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    Brett: Spartan with IFS

    Jim: Tread is worn evenly on just the last outside tread on the front passenger side tire...52,000 miles...10 years old

    Herman: Would a front end alignment solve a camber issue?

    I am very limited on the mechanical side so I appreciate the help...Thanks

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    My wife is the admin. asst. to the police chief in our town...The traffic cameras are just another way for the municipalities to collect revenue...Safety has nothing to do with it...The money is split between the vendor and the municipality...In the old days when revenues were down the mayor would tell the chief to start writing tickets, now they just park the vehicle with cameras where the speed limit changes and cha-ching...In one instance they wrote 336 tickets in one day on a saturday by a park where a soccer tournament was being held.

    p.s. A bill was just introduced in the Ohio legislature that would make all traffic cameras illegal in the state.

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    Navarre Beach Campground is close to Ft Walton...If you like state parks, Henderson Beach in Destin (no pool and just water & electric, but just a short walk to beach) or Topsail Hill (pool and full hookups inc cable, but a longer walk to beach) are great campgrounds...Another option would be Camping On The Gulf which is also near Destin.

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    I had a IOTA ITS-50R fail in 2009 due to a connection overheaing...When I checked, about half of the connections were loose...I replaced with a like ATS and so far there has been no problems...IMHO, most of these issues go back to the assembly of these great traveling machines...The manufacturers try to assemble thousands of components in one week which will always result in these kind of problems...I still would not trade motor home travel for any other mode of travel...Brett, thanks for the PM advice...I try to keep up with everything but I will definitely check all of my electrical connections on an annual basis in the future.

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    Plugged into shore power...heard a strange humming sound...went inside coach and the TV, microwave, Winegard power distributor, sat receiver would not turn on...the refer would only work on gas...while generator was on, 110 plugs would only work when inverter was on...any suggestions?

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    Gary,

    I just experienced the same problem. My ground problem was so bad I burnt up two curcuit boards while trying to find the problem. I finally found the negative side of the motor with a small ground wire going to the back of the circuit board. I wire brushed the connector and bolt but no luck. Evidently the wire went bad because the motor would not budge. I ran a ground wire from the negative side of the motor to the chassis (ground off a new location on the chassis, drilled a hole, and attached a new battery cable with screw & nut). So far, jacks have worked flawlessly. I do not understand how you can use a small ground wire, which was not attached to the chassis, on a high amp motor. I also have a Newmar so I assume the pump was installed the same way. In my opinion this is just a shortcut that is doomed to fail from the start. Thanks for your post because it got me started in the right direction.

    Charles

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    I am starting to plan next falls trip and we have never been to the northeast.

    Any festivals that we shouldn't miss? sights, rallies?

    We hope to go sometime in Sept/ Oct.

    We will be starting in St Louis MO.

    I went to the Northeast Sept 10 thru Sept 26, 2010...N.Y. Thruway to the Green Mts. of Vermont (Von Trapp Lodge in Stowe)...White Mts of N.H. (Mt Washington is a must stop) ...Bar Harbor in Maine was next...Then down the Maine coast to R.I. (Newport is beautiful), Mass. & Ct. (take RT 1 to bypass the Maine tolls: very expensive). Next time will go around the first of Oct to see the foliage at its peak.

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    I am an independent insurance agent and the best claims service for an RV is through Progressive. They are very competitive when your RV is new, but they base their rates on the age of the motorhome, so as your RV gets older their rates go up even though the value is dropping. As far as I know Foremost is a reputable company and any company FMCA endorses should be fine. The bottom line is to do your homework re: "service after the sale" because price is not everything when you have a claim on an expensive RV.

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