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RE: Tires--How old until replacement?
For you guys out there that have experienced blowouts, could you share some specifics about tire care, how often you moved the motorhome, proper tire inflation, and speed travelling before blowout. Maybe we can find some common factors that caused these blowouts besides the age of the tire.
No specific tire care other than maintaining inflation pressure. Motorhome used once or twice a month. Tire pressure checked before every trip and before heading home. I was on the freeway, doing 55-60mph, about one hour into my trip. Ambient temperature was maybe in the high 70s or low 80s.
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Tom_Anderson
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04/14/12 06:55pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Tires--How old until replacement?
I used to be in the "Run them until they wear out, as long as they still look good" camp until I blew a "perfectly good" tire right at the 7-year mark. From now on, I'll replace them when they're 6 or 7 years old.
The rest of you, of course, are free to do as you please.
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Tom_Anderson
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04/14/12 02:39pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Road Pirates
I had a few towels stolen off a clothesline once. To be honest, I haven't really encountered a lot of shady characters while camping. The fact that I'm big and mean-looking is probably somewhat of a deterrent, as is the reputation RVers have for being armed.
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Tom_Anderson
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04/13/12 03:12pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Braided Valve Stem Extensions
I have the crossfires and have never had a problem with them. In addition to the ones on my motorhome, I've run dozens of them on trucks and never had any kind of failure there, either.
I would highly recommend them.
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Tom_Anderson
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03/31/12 03:47pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Overhang on gas chassis vs deeper wheel cut on DP
I have a 35' coach with a good size rear overhang over the back axle. I often use that to back over ditches while maneuvering into tight SP or PP sites.
If you look at a DP, you'll see that it has a much longer front overhang, which can be used in a similar manner.
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Tom_Anderson
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03/29/12 07:42pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: upgrading to MD B license
As for more stringent scrutiny of CDL drivers, my recent experience in WA was the opposite. I was stopped last year for a violation that could have been costly, but once the LEO saw that I had a CDL (I was driving my toad at the time) he seemed have more empathy and the citation he wrote up was far less costly than it could have been.
I had a similar experience where I was pulled over for speeding and the police officer actually let me off completely (written warning) when he saw that I had a Class A CDL.
The biggest disadvantage to having a CDL (at least in California) is that you cannot keep tickets off your record by attending traffic school.
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Tom_Anderson
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03/29/12 07:37pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Water pump ON .. water shoots out outside source water inlet
I put a shut-off valve (similar to the one in the picture) on my water inlet. I just turn it off when a hose isn't connected and I know for sure it won't leak.
http://www.thegardenhosestore.com/bluegrass/thumbnail.img?picture.image.url=%2Ffiles%2F894854%2Fpage%2Fstraight-garden-hose-valve.gif&picture.width.max=200&picture.height.max=200&picture.image.mask.apply=false&border.fill.color=465E80&stage.color=FCFCFC&pid=1329327433825
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Tom_Anderson
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03/16/12 06:23pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: What did you do to your Class A MH today???
Installed a front receiver hitch and flip-down license plate bracket so I can use a bike rack in the front.
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Tom_Anderson
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03/11/12 05:24pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Changing Oil Pan Gasket - Cummins 350 ISC
Drain the oil and leave the drain plug out for a few days before removing the pan. That will help minimize the amount of "black rain" you have to deal with while lying under the engine.
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Tom_Anderson
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03/11/12 12:57pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: City horn on 2008 HR Ambassador
You CANNOT be ticketed for using your horn provided you're using it for it's intended purpose...to attract attention to prevent an accident or other dangerous event. If you're using it to say hello or to scare people, then it's considered a "nuisance" and you can be ticketed no matter what type of horn you use.....Dennis
Depends how a police officer interprets the Vehicle Code.
27000. (a) A motor vehicle, when operated upon a highway, shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 200 feet, but no horn shall emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound. An authorized emergency vehicle may be equipped with, and use in conjunction with the siren on that vehicle, an air horn that emits sounds that do not comply with the requirements of this section.
