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Oct 22, 2007 | 12:04 AM

#21

shortbus

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RE: inclinometer

that's the first time i've seen a hummersolutions gauge that wasn't in the owner's truck. not sure what the gauge was reading here, i was more worried about ruining all the leather from the seat that i'd pulled up the crack of my a$$

Oct 22, 2007 | 07:12 PM

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tomp

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RE: inclinometer

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ORIGINAL: KS Trekker

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Yeah, but those only go up to 40 degree fore slope when the H2 & H3 will do 60 stock. The RAD-1 can go up to 60 degree slope aft/fore.

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ORIGINAL: buzzwohl

Here is the link for the inclinometer I installed on my H3 a couple years ago. Installed it on top the dash right in front of me.Wish they had it in a pod but it does the job. Pitch and roll for about $40.

http://tiltmeter.com/dual.html

Not so fast. As with most of these gauges, a littlemath is required.

Most (like mine pictured below) display thetilt in degrees. The Hummer ratings (60% fore-to-aft and 40% side) are slope, also known as grade. Percent of slope is derived from the rise divided by the run multiplied by 100. So a 1/1 slope would be a 100% grade which is a 45 degree angle. I made a conversion chart:

So if you are watching your inclinometer that displays degrees, you don't want to exceed 22 degrees side hill and 31 degrees front to back.

You are correct and my apologies. I knew this and can't believe I posted that. It's been a long while since I looked at these, but I remember there was something about that little grade-guage on the side that was not as worthy as the larger slope-guage. Trying to remember now....I think maybe it does not have the dampening liquid in it and it moves too fast to be useful or something on those lines.

Oct 22, 2007 | 11:06 PM

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KS Trekker

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No sweat, I took a lot of math in college

and still made the same mistake for years. Everytime I looked at the specs for Hummers I always thought it meant 40 degreesside to side and 60 degrees fore and aft. I just didn't want anyone to buy a gauge and roll their Hummer because they made the same mistake I did. because of the degrees vs. grade thing. Just remember that the Hummer specs are slope/grade and the inclinometer usually reads out in degrees. Do the math! Or please use my conversion chart!