this isn't creating backpressure, but I am worried that it is. The exhaust system is much louder now than it was before, and it seems that most of the noise is coming from inside the box. Since I can't smell any exhaust leaks inside the box, my only conclusion that I've come to is that the sharp 90 degree turn is what is causing it. The flow seems good enough out of the stack, and the entire system gradually gets larger and larger (going from 3/4" at the source to 1 1/4" at the flex pipe, to 1 1/2" at the stack), so if there is restriction, that is where it is. Short of cutting the muffler pipe off and putting something completely different on, however, I'm not quite sure what to do.

I may also put some sort of rubber dampener between the stack and the back of the sleeper. I can definitely hear the vibration inside the sleeper from it. It also gets kind of warm, however, so I'm not entirely sure what to use as a spacer between the stack and the sleeper. Any suggestions?

 

Since the exhaust is mounted to the cab and the generator to the frame is that going to flex enough with the air ride on the cab ? I couldn't tell from the pics. If you haven't already I would unhook the linkage from the leveling valve and run it manually all the way down and all the way up to ensure everything is good. At a local job I once had we got a new day cab truck. For transport purposes to the dealership they had the exhaust stack off of it and the leveling valve linkage for the cab unhooked. The first thing they did was put the stack on and face the bolts on the clamp toward the cab so it wasn't really visible. Everything was good until they hooked up the linkage for the cab air ride and the cab came up into the clamp. They didn't notice it and drove it to deliver it to us and it was the first thing I noticed when they pulled in. It gouged the shit out of the cab. So now I notice stuff like that even more. 8) 8)