I have tested the Extreme Mega and it beat the PUMA hands down and one of the only compressor that the manufacture has no problem mounting outside under the vehicle. A compressor I would have considered if I had money.
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I have tested the Extreme Mega and it beat the PUMA hands down and one of the only compressor that the manufacture has no problem mounting outside under the vehicle. A compressor I would have considered if I had money.
No one is perfect and ARB probably out sell most compressors by a large margin(I seem them all the times at trail heads). Plus the 2 compressors are twice as likely to have a failure than 1 compressor. But I had minor issues with my ARB fridge and customer service is beyond impressive. ARB is probably not your best value depends on how you look at it but I sure like their features and the piece of mind that if anything goes wrong they will take care of it.
BTW I am also mounting it inside of the cab so it doesn't get dirty and clogged up like when it is mounted under the hood. I know how dirty/muddy the inside of my engine compartment can get and did get. This should help extend the reliability of the ARB.
FYI, I don't sell ARB, hell I don't sell anything to anyone. This is purely based on MY personal end user/customer experience, no monetary bias what so ever.
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That unit sure looks well built!
- Continuous duty fan cooled motor(must have feature!)
- 3/4 horsepower motor
- 49 amp draw @ 100 psi
- 1.5 cfm @ 100 psi
- Continuous duty up to 150 psi, Max pressure 200 psi.
- Can be mounted in any orientation
- 14" long, 6" wide, 9", tall
Biggest issue I have with it is 1.5 CFM, with 35s that would 4-5 minutes per tire, the air up time would be close to half an hour for me. I might even go 37 one day so speed is definitely a must, after a long day on the trails I want to go home or get to food ASAP.
Speed is the reason I personally think the Smitty built(also not commonly liked for quality) and ARB twins are the only 2 options. 10 minutes and I'm back on the road!
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Slow the fxxx down. Wheeling ain't a race. Who cares you can air up in 10secs and be gone. Fxxx that noise. I enjoy being out there.That unit sure looks well built!
- Continuous duty fan cooled motor(must have feature!)
- 3/4 horsepower motor
- 49 amp draw @ 100 psi
- 1.5 cfm @ 100 psi
- Continuous duty up to 150 psi, Max pressure 200 psi.
- Can be mounted in any orientation
- 14" long, 6" wide, 9", tall
Biggest issue I have with it is 1.5 CFM, with 35s that would 4-5 minutes per tire, the air up time would be close to half an hour for me. I might even go 37 one day so speed is definitely a must, after a long day on the trails I want to go home or get to food ASAP.
Speed is the reason I personally think the Smitty built(also not commonly liked for quality) and ARB twins are the only 2 options. 10 minutes and I'm back on the road!
Different stroke for different people. I take my time on the trail and enjoying being on the trail, I 100% agree that wheeling isn't a race. But don't enjoy waiting for my tires to be aired up on the side of the road. Plus I always wheel in a group and there are always people need help airing up so it's not just for my impatience and hunger. Ok maybe it is but I don't like to leave people behind fending for themselves.
JaketheSSnake
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I think we all enjoy it out there. The less time we have to tend to airing up tires and listening to a noisy ass air compressor, the more enjoyable it is
Pot stirred, but we should probably talk compressors in a different thread. 
How about here?
York vs electric compressor vs CO2
How about here?
York vs electric compressor vs CO2
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JohnnyOshow22
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My weekend was a planned 4 day excursion to Utah with my girlfriend. We set off from Loveland CO at 3:00 AM on Saturday with the goal of reaching the Moab Brewery by 11:30 for lunch. After having some refreshments and food we saddled back up and took off down Kane Creek Road towards Hurrah Pass.
The view from the top was awesome to say the least. Our next destination was somewhere in Lockhart Basin that seemed like a good place to camp. About an hour after leaving Hurrah pass and after making it through the “ravine” we ran into the only trail issue of the entire trip when I sliced my driver rear duratrac sidewall… I then drew upon the teachings of @Cruiserdrew and was able to repair the sidewall.
The rest of the day we continued on without an issue and made camp with an incredible view with the Needles way off in the distance(too small to see here).
