Recent content by Byways

Thank you. Nature gets all the credit

For some reason, retired geologists seem to find their way to HoW more than any other professional group. Speaking as the progenitor of a geology major, I've decided it's a DNA thing. And Dale, the Mackay, Idaho area is an all-time favorite, an ideal venue for multiday backroad, hiking and...

It was a pleasure to at last meet you all, after so much planning. I know your journey was a long time in the works, with important obstacles to overcome (Covid, wildfires, heat, life ...). Heart of the West Adventure Route is a true, 21st-century American West expedition, not to be taken...

Following up ... The replacement compressor arrived. The box showed no damage, but the delivery guy wasn't as easy setting it down as I would have wanted. But heck, it is an off-roady fridge. It is working well. The solid clunking noise is absent. Some minor sounds come from it now and then, but...

Fingers crossed re: FedEx handlers. It's coming from Florida to Idaho ...

After a week passed without word from ARB, I called and left a message with a tech support person. Soon thereafter I received an email from ARB stating that it would promptly ship a replacement fridge, with a return label for the defective one. No hassle at all! (Good that I'd sent a video/audio...

ARB just notified me they've shipped a replacement fridge and return label for the defective one, no hassle at all. I had submitted a warranty claim on the ARB website, including my video/audio illustrating the problem. This is great customer service! The problem was the Secop-brand compressor.

Perfect! Thank you. I can even hear the same sound (@2:35, for example) that I hear as he jiggles the motor around in the cutaway tank.

Thanks for that. I did determine after much analysis that the source of the "clunk" is just what you state: the motor in the fridge has come loose inside the tank and is hitting the insides of the tank. It cools fine, and has run quietly for nearly three years. This is recent, in the past few...

It does help, and thank you for responding. I will post ARB's response when I hear back. For some time I assumed it was a rear suspension clunk, that's how loud it is. When I rode in the back with my wife driving, it clearly was coming from iinside the empty fridge. I can feel with my fingers...

Has anyone dealt with the Secop compressor motor inside the black tank coming loose and banging around? Mine recently did, and it is a loud and annoying clunking. No problems till now, two months shy of warranty expiration. I'm currently waiting to hear from ARB, altho posters elsewhere say...

The problem with the "Classic" ARB Fridge Freezer and others that use spring-mounted compressors (typically made by Secop/Danfoss) inside a sealed black tank is that some come loose from the springs, and thus bang into the wall of the tank with every bump in the road. In my case, the "clunk"...

Howdy, Ace! Tony Huegel here, of Heart of the West ADV Route. Thank you for the effort last summer. I hope '21 goes better. I have a SmugMug photo gallery depicting the route, which I provide so travelers can evaluate it. I would be happy to share it. To do so requires email addresses for the...

I used to carry a pair of those grate things. I found them heavy, difficult to store, splintery, much too short and generally useless. They're visible in the rut below ...

Lots of traction aids out there, it appears. But not much for bridging washouts, severe ruts, etc., which for us is a frequent problem. Sad!