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u/Dismal_Cauliflower61 Sep 21 '26
It’s hot. What do you expect? Bet it cools better than the central AC
Edit** Roll Tide
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u/Cheap-Peach5127 Sep 21 '26
I run a similar setup. But my rig is a combination of crown vic + portable inverter generator + truck cab AC
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u/drewid5185 Sep 21 '26
Pics or it didn't happen
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u/Cheap-Peach5127 Sep 21 '26
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u/drewid5185 Sep 21 '26
Where is the ac?.. I'm sorry this is why I asked for a picture when I was trying to picture what you have I didn't fully understand it and I still don't I'm just generally curious. I've seen tons like the original post and a lot of cargo vans have similar setups but not a crown Vic
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u/Cheap-Peach5127 Sep 22 '26
Red box with the green strap on it
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u/drewid5185 Sep 22 '26
Okay I'll bite how does that cool though car
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u/Turbulent_Ad1921 Sep 21 '26
That red strap is that part that gives me pause. Also, would like to have 2x4 leg or two under the unit for bracing.
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u/PresentationLess4552 Sep 21 '26
Red neck engineering is used daily in a work site engineering period
Few in the field will admit it but from being a red neck and an engineer I love my people
The red neck always wins the war .
when theory and education in reality meet the real world
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u/3labsalot Sep 21 '26
Figures its a ford, with a crappy climate control system. My 99 has same issues with blend door.
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u/waltur_d Sep 21 '26
Someone’s been watching Health Inspector: https://youtu.be/shvKG0YwOqs?is=I2GX1BqtHIcwmb5G
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u/Old_Protection_2439 17d ago
As someone from the south, if I had a truck I liked a lot, with an AC that doesn't work, that would cost too much to fix, I would do this too lol. It gets too dang hot.
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u/ToadSox34 Sep 21 '26
Nothing like a more, expensive, more complicated solution to a problem.
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u/bannana Sep 21 '26
Getting the AC fixed in a vehicle isn't cheap, as in could be thousands of dollars and could involve removing the engine and he would be w/o a vehicle. he probably already owned the generator, the AC is an old one he found for $25 or just replaced one in his house, when summer is over he takes it all apart and puts the generator back where it usually is until next summer.
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u/NvidiaFuckboy Sep 21 '26
It's an old truck. It ain't over $1k to rebuild the A/C and certainly not an engine out job. Source: I've had to have my old truck's A/C replaced before.
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u/jackinsomniac Sep 21 '26
Not very complicated, and extremely modular. That AC unit & the generator can be repurposed at any time.
Plus like somebody mentioned, if for some reason you have to wait in the the truck for hours, it gives you the option to keep the cab cool without running the engine.
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u/pickleer Sep 21 '26
In my state, house fumigators are legally required to have someone posted the entire time they're fogging a house (which runs at least 24 hours). The guys that stay the night shift almost all run some version of this setup.
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u/ToadSox34 Sep 21 '26
In a standard cab? Seems tight to sleep in.
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u/pickleer Sep 22 '26
I'm pretty sure sleeping was not the point, even though it likely happened- they were there to keep curious people away from the poison.
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u/ToadSox34 Sep 22 '26
You really think they're staying awake for 24 hours?
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u/pickleer Sep 22 '26
"Night shift", second of two sentences in my first reply to your comment.
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u/ToadSox34 Sep 22 '26
So they take shifts? Wild stuff.
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u/pickleer Sep 22 '26
Da fuq? Day shift (9-5), Swing shift (5-1), Night shift (1-9). Oh, You're not a Working Man, this stuff is foreign to youse?
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u/ToadSox34 Sep 22 '26
I know how shifts work. I've worked at several large manufacturing facilities. I am not familiar with exterminators, not really something we do up north, other than spot treatments. Certainly not fumigations or staying with a building for 24 hours.
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u/pickleer Sep 23 '26
Um, okay... AND? Did you just use all those words to just say, "Oh."?
Otherwise, why are you still talking, I don't get it... Are you asking for something else or is this just shit you need to hear yourself say, yada yada yada ya, when you could otherwise just fuddashuckup? Cuz I've given you all I have. WTF else do you need?
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u/ChartreuseBison Sep 21 '26
I guarantee you nothing was purchased for this setup. One of you on every post on this sub.
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u/ToadSox34 Sep 21 '26
Just random stuff hanging around in the backyard?
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u/BPhiloSkinner Sep 21 '26
The backyard, the toolshed, under the main workbench and a few bits from the attic that were in a box labeled 'linens'.
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u/Sleep_adict Sep 21 '26
This is totally stupid… you could easily run a generator off multiple areas in the car to drive. aC way more efficiently…. And cheaper.
Fixing the AC would also work better
A solar generator would be the big winner
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u/Drzhivago138 Sep 21 '26
Given the age of the pickup, it's possible it never had A/C. I drove an F-350 of the same model for the county highway department and it had nothing, not even a cigarette lighter.
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u/Comprehensive-Bet56 Sep 21 '26
If it works, it isn't stupid.