kaypsmith

Trying to back a car on a tow dolly, is like trying to back tandem (two) trailers, almost impossible even for the experts.

I must admit that I hardly ever read it, but my DW can't wait for the mail to run when it is due in the mailbox. She stays up till way after midnight reading it, so here is 50%, just from my household alone.

Well the socalled unlimited data from Verizon turned out to be a joke, the 22 gig is 4g service really fast speed, and for the first two months it cruised well at 17 to 35 mbs and when reached the 22 gig threshold didn't seem to slow down that bad. But after the first 2 months my one hotspot reached 10 gig and then 3g kicked in. Well I called Verizon to complain, I thought that I had 22 g on 4g, no only 10 gig per hotspot, then 3g, and 3g really is bad here, I'm on the same hilltop as the Verizon tower 300 yards away (900 feet), so I ordered a second hotspot, whoopee, 4g on it, I streamed for 15 minutes and I got a text that my 10 gig was almost used up on the new hotspot, down on 3g after only two days with no appreciable up or downloads. My cycle renews at midnight tonight and I will be able to surf again. I ran an Ookla speed test 10 minutes ago, and .4 mps down (that is 4/100 of a mps) and upload would not even run, errors out. Lewisedge, I was typing while you were, I wish the Verizon on this side of the Rockies were as forgiving as yours,. And I never went over 12 gig before the Unlimited plan, I'm not doing anything different now than before, but since I topped out two months ago, they claim that my bucket has a hole in it. Here is a copy and paste of the Verizon notification. Sorry but the date did not show with the C&P, but this was on July 28/ 2017. Oh yes, please be aware that all that 3g "super slow" data that you are using on a single hotspot that is limited to 10 gig counts against the 22 gig Unlimited, before slowing down to 3g on all hotspots. Update about your 10 GB 4G LTE data allowance Mobile number ending in #6838 Hi Kay, Your 4G Internet with mobile number ending in #6838 has reached its 4G LTE data allowance. Your monthly data allowance will reset on the 13th with your next bill cycle. What happens next? Your 4G Internet will be switched from 4G LTE speed to 3G speed for the rest of your bill cycle. For more information, visit our FAQs. Thanks for choosing Verizon Wireless.

Welcome to the forum, I bought mine on ebay, you may be able to find what you are looking for there, hope so and good luck. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xrv+sink+cover.TRS0&_nkw=rv+sink+cover&_sacat=0 just click on the link.

I'm sure glad that you are going to a driving school, especially if you have never driven a big rig. Make sure that the instructor is aware that you plan to use a tow dolly, and ask for advice from that person. If there is a business close to your residence that is closed on Sunday, ask for permission to practice on a large parking lot. While practicing in such an environment, take along something that can be placed as obstacles, (cones, buckets, barrels) work well for this. Make sure that you have another person, wife, friend, along to watch and offer suggestions as to how well you are doing. Practice turning as close to your obstacle as possible without hitting it. Remember that the rear view mirrors are on the coach for being able watch what is going on behind you, practice watching where your coach is at all times, this means constant moving your eyes from the path your going, then right, then left mirror to see where you currently are. Good luck with your new endeavor, and welcome to the forum.

If one goes to a football game and the ticket cost $100.00, there is no appreciation, if you purchase the ticket for $100.00 and then don't show for the game, your $100.00 is lost, unless you sell the ticket to someone else before the game. If you hold the ticket till after the game, then try to sell, that would be a loss. Now if you go to the game, $100.00 is now spent, and if you enjoyed the game, you would probably say money well spent, if you didn't enjoy it, you would probably say, that was a poorly spent $100.00. RV'ing is of the same mindset, if one enjoys it, then he/she can only think of that money as being well spent. If they don't enjoy it, then they need to get out before it costs too much more. No there is very little chance of appreciation in this hobby, same for boating, hunting, or football games for that matter I personally enjoy mine, and think of it in those terms. If I want to spend less money for fuel, I have a very nice park less than 15 miles away and I can enjoy that, but if I have a mindset to take off for the Grand Canyon, I know that it will cost me much more than going to the local park, so if I want to enjoy the Grand Canyon, I know that my children will just not have quiet as large of an inheritance, I raised them to take care of their own selves, and they do very well, for this reason, I don't mind spending the money that they didn't earn anyway. So the moral to my story is, I intend to enjoy myself as long as I can, and all others need to learn to take care theirs.

I would recommend brakes of your choosing, but never no brakes. Some states allow 3000 down, some 2000 down, and some 1500 down, Canada requires brakes on anything towed. Also safety demands that you need brakes on anything towed, this is the main reason for my recommendation. Welcome to the forum.

Well said TOM, Amen.

My old wore out coach is now showing 2,252,338 miles currently, hoping it will last as long as me. Like DD69, it's a hobby, I'm not in to make money, just for fun. First MH when purchased was a fixer upper, that I completely refurbished the inside, second was a delaminating sportscoach, completely reskinned her outside and in, plus roof rebuild, she has a Cummings bt6c with Allison ht740 trans. Have converted two complete busses, and now working on my first schoolie.

Hmmm, Hymer, Hummer, I'll take the latter, more room for four yorkies. It's a must for a six sleeper for us. LOL! Poorer fuel mileage also.

I have twp pair's of 22.5 snow chains if anyone wants them, you pay shipping, and they are yours. PM if anyone wants them.

