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Have fun with your project.

Very nice, congrats!

Ray, With no wind on straight level roads I can get up to 7.5 + depending on conditions, but my overall average mileage is 6.5, and that included driving Rte. 77 over the Blue Ridge mountains from Asheville, NC on the way south to Florida. I did not consider that too bad with this bad a _ _ engine. Yes it does pull the hills quite nicely.

The other factor, I believe, is that the mesh type covers also allow air circulation around the tires thus preventing moisture accumulation on the tires. If you are parked for several months at a time, as we do, this air circulation can make a difference along with the UV protection afforded by these type covers.

I also do not wish to drive a manual shift any longer. I went through many years driving cars and large trucks (CDL A) with manual shift and I'm done with that. The Jeeps that are automatic with a transfer case to shift to Neutral work VERY WELL as evidenced by the numbers you see being towed all over the country. Jeeps have to be one of the largest group of vehicles being towed 4 down, many with auto transmissions, and trouble free!

I believe I am in 6th. I will check again in a couple of weeks when we head out. My GPS speed agrees exactly with my Silverleaf speed and my odometer speed. The mileage I get is taken directly from the Silverleaf computer. My large, heavy coach gets around 6.5 mg towing our Jeep Liberty on fairly level roads. It generally does not vary much with wind, but does vary with speed.

The Finger Lakes wine tour and a visit to Letchworth SP would be very nice. Then a stroll along the Erie Canal or a bike ride if you are so inclined. Letchworth is called the Grand Canyon of the east. There is camping near the south entrance and great canyon and waterfall views. I suppose a side trip to Niagara Falls for a day would be worthwhile adventure. Stay close and spend the day. Definitely visit the Bridal Falls on the stairway and do the Maid of the Mist. If you like gambling there are casinos on both sides of the falls (US and Canadian).

I agree kingfr on this. The Jeep sets up super easy, tows nice, can take something of a licking, and can be used for a great time off road when the time for play rolls around.

The ratings I showed were, as stated, on a new coach. I did not have any specs for an 06 Bus. I figured they were probably close.

I set my cruise on 62 or thereabouts to get the best mileage on my coach.

I was able to get the 2014 guide today when I signed in. Are you a paid member of FMCA or just a registered member of the forum? I believe the towing guide may be for paid FMCA members only.

If that is the case, then the tags would have even less weight on them with the drives having more weight. The weight distribution seems way off. I would also suspect there are some heavy objects up front that should be moved toward the back. I might check with a dealer to see why the tags are so lightly weighted with the drives and steers handling too much, especially the steers.

This same discussions appear in various threads and various forums numerous times. Many of us like the versatility and easy of setup of Jeep Grand Cherokee, Wrangler and Liberty. Be cautious on choosing 2014 Jeeps as Chrysler has changed the specs and only the high end transmissions are flat towable. 2013 and down any with a transfer case can be towed 4 down.

According to Tiffin, on new 43 foot Allegro Buses, the front axle rating is 15600 pounds, rear is 22000 pounds and tags are 13300 pounds. It appears your front axle is within limits although starting to approach the limits. Redistribution of the cargo might do enough. I am unsure how to change the tags to put more weight on them. It appears they should be adjusted downward toward the road surface which should add more weight to the tags and take some off the front.

We just put a Roadmaster Dual Hitch receiver in the MH receiver. This allows the toad to be connected in the bottom receiver and a bike rack in the top receiver. They make both a 2inch and 4 inch drop. The 4 inch drop seems the better choice for us. Very slick.

The LED lamps should theoretically solve the problem. Many LED bulbs will allow much lower wattage to provide the same lumens. (Wattage (Power) is a function of voltage, current and resistance in a circuit. The simplest equation is P=I*V where I is current and V is voltage. P is also equal to I squared *R where R is resistance. As resistance increases the current squares to calculate power.) I suspect your problem may have been caused by resistance increasing due to a poor connection that ultimately fried the circuit board. You may want to check connections to ensure everything is tight as much as possible.

We are taking a several thousand mile trip in less than a month. I decided to have the oil and filter replaced and the fuel filters replaced. The service also included greasing all greaseable joints. I believe the cost (it was not cheap) is small in comparison to an engine failure. Maintenance is cheap, breakdowns are not. Since you do not have maintenance records, get it done. I did not do the generator since it was fully serviced less than a year ago.

We presently use St. Brendan's Isle in Green Cove Springs, Florida. Very reasonably priced and great service. We used their physical address to establish our domicile in Florida. They also have all the form on their web site to do so. Very helpful if you are planning on a domicile in Florida.

My Liberty does not have a steering wheel lock either.

I found a Class A is easier to drive than a Class C, you can see better out the windshield and around the coach. Plus you definitely get more room. I'm not really sure how much with such a small Class A, but more.

Very nice, congrats!

You might also check on the iRV2 Forum for Newmar owners.

This same question has been repeated many times in several different forums. A search of best toads or toad brake systems will most likely turn up several discussions. Any of several forums will also have these same discussions. That is one of the reasons why the owners have placed a search function near the top of the page.

There are so many discussions on different brands of any type RV and which is best that getting into that in this thread would duplicating other threads. Just do some searches on motorhome brands in this forum. For TT and 5ers, go to another of the many RV Forums (Escapees, GS Club, iRV2, etc.)

So you've never lived in a MH! You are basing all your observations on the numbers of coaches in for work. Did you ever think that many of these coaches are in for maintenance, or upgrades, or remodeling, or owners mistakes that broke something? The few stories you seem to quote are all for lower end or entry level coaches, as some of the responses to those posts indicate. Lower end coaches are similar to lower end TT or 5ers or truck campers. The quality is lower, the fit and finish is lower and they tend to have many more cosmetic problems. We all know that the first year or 2 of any RV's life is where the bugs are worked out. Many of the problems that occur in the units you seem to love are repairable by their owners so these units don't go back to the shop. There are always exceptions to these facts, but because you seem to have something against those of us that do have nice coaches, you are raging against all nice coaches. I am not in "world class denial" at all. I am basing my responses on the coaches that have been "in the shop" when I was. We all know that the people who have problems are the most vocal. For every bad experience that gets talked about there are many happy owners that do not talk about their good experience. After all the "squeaky wheel gets oiled". In my case I had one problem with my coach that I had 2 dealers work on to solve. It was a problem with the hydro hot unit and was DIRECTLY related to lack of maintenance by the former owner. While I was in the shop having this problem fixed (paid for by my original dealer) there were many other coaches there. I took 2 days to get my coach into the lube shop to have my annual oil change done because so many others were there for that chore. There were several coaches who's owners had hit something with slides, which subsequently had to be repaired. There were at least 4 coaches that were going through upgrades and remodeling, and yes, there were a few coaches that were being repaired. Do not assume that all coaches in the shop are there due to repairs! Plus while we were there, the numbers of bays with TT or 5ers were equal to the numbers of bays with coaches. One other thing you have to realize, most TT or 5ers or truck campers such as yours are NOT lived in FT. These are PT units. Anything lived in FT (such as a nice coach) will ultimately require more maintenance and perhaps more repairs than a unit that is used PT. These FT units get a LOT more use that PT units that might go out a few weekends a year and perhaps a couple of weeks during vacation. Much different from living 24/7 in a coach! By the way, you say you own a Lance Truck Camper, correct? If so, how is it that you are a member of FMCA?