hermanmullins

Starting to sound like one of our Rally Happy Hours where the first liar doesn't have a chance. :lol: :lol:

SW, welcome to the Forum. Old addage "If it moves and shouln't, use Duct Tape, if it dosen't move and should, use WD40. Enough said.

List plus 10%.

Bill, does this mean that your goood friends from the Forum will get a great discount????? Good Luck on your new adventure.

How many miles do you have on your coach? Have you had your transmission serviced? Is it time for service?

Sorry rambling boy. Many towns in the sun belt as you call it love RVs and Boats but do not allow over night parking with out notification of the city office and that is for loading and unloading. Loosen up that rusty Canadian pocket book and come on down with the good folks at one of the thousands of Snowbird Parks.

Mike, Welcome to the Forum. Take your toilets model number to a RV supply house and order a new seal. Sorry to be so blunt, but there isn't a way to soften to harden rubber. After you change or have the seal changed there are some different item you can pour in the toilet the help lube a soft seal. Good luck, some one else may have a different solution.

dowdyl, Ask for thr CARFAX. Well maybe not, but a look at the maintenance record would be a must. Take the Engine Serial number to Cummins, Cat. or who ever made it and check if it has had any major work preformed. Is there any service bulletins done or not done. Low mileage doesn't always mean low usage. It may have been used by snowbirds. Down for the winter and back in the spring=lived in for many months. The wear and tear can be on the inside and not on the outside. See if you can talk to the previous owners. Take a look at the DOT dates on the tires. The coach is 5 plus years old and it is getting close to the max. life on the tires. Do all the tires match? Like the old song says,"Hay look me over". Good luck, hope you find a good one.

jberger@prodigy.net, Welcome to the Forum. There is only 1 RV Park in McKinney, TX area. The Lighthouse on Hwy 75 Melissa. Melissa is just on the north edge of McKinney.Check them out on www.rvparkreviews.com It is owned by Bill Sportsman Real Estate in McKinney. It has a lot of extended stay people there. The next closest is in Sherman about 25 miles north of McKinney the Lazy L RV Park. If you need any more help sen me a personal message. just click on my profile and click on personal message.

Rwbed1, Welcome to the Forum. Yes you are correct. I just got my Class 'B' Texas operator License. Driving any vehicle exceeding 26,000 lbs requires a class 'B' license. Class 'A' if towing in excess of 10,000 lbs. It is not a CDL. However you will take a written test covering the fundamentals of the CDL.Read chapter 15 of the Hand Book. You will also be required to take a driving test. You will be tested on normal road driving, lane changing, merging & exiting a highway, backing 65' and parallel parking. I know how many time do you parallel park a motor home. Highway speed limits 70MPH, Tow Brake requirement 4,200 lbs and over. Tow strap color, 1' by1' square White flag on strap (15'). When the question comes up about the color of the tow strap it shows a P/U pulling a car with a yellow strap, but the color is not yellow. It is a trick question. When driving and you stop behind another vehicle, maintain a distance far enough back so you can see the tires of the vehicle in front of you. As you can see I learned a lot from the Test. I failed the Written Test with a 35 the first time. It is on a touch screen on the computer and when you miss enough where you wont pass it stops. I was 7 right 6 wrong. The next day i passed with a 90. I also failed the driving test on the last turn. I followed a car into the intersection to make a left turn, They stopped to allow a car a block away to pass and when I completed the turn it had changed to Red. Took it 3 day later and made 100%. I hope my errors will help anyone taking the Texas test. Side note. I had a friend that had a CDL Passenger Lic. that was going to ride up with me to take the test. He had surgery and I called the office and asked what I could do. There was a pause and then "we don't ask how you got here".

Check with Northern Tool, Tractor Supply and or Harbor Freight. They all have sections with trailer parts. Spindles are fairly universal in size. Some have a differnt inner and outer size bearing and some are the same. I feel that it would be fairly easy to add electric brakes to the trailer but the coach may be a different thing. I think you can also get surge brakes at these places. Surge would require replacing the hitch for a surge hitch and adding Drums and backing plates with brake shoes. Taking everything into account, material and time (Labor) it might be better buying a dolly that already has surge brakes on it. Surge brakes will allow you to pull a car with something other then the coach if needed.

