turtlemechanic

What do the switches look like? you have a picture of the dash?

Biggest issue with Cracker Barrels is the parking. Make sure if you park in the RV spot you will not be blocked in at 9am when everyone is eating. Not sure why most just turned 2 car spots into 1 RV...can be very tight turning into or out of space.

Only problem with Passport America is if you only travel on the weekends most campground do not honor the %50 off...during the week 3 or 4 days will almost pay for a years membership.

I would have no issues with a 50+ year old bus, as long as you know the systems or have a big pocket book . . It's like a 100 year old house, they are either a money pit or a fun project, maintenance makes a big difference

It's not hard to adjust, 25 feet, a wall and some blue painters tape will work. Basically pull up to wall and mark center of headlights on the wall and backup 25 feet (needs to be fairly level and square) then follow. Just google headlight adjustment and there are tons of diagrams.

Next bus needs to be a PD4501 (my dream bus)

Looking good, why skin the 3 factory windows over? Keep posting pics as it comes around.

Ours is named "LaTortuga", she is the reason we love old 2 lane roads...she's happiest at 45/55 and we just cruise the "ol Skool" roads

One thing to think about with air brakes: If you have semi-metallic brake shoes and drive in the rain, and stop with cold drums; then you apply your brakes and wait a few days you go to release the brakes and find out the shoes have rusted to the drums and won't release. W/O chocks you can't safely release the shoes with a hammer, because if you have the air up, so springs are not holding the shoes against the drum and the brakes suddenly release the coach can roll away. So carrying chocks with me : I then can put two chocks in front and behind tires and can safely use a hammer to "break the shoes loose" w/o the bus running me over just something to keep in back of your mind. Also I have a habit of releasing all air from system; just in case the brake release is hit or whatever...the brakes will not come off since the springs are holding it tight.

I did it, only issue was purchase price was too high on survey....it should of been $0.00 to $10,000.00 and then go up

We have 2 residential type; one in front and one in the bedroom (a door separates the 2 zones) also have 2 smoke detectors (one in each zone) each zone has it's own door to the outside also. Also we have a typical Residential Vehicle.

We stayed at The Holiday-trav-l park on Emerald Isle, it was supposed to be a 1 night lay over on the way to Wilmington. We met so many great couples and friends we stayed 5 nights The campground folks were very friendly and nice, it was literally 75 feet to the beach, plenty of food and drink w/I walking distance No shade, nice ocean breezes here is a pic of the campground 1st night we had to move to accommodate folks already reserved They had 3 very clean bath house, a big pool and a market for gas, food and wine we will definitely be going back Wi-Fi was great through the park, streaming video was not a problem http://htpresort.com/

I would stay at one of the campgrounds on Hatteras (we stayed at Hatteras Sands RV park, simple, clean, great work camper running the place, no amenities, seems to be being "rebuilt" BUT it's 2 minutes from the ferry!!). http://hatterassandscampground.com/content/contact.html Like we said, it needs some work but it was a great time Fresh sea food w/I walking distance from camp ground 58129 NC 12 Hwy, tell her the Turtle bus people said "hi" close to the water!!!! no stinky low tide either!!! Hatteras KOA is another place to stay a little further up the island, very nice tho'. Then go and spend the day at Ocracoke (rent golf carts, they are everywhere and speed limit is 20 in town and more golf carts on roads than cars) and go back to the Hatteras camping (free 20 min ferry). There is another campground we checked out and I will post a crystal coast report this weekend).

Okay, we decide to 1 day on the island, parked the bus at the common parking near ferry and rented a golf cart to cruise island, Teeters was someones backyard and very,very tight, beachcomber was full of seasonals and cars/trucks. So state park "looked" like way to go. Jim thank you for the heads up.

We found the 8 inch memory foam was 'hot" to sleep on. We added a 2" egg crate topper and they are nice and comfy with good support and are not too hot any more, this is a lot nicer trip.

Good to hear it's fixed.

We were actually going to stay at one of the two. The comment is that "your" review or one of the ones from online? Thank you for the input, very slim pickings and no Walmart parking lot Not concerned about the roads we have clearance.

If shopping online be advised when looking at add-on camera's read fine print about RGB lines or other "scales" to aid in backing up. ALL color camera's with Red Green Blue lines I have seen and used were too bright and hindered the use of camera. Make sure to get one w/o those "helpful aids."

Don't forget to keep windshield wet when adjusting the travel, Also, if blade pivot area is worn out( or wallered out where the pivot pin goes through the wiper blade) the blade can flip over onto it's side (this can scratch your windshield) A wet windshield can show this easier also. Rain-ex makes life a lot easier especially in light rain.

she's a tricky little creature; the wifey is she looked them over and ruled that one out...she didn't mention that....must actually be an AC thing

Okay thanks, I'm not setup for 100% boon docking yet and mama says we need a bath house if we are staying 2 days

Nobody has stayed on the island?

We are planning to stay there same time frame for a day or two. Reviews have been good and locals say it's nice just a little pricey.

Looking to spend a couple days on Ocracoke in September. I see three campgrounds, the state park and then twp that are in "town." We would prefer one of the in-town ones for power and convenience (no toad.) Both campgrounds seemed to have mixed reviews (drastic both ways and old dates). We don't need a "resort," just a place to park our 35-foot bus and enjoy the beach and town. Thanks. Doug

We were "convinced" that memory foam was perfect yada, yada....we purchased 8 inch 3 density layer foam for our conversion It is comfortable....BUT... it is very, very hot it holds body heat so the body parts touching mattress would be hot and the parts not would be cold from ac at night, we had to put egg crate ontop to create a barrier Just wanted this info out, most people haven't complained about retained heat with memory foam I agree any mattress that can be rolled up into 16 inch ball would be crap, like the mattress in a box, good for 5 year olds and that is it