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If those are your choices, for me that's a no brainer and I've been to both...Hill Country for sure, rolling countryside, some trees and a big city close by if you need it.. IMHO, W. Texas has no redeeming qualities.

I just had a similar issue with a 14 CRV and Blue Ox Patriot II purchased in the summer of 2017. Long story short, when driving the CRV, I noticed a rumbling sound coming from the back when ever I braked. Honda pulled the wheels and noticed the two front rotors were scored, one of the rear rotors was black from being hot and the other rear rotor was broken in three places. They turned the front rotors, replaced the rear rotors and put on new pads all around. The only thing that could have happened is that when driving on an extremely rough road, the Blue Ox, that sits on the floor between the brake pedal and the front seat, moved enough to apply the brakes. I keep the power set on the lowest setting. Now I put a bungee cord around the Patriot, securing it to the seat.

Self insured for me also.

My suggestion is that if it's an Allison issue, don't take it to Freightliner.

My manual says to purge the system every six months by pulling each lanyard for 10 seconds....two lanyards on the driver's side, one on the pax side.

I don't drive where there is salt on the road....that means it really cold and real nasty weather, I don't go to those places.

My first pick up was a 1972 Dodge 3/4 ton Club Cab, 360 V8, it had split rims.

If I was in the market for a toad, Jeep would not be on the list until Jeep, or somebody, can prove the 'wobble issue' is fixed...for sure fixed.

A few years ago we were camped in Grove, OK, in a 5th wheel and needed a part. Called Newell, they had it, so we drove up to Miami. The receptionist had a chalk board behind her desk with a list of owners for whom they were currently building coaches. We recognized most of them....race car drivers.

Call Good Sam, they have folks who will find you the best rate. I did that last June and GS got me a rate, with the same coverage I had, with the same company I had...for $500 less. Go figure.

Carl, Amer Coach quit using Diamond Shield a few years ago and now (at least my '14) has Dura Shield. http://durashieldppfs.com/

Goodyear has nerve putting three year old tires on a brand new trailer.

I have a similar crack got on our last trip. It starts at the bottom, goes up about eight inches, then turns toward the pass seat for another three inches. Novus sealed it for $60. Tech said if it starts again to call him and he'd do it again.

We had a TT membership and did not renew it. In addition to the comments above, it seemed whenever we went to a TT park, all the really good spaces were occupied by empty RVs....owned by the locals.

That's what I do, and just drain the fresh water.

The Ventana is not in the same class or price range as the Mountain Aire or Tour.

Carl, I can only address Amer Coach, but in 2013 through 2018 the ISX was 600...excluding model year 2014, when AC did not offer an ISX. Cummins came out with the 605 in 2016, but AC just started using it (as a 605 and not a 600) in 2019 model year. We saw the new 605 at Spearfish in August. A number of our members have the 650 in earlier model coaches, usually Heritages, and have had problems.

I read on one of the forums that several years ago Cummins finally admitted the ISX had valve problems. They fixed it by changing the ISX from 650 HP to 600 HP plus some internal changes.

The tire manufacturers have a manual that explains the TP for use based on the tire size, weights, single or dually. Easy to use. I take that weight and add 10%. Bing the tire manufacturer and see if you can download that manual.

That depends on a couple of things. Where are you going to live and how big a gamble are you willing to make to register and tag a vehicle in a state in which you do not live? Some folks like to establish an LLC in Montana. Several people in my state did that, and saved lots of money until the local police began to question why there were so many big RVs with Montana tags. Long story short, the people that lived here but tagged their RVs in Montana paid all the back taxes they avoided but owed (sales, personal property, late fees), paid all the fees (licenses) they avoided, and paid big time fines. If the question is where can you live with the cheapest RV fees, that's a different issue.

Don't know the name of the scale, but the only time we've ever found a portable scale was at an Amer Coach rally, where they brought in a vendor.

We've been all over Texas and the worst love bugs seemed to be in the SE part of the state. A few years ago we went from League City (SE of Houston, in Brett's territory) to Rockport, down just NE of Corpus. The bugs hitting the front of the coach sounded like, and reminded me of, a previous life when some unfriendly folks were firing AK47s at me and my windshield...both sounded the same, and quite similar.☹️

I use one ounce of vinegar to 16 ounces of water and newspapers (not the colored ad section), does a find job. We had some really dirty windows on the stick house garage...the above mixture did a lot better job than the high priced "window cleaner" that smeared the everything.

You guys are weird...that's not my idea of "curves."😉

Pilot/Flying J are not "ripping off RVers" they just charge a premium for the convenience, if you can call it that, of buying their diesel. As for the truckers, they are not paying what we pay, they all have contracts for much cheaper fuel. Ever seen a Wally World truck at any commercial refueling station. No, and you won't, they have their own refueling capability...as well as showers, food, etc at the Wal Mart Distribution centers around the country. WM takes care of their drivers.