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RE: Small Flat Panel TV's for Class C
Any advice is welcome.
HERE is what I did.
Tim
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Healeyman
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01/15/12 09:14am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Any residual value in replaced tires?
Nope.... They have no value and if you did sell them YOU "could" be responsible for any accident or incident caused by their failure.
On top of that, depending on where you live, you will pay $7 to $15 for EACH tire to have them disposed of for you.
Tim
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Healeyman
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01/11/12 11:16am |
Class C Motorhomes
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Speaking of Break "Away Switches"
I guess my question is for you "Break Away Switch" guys.
How do you set the point at which the break away switch activates and applies the towed brakes? Do you set it so that the brakes energize BEFORE the safety chains are tight or AFTER the safety chains are tight?
It seems to me that:
1) If before the chains are tight, the break away switch will slam on the towed brakes without the towed actually having "broken away" and is still chained to the RV.
2) If after the chains are tight, the the break away switch should never activate. In that case... What does it do? What is it really there for? I see LOTS of hook ups with 3' of chain and 6' of switch activation cable.
3) It doesn't make any difference. It's a belt and suspenders kind of thing. Redundancy matters....
Are there more answers? Is there REALLY a right asnwer?
I don't yet have a break away switch, so I'd REALLY like to know how you guys set these things up.
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Healeyman
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01/09/12 03:28pm |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: Suggestions/oppinions on rear air bags for my E-450 class C
I also have Four Winds (22') on a 1 ton Chevy chassis.
My rear spring stack was totally bottomed and it had NO upward travel for the axle on a bump. Even the smallest holes and bumps rattled the silverware in the drawers. I-40 through Oklahoma actually broke things.
I bought 5,000# Air-Lifts and bolted them on myself in the driveway in a couple of hours. The Air-Lifts were less than 1/2 of the quote that I got for rearching or replacing the springs.
Adding the bags made ours a TOTALLY different vehicle. I won't say that we don't feel ANY bumps, but I-40 through Oklahoma is no longer a glass & dish breaker.
I run 55# of air which gives me a 1 1/2" lift. When I tow the enclosed car trailer, I bump the pressure up to 65#.
I'd suggest that you get quotes for spring work and installing bags, then go from there.
Tim
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Healeyman
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01/06/12 02:42pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Gunsmoke
Did y'all know that Ken (Festus) Curtis (from Wiki) was a singer before moving into acting and combined both careers once he entered films, performing with the popular Sons of the Pioneers from 1949 to 1953 as well as singing with the Tommy Dorsey band. Curtis replaced Frank Sinatra as vocalist for the Dorsey band, but details of Curtis's relationship with the band are unclear. He was with the Dorsey band in 1941, prior to Sinatra's departure, and may have served simply as insurance against Sinatra's likely defection. Dick Haymes contractually replaced Sinatra, in 1942. Curtis then joined Shep Fields and His New Music, an all-reeds band that dispensed with a brass section.
As a member of the Sons of the Pioneers, he can be seen in MANY of the John Wayne westerns, most notably "Rio Grande".
Tim
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Healeyman
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01/04/12 09:18pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Tow Bar Question?
It just isn't worthy of consideration, except possibly by the extremely paranoid.
OK, you're a smart guy... What is YOUR explanation for the price difference between the $100 and the $1,000 bar?
Tim
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Healeyman
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01/04/12 09:07pm |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: Tow Bar Question?
The single biggest difference between the $100 tow bars and the $1,000 tow bars is Liability Insurance for the manufacturer.
If the $100 one causes injury or death, who do you sue?
Tim
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Healeyman
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01/04/12 04:09pm |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: Reel-to-Reel Music Tape
On November 22, 1963, I just happened to have my reel-to-reel recorder running and recording music from an FM station when the network broke in with the news that JFK had been shot and was on the way to Parkland Hospital in Dallas.
Probably not worth much as the same network announcement is all over the Internet. Yet... It is still "history" to me.
Tim
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Healeyman
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01/03/12 09:31am |
Technology Corner
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RE: Slide copier
about 15mi for four slides at 2400 dpi.
Why are you scanning/copying the slides at 2400 DPI?
What are you going to do with the copies?
NO comsumer quality printer prints at more than 300 DPI and a computer monitor is only 72 DPI.
Cutting down to 300 DPI will cut that time down to just a couple of minutes per lot.
Tim
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Healeyman
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12/27/11 09:41pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Unique toad
Not really a towed, but last summer, I saw an RV going the other way with a Jeep and a helicopter on a trailer.
The helicopter was on a tall platform so the rotors would clear the Jeep.
Tim
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Healeyman
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12/24/11 06:27pm |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: Towing a lifted Jeep
What are the issues with the lighting?
