StuartT
La Conner, WA
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Okay, I wanted to just back away but since it won't die, I will respond, even though some of you are not going necessarily like what I am about to say.
Notice that there was not one answer to my posted question. But a great bruhaha went up because I was going to get under my coach to change our a filter element. I am going to be putting myself at great risk and basically I am being stupid. How many of you would have said that to my face if you we standing next to me. Some, I suppose, but I am suggesting that there is a easy path to acting all credible and instructive when you are just facing your monitor.
Now, if there is any one of you who is afraid to drive your coach down the road because you might suddenly lose air pressure (if you have air) or your jacks fall down and dig into the pavement (if youhave jacks (I don't) and therefore you might kill yourself or someone else on the road, then please be these first (or 6th or 10th, whatever) to cast your stones. But you don't refuse to drive do you? That most likely because you thoroughly trust your equipment and the build in safety features. I got my first motorhome in 1970, lost count since then, and still drive without fear today. Yes, I am old.
I completed my filter change this morning. As I was trying to find out when I originally posted, Instead I researched the path of air from the engine's onboard compressor. The air passes through the dryer/filter, than is distributed to the front and rear air tanks, from there it divides up to service primarily the air brakes and then other axillary items such as the HWH leveling system, the horn, etc. There are check valves in these systems, including the leveling system ,which prevents back bleeding of air out of the air bags if there is a failure in the primary air system. That holds the level of the coach at the last level to which it was set. The rear brakes also lock up.
So, after bleeding the air tanks to 0 psi yesterday, the leveling system (fully raised) stayed that way and this morning I did a 10 minute filter change and thereafter recharged the system. I do trust my leveling system to reliably do it's job and not put me in any unreasonable danger, no different than when I am driving down the road and depend on it to safely deliver me to my destination. And therefore I see no reason to be demeaned or accept the implication that I am stupid for doing something the does not have any significant history of accidents to back that concern up.
And finally, from a post above, this was the response from a search on Microsoft's Bing AI regarding a death from collapsed jacks at a FMCA rally. "I’m sorry, but I couldn’t find any information about anyone being killed under a coach at an FMCA rally in Perry, GA. It’s possible that such an incident may not have occurred or it may not have been reported. If you have any other questions or need assistance with something else, feel free to ask." If the poster has any resources to back that statement up, I am more than willing to listen.
StuartT
2006 HR Imperial
42 PBQ
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