I was in Victoria Canada in 2007, saw my first Daimler (Italian made) Smart car, it was a 3 cylinder diesel, 70+ mpg, boy did I want one. So in 2008 MB started the Smart car was coming to the US. I put my name in the pot to be one of the first. Then MB sent me an email that the SC was to be 6 inches longer than Canadian version with a Mitsubishi 3 cyl gas, with expected 42 mpg "thank you EPA". I withdrew my name from the wanted list. I did also own a 1980 VW pickup with 4 cyl diesel, 50 mpg, problem with it was an aluminum head, new head every ten thousand miles, oh yes, no glow plugs on that model, probably a good thing, they probably would have melted the head every time they were used. LOL

There are many companies that do overlays and some that do an epoxy paint to make showers and tubs look better, as well as epoxy do it yourself repair. Some of the companies that come to mind are rebath, and bath fitters. Google for your area shower/tub repair. If you are DIY inclined, the epoxy is a very good repaint product, and will probably outlive your coach. As Herman pointed out, will need to follow prep instructions before just painting it on.

A diesel is a diesel is a diesel, as stated they do nothing more than make for an easier start, or a possible no start in really cold conditions without them. If one were cracked causing a low combustion condition, yes it would cause a problem with that cylinder. The only diesel motor that I have had contact with in over sixty years that used any form of electronics in the actual firing of the cylinder was a Galion motorgrader that was 20 years old in the mid 70's, it was six cylinder, had a two gallon gas tank, and an 80 gallon diesel tank. There was a compression release on that engine, 6 spark plugs "not glow plugs", it actually started on gasoline, we had to run the engine until the oil pressure came up to the minimum pressure, the engine sounded like a six cylinder Chevrolet at this point. Once everything was right for changeover, we moved the compression lever to high, diesel took over and gasoline went away. That beast sounded like a D8 Caterpillar running at that point. those were the days. By the way, I owned a 190D 1966 model Mercedes Benz, and put over three hundred thousand miles on that car. Four cylinder and got 30 miles per gallon, up hill down hill, town or country, running air conditioner or not, I had a little silver device on the dash with holes in it so you could see a wire that actually heated and turned a nice warm glow to tell when the glow plugs were ready to start the engine. And yes those were the days before all the new sensors that tell the engine and the mechanic whether to go or not.

Not really an opinion, glow plugs are still used in many of the smaller diesel engines, they are no more than a plug that preheats the cylinders to make the engine start in cool and cold conditions, no other function. Like anything mechanical/electrical, it is destined to fail someday, meaning that it is a wear item. If overused it will fail sooner, not knowing your exact vehicle, whether it is an automatic feature, or a human engaged feature, may contribute to the longevity of these items. We have a skid steer loader, and two commercial zero turn mowers with Kubota diesels on all three, all have glow plugs on them that are human engaged, if it's cool weather, we preheat always, if warmer weather, we allow the engine to turn over two times, if it doesn't start within the two turns, the glow plugs are engaged for 15 seconds. One of the mowers is 30 years old, one 18, and the loader is 18, all 4 cylinder, have not replaced a glow plug in any of these yet.

Mark, I know about German engineering pretty well also, Daimler has a plant 30 miles from where I live. I have many friends who work there, the training program is impeccable, no one is allowed to turn a bolt on the assembly line without having been thoroughly trained, most of them are flown to Germany for their training. The plant was first put opened to build the M class, then 15 years later doubled in size to start producing a pickup truck line, to date still no pickup trucks have rolled, several prototypes, but none have been able to cut the muster so far.

Mark, no problem with not knowing how, and not wanting to learn. I had a brother who died new year day 2017, 91 years young. He was a multi millionaire, and could not install a battery without blowing something up, he actually did things backwards in order to never have to work on anything. Que sera sera, and to each his own.

Closing the valve will most likely stop the battery drain also, pretty sure that it requires current to keep it open for safety sake. Also as Ross pointed out there probably is a switch near the LPG fill, will not hurt to leave this off unless you are depending on LP to keep the fridge running. I notice that this your first post, so welcome to the forum.

I think if you use tire manufacturer's load chart for tire inflation for the actual weight on either tire, would not make enough difference in the ride that it will really matter.

If you don't have a digital voltmeter and do not want to know how to use it, a 12 volt test light will help, simple to hold the positive lead to the large lug on the side of the solenoid, there should be two, one should be hot, the other not, then the negative lead to the generator frame. If the light comes on nice and bright, then you do have voltage. Remember that those two large lugs, one should always be hot the other only when the switch has been pushed. If you do have 12 volts, a simple jumper across the two lugs, remember to only touch them, this should cause the starter to at least try to engage. If you do not want to chance this, most any RV repair shop can test it, or Cummings diesel owns Onan, so most of their shops are equipped to troubleshoot for you, only thing is they are usually very expensive. I would trust a reputable RV repair shop or Cummings over Daimler for this type of trouble shoot, most Daimler shops are excellent for their products, but have not been trained at generator repair.

I replaced the front air bags on my MCI last winter, also the front shocks, parts 2 bags and 2 shocks from MCI was $682.00. I have a friend that helps out with those type repairs, paid him $400.00. The bags were original on 1988 model, this was second replacement of the shocks, unless someone failed to log any others, I have service logs that date back to original purchase of the bus.

Possibly a fuse, I'm thinking in terms of a wire may have been left disconnected, but as Herman said, sparks may have flown. This is why I don't have others "so called Professionals" doing my replacements. In the past, I used gummy labels and the numbering system before disconnecting anything, now days with a cell phone camera, I take pictures in addition to the labels. With the label system, I put a number where it is disconnected from, then a corresponding number (1 to1 and so on) on the wire that has been removed. Another must for checking your generator problem is to use a VOM "volt ohm meter" to determine if there is any battery connection to the generator itself.

When was the last time it cranked before having the batteries replaced?

I find that the fiberglass poles tend to be a little heavier than aluminum and are less flexible, for this reason I like fiberglass better. I have not looked at Walmart, but I have found the fiberglass ones at paint stores, and building supply stores.

Is it possible that window tint might help reduce the heat?