VenasNursery
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Anyone have any suggestions for chip truck and wood truck?
Quality?
Easy installation?
Quality?
Easy installation?
Back up camera?
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ATH
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- Findlay, Ohio
Easy installation: Bluetooth camera. Cheap Amazon Fire tablet (or even use cell phone) mounted in truck.
"Cleanest" - replace stereo with a touch screen (assuming there is space?). When installed properly, the screen and camera will come on when you shift into reverse.
I've bought some pretty cheap cameras that mount on the license plate doing option 2 from Amazon, and they work just fine. The only time they aren't clear is when they are dirty!
"Cleanest" - replace stereo with a touch screen (assuming there is space?). When installed properly, the screen and camera will come on when you shift into reverse.
I've bought some pretty cheap cameras that mount on the license plate doing option 2 from Amazon, and they work just fine. The only time they aren't clear is when they are dirty!
evo
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I bought a gopro thinking it could be dual use. Got a magnet mount for the chip truck.
There is a delay when using my cell as a screen. That and it has to be mounted way off to the corner otherwise there is too much interference for it to connect.
There is a delay when using my cell as a screen. That and it has to be mounted way off to the corner otherwise there is too much interference for it to connect.
Having bought a couple units for under $200, I’ve learned you definitely get what you pay for.
I learned about professional systems after a couple bad experiences with cheaper offerings. I’m would recommend looking into two brands:
- RVS (Rear View Safety)
- Roscovision
Those two brands are well known to outfit school busses and larger commercial companies. The cheaper brands might work some of the time and not others, or have you thinking you’re good and come to find they quit when you want it most. Reliability is clutch so go for something good and avoid anything wireless in anything long or anything with a steel body.
I learned about professional systems after a couple bad experiences with cheaper offerings. I’m would recommend looking into two brands:
- RVS (Rear View Safety)
- Roscovision
Those two brands are well known to outfit school busses and larger commercial companies. The cheaper brands might work some of the time and not others, or have you thinking you’re good and come to find they quit when you want it most. Reliability is clutch so go for something good and avoid anything wireless in anything long or anything with a steel body.
Jehinten
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I can't think of the brand, but I did wireless on one truck, the signal was a little spotty with the occasional glitch in the image due to the distance and the steel in the truck. Worked pretty well though.
My grapple truck is longer and has more steel than the bucket truck I referred to above. I chose to wire it in. I installed 4 cameras. 1 on either side, one pointed straight back and one pointed at tge hitch. Better images with no glitches, however one camera did fill up with water and I'm having trouble sourcing a replacement. They were pyle cameras.
My grapple truck is longer and has more steel than the bucket truck I referred to above. I chose to wire it in. I installed 4 cameras. 1 on either side, one pointed straight back and one pointed at tge hitch. Better images with no glitches, however one camera did fill up with water and I'm having trouble sourcing a replacement. They were pyle cameras.
In my daily driver service truck I got an Alpine car stereo deck that I can run Android Auto on, with front and rear cameras. The rear automatically comes on when you put the truck in reverse and the camera is in a license plate holder that points right at the hitch. Makes hooking up really easy. And obviously having a backup camera is just safer overall.
There are a million cheap brands online, both in-dash or extremal monitors that will have a lot of features, but yah good luck with service if anything stops working. Probably just throwaway electronics honestly. Outside of things that are meant to be backup cams as part of a car stereo system, I'm not familiar with the 'good brands' though. There seem to be a lot of no-name crap, and then 'commercial grade' with very few features and surprisingly high prices from what I've seen.
There are a million cheap brands online, both in-dash or extremal monitors that will have a lot of features, but yah good luck with service if anything stops working. Probably just throwaway electronics honestly. Outside of things that are meant to be backup cams as part of a car stereo system, I'm not familiar with the 'good brands' though. There seem to be a lot of no-name crap, and then 'commercial grade' with very few features and surprisingly high prices from what I've seen.
ATH
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- Findlay, Ohio
Put it in R.... can't see. Put it in P, walk back, wipe it with my finger and good to go. (Not in the middle of a parking lot or busy road, but I'm using mine to back up to a trailer so generally in a spot where I'm not blocking traffic)
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