New owner torn on a new truck.

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Arctic_fox, Jan 22, 2021.

  1. Arctic_fox

    Arctic_fox Experienced mx13 execrator

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    Not enough room. Biggest pannel i can fit up there wirh the tarp rolled is around 50 watts and would be a whole thing since mine is a sealing tarp. So goes over the cap and uses that bow to "lock" the tarp.

    Ive used just about every square inch of top space worth a #### at this point.

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    Even have hood pannels ordered for it. I can always drill into my ferrings and put a pannel between them but it would be a ridgid one and a whole thing to add and support so not worth it. I can and likely will add some custom pannels to the ferrings to test the whole concept and if its crap, well better a cheap test then to drop thousands on my trailer. Figure my hood pannels were $700 for both and those were a weird 1 off shape. So a pair of much easier rectangles should be maybe $500? Which is not that expensive for a concept test.
     
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  3. Siinman

    Siinman Road Train Member

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    For the price it might not be a bad deal. I would give it a try if you are willing to take a chance. It really just matters if you can park in the right areas.
     
  4. Cdemars316

    Cdemars316 Heavy Load Member

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    What's the wattage on your roof? Me personally I would add a shore power charger to the system and run a harbor freight generator as a back up to recharge during resets. That is my plans anyway
     
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