What items do we carry in our HDT? // Full Time RV // HDT RV Hauler
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- We were asked about the tools we carry in our HDT RV Hauler. Jim shows what we carry in our HDT and some other suggested items for RV travel.
Items mentioned in this video:
Viair 12V RV Compressor: amzn.to/2VYjkPG
Garmin RV770 GPS: amzn.to/2Y42oJs
EEZ Tire TPMS: amzn.to/2VY74OT
Rear Backup Camera: amzn.to/2TxFs6w
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********** WHO WE ARE ************************
We are Jim and Kellie, a retired couple living full time in our RV and traveling North America in our Heavy Duty RV Hauler, 5th wheel and Smart car. We get to have the freedom to travel the continent, soak up all this beautiful land has to offer, and then fall asleep in our own beds! We are Believers and really enjoy visiting different churches while we travel and are connected with Limitless Church Spokane.
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********* VEHICLES *****************************
Tow Vehicle: 2016 Western Star 5700xe
DD-13 Engine tuned at 505hp
DT-10 Automatic Transmission with double overdrive
Daily Driver: 2017 Smart Prime Cabrio
RV: 2017 DRV Mobile Suites 38RSSA
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I have been driving truck 20 years and we call those boxes side boxes. Jockey box I believe are extra boxes that attach to the frame for the truck
In the trucking industry, side box is the only name I've heard in 30+ years. Truck manufacturers call them luggage compartments. But I've heard several HDT owners in the rv industry call them jockey boxes. Not sure who started it.
Two things.
1) Tensioner pulleys if any, to be kept with the belts. I find the pulleys bearings going at close to the same time as the belts.
2) Safety triangles are required by law for large trucks, in most jurisdictions that I know of.
Cheers guys
Just re-watched this after your Oct. 8 interior tour. Very cool setup. Travel safe.
Thanks Bob. We appreciate you coming along and glad you enjoyed it.
This was really good!! I've been wondering what to have but was afraid to ask. Thank you so much.
As a heavy duty tow truck driver every 3rd or fourth tow I do is a failure of a cooling system. Most of them is a hose blow out. My advise is to carry in truck at list 15 gallons of antifreeze , and set of all water lines and hoses and tights for them !!!
For your reference if you hire mobile mechanich to deliver antifreeze for you , it will cost you $250 per hour plus each gallon of antifreeze will cost you at list $50+ (the one wich in Walmart is $10) !! Small repairs like replace water house you can do your self and save your self a lots of money by being fully staffed with parts and materials !!!
Why do you carry a 12 volt compressor when you have a 18 cfm compressor under the hood of the Western Star? You should tap into one of your air tanks and run a line to a quick connect to the rear of the truck. I run a 1" impact gun off my rig for the rare occasions I need to change a tire.
Hi Tyler. We do have air connectors at the back of the truck...and we do carry an air hose, but the compressor doesn't kick-in until well below 100 PSI and our tires on the coach are 125 PSI, so you get into a "chase the air pressure" situation.
Wowzers - you are VERY prepared!!
Wow! Very impressed on how well organized you have everything. Gotta love Costco and their storage bins. Learned lots from watching and will definitely be adding some of the tools you use to my kit when we hit the road full time. 👍
Glad we could help....and thanks for watching.
I’m going to be that guy, your truck is a air compressor why not tap in to your air tanks and use your truck air?
Great video. Thanks for all your content.
+1. .. Informative and entertaining. .. Many thanks. .. Volvo VNL 780 D16
Thank you! 👍
@@SuiteTravels .. We sourced the HDT Volvo Toter ... If the Tiny Home completion could speed it up. .. Safe travels, be well. .. Mike und Ingrid Schneider
Absolutely enjoy watching your videos
Thanks Gregory! We appreciate it.
