smitty2
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I've heard good and bad about the Banks system for both mpg and power increase, although at 600+ lbft of torque and 300+ hp she has no problem getting her 22000 lbs up and going.
Bob & Debra, et al
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Lou R
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We bought our RWS34 in October for a little under 100G, I checked the milage, not pulling my Jeep Wrangler and got 9.5. Went to Yosemite from San Diego with the Jeep, and got 8.5.
I have the banks IQ installed, but have had engine check light problems. My mechanic thought
I should unplug and see what happens. So far no problems
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RZRHog
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We are hoping to take delivery tomorrow. Will take it local next week to play with all the buttons and such before heading to Glamis for New Years. Thank you all for your advice and look forward to chatting and maybve even meeting some of you in the future.
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smitty2
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Hey that's great RZR! Congrats and good luck!
That would be a great gathering if we could all pick a central location / time to have a Warrior gathering! How coll would that be to see all our rigs in a row - kind of a homecoming.
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smitty2
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Wow Lou - not much of a difference in mileage. Towing the bike trailer I get the same 9.6 as without. There must be something going on. Hope he can find and solve it.
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RZRHog
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We are now the proud owners of a RWS3400. We have a rubber maid container full of books and papers to read and a whole bunch of stuff to load but are very excited.
Oh it has dawned on me that in the excitement I never formally introduced ourselves. That said we are Art and Judy and we live in Oxnard CA, we are moving up from a 25' bumper pull toy hauler. We are out at least once a month for a weekend or two depending on holidays and work schedules. Our primary areas have been Glamis (imperial Sand Dunes), the open desert near Edwards AFB and the beaches along the Ventura coast. We are looking forward to increasing our outings now that we don't have to unpack all the toys just to go camping.
A gathering sounds like a hoot. We are in!!! (schedule pending). We have been to several withing the Polaris and off-road communities and they have all been a blast. Need to have a long lead time to plan for all that are spread out but those within 5 or 6 hundred miles or so can have smaller gatherings to get warmed up.
Hope to be able to be a productive member of the forum. So if you are going to be in the Ventura County area let us know.
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RZRHog
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So we went on our first trip. Got 7.75 MPG with 5000LB Box Trailer and 125 Gallons of water from Oxnard to Glamis averaging about 60. Loved the ride need a little sound matting on the firewall but very happy. Got a couple of questions:
1. Is it normal for the generator to take a few seconds to spool up to power the 110 outlets?
2. For the Auto Retracting awning what wind speed does it actually retract? Had it open out in the dunes with gusts up to ~10mph and the switch set for low and it didn't retract. Nervous about any higher wind.
3. How do the ceiling light covers come off?
Happy Camping
Art
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ronfisherman
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RZRHog wrote:
1. Is it normal for the generator to take a few seconds to spool up to power the 110 outlets?
Art
Auto Transfer Switches have a 3 minute delay built in. This allows generator to warm up a little after start.
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Lou R
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The celing lights unscrew light a light bulb.
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smitty2
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Hello Art and congrats on your purchase! We absolutely love our rig - same as yours. I don't have a problem as you described with the sound from the engine compartment. Maybe I'm just use to it. Your generator question already got answered, we experience the same delay. In regards to the awning - we usually have lights in the tube track so I don't set the awning for auto retract at all. The one time it was a real issue was during a trip to Michigan we experience straight line winds of over 60 mph - that was something new to us and quite the surprise! Luckily we were there for it so I scrambled to remove the lights, just in time, during the wind and rain and ferocious lightning storm and got the awning pulled in. Others were not so lucky - amazing how much damage occurred during that 10-15 minutes! We just don't get that here in the northeast too often.
The ceiling lights can actually be pulled right out of the hole in the ceiling. They have spring loaded retainers holding the assembly into the ceiling. And as mentioned the lens simply ( well, not so simply actually) unscrews with about a quarter to half turn from the assembly. I had to replace a couple of those bulbs - hot halogens! I'll be looking for some alternative led setups for those.
The wife and I were just talkin about our summer vacation this year the other night. We may possibly be heading for Yellowstone. I know there a quite a few owners of these rigs out that way. Maybe that would work for some? Probably looking around end of July or early August.
Best wishes with the new rig Art - hit us up for anything here!
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