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Roof air conditioners on ebay start at about $475.00, some but not many have free shipping, and not hard to replace if you can get someone with a loader or fork lift to lift it to the roof. I have used a winch on a makeshift gin pole attached to the back ladder before. Yes Herman we have strayed, and I was wondering what had happened with the loading of the engine.

Roland, not to even try to persuade against upgrading to another coach, but can't help adding a little advice about your present coach. It appears based on your wheelbase that you have a gasser with a good deal of overhang. You probably already know this, but moving as much weight (storage) as possible forward of the rear wheels will help considerably. I have in the past added granite flooring in the galley area to help with this condition. Do not overload, (rocks are heavy) but adding some weight there for TEST purposes wont hurt. If adding weight, close or on the floor, just another thought.

Gotta love Uncle Sam, here is a fact sheet about the difference. http://www.deloperformance.com/content/dam/chevron-delo/Brochures/PC-11/CHE-20409 PC 11 Poster_36x48_092315_2.pdf actually a fact sheet and or about delo 400 and their claimed improvement over CK-4. only for what it is worth.

As Brett pointed out, many factors must be taken into consideration, but to answer your question. "Does a tag axle improve ride?" In most cases it will help with stability if everything else is in place. The "trail axel" was first introduced on the GMC Scenic Cruiser, because the first few that Greyhound added to their fleet was a single drive axel, and those beast's were literally all over the road, my uncle was a driver of one of them, and refused to take another trip until that problem was fixed. GMC brought them back for redesign, the trail axel was the result of that recall and retrofit. It became one of the drivers favorite busses to drive with the exception of a few that didn't want drive anything over 35 feet. If you notice closely the TAG is always a single wheel behind the drive axel, with the exception of the now defunct Silver Eagle which the TAG was in front of the drive. I have driven both and I prefer the trail. Though the Silver Eagle die hard, bus nuts, still love to convert them, they were very adaptable to most builders schemes.

One more of the same battery should add two to two and a half hours based on the reported time. I'm surprised that unit uses that much current. Are you doing that much boondocking that you must use a 12 volt supply? Or is it only for safety sake?

The Winegard is a very good line as a whole. But that brand wifi extender appears to be rather pricey. A wifi extender does just that and there are other brands available, with the exception that other brands are not designed to be roof mounted. I use a hotspot instead of park wifi because most parks have pretty poor wifi coverage unless you are parked next to the park office. Any brand range extender could do the same job, just place it outside the RV once parked, and find an area that has the best signal to place it. Netgear and Cisco are both good brands, and the newest technology is the ones marked 1200 AC and higher, remember the higher the preceding # before the AC designation, the faster the device is, are the best available for individual use, because they use multiple radios to receive and retransmit the signal giving much faster speeds to the end user. If I was going to buy a booster for my use, I would use a cell phone booster to get the best of service for cell phone and hotspot use, because several parks that I frequent have poor cell phone service. Hope my little rant helps, and happy motoring.

Domain names don't work the same as e-mail for just changing the password. There are many reasons other than security for changing a domain name, for instance another company might want your name, and is willing to buy it and offer a handsome profit. And sometimes you can lease from another company cheaper than the one you are currently using.

My inverter is only an inverter on a 30 amp circuit with an ATS, when leaving CG or home I switch on the inverter, everything in the coach except AC's are powered on, it remains on until we reach destination and shore power is restored. Batteries are charged with a separate converter.

Thanks Herman, no it is not a rock stars, but my DW said I had rocks in my head when she first saw it. Was just a typical old white bus at that time with no seats, just a driver seat. But then she started taking interest and together we cloroxed the inside, then started the conversion. The outside paint was covered with vinyl wrap. Thanks for adding your picture Joe.

Thanks Bill, when I first joined, uploading pictures was a pain, had to keep it in very small bit size which meant using paint or some program to reduce the picture. I could make it happen, but then I had used all of my allotted room. Anyway, I have noticed that others are uploading pictures lately, therefore I wanted to try again. The picture is my homemade coach, built from a retired greyhound, went to Vermont carriers and retired from there. Hubometer shows 252,208 currently, and Greyhound retired these babies at close to 100,000. Thanks to FMCA for upgrading the forum, and making it easier do the new task's. Oh yes, the picture was at St. George Island Florida last May, going again this May.

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Have you checked the water level in the radiator since starting it? Possibly coolant had or has an air pocket, don't know what unit or motor you have, but my Detroit will shut down with the condition that I described.

I subscribed to Good Sam for 7 years, called on them four times over that period. Twice for tow purposes and twice for tire service. Not one time did I let them perform their service, one time for towing, I wanted the vehicle towed to a known shop, 12 miles further than the nearest service center, response was no can do even if I paid difference in mileage. One time refusal on towing because I can not allow my unit towed on a cable. Twice for tires, the tires that they would bring were twice the price that I paid a local service. I changed to AAA RV Roadside service, have used them four times in four years, Three times for towing, and one tire service, service and promptness was excellent on every call. I have had no dealings with Coachnet, therefore can't respond for them.