Buying new= Fast depreciation, 20 to 30% first year. Many problems, they may be covered by warrenty but you still have the problems and most are on the road. bad. Every thing is new. Good Buying preowned= The fast dep. has already take place. Warrenty problems have already been taken care of. In this economy there are some real bargins out there. Low milage is good, unless coach was used by snow birds. Low milage but realy lived in. These are just my thoughts. Some people think buying new means they are not buying someone elses problems. I think buying preowned means someone else took care of the problems. Every body has to go with what they feel is right for them. So follow you own gut and go for it.

I beleive it is pronounced BaaTon. Bring that young lady to Texas she will love it, just don't start out west ease her in by way of East Texas and the gulf. Have a great time showing those two kido this wonderful country no matter where you take them. (after being station in Maryland, NJ and Rhode Island I look forward to the day I can take the wife to see New England).

As Brett said, seal all open access points under your coach. If you have water or Electric hooked up to your coach you may want to put a bag of moth balls right where they enter the coach. You might want to put a few on top of each tire. Traps all around. At one time we had squirrels in our attic. To find where they were getting into the house I stationed family at all four corners of the house then I took my sons BOOOOOM box set it in th attic as loud as it would go. They left in a hurry and we saw where they were getting in and were able to seal the openings. Even squirrels could not stand my sons music.

Another thought. If they will loan you money for 20 years and a depreciating asset, then they feel you will live long enough to pay for it. So I say "GO FOR IT".

Cecil, Welcome to the Forum. In Texas when you are towing a trailer, dolly, vehicle and so forth, and if they exceed 4,200 lbs you are required to have a braking system of some type, surge, electric, hydraulic or air. I do not know what other states require or if they receprocate (?) your licensing state. I know this weight because it is on the test for your Class B Operators License in Texas.

Butch, give a call to Monaco. Have your coach number when you call. At this time you can register your coach with Monaco and they can help you on what fluids were used. You should have a Cummins 350 or 400 ISL. You can go to a Cummins dealer and get the maintenance schedule and possibly a engine manual. Good Luck.

Bill, when I towed our Jeep it was Transfer Case in Neutral, Gear Shift in Neutral (manuel). In our Yukon it was Transfer Case in Neutral, Shift Lever in Park. Never had a problem with either. My thought is that my friend paid close to $1,200.00 for nothing. Your last sentance is correct, to the best of my knowledge.

Rod, Nice, but where were you born??? I hope you were born in Texas, if so then you can be a Fellow-Texan. And if your were born in Texas how the H*** did you end up in Boxford, You may as well be in Pecos. :lol:

Good advice, I hadn't thought of a term life policy on the balance. I think I will look into it. Bobbie could benifit if I go first.

Tom, we have stayed at Fishing Bridge and it is a nice but very tight place. Did you tell them the length of your coach when you made your reservation? I know they can't take 40 footers. Route I would take would be to New Orleans, Baton Rouge, up the Natchez Trace through Vicksburg to Memphis. up to Springfield, MO through Kansas City to Omaha, to Sioux City. Then up I-29 to I-90 and go West. Stop in Wall, SD and see the Drug Store. and then into Rapid City, SD. There you can see Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse. Through Wyoming By way of Buffalo, to Thermopolis and up to Cody. Plan several days in Cody for the Buffalo Bill History Center. Then West to the East Entrance to Yellowstone. That road will take you right to Fishing Bridge. I envy you, that is a great trip.

dowdyl, Welcome to the Forum. I say go for it. If any thing, it will give you a very good reason to keep on keeping on. We got an 18 year note on our coach in 2007 and I plan on paying for it, or maybe trading up to something my kids will have to worry about in 20 years or I hope more. One of the new sayings is "Live, Love, Laugh", I think we should add to that, "Live, Love, Laugh, all from your RV". :lol:

Has anyone noticed that answers to a subject here on the Forum is like asking your wife how she liked the TV show and it ends up with why you waited so long to take out the trash. :huh: