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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / February 2006

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Honey - 22 Feb 2006 16:29 GMT
could some kind soul recommend a place to buy a reverse distance sensor?
what brand?

assume location US

am driving a longbed truck and finding it difficult to estimate when rear
bumper is near concrete wall (we are required to reverse into designated
parking slot)

something like this place ? (please suggest alternatives)
http://www.allproducts.com/search/products/pT01021010.shtml
HLS@nospam.nix - 22 Feb 2006 16:40 GMT
> could some kind soul recommend a place to buy a reverse distance sensor?
> what brand?
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> something like this place ? (please suggest alternatives)
> http://www.allproducts.com/search/products/pT01021010.shtml

JC Whitney has a pretty cheap one for about $40.  Part number is
ZX529036B.  Has two sensors.  Dont know if it is good enough for
what you want.

I found a number of them on a previous net search.
dnoyeB - 22 Feb 2006 20:14 GMT
> could some kind soul recommend a place to buy a reverse distance sensor?
> what brand?
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> something like this place ? (please suggest alternatives)
> http://www.allproducts.com/search/products/pT01021010.shtml

I believe we call them obstacle detection or object detection.  Maybe
you can get better search hits with that term.

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man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard." Ecclesiastes 9:16

Woody - 22 Feb 2006 23:07 GMT
Just do a google search on backup sensors.

> could some kind soul recommend a place to buy a reverse distance sensor?
> what brand?
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> something like this place ? (please suggest alternatives)
> http://www.allproducts.com/search/products/pT01021010.shtml
Woody - 22 Feb 2006 23:10 GMT
I have a talking backup sensor with three sensors on my Odyssey and it works
great..

> Just do a google search on backup sensors.
>
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>> something like this place ? (please suggest alternatives)
>> http://www.allproducts.com/search/products/pT01021010.shtml
Alex Rodriguez - 23 Feb 2006 21:48 GMT
>I have a talking backup sensor with three sensors on my Odyssey and it works
>great..

I have a similar set up in my T&C, and it is pretty worthless.  It stops giving
you distance readings when you get to a foot or less.  I can easily do a visual
estimate to within a foot.  I need the help when I am getting under a foot.  I
would rather have a camera back there.
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Alex
spamTHISbrp@yahoo.com - 23 Feb 2006 22:53 GMT
You could duct-tape a squeeze-bulb bicycle horn to a piece of 2x4
duct-taped to the back bumper- hear the beep, you're there.

Dave
Kaz Kylheku - 24 Feb 2006 00:14 GMT
> am driving a longbed truck and finding it difficult to estimate when rear
> bumper is near concrete wall (we are required to reverse into designated
> parking slot)

You know, Honey, you could just install some kind of bump on the
pavement, exactly at the spot where you want your wheels to be. Then
back up slowly until you feel the rear wheels hit that bump!

Someone could move it back on you as a practical joke, while you're
gone, so you hit the wall first. For that, you need a bump-move sensor
with a wireless transmitter. When you are within range of the bump, the
receiver device can pick up the signal from the bump which tells it
that it has been moved! That can be turned into a voice warning:
"warning: bump has been moved! Vehicle may contact wall!" And  of
course, if no signal is received: "Warning, bump malfunctioning,
stolen, or bump battery low. Vehicle may contact wall!"

I've also seen trucks and vans with foam padding taped to the rear
bumper. The idea there must be to keep backing up until you hit the
actual wall.
 
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