kaypsmith

Joe, if I had my rathers, I would stay with your current setup except move to AGM's if at all possible. Happy new year, Kay.

I have used Toyo tires in the past and have never had any bad experiences with them. But you may want to check the tire diameter between 295X80 22.5 versus 315X70 22.5. the 315X70 is about 1.22 inches shorter than the 295X80, meaning more revolutions per mile. 315X75 is almost an exact diameter. While typing wildebill beat me to the punch but here is another calculator. https://www.tacomaworld.com/tirecalc?tires=295-80r22.5-315-75r22.5

If you store the coach on the outside, there is also a small gasoline generator charger that hooks directly to the battery bank. The built in electronics monitor the charge of the batteries that it is maintaining and when they fall close to the lowest level that it is set to maintain, it will start off of the batteries that it is maintaining and run until ample charge has been achieved. It is a little pricey, but works very well.

Tom, I agree, RV lots sales is almost like buying into a time share, it usually entails either monthly or annual maintenance fees which tend to go higher each year. And as you said if you get tired of the place, you can crank up and leave at your own discretion. I was almost suckered into one of those own your own once, but after reading the fine print twice, there were too many gotcha's.

Cape Canaveral AFB is adjacent to Kennedy Space Center. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center Happy Holidays everyone.

Joe, I have relatives in St Augustine, will have them check for the better campgrounds there soon after holidays and get that info to you. Merry Christmas to you and the family, and everyone else on the forum.

Tracker is 1991, paid 2K for it 8 years ago, probably has as many toad miles as driven miles, 105,000. I don't tow it as often on long trips anymore, I use tow dolly to pull mine or DW's newer on the longer trips because of taking the mini golfcart on those longer stays.

I use one of those digital thermometers in the wet bay also, one that shows the outside reading on a gauge inside the motor home, mounted the outside transmitter inside the wet bay. This way I can see the wet bay temperature at any time, if the actual outside temperature falls close to freezing, the wet bay area should always read above the freezing mark. I use waterbed heaters in my wet bay that was placed under the tanks, then set the units to come on at 35 degrees then shut off at 40, with the same set up as I describe

If you can use manual transmission, most of the older ones can be flat towed. I have a friend that towed a 2004 Honda Accord Auto that could be flat towed. I love Jeep's, but finding one of those for under 5K is next to impossible. I have a 4WD Geo Tracker that pulls great, and it's auto, not for sale. Good luck hunting.

Well I write often that black is the best UV blocker available, being a HAM, we have known this fact for years because we build antennas using wire as a dipole and hoisting it into the air and leaving it there for years, white or any color other than black will last only two to three years, while I have used black rope and it is still there after 21 years. With that said, Roger is correct about white being the best color for covering your tires, the heat is the concern for protecting your tires because it reduces heat, unless you have some special tire that is colored, it is already black, so by nature it is already the best UV blocker. My biggest concern about tires is them sitting on asphalt, petroleum based, so is the tire, concrete, it is alkaline, which will start premature deterioration, and many soils and gravel can be alkaline or acid causing the same effect in prolonged periods. Better they sit on newspaper than nothing when staying awhile.

Ray, if you do decide on Tannehill, send me a PM, I live less than 20 miles from there, would love to meet you and the DW, will buy lunch or dinner.

Another thought is what percentage of bio diesel if any was in the tank at the time of the loss of power, bio has a tendency to cut any crud loose in a system and could have caused a starving fuel condition then passed on through and returned back to a more normal condition. Only speculation but another thought since it seems to have cleared up after the incident, as wildbill308 said Diesel Kleen additive can't hurt anything, I personally like Sea Foam, but that's a personal thing.

Take a look at this one on ebay, might be what you are looking for. Also as jmnorman said a camera might be a good choice. the rear view ones can be mounted in any location, and they can be set for rear or front view with the toggle of a switch on the monitor, look up rear view camera on ebay or amazon. Prices start about 60 bucks for a wireless one, and if you are going to mount on the front, wireless is easy mount and works pretty well on the front of a pusher since there is no motor interference there and the camera is close to the monitor/receiver. There was a recent thread on this same topic with several comments on the same subject. And yes Carl, there are many ways a mirror can be attached to the front of a coach.

Dawn is great for grease and petroleum product removal, but Tide is great for algae removal, add a little Clorox to the Tide for an even easier removal of algae, as well as a deterrent for early reformation of the algae. Algae is what becomes that black hard to remove substance on the exterior. And of course a good wax job after the scrubbing is a must, as the Tide will remove the previous wax coating. Also rubbing alcohol applied with a soft cloth on smaller areas of the black crud will remove it very easily. And while on the subject of cleaning, ammonia and alcohol added to water (PLEASE NO CLOROX in this mixture", the fumes are DEADLY") makes one of the best glass cleaners available.

A small piece of rubber garden hose over a wooden dowel, leave the dowel about 3/8 inch back from the end of the hose, put a small hose clamp on the opposite end of the contraption. Press the protruding hose end into the light socket applying pressure against it. Of course as others have mentioned, be sure the power is turned off on the fixture. Small correction, garden style hose is probably to large to press into the base of the bulb, a short length of rubber fuel hose the correct external diameter can be acquired from an auto parts store will work well. Just remember that the bayonet style base requires a push against it to release. If it doesn't come out easily after release and there is not enough room to get needle nose pliers into the area, a vacuum cleaner with the hose reduced to a small enough diameter can be used to help the base out of the confinement.

Bill probably knows a better paint, but I have used Flexseal, it's a rubber sprayon that works very well for me.

Here is what I ran into with two regulators, if I use an automatic changeover for two tanks, with two regulators I can use only 50% of either tank, and the auto changeover will not changeover automatically, and will only allow 50% of either tank, and reports an empty tank on either one at this point. I don't know why this happens but that is my scenario when I use two regulators. If I take the auto changeover out of the equation, either tank will empty properly. The only reason that I have this situation is because the lp gas generator has one built onto it and the changeover device has one built onto it, therefore the generator can't be used through the changeover device.

Those are what we refer to as JACKLEG ELECTRICIANS in my part of the woods.

Most convection ovens come with a "cookbook" that is designed for use in that particular oven. Generic instructions would be hard because of the design of a particular unit, such as, some have one fan, some have two and other concerns.

She is correct in most coaches that have an ATS which will change the load over, but to swap over under load is not the best way, as this can damage the contacts in the ATS thereby shortening the life of the ATS.

We like to have both options, and can store many items "such as canned goods or cooking utensils" in the gas oven when extra space is needed.

Herman, I think that Brett is referring to a miswired CG pedestal, possibly in an older campground that was origionaly a 30 amp cg with a jackleg electrician miswireing from an origional 120 volt circuit, not bringing in a true 220 volt circuit. That would give 120 on each leg of the 50 amp plug with neutral on the correct leg, in this case you would read 120 to neutral or ground from either "hot" leg, but no reading hot to hot. The intellitec would see this as a non 220 volt circuit. Not a correction, I hope a clarification.

On a note Joe about gas drying out the food, my Mom used gas while I was growing up, she always placed a small pan of water in the oven while cooking to overcome the dry out effect, worked for her and me also. But we of course only cook with convection now days.

Here is a towing guide from brakebuddy. As Brett pointed out if within your state you are legal but every state has its own rules and if you go into that state that you will not be legal in, you are bound by its rules. Most of us agree that the peace of mind knowing that we can stop sooner is much better than later. http://www.brakebuddy.com/towing-laws

I don't have a ladder on the back of my bus either, but the manufacturer installed three sets of channels for information signs on the right rear motor door, that works great for me.