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FYI, most, not all, but most coaches, especially older models that have residential refers, Aqua Hot, and bath and a half will also be long enough for a tag axle....like the DS 4002.

In May 2015, we had a RF blow out. It was a very small shoulder, and by the time I got off the road as far as I could, the side of the destroyed tire was right on the edge of a 45 degree embankment. When road service showed up with a new tire, was curious as to how he was going to change it. He jacked up the coach, had the D/W put her foot on the brake pedal, and worked the shredded tire off the rim. To put the new one on, D/W's foot on the brake, a pair of vice grips (padded) on the rim, and he worked the new tire on the rim with a tire iron...the vice grips prohibited the tire from slipping off. All this with the rim still on the coach.

That's the bottom line, don't listen to a service manager, don't listen to a Honda salesman, don't listen to Honda Corp, don't listen to some guy trying to sell you a towing system, and this is a good forum, but you get what you pay for. The only place you will get 100% correct information is in that manual.

I was checking out the AH forum earlier and came a cross an interesting post by Roger Berke, AH guru. It seems that up until recently any brand/type of propylene glycol was acceptable to be used as coolant. Here's Roger's post: "The Camco –100 Boiler Coolant is no longer AVAILABLE FROM Aqua-Hot. They are supplying Century “PINK” coolant, which is an equal product and can be mixed with the Camco –100 Boiler coolant with no problems. The Camco –100 Boiler Coolant remains available from many other sources.The Century Pink coolant now has the “Approved By Aqua-Hot” logo on the label. To the best of my knowledge the Camco –100 Boiler coolant remains an approved coolant. It is noted on the label that Camco –100 Boiler Coolant is approved for use in Hydro-Hot and Aqua-Hot models [Roger’s Note: NOT EVERY Aqua-Hot model uses this special coolant].Note that the Century coolant is ‘ready to use’ and should NOT be mixed with distilled water giving you 1 gallon of finished ‘ready to use coolant’. The one gallon size of Camco –100 Boiler coolant, for Aqua-Hot use should be mixed with 1 gallon of distilled water (50% Camco /// 50% distilled water) making 2 gallons of finished ‘ready to use coolant’.I think the point that deleted was making is that not every propylene glycol product is acceptable for Aqua-Hot use… [Roger’s Note: Specifically the RV waterline antifreeze products that are commonly sold are NOT an acceptable substitute]." Looks like to be an acceptable coolant now, it must have the AH logo on the container.

Must be a new extra cost option offered by Tiffin....turn off the water heater and the awning retracts.

I think this is a case of the owner not doing a detailed and thorough job of researching his purchase. I have never had an ISX, but have learned by just read posts on several forums that the 650 was an expensive engine to keep running. There are a number of posts that talk about serious high dollar breakdowns with that engine. The final blow that would turn the average buyer off, was when Cummins started manufacturing the ISX as a 600, and stopped making the 650 version.

GS will check around and get the best deal for you. Saved me $500/year on this year's policy.

Yes, I realize this is a Class B forum...what does that have to do with anything? I believe you've made posts on the Class A forum. You need to lighten up, don't be so sensitive and defensive...you have a Class B you love, fine, we are on RV number six, and have had several smaller rigs, I don't want a class B...guess that makes us both happy. You're happy and proud of your MPG, great, I'm happy for you, but I can go farther on a tank of fuel than you can. I do monitor and keep a log of my fuel usage, but the bottom line is I don't really care what it is, it's the cost of doing what we like to do.

Anybody who is primarily concerned with fuel usage is in the wrong hobby. I have to chuckle when a read a post about traveling and a poster says he's not going because fuel went up a quarter/gallon. So when he's on his death bed is he going to say, "man I'm glad I didn't make that Yellow Stone Park trip, look at the money I saved" or is he going to say, "I'm sure glad I spent a few bucks and got to see YS park, sure was pretty." IMHO, the biggest disadvantage of a Class B is that when ever you go some place from the CG you have to pack up your RV and go in it. Then when you get home, you have to set up again. We spend every Jan in one CG on the Gulf Coast....it would be a real PITA in a Class B.

I've had four diesels...3 cylinder Yanmar in a sailboat, Duramax in a Chevy 3500 dually, Cummins ISL 400, and the current 12.8L DD 500. No problems with any of them.

Agree.

FreightLinerFever...if you'd be kind enough to put your coach in your signature, we wouldn't have to guess as to what you are driving.

If you are a member of FMCA, it comes with the membership, no extra charge.

Same here, ran two for days on end in a sailboat. Expensive, but worth it.

Any "synthetic" transmission fluid won't work. It must be the one Allison uses (or from their approved list)....Transynd.

Like several others, I put Rejex on the front of the MH and the windshield.

At a recent rally, I bought a Blue Ox Patriot II. It's a relatively new portable system. Its breakaway is installed and the system checked out. All looks good and ready for use. I got the portable so if or when we swap toads, all I have to remove from the toad is the breakaway....one bolt and some wire. http://www.blueox.com/brakes/brk2016/

If this was my coach, the first thing I would do is turn off the inverters...unless running lots of AC equipment, that would flip the inverter CB that the power is going through, they have nothing to do with this issue. The way my coach is wired, if there is too much AC equipment on...that inverter CB will flip whether the inverter is on or off.

Extended maintenance plans are extremely expensive, plus most have a deductible. You pay nearly $1,000 for your small 20' RV. The cost for a big DP would by much much higher. Those EW companies are in business to make a profit, naturally, and seem to be doing quite well. I'll take my chances without an EW. So far, knock on wood, I'm way ahead.

I always wash the bugs off the front on the first day I arrive at a new CG...whether I'm staying the night or a month. Many have "no wash" policies, but I'm not washing the coach, I'm removing bugs....nobody has ever said anything to me about doing it.

Same here. I don't trust some guy with a power washer....I don't want any water driven in where it should not be. I usually combine my wash with a refueling trip. Normally, I'll take it out and run it on the interstate to get all temps and pressures up to normal operating range, refuel, then wash. When I do that in the next few weeks the annual wax job will follow.

Same here. Some things require taking the coach to the factory. A 2016 model should still be under warranty. It's a PITA, but sometimes you have to do it. Some dealers are not capable of anything as sophisticated as slide adjustment and repair.

Re AAA, way to many cases of AAA either not bringing a tow truck big enough for a DP and/or a mechanic that is unfamiliar with the transmission and does not know if/how it should be rigged for towing. For years we were members of AAA, but not since since getting back into RVing.

This thread is one of many reasons why KOA is a last resort.

I can see where DOD would pay mileage rather than a plane ticket, as long as it wasn't more expensive. But you'll have to explain your overnight camping fee corresponds to a hotel room, the latter of which they'd pay dollar for dollar...and of course you'll have more over night camping fees since you can't make your trip in one day. BTW, I spent a month at Altus AFB one day back in the 80s.