I prefer hydraulic surge brakes because of the ease of hooking up to them, no electric controller needed and legal in all states. We're I "designing" one to be used behind a coach with air brakes, I would build it air over hydraulics, but then again that is only a dream.

Some of the Kia's have gone to electronic steering. Nearly all of the newer vehicles that have electronic steering have been a problem when towed flat, ie. the death wobble seems to develop with them. This may be the reason Kia decided not to recomend flat towing except in emergency. I owned a 2014 Kia Soul that had electronic steering, that is a great improvement in steering over plain power steering. It was an automatic which required dolly towing anyway. I'm not saying that is what Kia is saying about their flat tow ability, it is only a suspicion of mine.

Can't understand why you don't live in Tennessee Carl!

Carl, what kind of welding machine did you use to weld onto that fiberglass? The devil made me do it LOL. Rewilla, that's a good looking setup.

Yes 4 wheel alignment is certainly in order, because a competent shop will be looking for worn parts, and with todays independent suspension there is a lot more parts to wear. Here is a very informative web site to look at with some good information. http://www.procarcare.com/includes/content/resourcecenter/encyclopedia/ch25/25re If the tires already have signs of cupping again, be sure the alignment shop has this condition pointed out to them. Just a little foot note on tow bars, if the end next to the toad is higher than the coach end, the pull downward puts undue weight on the front tires while pulling the load, while lightening the load on the rear tires, which can cause problems with the rear tires. About 30%, 3 out of 10 that I see rolling down the highways are improperly aligned.

Cupping is usually caused by imbalanced tires, or bad shocks or something loose on the suspension. There are other considerations, but these would be my first to have checked if cupping is the proper term for what is happening to your tires. If you are towing four down, make sure that the tow bar is parallel with a flat roadway that you are sitting on. Simply measure down from the front of the tow bar and also at the rear of the tow bar. If not pretty close to the same measurement, make the proper adjustment at the coach hitch to correct this problem.

Things change from year to year, but Spartan at one time built the largest number of chassis for fire trucks that was produced in the USA. My previous coach was a Cross Country by Sportscoach on a Spartan chassis. I will say that I loved driving it because it had a very close turn steering, good ride, and very stable on the road. That was a 1991 chassis and coach, and as stated by others, different models can vary.

Leon, we have camped for more than 35 years, motorhome for most of those, and only had a little mischief happen one time. Those type things that you mention, can and will happen though. But 60 gallons siphoned? That's 12 5 gallon cans full, lock on the fifth, I bet that he puts his own lock on it now. Best to ere on caution wherever you go, meet the neighbors that are parked next to you if you can, we are all out here for the same reasons, to enjoy ourselves and have a reasonably good time. I find it best to try to do just that, but use common sense at the same time. No matter where you go, even at home the old devil will be lurking, so as the BOY SCOUTS motto goes, "BE PREPARED". Also you could proudly display a "NRA" sign close to your tag and front door, I may be wrong but I bet even Maryland owners are allowed shotguns in the vehicle properly placed and unloaded, not to say it can't be loaded elsewhere. Video surveillance signs are not a bad idea either, most motorhomes do have a backup camera these days, a thief doesn't know if it is for both or not. Happy motoring and check out the campground, if it looks sleazy, it probably is.

Till I read this post, I didn't realize that Jeep even made a Cherokee, so now I have been enlightened also.

Since I'm carrying the golf cart most of the time, I use it to place the dolly. 2 inch ball on the back also comes in handy around the house for moving those bags of leaves. The golf cart is a miniature one, weighs only308# and is about half the size of a regular one but can carry up to 4 people unless they are the size that I used to be. P.S. works well on grass also, but not well in mud.

Herman, you are correct, diesel motor does not produce vacuum. Although I had a Ford dump truck with a 3206 Cat that used vacuum over hydraulic brakes. It was equipped with a vacuum pump instead of an air compressor. My bus uses an electrically activated water valve to control heat for the heating system, and there is no flapper on this system, and not all systems are alike.

This is intended for those that don't know, some do, some don't. There are guidelines for changing one of two tires when in a dual configuration. To calculate, one must have two mounted and equally aired tires and under no load. Measure the outside circumference "OC" of each at the center of the tread, if the two are no more than 3/4 inch difference, then they will be within quidelines, and should be ok. This is slightly under 1/4 inch in diameter, or tire height. Many times there is almost that much difference in two new tires unless specified matched pairs. and to do this, it would greatly increase the cost of the tires.