Duffstone
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- Sep 16, 2019
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- Oklahoma City
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- 2019 Wrangler JL 2door
@CoolTech can you explain what the red wire does with regard to supplemental braking? I watched a tutorial install of your harness for the JL and it's well within my capabilities I think, I just get nervous when removing trim and such. But the tutorial didn't use the red wire and didn't give a good explanation of what it did.
@lightsout I agree with your assessment. I have a 2019 Thor Windsport 29m (F53 chassis w/V10 engine), 18K/23K gross weight rated. I took it to a cat scale with empty water tanks, full gas tank & full propane tank, and just the complementary starter kit that came with the rig (sewer hose, fresh water hose, chocks, Electrical umbilical & adapters / surge protectors), and it came in at 15,760 lbs, 10,260 on the rear, 5500 on the front. My family isn't a small one so Add 700lbs for people weight and that leaves 1,500 lbs of cargo. I agree with you, that 1500 lbs isn't much, and I've expressed that concern many times over the last month. Hopefully the family can keep their cargo on the light side.
I haven't made it to the CAT scale yet with my Jeep, but I suspect that it's more of the same. We'll probably be pushing the 23K GCWR the whole time...
However, we live in Oklahoma where it's mostly flat, and intended to stay state bound until I get 100% comfortable with the setup and get all my aftermarket suspension mods installed on the RV. Only thing left right now are the sumo springs on the rear, I have them, just haven't installed them yet. I'd also like to get a beefier front sway bar, but haven't purchased one yet. Otherwise the rear sway bar has been replaced, a rear torsion bar was installed, and the safetyPlus steering stabilizer has been installed.
I figure I won't be ready to hit our first national park till summer, and by then I should know what, if any, other upgrades need to be done before hitting the Mt's. of NM & CO. I'll keep an eye on the brakes like you mentioned, as that's an easy upgrade here on flat land if they prove to be trash like you say.
Thanks for the advice!
-Duff
@lightsout I agree with your assessment. I have a 2019 Thor Windsport 29m (F53 chassis w/V10 engine), 18K/23K gross weight rated. I took it to a cat scale with empty water tanks, full gas tank & full propane tank, and just the complementary starter kit that came with the rig (sewer hose, fresh water hose, chocks, Electrical umbilical & adapters / surge protectors), and it came in at 15,760 lbs, 10,260 on the rear, 5500 on the front. My family isn't a small one so Add 700lbs for people weight and that leaves 1,500 lbs of cargo. I agree with you, that 1500 lbs isn't much, and I've expressed that concern many times over the last month. Hopefully the family can keep their cargo on the light side.
I haven't made it to the CAT scale yet with my Jeep, but I suspect that it's more of the same. We'll probably be pushing the 23K GCWR the whole time...
However, we live in Oklahoma where it's mostly flat, and intended to stay state bound until I get 100% comfortable with the setup and get all my aftermarket suspension mods installed on the RV. Only thing left right now are the sumo springs on the rear, I have them, just haven't installed them yet. I'd also like to get a beefier front sway bar, but haven't purchased one yet. Otherwise the rear sway bar has been replaced, a rear torsion bar was installed, and the safetyPlus steering stabilizer has been installed.
I figure I won't be ready to hit our first national park till summer, and by then I should know what, if any, other upgrades need to be done before hitting the Mt's. of NM & CO. I'll keep an eye on the brakes like you mentioned, as that's an easy upgrade here on flat land if they prove to be trash like you say.
Thanks for the advice!
-Duff
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