Great Video, Were in Ontario Canada. I am planning on moving up simply due to safety concerns. On our first trip to the east coast.... I lost 6 tires before we reached Truro Nova Scotia. I got swapping out tires down to 20 minutes. I ended up in a Princess Auto stores parking lot. The store manager & assistant manager set me up with 4 new rims (not the cheap crap that was on the NEW trailer)and heavier tires so we could carry on our way. It was so hot out that they kept sending out staff to check on me and kept bringing us bottled water. Thank You Princess Auto. But wait it gets better, I say that as we lost our rear axle on our trailer while on the way home from Arizona in Texas a year later. The sticker said the axles were 5,000lb, NOT, they put 3500lb's under the trailer so we were overloading them. Thank you Golf Stream. So we left the trailer in Texas as trucked home like the Beverly hillbillies from TV fame. I returned to Texas 2 weeks later to get the trailer, out fitted with 4400lb's because the 5000lb axles would not fit. I took it to Gulf Streams factory, again nothing done. When I returned home and up graded the tires again to 10ply Goodyear's, with 2 extra's on the rear bumper. We also moved up to a 2500HD Ram as our tongue weight is 1100lb, just a bit heavy for a 1500 series in my mind. We spend about 5 months a year traveling now. But have major ideas for the future. I can't wait to retire and get some real traveling in. John
That's quite a story John....sounds like to take it in stride though. Would love to cross paths and swap stories some day. Welcome to our community and stay in touch!
Very good information, thanks for sharing.
Very informative. This is one of your best.
Thanks Ed. We keep trying!
Great video!
Thanks Paul!
I'm not trying to be a smarty pants. I use to drive over the road years ago. No more weight then you carry. You can lower air in your truck. I have run 90 psi in drive tires and 100 psi. You do what you comfortable doing. Love watching you vedio's. Good luck God bless you guys.
Thanks Ronald! We are now running 100 psi in the front and 85 in the rears. Seems to be working pretty well. Thanks for the kind words and advice.
Maybe I missed it Jim (and if so I apologize) but the No. 1 most important tool that should be carried for anyone who tows trailers of any kind, is a fire extinguisher. And while I believe it is the most important tool a driver can carry, I hope it is the least used.
Agreed Dave....ours is in the cab of the truck and in the coach as well.
Need a spire steering tire for the Truck, you can not run a recap tire on the steering axle of the Truck you can run them on the drive axle, so having a steer tire can be used on the steer axle or the drive axle's, having a spire will also save you money in the long run, not having one you will end up paying the tire company's PRICE, also harbor freight sale's a air over hydraulic 20 Ton jack at you can run off your Truck and pick up both Truck and Trailer when hooked, Milwaukee make's a cordless 1'' impact that will take your lug nut off and on your Truck, just in case your in the middle of no where, thank's Jim
it's like those storage bins are made of some type of magic. Every time you reached in more stuff comes out. How deep are they wow. I can fit a kid inside that. People please don't put kids in storage bins... You have more tools then I have EVER seen on an RV. WOW. Great info and well done. Keep them coming for sure.
Thanks Drew....you never know when you're going to need tools on the road! And no....please don't put kids in the storage bins 😂
lol I carry more than that, short and deep sockets sae and metric in 1/4 3/8 1/2 and 3/4 wrenches short med and long going up to 2" and a selection of specialty tools. but I can work on big trucks.
You have an air compressor already on the truck. All you need is an air hose that connects to the glad hand
He may not have a gladhand setup anymore..
Excellent video! Learned a lot! 1 thing though, I've needed a few times, an found out, it's come in handy! That's a Medical Kit aka Emergency Bag! I have in mine, all the basics! But also a few special things! Scissors, Medical Tape, Hydrogen Peroxide, Various "Anti" Creams an Savs! Anti-Biotic Sav, Anti-Itch (The Pink Stuff) cream, etc. If you have your animals on board, all their medicines, etc. Also, don't forget keep some Benadryl and or any other Anti-Allergy or Sinus Type Medicines! But yes, a Medical Kit or Bag, is Great to have On the Road! :)
Very much agree Kevin. We have a kit inside the truck.
@@SuiteTravels That's Cool! Well you didn't say! So I didn't know! :) Keep up the Great Videos! :)
FMCA and Escapees Road side service is handled by the same company. I would go with Coachnet. More expensive but better service. I have used both Good Sam & Escape road side and I have trouble with them every time I need help. In fact I have had to locate help on my own as they were no help.
Get you an air hose that you can hook up to your airline that way you can air up your tires much faster than your compressor you should just use your compressor and emergency😁👍. You get them at the truck stop and the holes is at least 50 ft long they work great with compressor off your truck.