Sunday we completed Lockhart Basin
and turned westward towards the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. To be continued in next post....
The view from the top was awesome to say the least. Our next destination was somewhere in Lockhart Basin that seemed like a good place to camp. About an hour after leaving Hurrah pass and after making it through the “ravine” we ran into the only trail issue of the entire trip when I sliced my driver rear duratrac sidewall… I then drew upon the teachings of @Cruiserdrew and was able to repair the sidewall.
The rest of the day we continued on without an issue and made camp with an incredible view with the Needles way off in the distance(too small to see here).
Sunday we completed Lockhart Basin
and turned westward towards the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. To be continued in next post....
JohnnyOshow22
KK0TEQ
Our next Destination Devils Kitchen Campground just north of the Needles. The trail used to reach this campground is Elephant Hill.
Camping below the Needles was spectacular and we had the whole place to ourselves.
Monday we continued around to the Confluence, which is where the Colorado and Green Rivers come together. Back over Elephant Hill to exit and we were back on our way to Moab. About 20 minutes after passing Newspaper Rock is when disaster struck again. Windows up music on I hear a loud pshhhhh and then the truck started wallowing and then the unmistakable rumble of a flat tire. My tire repair had failed. On went my spare and we were back on the road.
This left the question of whether or not to attempt the Top of the World trail or not. After more refreshments at the Moab Brewery we decided that being stranded would suck so we found camping just off the Colorado River at the Lower Onion Creek campground
With Top of the World out of the question we decided to head back towards Colorado and stopped at Glenwood Hot Springs to relax after all the Utah heat and dust. It was a great way to end our extended weekend.
Camping below the Needles was spectacular and we had the whole place to ourselves.
Monday we continued around to the Confluence, which is where the Colorado and Green Rivers come together. Back over Elephant Hill to exit and we were back on our way to Moab. About 20 minutes after passing Newspaper Rock is when disaster struck again. Windows up music on I hear a loud pshhhhh and then the truck started wallowing and then the unmistakable rumble of a flat tire. My tire repair had failed. On went my spare and we were back on the road.
This left the question of whether or not to attempt the Top of the World trail or not. After more refreshments at the Moab Brewery we decided that being stranded would suck so we found camping just off the Colorado River at the Lower Onion Creek campground
With Top of the World out of the question we decided to head back towards Colorado and stopped at Glenwood Hot Springs to relax after all the Utah heat and dust. It was a great way to end our extended weekend.
RiverCityDave
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So I've been chasing an intermittent no start situation with my truck pretty much since I've had it. It come and goes, and it never lasts more than a few minutes, but its frustrating. So two nights ago I'm installing my Blue Sea USB adapter in the dash (in place of the cigarette lighter) and I'm constantly blowing the 15 amp fuse for the cigarette/dome.
This has also been ongoing for a while, and very frustrating so I decided to chase the wiring. I find a few lengths of weird wire that isnt terminated to anything. I trace it down and find one, a bare length of wire that's clearly been arcing against the steel support bracket under the dash, and two, on the other end, a MESS of relays and wiring directly under my factory fuse box in the fenderwell. So after pulling it all back through the firewall and into the engine compartment I find that its spliced directly to my EFI relay wiring in the fuse box itself, (poorly I might add) and I'm about 99% sure that was the source of the failure to start. I pulled it all out, rewired the relay (it will need a more permanent solution long term) and the truck is just capital as far as starting up. I think the bare wire was arcing/grounding against the bracket (all of which was hidden deep under the dash). I assume the parts are from the 90's era built in cell phone that was in the truck 20 years ago. There was also a tie in to the lighting circuit on the cigarette lighter I'm guessing to provide light to the cell phone, as that wire was unfinished, and obviously what kept blowing my fuse. No more popped fuses, and my adapter works like a champ. Pictures below---
The white wire and the "pinkish" wire in this very blurry photo (sorry) were bare under the dash and arcing/grounding.
The terminations for the most part were done pretty well, except for the one tied directly to the EFI relay, which was done with a crappy butt connector. I removed that one, and twisted and soldered the two ends together and shrink wrapped them temporarily.
