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Desert Rat Scout/Rescue and Fuel Trailer

Built this for my current classic career game. It works well for scouting, rescue, and looting fuel from other bases and gas stations.

Desert Rat features:
4 speed auto transmission (3 forward, reverse has to be selected manually)
Towing connector
Rescue equipment in lockers to either side of the engine.
Gradual braking using left mouse button
Top speed on level service in 3rd gear ~160 kph
Seats for 5 passengers.
Uses Adester's AFR module with a few modifications to cut the throttle to a fast idle speed when the brakes are on. Also completely cuts air and fuel to the engine when the ignition key is turned off.

Fuel trailer:
Kick stand deploys automatically when trailer is disconnected from towing vehicle.

Parking brake automatically applied when disconnected. Can be turned off via button on the control panel to allow you to manhandle the trailer into the desired spot.

Brakes & brake lights are synched with the Desert Rat's brakes via the towing connector.

Holds ~2400 liters of liquid.

There is no fluid spawner in the tank, so it spawns empty, but this allows you to fill it with anything, diesel, jet fuel, water.

Looks like today's update (11/11/22) fixed the problem with custom tanks without fluid spawners not adding their contents to the workbench, so you should not need to manually pump the contents out at your base.

I've seen a number of videos where people had trouble completely filling their tanks supposedly from air trapped in the tank. I added a pressure release system to let air out of the tank as it fills. It's basically a fluid port inside the tank that connects to a filter that only allows air to pass through, connected to a one-way valve to prevent air from entering the tank, connected to the fluid port on the top of the tank. Not sure if this actually makes a difference, but with the trailer pumping in and the gas station pumping out, I was able to fill the tank to capacity in less than a minute.