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Carl, on the subject of tag's, while I was in the process of growing up, I had two uncles and two cousins who were bus drivers, therefore I was encouraged to take many bus trips and that is when I fell in love with bus's. One of them had a daily route from Montgomery Al., to Atlanta Ga., with Greyhound. I don't recall the exact year, but GMC introduced the scenicruiser and my cousin was the first to drive one of these new beast's on that B'ham to Atl.. The ride and driveability was so bad, swaying and just trying to keep in the road, it was a forty footer, no tags and increased height, he refused to drive back to Montgomery in it, GMC recalled all eight that Greyhound had purchased and retrofitted with tag axels, proper name that GMC gave them was trail axels. These were the first coaches with tag's and have proven to have been a very good improvement for the industry. Silver Eagle followed suit with their version, which had the the single tire in front of the drive axel, and they called their's tag axel's. The trail design still sells, and the tag has disappeared. Holiday Rambler produced many shorter versions using 19.5 tires and was a hit in it's day.

I have had to replace several battery disconnect switches over the years, both knife style and relay style.

Joe, there is a Bluebird Wanderlodge for sale less than 3 miles from Tannehill, inside looks very similar to Ernies unit.

I sure do not mean to mislead anyone, but three months ago I tried to get a Remco driveshaft for a GMC Sierra, Remco stated that they no longer made driveshaft couplings, but here is a link to somebody that does. After your statement Bill, I googled Remco driveshaft coupling, and the link to Remco sent me here http://www.remcodsc.com/, don't know if Remco has split or what but I am not in the habit of intentionally misleading people as you have indicated on several occasions.

If the company that produces the driveshaft disconnect is a reputable company, I don't believe it will be a problem. Remco no longer produces them, but will reccomend a source, don't know if it became too much of a liability for them or was just too much to handle.

Maybe golfers are like fishermen, Is it this long " " or is really this long " ". Next time I'm in Red Bay, it is in Franklin County Al., one of my counties I'll ask Bob personally. Carl, be cool.

Don't need any dead grass in there either. That would really impede performance, and with the high heat of that "WRAPPED" manifold, it would probably catch fire. Thanks Brett, I needed that.

Is the residue only in the kitchen sink? If no other place, is indication that would almost have to be as Rich described.

Send me some of that wet please, grass is completely dead. Joe, maybe a side scoop design similar to a hood scoop.

Herman, Champion is who I worked for as mill and cabinet forman for back then, not in the motorhome end, but in the manufactured home at that time. I did go to a facility in Texas while in their employ to help build new jigs. The spray foam was used in all their plants at that time, the foam was to make a very good bond of the exterior panels to the frame, the two sided tape actually held the interior panels in place while staples were shot into wood strips placed between the metal tubes, no way to foam the interior panels. "Good old days"HA-HA. Yes we've come a long way.

After 28 years, my coach has new front shocks and air bags. I have all service records from greyhound, first owner, and Vermont Carriers second,then myself, can not find any record of replacement of shocks, only twice new shock bushings, both still passed the typical shock test, no signs of oil. I don't know who made them, as MCI has their logo on the new ones, hope the new ones hold up as well as origional.

Maybe was too close to true magnetic north and was confused, LOL.Was there in 2007, my Casio altimeter watch went crazy on that trip. Really, hope you find a good replacement.

Thanks Todd for the painstaking work, hope this means it is now on in-house server/servers, probably no more trust issues.

12 gauge would be pretty thick, nearly 1/8 thick, 11 ga. is 1/8, 16ga. in 305 stainless will be pretty hard to bend but of course tubing is probably 204 which I believe would be ok. Polished would look good, but that is a whollllllllllllllle lot of sailcloth at very high rpm and a lot of water on the brow. Yes Rich, hot rodders use a lot of stainless tubing, both round, square, and some rectangle. E-bay has 2.25 round for exhaust listed.

Most newer coaches do not use wood studs anymore, not true with 70% of travel trailers. Most newer coaches actually use steel, some of them use aluminum framing all welded together and foamboard placed between this framing with lauan plywood inside and out, the newest of which use a composition board which will not delaminate, this is why the newest coaches you don't see as much delamination of the fiberglass skin. The builders still place a wood 2X6 just under the roof line and around the exterior doors for easy attachment of the awning j-rail, and entry lights. This is a reason why it is best to consult with the builder if possible before attaching anything to the walls. Also be aware that many builders use the framing like conduit to channel wiring to the many locations throughout the coach, this why it is not a good idea to use a stud finder to locate the studs and to drill into them without knowledge of what is inside of them. If your motorhome was built after about 1980, please do not assume that the manufacture even resembles the manufactured home example as indicated in an earlier post on this same thread. Motorhomes are not built to HUD standards, they are built to RVIA standards. I worked in the manufactured home industry for 5 years in late 70's, and early 80's, and am very familiar to all stated in that article. Have visited several coach manufacturing facilities, and know there is no comparison.

If running the tank over caused problem, an easy fix is to add a hose extension and route it downward and bore a hole in the floor pan same size as the hose for overflows, and push the hose to the outside. To fix the floor correctly, there are fiberglass repair kits for floor pans, pretty easy to use, and I would add a treated plywood support under the tank if enough room. Be sure to put a screen over the end of the hose, should you use this method, to keep critters out of the FWT.

Nitehawk, good observation, I do not see any buttons in the OP pictures, but they can certainly be added. Back in the day of ceiling carpet, I used a large hypodermic needle to inject the contact glue through the fabric to help adhere the carpet into place. One could predetermine the placement of the buttons and use the needle glue for extra support. I used the same needle that is used for vitamin B12 injection, as they are of a pretty large gauge.

Herman, pictures are deceiving, I only meant that the picture makes it look like OSB, not that it was made in the fashion of OSB.

Joe, what OD is the coolant pipes? Pro racing shops usually carry stainless exhaust pipe, and there is a very good source in B'ham.

Bulges on the ceiling of this nature are almost always caused from a leak or leaks of the roof, back when they used ceiling carpet, was easy to spot, most now are vinyl covered foam backing, and the foam usually soaks the water and becomes heavy causing the material to pull away from the ceiling substrate. I would start by checking for possible leaks on the roof, around the AC units, seams, anything penetrating the roof can easily be resealed, and also look for possibilities of damage. Most of the battens on your style ceiling are a molding cover that snaps into place over a metal backer which is screwed into place. Of course a call to the manufacturer can verify this. If it is as described, the vinyl can be lowered carefully, being careful to not pull any that is attached now, then you can buy spray contact adhesive made for automotive purposes at most auto parts stores. Be sure to follow the instructions on the can. I believe that the upper is just wall paper, or wallboard with covering that resembles OSB.

It would be a little tricky to force the hose over it, but just a very minimal flare could be used, or place the pipe before bending in a cradle, and run a very small heliarc bead on each end in the appropriate distance from the end, I know someone who has this equipment and is capable. In earlier years most of these pipes were made of brass.

Maybe a time and date stamped, motion detected hidden camera placed on the sideview mirror. Seriously though, most rely on an honor system.

Stainless steel would be nice, but don't know about availability, if pipe is available most muffler shops could handle the bend.

If they are not concerned after letting the owner of the camper know, a trip to the park manager is next in line, no one else wants to be next to a leaker.

Carl, the part on Tennessee where he is going, he of course already has a campground, I was only using that as example, there many great campgrounds near that Walmart that could easily accomodate 80 footers.