You just never know what the PO might have done.
This has also been ongoing for a while, and very frustrating so I decided to chase the wiring. I find a few lengths of weird wire that isnt terminated to anything. I trace it down and find one, a bare length of wire that's clearly been arcing against the steel support bracket under the dash, and two, on the other end, a MESS of relays and wiring directly under my factory fuse box in the fenderwell. So after pulling it all back through the firewall and into the engine compartment I find that its spliced directly to my EFI relay wiring in the fuse box itself, (poorly I might add) and I'm about 99% sure that was the source of the failure to start. I pulled it all out, rewired the relay (it will need a more permanent solution long term) and the truck is just capital as far as starting up. I think the bare wire was arcing/grounding against the bracket (all of which was hidden deep under the dash). I assume the parts are from the 90's era built in cell phone that was in the truck 20 years ago. There was also a tie in to the lighting circuit on the cigarette lighter I'm guessing to provide light to the cell phone, as that wire was unfinished, and obviously what kept blowing my fuse. No more popped fuses, and my adapter works like a champ. Pictures below---
The white wire and the "pinkish" wire in this very blurry photo (sorry) were bare under the dash and arcing/grounding.
The terminations for the most part were done pretty well, except for the one tied directly to the EFI relay, which was done with a crappy butt connector. I removed that one, and twisted and soldered the two ends together and shrink wrapped them temporarily.
You just never know what the PO might have done.
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LS1FJ40
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This is what I've been trying to say to people for years!! Buy a 3FE and slow the FAWK down!!
Box Rocket
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Lousy pics but I whipped out a simple fuel can basket last night. I have a trip coming and needed a better way to carry extra fuel. Have debated a second swingout but didn't really want to go that route. Solution? Single can holder added to the existing swingout. It meant moving the hilift mount. That's getting relocated to the hinge side of the swingout.
that route looks similar to route Alexey Kamerzanov did (Мир наш) if you do not know who is Alexey Kamerzanov check thisYesterday we begin first part of oer overland expedition, that will be from end of april till begining of june.
Load my truck to container. Now it will be shipped to centrul of Russia where we will start and go ahead to Central Asia. Month of waiting... hate it
Begin from place where is snow and snow and once again snow and drive to place where witout conditioner we will die
Lots of modification has been done. Lots of instruments and parts loaded.
And now I put on small 35'' wheels to make our 12000 miles trip more comfortable)
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What brackets did you use to mount your awning to your bars?
Borrego trip. Lots of jeeps out there this weekend with the Tierra Del Sol thing going on.
Sandstone canyon is now passable to the old turn around if you have sliders or don't care about running boards. Rockers might take damage if you have nothing. To go past the turnaround you'll need some lift, sliders and some backup just in case. This pic was taken past the new block.
For those of you that aren't familiar with the trail, Sandstone canyon is an offshoot from the main trail called 'Fish Creek Wash' in Anza Borrego state park. It goes up into some tall narrows, but about a year ago a rock fall blocked the way. People have been chipping at the rock and it's reached the passable stage now for the mildly equipped.
Ran Diablo Dropoff in reverse as well, with the grading the park service did last year, you could get a Subaru up it.
That place is great. The geology there shows the history of the opening of the Gulf of California.
malteserunner
Dr Evil
Took our new little guy for his first ride in the 80. Just about out of seats, now. 3 in car seats, and 14 year old twins. 
Meet Luke...
Meet Luke...
Yes you are right.
But they make a round the world rout. And we will start with small part of their trip.
We saw his films. And we will try to make documental film like his.
And we hope to continue our rout next year. May be some time we will come to USA. Always dreamed to visit USA - awesome nature, endless spaciousness, interestin peolpe and culture... still dream of it
bloc
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Stuff like your post is why I've spent four days so far trying to find a fuse block setup I like for my LS swap. Nothing works as well as I have in mind, but I think I've found the least compromise.
Throw some adhesive-lined heat shrink tubing on that solder joint and it should be fine indefinitely.
Tahoe. It was Tshirt weather.
