Winegard In-Motion RoadTrip Mission Satellite

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  1. TruckDuo

    TruckDuo Road Train Member

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    Anyone own this ? Will this work on a Cascadia that is 13'6 ?
     
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  3. flood

    flood Road Train Member

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    well it needs to be at least 2" above the roof... that will put it between 13'6"-13'7" (your truck is 13'3"-13'4" trailer is 13'5" ish)

    now for the bad part when you have it mounted on the back of the sleeper it will be sticking out about 25"-27" (it's 22.5" thick) do you have that much room if you have it mounted...? also remember the corners of the trailer will get closer when you make a turn so it must be mounted in the corner of the sleeper and even then the top of the trailer get closer when you go into a uphill driveway...... a good rule is if it sticks out past your cab extenders your going to hit it at some point with your trailer......

    some people get away with it.... I can't because I keep my trailer all the way forward
     
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  4. Balakov100

    Balakov100 Road Train Member

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    Well if you can mount it close to the middle, shouldn't have any Trailer Corner issues. (?)

    We have EpicVue on our trucks, and it's in the middle. Haven't had any issues with it.
     
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  5. flood

    flood Road Train Member

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    your system is a NON-In-Motion system.... ie CAN'T be used to watch LIVE shows when the truck is going down the road and really is way to much.... if you like it great but at $59 a month on a 3 year contract (per website) so in 3 years you will spend $2,132 to watch direct tv when your not moving...

    I can get a vuqube IN-MOTION and everything dish (even HD) has
    for 3 years for under $1,000 (vuqube VQV30 $405) I have dish at the house so I just add a receiver (with DVR) to my account for $15 a month..... running team 1 driver can use it when the truck is going down the road, when running solo I can set it to record the shows I like and then when stopped I can watch them.... only IN MOTION can to that

    and btw having you dish mounted in the center is the place it is most likely to get hit... yes when your going straight you have lots of room (I have 33") now park your truck and trailer at a 45 and check again..... I had a standard dish mounted on the back of my truck (like you have on your house) the end of it was 23" from the back of the sleeper...... I hit it when I backed into a dock.... had to hinge the arm so it would fold when I was driving......
     
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  6. flood

    flood Road Train Member

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    just to add same truck and trailer that when park straight had 33" from trailer to sleeper had 17" from the trailer corner to middle of sleeper, when parked at a 45..... again that was on FLAT GROUND....

    so on my truck with the hitch all the way to the front NO DISH can be mounted in the middle of the sleeper or it WILL get hit when turning...

    I would get a vuqube but I now have dish WITH SLING at the house so all I need to do is hook my tablet to the TV and with the dish app I can watch anything on my system at home in the truck.... I'm also grandfathered in unlimited data with Verizon so I don't know or even care how much data I use..... if I didn't have that then I would get a vuqube and mount it on the drivers side corner
     
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  7. jbee

    jbee Medium Load Member

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    I've seen these and VuQubes on the back of Cascadias.

    Check with Dieselboss. They're pretty much the authority with these for drivers.
     
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