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I'm not sure how HWH and Power Gear are joined, but yesterday I called the HWH tech line with a simple 15 second question. The lady who answered the phone said a tech would be happy to call me in three to four weeks. Today I tried to call PG, couldn't find a number on line, so I clicked on "start a conversation," filled out the form and clicked "submit." Got an auto response saying all techs were busy, try later.

Thanks for the suggestions and information, guys. Brett's right in that the filter is put in by the chassis maker. Freightliner doesn't have a part in stock but will be happy to order one for $186. The problem I've seen with DD/Freightliner is that the parts all have lots of numbers and letters. My oil filter has 11 and this air filter has 10. When looking for an oil filter I found a great many that looked correct, but the part number was off by a digit or two, and thus no good. And, as Joe pointed out, each installation (motor home, OTR truck, LTL truck, etc) has a different air filter.

The Freightliner tech line is very good. For one thing it a 24/7 operation, not business hours only. I called them yesterday with a question. He didn't know the answer but said he'd research it call me back...and he did.

Yes, thanks.

Does anybody with a DD 13 have the part number for the air filter? I could find every filter known to man for my Cummins ISL, but not so with this engine.

With my coach and my toad, I really don't think I need brakes. However, I have them for one reason....CYA.

If you would add your make/model/year of coach in your signature it would assist the rest of us in answering your questions. What "yearly service" are you doing to the transmission? If an Allison, there is not much to do annually except sample the fluid.

I use Rejex on the windshield, Nufinish or Meguires Cleaner Wax on the body and ProtectAll on plastic trim, lights, etc.

As long as the engine manufacturers sign off on it, that's as good as being in the manual.

So the bottom line to this very interesting discussion....is do what your owner's manual says to do. Also, I agree with WILDEBILL308, nobody has done 3,000 mile oil changes in decades....except those that take it to a shop that says you have to do it that often....so as to increase their bottom line.

Their logic would be that if the tire had been inflated to the sidewall pressure noted on the outside of the tire, the tire wouldn't have blown out with the low mileage and nearly new manufacture date on it.

He also forgot Travel Supreme....used. There are many coaches out there are fine, I would not limit myself to any particular brand.

I flew a helicopter in VN that was like that with transmission fluid, the one thing you don't want to run dry in a helicopter is transmission fluid. We carried a case with us at all times.

After reading your earlier thread, I looked up the make/model of my ATS. It is a Surge Guard Model 40250. I binged it and it came up on the Camping World site, reg price $880, sale price $663....have no idea why this model is so expensive, although it has worked flawlessly. https://www.campingworld.com/surge-guard-automatic-transfer-switch-with-rv-power-protection

John did not mention the final step...."when arriving home, shop for and purchase a different tow car."

Wayne has some good points. However, if you want to ''shop'' call Good Sam, they will do the research for you. When Peter Lewis was head of Progressive, I refused to use them, however, he died in 2013.

The problem is the engineers have never spent a day in the RV they are "engineering" and designing. So they design something that is incredibly stupid, and would realize that....if they used the product they are designing. A past president of American Coach had a program started where the designing engineer had to spend a week in the coach he just designed. However, that gentleman either retired, resigned or was fired before his program was implemented.

The fact that Kia appears to be ignoring you and the owner's manual does not mention flat towing are bad signs. Just because previous similar models were towable, does not mean the same is true now....CRVs used to be towable, until Honda changed the transmission. I'd stay after Kia, get their corp phone number and start calling.

My last roof water leak was one or more of the five marker lights on the top front of the coach. The leaks, if more than one, were not the gaskets between the lights and the roof, but the gaskets between the amber lenses and the bodies of the lights. So I resealed all five from the outside, I did not replace the internal gaskets.

Thanks, that's much cheaper than an AH system.

All things considered, a strong head wind is the worse detriment to good MPG...it's like having a ping pong table strapped to the front.

Nice job, Joe. Would you care to share the cost with us...excluding your very high labor cost of course?

Any after market suspensions cannot increase the cargo capacity of the truck. Only the manufacturer can do that.

I opted for the more portable unit, a Blue Ox Patriot II. To set it up for travel, set it on the floor in front of the driver's seat, adjust the driver's seat so it is just touching the back of the Patriot, attach the Patriot's control rod foot to the brake pedal, plug in the 12 volt and push the "set up" button. When the "set up" button is pushed, the control rod will push the brake pedal all the way in, then come all the way back out. Done. There is a wireless controller in the coach that lets you adjust braking action from the cockpit.

Read my post of April 1st....It's best to figure weights at the max...at 16k, a 3/4 ton will be way over the cargo capacity of the truck. Do the numbers and look at the sticker noted above.