Anyone know if this lifter failure has been addressed and fixed by Ford. I have a 23' 7.3 and it seems like most the videos out there with issies are the 20-22s or commerical box trucks.

Love your videos!

Thank You my fellow Ford Super Duty Owner. I do my own Oil Changes as well and love your Ideas. I will order the FUMOTO today for our F250 Tremor and I will use your Oil Filter Bag Trick on my C7 Corvette as well this weekend for its Yearly Oil Change.

Carpet is 1980s. It traps dirt and stains and anything that your pooch leaves in it.

Most 3000w Inverters have a hard wire location off to the side, so you can run some 30 amp wire directly out of the Inverter into a breaker box of an RV of whatever to distribute the power accordingly.

Years back we thought roller lifters were the end-all of cam failures. There are lots of roller lifter failures around. Hemis, Cummins 2020 and later, and several roller follower OHC engines. I have not seen whether 7.3 has roller failures with lifter not turned in bore or is it a lifter guide plate failure. Unsure how they are steadied from turning.

This helps me greatly. I have a new rig and I'm trying to figure out how to fit all my Victron equipment along with my four LiTime 24V 230AH batteries. Looks like I will HAVE to move my batteries to the pass-through due to space constraints.

You could mount them on top of the slide outs (temporary)

I just want a diesel to hold more boost then gasoline trucks😭

Just what I need for my new rig!

I learned the first oil change on mine at 1000 miles, to put the drain pan back a couple feet and hold it at a 45 degree angle. If you don't, you will have a huge mess to clean up.

I bought a 34' Airstream down in Punta Gorda. The previous owner started putting solar frames on the roof but never finished the project. Realistically how much do you have in your system and how long did it take to pay for its self?

What about mounting the panels on the nose of the camper?

Your videos made me buy the same WATER HEATER and I had zero experience in doing the swap but was able to upgrade to the takeless and the endless shower was such an upgrade

Is it difficult to install those wires?

What ladder are you using? I'm 275lbs and need a collapsible ladder I can trust. My RV ladder is only rated at 250 lbs.

I have a concern if you have an evaporative refrigerator in that you are blocking the air in and out with those panels on your slide. If you’ve replaced the fridge with a dc compressor or a standard fridge that’s a non issue. Otherwise looks like a nice install.

Merry Christmas Chris! Love your content!

I truly appreciate your research

I have a 24 F350 Extended cab short bed, 7.3, 430 gears and according to truck readings I have gotten as high as 17.4, average floats between, 13.8 to 14.5, My 20 v6 Tacoma averages 17, once I hook my 18ft trailer with my side by side on it it gets 12-13 mpg and revs like a maniac to maintain speed, the F350 does not change and pulls same load less than 2k rpm.

you can review our products?

When we got our 2016 Grand Design, the RV furniture went out the door. We put our regular furniture in, and put our own mattress too. We Rv full time and since it's our home on Wheels , you want your own things. Safe travels.

The title “Tankless Water Heater…Big Mistake,” says it all! Having this technology shoved down out throats by manufacturers motivates me to buy nothing, with the exception of Flagstaff /Rockwood.

Great Video. I have the same set up as you, and it works great. The only difference in mine is that Victron has a incoming power limit. I set mine to 25 amps so I would not overload the neutral. I am glad that you brought out that comment in the video because many that are doing these installs do not understand the concept of overloading the neutral with a parallel system.

How do you wash dishes in that cool of water? It is recommended to rinse at 140 degrees and if you set your temp at 111, you never get safe water for washing dishes

My "remote" viewing works fine. I can see the same content on different devices at the same time. The older system would log out the oldest screen. I also like the fact that on my laptop, the whole screen is now used. All the GUI-Mods seem to be incorporated. I get a "levels" screen with propane/water levels as well as (RUUVI) temperatures.

Can you use it boon docking with just your tank water?

It is possible 3.55 gears are too tall to get max MPG. Throttle angle makes as much difference in MPG as RPM's do. Generally you want the lowest RPM at cruising speed without an increase in throttle angle. At some point as you run taller and taller gears aka lower number gears the larger throttle opening will have more intake air flow than a shorter gear set. The speed you cruise at will affect the best gear ratio choice. AKA the faster you want to cruise the taller gears you will need to obtain max MPG at that speed. I would guess a 3.73 gear would be a better all round ratio for both MPG and towing. It would be nice to be able to compare TPS voltage and or MAF sensor readings between 3.55/3.73/4.30 gears at a steady cruise on a flat road at say 60/70/80? MPH. With accurate data it should be easy to tell which ratio gets the best steady state mileage. People could report their findings but you need a ODBII scanner and two people to be safe testing.