I have never towed anything in my life. Drove tanks ran over a ton of stuff. Never towed. I would love to see you all make a video on towing and backing that big 5th wheel into a space. Like a big open parking lot. Explain tail swing. I don't think many videos are on that and I feel your guys can explain it really well. Love to see drone shots of it to! just a request..... You did a great job on this video you leave me asking for more... Like a fat kid needing some ice cream!
Great video idea! Love to hear video requests. We'll try and do that.....if nothing else but to satisfy your ice cream fix!
Excellent, very informative.
That was a decent list to start. I certainly hope you carry a high quality medical kit but did not show it because you thought it did not fit in this segment. Also I would suggest you should consider carrying extra antifreeze, and fuel filters. Spare fuses and bulbs as well.
All good items Josh....this was one of our first videos on the HDT and have learned quite a bit since then. Appreciate the comments and we do carry most of what you mentioned. Thanks for coming along!
@@SuiteTravels thank you for the reply! I figured you did. I love your videos and look forward to seeing where the road takes you. You all work hard to bring quality content!
I carry a complete set of oil & fuel filters. I have had fuel filters suddenly clog requiring my changing the filter. Should I not had the fuel filter I would have been forced to drive around 20mp hour until I reached the next town with a truck stop or truck supply.
Do you believe that a sleeper on the tractor is a must, that space could be used as a garage for a motorcycle?
No, the sleeper isn't a must and we've seen some turn them into toy storage. It just depends on what you're needs are. All it takes is an idea! Thanks for watching Mark!
Why did you decide to stay with two axles in the rear instead of a single
A couple of reasons Ronald....singling is rather expensive and we didn't think the cost vs benefit was worth it. Since we left it tandem we can make it a OTR truck again and sell it with low miles.
Fuel and oil filters and oil filter and filters wrenchs
I used to carry extra filters with me, but I don't service them myself so it didn't make any sense to carry them with us. If I had a "normal" truck I would definitely carry them with us.
Suite Travels I would definitely carry spare fuel filters for this truck. You have actually done very well about the things you are carrying for the coach and truck but I would carry spare fuel filter. It is not nearly as bad as it used to be about getting water or trash in fuel anymore especially if you are fueling at the major truck stops. Occasionally tho you might have to fuel at a small place or maybe get cheaper fuel then might get water! Or maybe even get moisture in tanks from normal use. Might even carry a bottle of fuel treatment or alcohol to add to fuel just in case.
WHAT IS THE POWER RATING AND REAR END GEAR RATIO OF YOUR WESTERN STAR? HOW'S YOUR FUEL ECONOMY BEEN??? EVER CONSIDER SINGLE DRIVE AXLE SET UP????
505hp with .308 gears. We average 8.5mpg. We decided not to single for a couple of reasons: it's very expensive to delete an axle, re-program the truck's computer and build a new driveline. We also wanted to leave it tandem so if we ever wanted to sell as an OTR we could do that.
AAA Auto Club 80.00 Year
I carry extra fuel filters. Where did you get your 16 foot ladder?
Hi John. Good advice. The ladder was purchased years ago at Costco. It's the multi-foldable style.
What about DEF extra? What year did the DEF started? Enjoy your video.
Hi Harold. Thanks for the kind words. I believe the DEF started in 2008 (but I may be incorrect). Our 2007 Freightliner didn't require DEF. We don't carry DEF because we have a large enough DEF tank to get us quite a distance and we always fill it at the truck stops. Thanks for watching!
Why don’t you plumb a couple quick fittings and carry an air hose?
Ok, you have the hose and connections. What are the advantages of the little compressor?
Are you really 13’7” or did you just put some buffer in for safety?
Very informative. Everyone will hopefully find their comfort zone of what they need to carry. I think you have found a happy median. If you can find the space and have a reason, then carry it. Definitely with a DHT you don’t have to worry about weight.
No torqu wrench
CAN WE GET A TOUR OF THE TRUCK INTERIOR?
We've actually discussed that....I can't promise when but we'll get it done. You're not the only one that has requested a tour 😎
@@SuiteTravels LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. MAYBE WE MEET UP SOMEDAY. STAY SAFE OUT THERE.
How did you convert the air to electric.brake
We installed the Tuson Brake Controller in the truck Nicolas.