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Old Apr 26, 2016 | 04:01 PM
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What we need is simply the same thing you find on the big rigs to keep track of mileage with a device at the trailer wheel. Mechanical, not electrical. No batteries, no blue tooth.

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Old Apr 26, 2016 | 04:19 PM
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wondering how hard it would be to re-gear one from 500 rpm to 700 rpm.


but for the cost of the experiment, I suppose it is up to someone else to find out
 
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Old Apr 26, 2016 | 05:11 PM
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But the simplicity of it really beats all the other ideas doesn't it?

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Old Apr 26, 2016 | 06:25 PM
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It's kinda curious why manufacturers don't offer odo's... Not the little units, but the big, heavy, big $$$ fivers.
 
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