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RE: Easy in Easy out fuel without GPS
If I may make a suggestion,,,get a Garmon GPS. They are an invaluable tool when traveling. They are so easy to use, so much information, the nearest gas stations, truck stops, hospitals, police, shopping, etc.
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Capt Rick
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10/23/11 11:01am |
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RE: car dolly eating tires
Think of it as an isosceles triangle, if the hitch is not square to the back of the motorhome, the sides of the triangle will not be equal. It will have the same effect as having one side of the axle closer to the hitch, therefore wearing out one side of a tire more than the other. It will cause tire scrubbing, all too often this condition exists and is diagnosed as an alignment problem of the trailer, when in actual reality it was a poorly installed hitch. That is why it is important for hitches to be centered and square to the rig it is being installed on. When I was in business, we were just down the street from a UHAUL center, corrected many improperly installed hitches. The customers main complaints was the fact that the trailer did not appear to be tracking straight while towing and that the tire(s) were wearing off one side or the other.
The trailer (dolly) is going to track directly in back of the hitch ball - no matter where you mount it. If the hitch is offset to one side or the other, the trailer is going to track to one side the same amount. If taken to the extreme, guessing the offset might cause some wierdness as far as tow vehicle handling - but the trailer isn't going to care one bit.
The triangle to be concerned with would be formed by the coupler, and it's distance to each tire. If those didn't match, THEN you'd have issues.
That is absolutely correct!
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Capt Rick
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09/24/11 06:49am |
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RE: car dolly eating tires
Think of it as an isosceles triangle, if the hitch is not square to the back of the motorhome, the sides of the triangle will not be equal. It will have the same effect as having one side of the axle closer to the hitch, therefore wearing out one side of a tire more than the other. It will cause tire scrubbing, all too often this condition exists and is diagnosed as an alignment problem of the trailer, when in actual reality it was a poorly installed hitch. That is why it is important for hitches to be centered and square to the rig it is being installed on. When I was in business, we were just down the street from a UHAUL center, corrected many improperly installed hitches. The customers main complaints was the fact that the trailer did not appear to be tracking straight while towing and that the tire(s) were wearing off one side or the other.
The trailer (dolly) is going to track directly in back of the hitch ball - no matter where you mount it. If the hitch is offset to one side or the other, the trailer is going to track to one side the same amount. If taken to the extreme, guessing the offset might cause some wierdness as far as tow vehicle handling - but the trailer isn't going to care one bit.
The triangle to be concerned with would be formed by the coupler, and it's distance to each tire. If those didn't match, THEN you'd have issues.
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Capt Rick
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09/24/11 06:47am |
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RE: car dolly eating tires
I would like to thank everyone for their reply's and ideas, it's always good when you can put many minds together and come up with an answer. This board is a great thing, now if we could only take care of the political problems with our country!:)
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Capt Rick
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09/22/11 02:52pm |
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car dolly eating tires
I have a Master Tow car dolly, have used it for 4 years. The problem is that it is hard on tires. I've adjusted everything per owners manual, keep the tires inflated properly but the tires wear out in 4,000 miles. One tire worst than the other with wear on the inside of the tire. Has any one had this problem? And where would you go to get this fixed? Please don't tell me to dump the car dolly and tow 4 down, that's not what I want to do, I like the car dolly!
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Capt Rick
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09/22/11 06:03am |
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RE: Disney World FL
The only gaters we've seen there is the Florida Gater Fans. We've been there many times, never saw any gaters, this one's a joke, right?
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Capt Rick
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08/19/11 05:24pm |
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RE: Disney World FL
Ft. Wildnerness
Here's a movie for you. We love Ft. Wilderness, go there often and yes, our Yorki and Poodle love it too! You are going at a good time, not to crowded and a little cooler, have fun! Make sure that you take bikes.
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Capt Rick
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08/19/11 10:38am |
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RE: Heads up on Fire Fight Auto Release Fire Extinguisher
Man killed
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Capt Rick
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08/02/11 03:19pm |
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Heads up on Fire Fight Auto Release Fire Extinguisher
I ordered one of these for piece of mind for my Norcold Refrigerator, never received it. I'm being told that one of the business partners was killed at their plant and the plant is now closed down. Now I'm trying to get my money back from the CC Company.
SS-30
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Capt Rick
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08/02/11 09:32am |
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RE: Best Tires
I'm happy with my new Bridgestone tires also. I upgraded from Goodyear "G" rated tires to Bridgestone "R250F" with an "H" load rating. They also have extra rubber on the sidewalls which the Goodyears didn't. (Blew the sidewall out of a Goodyear scuffing up against a curb!)
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Capt Rick
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07/31/11 11:49am |
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Tire/wheel (rim) Questions
Realizing the fact that many motorhome blowouts are due to overloading and inflation problems, and realizing the fact that motorhomes seem to be outfitted with mimimal load range tires making overloading them easy to do after loading all of the "stuff" the DW wants in the motorhome, I've decided to do this:
I've replaced my front Goodyear 245/70R19.5" "G" rated tires,(4540@110PSI) with Bridgestone R250F tires with an H rating. (4940@120PSI).
With the Goodyears I kept 95 PSI in them as directed by the placard in the motorhome. I have 110 lbs. in the Bridgestones to "up" the carrying capacity. What I didn't think about was the load capacity of the wheels, and can't seem to find any info on wheel load and pressure ratings, although I've never heard of a wheel failure. (excluding split rims, of course)
The markings on my wheels are: Maxion 10.5x6.75 W0002404G Lot 15 67 8021.04 Now,,,I'm wondering if the "G" at the end of W0002404 is the load rating of the wheel?
And I'm also wondering if this was a smart thing to do! Your thoughts??
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Capt Rick
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07/24/11 07:51am |
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RE: Changing my oil suggestions
Oil changes can be fairly easy and fast, can save you a lot of money and time. One thing that I always do that I've not seen mentioned before is to loosen the oil filter AND the drain plug just a little bit BEFORE starting the engine to warm things up, When the engine is hot things tend to get tighter!
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Capt Rick
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07/23/11 08:20pm |
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