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Topic: What Did You Do To Your Class B Today ?

Posted By: benfrench on 02/19/13 02:12pm

Dug it out from the snow, drove it around, filled it with gas and started getting it ready for a weekend in New Hampshire...

1992 Intervec Falcon 190
US Army 2002-2010

Posted By: Davydd on 02/19/13 06:32pm

I drove mine to the dealer to fix the last of my little nagging warranty problems. Time has run out. We went over 36,000 miles. Now we are on our own. Next, I need to take it to a Freightliner service for its regular maintenance. I am mulling over getting new tires already. The OEM Continental Vancofourseason tires only have a 40,000 mile warranty and the tread wear bears that out. Hopefully we'll get underway and head south by about March 1. Problem is the forecast says our weather will stay freezing and my water system has all that pink anti-freeze. On top of that we have another big snowstorm coming in. [emoticon]

Davydd
2021 Advanced RV 144 WB 2500 Class B
2015 Advanced RV Ocean One Class B

Posted By: Fastpaddler on 02/19/13 07:39pm

I keep my 06 PW Sprinter Plateau charged up and ready to go. This week, I loaded our Coton de Tulear(Miss RV Princess of Madagascar) into her pooch console and took a leasurely cruise up Vancouver Island to the town of Chemainus, a tourist mecca for Island visitors from 'the World'. I keep the tank as full as possible, speculating that diesel prices could be worse and prabably will be any time soon.

Posted By: stan909 on 02/20/13 01:21pm

Bought a Coleman Black Cat Perfect temp catalitic heater and tested it last night in my driveway. Wife thinks I'm nuts but it got down to the low 30 s so it made for a good test. I slept very well up in the canvas penthouse. I bought the Coleman because my Little Buddy heater was too hot on low setting of 3,000 btu' s. The Coleman has 2 settings 1,500 and 3,000. I used the low setting and it worked very well after I closed my new drapes I made last week for the cab. I will have to take some pics of my drape system. I use hooks to the sun visors because the wife forbade any screwing into the ceiling for tracks.

Posted By: Karsty on 02/20/13 04:32pm

Well ... what did I do to the ERA today?? I packed here up and got her ready to head out on a two week winter adventure. Filled the propane tanks to the brim (all 16 gallons) to make sure I have plenty of propane for the furnace. Tires checked and air pressure adjusted. Also had to fix one the the valve extensions that was leaking slightly ... in -14º C weather. That was fun!!!

Clothes packed ... lots of blankets and comforters for the bed. Also a ceramic heater for those times when I can plug in at friend's places. Food, water (bottle and 5 gallon jug). Cameras ... should just about do it.

I am heading out to Northern Ontario to visit friends and do some exploring in the area. Can't let the RV sit around getting bored and tired during the winter, so off I go.

Karsty (The Wandering Viking)

2012 Winnebago ERA

Posted By: MelinProv on 02/23/13 09:48pm

cant even get to mine there's been snow on the ground for 12 weeks now and its buried

Posted By: mikebride on 02/24/13 01:38pm

Went out for breakfast in mine and then to the local home center. Just a little trip for exercize.

Mike
Ohio
2008 Roadtrek 190 Popular

Posted By: PSW on 02/24/13 02:57pm

What did I do to the RT? Made sure it was full of fuel, ran the generator a bit, drove about twenty miles.

NWS is predicting a blizzard here for tomorrow with winds gusting to 40+ and who knows how much snow. If the power lines go out, I can start the Onan and run my power cords. I bought a bunch of long 12 gauge and14 gauge cords a few years ago to hook up the refrig and the blower on the HVAC unit so I can run the genset and keep heat in the house and the food in good shape. I run it every few hours for an hour or so and that works out great. It is not expected to get very cold ( mid and upper 20s) so. Our power company does a super job but if we get any ice on those lines before the wind hits...............the Roadtrek's genset is ready! Right now it is 62 degrees and beautiful!

This is a wonderful benefit to having a B right here at the house, just as has been discussed in this forum in the past. The Christmas blizzard a few years ago we were without power for four days.

PSW
2013 Phoenix Cruiser 2350
2014 Jeep Cherokee behind it
and a 2007 Roadtrek 210P for touring

Posted By: Fastpaddler on 02/25/13 06:47pm

Occasional ritual is starting the PW Plateau, cruising somewhere long enough to make sure house batteries are charged up, and, keeping engine and all the rest functioning.Did that today,Feb25th and also ran the propane generator for 10 minutes. This is a bigger need for you who have gas generators which can become slow starters if the carb gets 'varnished' or gumnmed up. I used Stabil in my gas tank when I had a C Class but no problem with propane genset.

Posted By: Davydd on 02/26/13 09:03am

Yesterday I took our Sprinter in for a full service check, oil change, etc. at a Freightliner dealer. The only extra thing we needed to do was replace the cabin filter. All that gravel road driving in the Yukon probably got it pretty dirty.

Today I will take our B in for new tires. The OEM Continental VancoFourSeason tires are only warranted for 40,000 miles and we are at 36,200 miles with a 6,000 mile trip coming up. The tire gauge says we still have enough tread (barely) but I am guessing not for another 6,000 miles comfortably. If it were a shorter trip I would push it some more. The gravel roads we drove in the Yukon last summer really chewed them up wear wise. Replacing them with Michelin LTX M/S 2 tires warranted for 70,000 miles. The Michelins we had on our former 2005 Pleasure-way had better tread on them at 61,000 miles than our Continentals.

We are replacing the water heater anode rod tomorrow. I special ordered one at Ace Hardware near our house. Otherwise I think I would have to drive almost 30 miles to an RV store to get one. Wish I had thought of that when I had the B in at the dealer last week.

One thing we won't get a chance to do is de-winterize the water system. It is just too cold in Minnesota yet to flush out the pink stuff. So we will travel dry until we get to Texas and stop at a full hookup campground.

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