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  1. I seen truckers taking different route as I follow map to key bridge. There wasn't many there and no wonder as I got dinged hard for flat towing my Jeep. Triple the 2 axle truck price for having a toad. I told my wife if we had to go back that way we would unhook at the before rest area and hook back up at after rest area and save enough to make it worth it. Lucky we didn't have to as I hit avoid tolls on the GPS when we headed back down to go to New Orleans, LA


  2. 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.

    Medico you just made me happy I have a ISC 330 and went a little smaller. My mileage is up to 9 towing my Jeep Liberty but I'm sure you can beat me up those mountain grades. I won't feel so bad now when I get passed. :D


  3. I use the batwing for local channels and replace mine after connector failure right inside the roof. You will get a short lead, a long lead, connector and booster. You probably will not be abled to use the long lead as access to running it might be near impossible through the ceiling. That is ok just be sure you clean up the roof lead use the new short lead on the antenna and new connector.

    Coat all connection with dielectric grease to weatherproof and prevent problems later. Use a good rv roof sealer to seal the base of the antenna and roof connector if separated. Mine also had a micro switch that turns on a dash light if antenna is up. if you see a couple of 16 gauge wires up there that is what it is for. You can test it by twisting the wires together and turning on the ignition and see if antenna up light comes on.

    The 12 volt booster will be most likely be in one of the front cabinets near the switch box and I recommend to go ahead and replace it with the new one. Be sure you note output to tv's and input to antenna and wiring to 12 volts.

    My tv were HD flat screens tv but not digital so I had to installed a convertor box since my coach was built early 2006. If your coach was built before 2006 most likely it not digital ready and have to installed a converter box. After 2006 you may have digital ready tv's. It's nice to be able to tune into local channels when boondocking.


  4. I have a 8k Onan generator in my 06 HR and they have it set up that the generator runs out of fuel at about 3/8 of a tank. So anytime I run the fuel below 3/8 of a tank with the coach air will get in the pickup tube and can stall the generator later when I start it with a full tank. Then I have to prime and prime again to get it going again.

    The reason Monaco does that is that they think customer are too stupid and run the entire tank dry running the generator. As for the stalling problem with the engines and lack of power, I would change both fuel filters first and check if yours have a screen near the rear in front of of the transmission. When I was working fleet we got caught on a couple of those and started changing the screen on a regular basic.


  5. Dave, could it be possible that a local rebuilder of electric motors could have taken care of it? Usually a starter and alternator repair shop.

    That's what we did when I worked for fleet that included motors for snow plows, winches, dump bodies and other things that have electric motors. You just don't throw the whole thing out for a motor.

    Tommy, I have ExtraRide and when I had a front jack blow a seal and scratch the cylinder they paid for new jack and labor. What they didn't pay for is freight, shop supply, and local taxes. That was added to my deductible and is normal with most extended warranty policies. I still saved $900 for having a extended warranty policy.


  6. Shopper, It's not that Class A have more problems, it has more bells and whistles not usually found on class C. Electric sun shades, basement heat, dual zone heat and a/c electric flip down TV, air suspension, triple camera, electric awning just to name a few. I don't recommend a slide if you don't want any trouble.

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