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RE: Michigan Body Repair
Gary owns PGA out in Chesterfield Twp for the past 25 years or more. He started out doing boats, built a spray booth for larger boats, I think it is 55 ft long and started doing Motorhomes about 15 years ago. Excellent workmanship and great to deal with. Might want to at least check them out. PGA
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stripit
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05/16/12 08:14am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Cheap way to meter electrical usage? Or just guess?
Watching my electric bill in the various rv parks I know I can easily consume $100 per month and up to $160 if it is hot out. But I don't have any way to monitor that until I get the monthly bill.
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stripit
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05/10/12 10:08pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Magic Jack
Have had MJ for about 5 years, and you do not need to leave the computer on all the time, only when you want to use the phone. You need a strong internet connection for a clean clear use and since we now have a home with Cox cable we use the MJ all the time. We went to just one cell phone and the MJ and it has worked out perfectly for us. Can't beat the yearly cost for a phone.
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stripit
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05/09/12 08:19pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: HENSLEY IS HERE!!!!
I used to try to hide from the big passing semi trucks, and hated the towing experience. Was about ready to sell off the travel trailer, but my wife found the Hensley and said what have we got to lose. It has a 60 day money back guarantee and if it fails to live up to its promise, we ship it back. We installed it one night after work and I said hop in we are going semi hunting. Drove at least 1 hour up and down the roads that used to really bother me, and what a difference. I was extremely impressed the first night. We ended up selling the trailer and selling the Hensley on Ebay then went to a 5th wheel.Should we ever return to a trailer again a Hensley or ProPride will be stuck to the front end.
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stripit
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05/09/12 09:51am |
Towing
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RE: CG near Casa Grande, AZ
Sunscape said no children and no visitors under 55, Palm Creek said yes during the summer season only and only up to 2 days with children or under 55. It is close to everything in Casa Grande and only about 1 mile off I-10. Hope this helps some.
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stripit
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05/08/12 09:57am |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: CG near Casa Grande, AZ
I have a message into Sunscape RV Resort and will stop in at Palm Creek tomorrow and ask what the rules are for a family coming in for a few days. I will post as soon as I know.
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stripit
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05/07/12 08:59pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Check Tire Pressure Before Every Trip
There have been thousands and thousands of folks that have reported that the TPMS has saved their bacon from damages and lose tires detected before the tire shredded. They also have been able to find sticking brakes by seeing the tires temperature raise and being transmitted into the wheel. Buy a system, they all seem to work, I prefer TST as they are great to work with and really stand behind their product.
For you guys with the TPMS. How many times have you actually had a tire go down that the TPMS detected, that you would not have, by checking pressure on a regular basis ?
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stripit
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05/07/12 06:26pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Check Tire Pressure Before Every Trip
No, so far there is no cross interference with the radio signals.
Anyone have any experience with adding a TPMS to the TT and having problems with getting accurate readings on the OEM TPMS on the TV.
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stripit
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05/07/12 06:20pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: CG near Casa Grande, AZ
There are about a dozen rv parks here, they run from pretty cheap and tired to 1st class like Palm Creek. Town is only a few miles across so all of them are within 6 or 7 miles from any of the high schools. What is your budget? Palm Creek has a special one week free if you pay for a week and have never been there before.
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stripit
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05/06/12 08:57pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Individual wheel weight
You are correct, most platform scales are not built to allow you to side step the scale and get individual wheel weights. They install curbs or poles to keep you centered for a reason, the scale was not designed for one wheel weight to be taken, and quite possibly give you a weight reading that you won't be able to duplicate. It is best to find someone with individual wheel scales, normally found at rallies. You might also contact the local Police Dept and ask if they weigh the over the road truckers, they would have the scales needed to weigh each wheel position. I weighed rigs that way for 8 years at many rv rallies and heard many times that the owner had been trying to weigh this way for a couple of years. I agree, It is not easy to get this done.
In the Highways magazine and other Good Sam publications, articles about preventing tire problems always talk about the necessity of knowing the individual wheel weight in order to know if each individual tire is not over loaded. My problem is, I've never found a truck scale that has the capability to measure the weight on each wheel. Any suggestions?