As you probably already know, in most states, you need brake & turn lights on the back of the Jeep, also tail lights if you run at night.
Tim
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Healeyman
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12/23/11 09:38pm |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: Towing a lifted Jeep
In my mind, TWO things are of concern:
1) That the towbar is level or has a slight upgrade from the Jeep to the MH.
2) That there is enough caster in the Jeep's front end so that the Jeep will follow the MH through a turn and straighten out after a turn.
Many times when a car/Jeep has been fitted with large diameter tires, spacers or large offset wheels are used to get the tires out far enough that the front wheels will still turn lock-to-lock without the tires hitting the frame/body.
When the tires are set out, the king pin (vertical center of wheel turning) no longer lines up with the center of the tire-to-ground contact patch. Frequently when that is the case, there is not enough caster in the front end alignment to allow the front wheels to self-straighten after a turn.
I'd suggest that you slowly drive the Jeep in a fairly tight circle (each direction) and let go of the wheel. If the wheels self straighten and the Jeep turns to drive straight ahead, The Jeep front end geometry and alignment should be OK for towing it.
If not, have the front end realigned with enough caster added so the wheels will self straightened.
Of course, there are also accessory braking and lighting issues.
Tim
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Healeyman
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12/23/11 04:07pm |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: Can this axle be used?
The axle and bearing mounting surfaces look fine to me.
If you have a Northern Tool
store near you, they have a VERY complete trailer supplies section.
Tim
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Healeyman
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12/20/11 08:18am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Removing Jeep Wrangler steering wheel lock
This has nothing to do with your Jeep, but I disabled the steering wheel lock on my new Miata so that I could tow it without having the ignition turned to Acc.
THAT is ABSOLUTELY the most convienent way to go.
Tim
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Healeyman
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12/19/11 12:59pm |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: '11 CRV toad lights, how'd you set yours up?
Mister FIRE,
I have not set up a CRV, but I have set up our new Miata which also has the 3 filament system (1-orange turn, 2-red brake, 3-red tail).
Our RV has a common 2 filament system (red brake/turn and red tail).
I bought a 4 pack of diodes at Radio Shack for $3 and a trailer harness at Harbor Frieght for $10. Less than $15 in the whole system.
The harness plug is in the Miata grille and the 4 wires run under the car (zip tied to the fuel & brake lines) to the rear and up into the trunk. The diodes can be soldered, crimped, or wire nutted in.
MY connections are behind a panel in the trunk so weather is not an issue.
While towing the Miata, I use the red brake filament as both brake and turn and the red tail filament as the red tail. The orange turn filament doesn't illuminate.
I can send you a schematic if you'd like. PM me your Email address if interested.
Tim
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Healeyman
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12/15/11 08:29am |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: Radio Shack Diode Number
I've drawn a schematic for the Radio Shack diodes if you need it.
PM me if you want it.
Tim
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Healeyman
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11/20/11 08:25pm |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: A Dingy for a Vintage GMC
A couple of years ago in Yellowstone, I ran across a guy from NoCal who was towing a BRIGHT yellow, 1962 Corvair Spyder, behind a Beige GMC MH.
Best lookin' rig I've seen in a long time.
I think that I'd go with a 'Vair. CLASSIC!!!!!
Tim
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Healeyman
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11/19/11 12:42pm |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: towable older vehicles
So true!!! and about 30miles down the road the bearing becomes part of the output shaft
Specifically, what manual transmission is that?
Tim
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Healeyman
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11/17/11 10:09am |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: towable older vehicles
With the engine off, and the transmission in Neutral, the mainshaft center bearings, the rear output bearing, and the rear output seal will get NO lubrication!
Such transmissions require a driveshaft disconnect for four down towing.
Mower...
In 1956, I put a Olds V8 and LaSalle 3 speed transmission into a Ford '32 5-window coupe and pulled it hundreds of miles to drag strips all over the mid-west.
Since 1960, I have built, drag raced, auto-crossed, and tracked over 30 street rods and race cars towing them all over the country. Not only have I never damaged a transmission from towing, but of the HUNDREDS of guys I know, I have never even heard of anybody damaging a manual transmission by towing it.
I recently spent a week at the Bonnevile Salt Flats and saw cars towed from all over the USA being run at speeds of 200-300 MPH without transmission damage.
Can you give me a credible example of a manual transmission that HAS BEEN damaged from towing as you say?
Tim
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Healeyman
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11/17/11 10:08am |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: Not so hot in Texas.
Yea, but whether it is hot or cold and you like the weather or you don't, we STILL don't pay any state income tax!!!!!!
Tim
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Healeyman
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11/16/11 07:34am |
Around the Campfire
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