An air horn could be considered "unreasonably loud or harsh".
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Tom_Anderson
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03/01/12 06:57pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: High altitiude engine adjustment(s) for better performance?
A '95 454 has a computer???
A 1987 454 has a computer! (First year for TBI was 1987.)
And before that, they had feedback carburetors, which also used a computer. I think GM has been using electronic engine controls since about 1981, though not necessarily on the 454.
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Tom_Anderson
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01/21/12 05:54pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: High altitiude engine adjustment(s) for better performance?
A normally aspirated engine is just going to have less power at high altitude because there's less air. No amount of tuning, tweaking, etc. is going to change that.
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Tom_Anderson
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01/21/12 02:33pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Air brakes for Toads
I made my own using a air cylinder. Ran a 3/16 air line from the brakes on the coach.
http://i44.tinypic.com/9r10kn.jpg width=640
I've thought about doing the same thing, but I would use a larger cylinder (with a regulator, if necessary) and a much more secure attachment method, both on the pedal end and the seat end.
The one you show in the picture looks way too small to give any kind of meaningful braking assistance, especially with power brakes and a non-running vehicle. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Tom_Anderson
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01/07/12 05:28pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Compressor Question
Add me to the list of happy owners of the Craftsman 150psi compressor. I've used my engine-driven compressor to air up my tires, but at 110psi, it takes a while. The little Sears compressor does it way faster. I've also used a CO2 tank and it works well, but CO2 runs out very suddenly with little warning and then you have to find someplace to refill or exchange it.
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Tom_Anderson
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12/13/11 10:51pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Driving Snow - Ok or no way?
Cause if you loose traction or the wheels lock up from the engine brake, How does an engine brake lock up the wheels?
It won't lock them, but they can slow down abruptly.
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Tom_Anderson
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12/09/11 10:35pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Driving Snow - Ok or no way?
I've driven in snow plenty of times, with my old gasser and my current DP, with and without chains. I've never had a problem. The key is to keep the speed down and leave plenty of following distance so you won't have to stop suddenly.
If the motorhome does start to slide, the long wheelbase makes it feel like slow motion and makes it much easier to recover, IMO.
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Tom_Anderson
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12/09/11 03:16pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Car Hauler Towing balance the weight ?
Not only check the rated tow capacity of the MH, also check the trailer capacity. I don't know of many standard car haulers that have an axle rating sufficient to carry that weight. When we bought our car hauler, the standard axle rating was 3600# X 2, which does not equal the weight of the X and the trailer.
Don't forget the 10% of trailer's GVW that's carried on the tongue, not on the trailer axles.
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Tom_Anderson
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11/06/11 05:37pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Anybody know what kind of solar plug this is?
Here you go.
Click here.
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Tom_Anderson
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10/02/11 10:05am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Aluminum Wheel Uprade
From seeing that I would rather have steel wheels.
Ok, I'll trade you. :B
Seriously, I've thought about having my steel wheels chromed to get the good looks without the expense of aluminum wheels or the hassle of wheel covers. I haven't looked into the cost yet, though. I might be unpleasantly surprised.
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Tom_Anderson
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10/02/11 09:42am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Drive shaft lubrication question
U joints with grease fittings will have small holes through them for the grease to get to the bearings. These are going to be slightly less strong compaired to U joints with no grease fitting due to them being solid. The trade off is piece of mind knowing if they are lubed or not. Greasable ones would be good for highway usage, easy driving.Can you qualify this information? Unless it is something new age, I've never heard of such a thing.
It's certainly true about serviceable ones having grease passages in them and non-serviceable ones generally being solid. Whether or not this results in any real-world difference in strength is debatable, though. One thing I can say for sure is that a high-quality serviceable u-joint will be stronger than a low-quality solid one.
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Tom_Anderson
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09/25/11 10:39pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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