Ya I agree on the "rv" recliners. Me and wife's camper chair literally fell apart within the first year. We put a regular residential loveseat made by flaxseed in. Much better quality and price as well

What a hooptie

It's great that we can use solar as an alternative energy source! But solar still has a long way to go before it's efficient.

Great information . . I looked back at some of your other videos to see if I could find out what brand of wheels are on your white truck in this video. I didn't think they were factory, since I had never seen them before. I'm thinking about buying a 5th wheel RV with a GVWR of 15,000 lbs, Hitch Weight of 2,530 lbs and a dry weight of 12,243 lbs - in your opinion, what would you recommend as a truck to pull it safely ? The RV I'm looking at looks very much like the Cougar in this video. Also, would it benefit me at all to have a dually with this RV ? THANKS for making this informative video. ( I'm going to have to look at some of your others, now )

Think mine is leaking, gotta dive into it, thanks for the tip.

Anyone who uses the F250 7.3 daily for heavy work, pulling 14k daily?. I would like to know more about the durability and efficiency when it comes to heavy work.

Thanks! I'm a multi year pro at RV systems and appliances and you furthered my knowledge here. On our own IW60 Suburban, I set 130° for better dish washing , and would just get a higher flow shower head if problems with low flow cutout. It's cheaper and easier than getting the optional remote. We didn't need to do that though.

Thanks for the video. I now better understand why for some, these are worth the big bucks. My current project doesn't require anything nearly as sophisticated as the Victron, but their system is impressive for those who need it. Pretty too. They are marketing pros.

Thanks for the great video, I have practiced boondocking with my rig(much smaller 25 trailer) but I conserved energy, wish I had done it how you did, to get a more real world idea of how long I could go. Thanks!!

I don't think I need a new valve but there is too much slop in the cable. When I push the valve handle to the closed position, the handle is lose as if the vavle didn't go fully closed. I can't see the vavle because I haven't pulled the insulation. Does this seem like it could just be an adjustment at the valve? Maybe the allen became lose?

nice work. for your 12v, just get rid of 12 batteries completely, put in another 24v the same, parallel with the current one, and use a 24/12v converter. then eventually chuck in a 250/100 mppt and panels and done.

great job!! well done. and yes we love the solar vids. More sun, less consummation, I am sure you would make it fine. thanks sean from Montreal

MBRP is trash there customer service is also trash there warranty is worthless wip you ass with it there hq is in Canada not in the USA

It’s all Kim’s fault Chris!!! She just had to do laundry 😂. Great video brother… keep them coming.

Great info Chris, thx. Why instead of adding more and more solar, wouldn't you just run a small generator for a couple of hours? Wouldn't that solve all the issues. Just replace the two deployable with a HF Preditor 3500 or 5000w generator, wouldn't they be out the same money?

I’ve gotta ask… How much weight do you feel comfortable adding to your forward compartment? I’ve sitting on three of Litime’s 280ah 24’s. At the present time, I’m thinking I’m somewhere likely gonna end up with a lot of weight! I realize most (like 90%) will end up in the truck bed, being so far forward from the axles. I just don’t want to be tweaking a suggested weight distribution formula somewhere….oh, I also lest the 12v system alone and added a 200ah litime 12v… I never want to be dead in the water and have no power!

I'd love to see a follow-up video with ideal weather conditions. You have a very impressive system that's capable of so much more. Like most, I appreciate the honest review.

This is extremely helpful for us folks who are on the fence. We take our travel trailer to all the LSU football home games, and it's dry camping only. It would be nice if we didn't have to rely on a generator, but it's not always sunny. After watching this, I know I would need the generator to supplement the batteries on those cloudy days.

Excellent video

Hey Chris, did you end up running 4/0 cabling between your batteries and your Multiplus’ to stop the high DC ripple and if you did did it take care of the ripple issue? I’m get high DC ripple warning as my batteries reach 100% SOC with almost no load.

Great video. Real world info is awesome

I like you unbiased testing of your system. It helps me as I have been designing our system for our soon to be new Rv for full timing with many offgrid trips planned