CliffA
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- Dec 29, 2009
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- Boat Info
- 2001 Sea Ray 340DA
Name: 'Happy Place'
4.5kW West. Generator
Purchased Nov. 2014
Fresh Water Use
- Engines
- Twin Merc. 6.2L (MPI)
640 hp (Total)
Raw Water Cooled
V-Drive Transmissions
i finally got around to cleaning out my garage to see if my 'new' 2007 Silverado 2500HD Crew Cab truck would fit inside.....well the good news is does fit but the bad news is i have about 6" clearance in both front and rear of the truck to the garage wall and garage door....this requires me to be VERY careful while parking the truck in the garage to insure it is inside and to not hit the wall....
instead of using the 'ball on a string' method as a parking aid i decided to try one of the parking sensors from Home Depot like the one shown in the attached link.....it was cheap ($20) and very easy to install and set up....however at first it did not work well....the instructions clearly state that there must be at least 1' 4" between the sensor and the vehicle to operate correctly but i ignored that and thought the minimum range may actually be closer....at first i had the sensor set up to read the distance between the wall and the front bumper of the truck.....however the front bumper is only about 6" from the wall when the truck is parked in the correct position....the sensor did not work well with this set up so i decided to move the sensor down close to the floor and read the distance from the wall to the front driver's side tire....this worked like a charm since the front tires are more than 1' 4" away from the wall....the sensor has a 3 color illumination....when the truck gets around 8 ft to the sensor the green light turns on....when the truck gets to around 3 ft to the sensor the yellow light turns on...when i slowly edge the truck forward to the ideal parking position the red light turns on...this puts me in the exact spot every time...i tried it probably a dozen times after the install this past WE.....the red light turns off after a few seconds....
i have no affilliation to Home Depot or the manufacturer of the parking sensor......if anyone else has a tight parking situation in their garage with their tow vehicle this may be something to consider....
cliff
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Park-Zone-Precision-Parking-Aid-PZ1600/202545442
instead of using the 'ball on a string' method as a parking aid i decided to try one of the parking sensors from Home Depot like the one shown in the attached link.....it was cheap ($20) and very easy to install and set up....however at first it did not work well....the instructions clearly state that there must be at least 1' 4" between the sensor and the vehicle to operate correctly but i ignored that and thought the minimum range may actually be closer....at first i had the sensor set up to read the distance between the wall and the front bumper of the truck.....however the front bumper is only about 6" from the wall when the truck is parked in the correct position....the sensor did not work well with this set up so i decided to move the sensor down close to the floor and read the distance from the wall to the front driver's side tire....this worked like a charm since the front tires are more than 1' 4" away from the wall....the sensor has a 3 color illumination....when the truck gets around 8 ft to the sensor the green light turns on....when the truck gets to around 3 ft to the sensor the yellow light turns on...when i slowly edge the truck forward to the ideal parking position the red light turns on...this puts me in the exact spot every time...i tried it probably a dozen times after the install this past WE.....the red light turns off after a few seconds....
i have no affilliation to Home Depot or the manufacturer of the parking sensor......if anyone else has a tight parking situation in their garage with their tow vehicle this may be something to consider....
cliff
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Park-Zone-Precision-Parking-Aid-PZ1600/202545442