wildebill308
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You have a bigger yard than I do. I would get a riding mower. Is that GPS or is it so you can do your monitoring on the go. Bill
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I think there is a fuse on the circuit board. Bill
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What kind of time frame are you talking about? Absorption refrigerators can take 12+ hours to cool down. Many recommend 24 hours before adding food. Bill
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Mahdialbassam, Welcome To The FMCA Forums! Did it do this to both front tires? If it was only one it is probably a sticking brake caliper. If it is both do like jleamont said. Just out of curiosity, you did set it up so the steering wheel turned? Let us know. Bill
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There are many ways and places to get in trouble with a RV. Places where just because you can doesn't mean you should. Carl's Tail of the Dragon is one and most of the roads in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. They have very narrow lanes and worse they have trees and rock outcroppings that stick out into/over the road way. You can drive under them in a car but........ Bill
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Not necessarily. If you get in and start it and set it up for driving, where you can apply a little preshure to the tow bar, then put it in park, how is that different? Catman300, I towed for a couple of years with a dolly, I think you will like the change. Bill
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Welcome to the forum. Congratulations on your new RV. I have never towed with a Jayco. Is this a new one? I think you will be ok. Just make shure you have a good auxiliary break system for the jeep. Bill
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Thank you for your service and welcome to the forum. Don't be a stranger. Bill
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I would call the factory help line and find out what kind of resin was used and what they recommended to repair it. Bill
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You might want to check on the new restrictions the Governor of NM just imposed. Bill
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At the last little rally I was out walking the dog and watching several people coming in and setting up. Unhooking the toad, this seems to be a challenge for a lot of people. This is the process I have developed over maney years of travel. When you are ready to unhook the toad, if you have a auxiliary brake you have to remove do it now. Get in and start the toad. Put it in drive and let it put just a little preshure on the towbar. Put it in park. You can leave it idling if you need to charge the battery or shut it off. Now when you unlock the towbar with the leavers on the bar it will be in a neutral position. You should be able to easily remove the pins The toad is not going to run you over or try to run away. Bill
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Try this number. 103 Campus Drive, Gaffney, SC 29341, P: 855-253-0421 F: 864-206-8755. On my last Freightliner it had a MODEL: XC CHASSIS. The Desiccant cartridge is HDX DQ6036. The Coalescing filter is HDX DQ6032. This is why it is helpful if you put your coach and some basic information in your signature. It saves time and gets better answers. Bill
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Great, however as it is in water I would think the correct name is a non-political pylon. Bill
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This might be the perfect spot to use a Li battery, no outgassing, fast recharge, more usable capacity. The only negative is the cost. Bill
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Great shirt. Bill
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Glad you found it. I have never seen the batteries under the bead. How maney? I have usually found water tanks under the bead. Bill
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First I would double check the batteries and do a load test. Next I would look up in the manuel for your inverter and find out what the beeping signifies. With the coach running and no outher power connected use a meter and see what the voltage is at the batteries. Bill
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What I have found is a gas absorption unit it is plugged into a standard 110 circuit. The outher is from the inverter to power the ice maker when no outher 110 power is available and running on propane. I used this outlet for power when I installed my residential refrigerator upgrade. Bill
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Welcome to the forum. Is it a Ford Chassis? Look Behind the drivers door in the house part is a drawer holding a very large D8 house battery, Maybe. The start battery is on the driverside. Sometimes they used the passenger side for a house/deep cycle Battery. Good luck and let us know. Bill
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The only thing I would caution is make shure all your equipment is for 10,000 pounds or greater and get a good auxiliary brake set up for the truck like the M&G braking system. https://m-gengineering.com/ Bill
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I think you will be fine. Is it the perfect setup? Probably not but you can change latter. Yes it is nice to have something to drive to go someplace without tearing down your whole campsite. Bill
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Does one shock cover all chassis “sizes”?
wildebill308 replied to cvdell's topic in Type A motorhomes
I put Koni FSD shocks on my 2003 XC Chassis last fall. They did seam to soften out some of the rough spots in the roads. I only got to put about 8800 miles on them last year but I was happy with how they helped the ride. I used Shock Warehouse https://www.shockwarehouse.com/index.cfm. Bill -
It is ok if you want to feel like macho man because you have been over a 10,000 foot pass. Just remember you didn't start at sea level and yes I have been over them to. Bill
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When I was doing it I didn't know I needed to keep a record. When you talk about bad hills to get over they are in the East. They were built before there was any guidelines for interstate roads even before any interstate roads. If you stay on the interstates you are pretty safe but if you get on some of the state and county roads you can have some big surprises. Bill
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This is true however I found if I slowed enough to get down to 4th it would hold speed pretty good on most hills. if it didn't and kept picking up speed I could slow to where it dropped into 3ed gear and then I bet I could go down a 35 degree slope without picking up speed. A388666, Still my advice is to drive with it on and get a feel for how it reacts to different situations. Bill