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stripit
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05/03/12 10:34pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Nice RV parks in Northern Michigan
This park is all you ask, except the pull through part. Lots are 50X100 and have a concrete level pad 20 or 25 X 100. 50 amp power, wifi and paved streets. Beautiful park about 5 miles from Baldwin. Each lot has large mature trees and grass that is really taken care of. Have a look Pere marquette Oaks
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stripit
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05/02/12 09:42am |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: RV Service Tech
I've met a couple of mobile rv techs that all seem to do very well chasing the sun. Work north during the summer, south in the winter. Once they set up in a location they are as busy as they want to be. Of course, they do good work and word of mouth really spreads in campgrounds.
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stripit
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04/30/12 06:20pm |
Workamping Forum
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RE: Goodyear Tires AGAIN Gone Bad
I don't believe that 3,750lbs carry capacity is too much for a 16inch tire, I think carrying that weight, or close to it for years over taxes the tire. Anything running 95% of its rated capacity or more 100% of the time is sure to cause issues. When Goodyear came out with that tire there was not the heavy trailers like there are today. Corian, Granite, two or 3 a/c units, washer dryers, solar systems, side by side refrigerators, multiply batteries, huge pantry's and the list goes on and on. The tire got passed by with its loads and the next step is now the 17.5 inch H rated tire at 4,805lbs. And guess what, some trailers are pushing that tire to the limits too.
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stripit
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04/24/12 10:18am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: How to make diamond plate trim shiney again?
I have found the diamond plate is pretty sharp and tears the heck out of any polishing ball, pad or cloth. Once the edges are polished off and it is smooth, then hand cleaning is much easier.
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stripit
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04/23/12 05:16pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Calculating towing capacity
If the salesman wants a sale, have them hook it up and drag it to the scales with you there to see. Then weigh the truck without the trailer and see for yourself what that empty trailer has for a pin weight on their truck.
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stripit
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04/23/12 05:13pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Goodyear Tires AGAIN Gone Bad
Unfortunately the Goodyear G tires are only good for 3,750lbs of carrying capacity IF you have the 110psi of air in them. With your Mobile Suites unit it is common that the kitchen side of the trailer can have both of those side tires carrying at least 3,500 lbs up to and including 4,000lbs each. It depends on equipment installed, your items and the way you have them packed. So even sitting still in a parking spot, those tires are working at 93% to 106% of their total load capacity. Just think on much more load is being exerted while bouncing down the roads. Over time they failed, peeling treads, or blow outs causing many thousands of dollars in damage. This is why so many folks switched to the Goodyear H rated tires that are able to carry 4,805lbs at 125 psi. This was the only way to give some safety margin and reduce the tires failing like they were with the overworked, overloaded G rated tires. Also your normally able to lower the air pressure below that 125psi to have a higher load rating that the 110psi G gave. Hope like others have said you kept the failed tire and contacted Goodyear.
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stripit
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04/23/12 05:07pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: RMP/ZEP The final word :)
It is obvious from your discription you needed much more than a simple cleaning with Bar Keepers Friend, and blaming the RMP for your failure to properly clean the service is not fair to that product. In some bad cases the work to remove the heavy oxidation is extremely hard and time consuming. But once that surface is restored, using a durable hard shell type finish like RMP would make your boat look like new. So looks like your going to have to start over to obtain the look you want.
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stripit
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04/23/12 04:47pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Never Lube Bearigs
The last time I was talking with the Dexter rep he was remarking that there were no plants in the USA making the never lube bearings anymore. All the plants have closed down and suppliers are buying off-shore bearings and reselling them. I don't think your going to have much luck finding a USA bearing.
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stripit
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04/20/12 05:41pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Question about previous owner and a part
Just show the caliber of some people, and I agree with you, they should have said how can we get it to you.
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stripit
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04/19/12 08:44am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Tire Pressure Monitors
Small price compared to my damage.
You don't know how many times this has been said over the years, but some still think they can beat the odds.
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stripit
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04/14/12 05:57pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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