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jleamont

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  1. Can't wait to see it light up! Just a note, that has got to be the best place I have ever seen the air brake governor mounted! Not sure what make/model coach you have but I can certainly tell what manufacturers it's not.
  2. Good idea Puff! 17 degrees here now. I'm making homemade chicken soup tomorrow and I plan on not doing much else but looking out the window at the snow falling
  3. Jim, you must have the same low air alarm we have . Ours has one alarm above the brake pedal that does them all. On our coach the following turn the stop engine light on; low coolant low oil pressure over engine temperature (coolant) i might be missing one more.
  4. Jim, glad you got it figured out. I was suspicious, usually low coolant will illuminate the STOP engine also. I am very familiar with that alarm in our HR, you can hear it from down the street
  5. Wouldn't the outcome be similar when grandpa tosses his stogie onto the ground near the coach...kinda like on Christmas Vacation when it hit the storm sewer
  6. Carl, I'll look into that, thank you. Also considering Asheville NC, since I will only have one day, Asheville doesn't seem practical.
  7. Friends...I just moved my question to this post since it is more appropriate. Moderator is on vacation, id prefer he enjoy that more than babysit all of us.
  8. Moved from another post....lets try this again.....sorry Brett Seeking some advise......we are leaving Amarillo TX on a Wednesday morning that gives me WED, THURS, FRI, SAT and most of SUN to get home which is 26 hours of steering wheel time. Any recommendations along I-40 into TN to I-81 to kill some time. I mentioned Memphis to my DW, she shot that down due to high crime (please excuse the pun ). I thought maybe spend a day in Nashville TN or Pigeon forge TN, but those are both been there done that spots. Looking for something else....Ideas?
  9. Roland, please exercise caution on I-40 this time of year, it goes from calm cold to icy mist from the mountain's that sticks on the roadways. Found that out the hard way in December 2013 headed to CA. I-10 wasn't any better that winter on the return trip either
  10. Well...at least I woke up an old post come on Carl glass half full or half empty
  11. Carl, same here... KS bed on the same side also. Then I go and tile the kitchen back splash . I did add a dinette booth and recliner sofas. Maybe some counter weight..
  12. Ken, ever see the disc brake conversation kits...pretty neat!
  13. I can relate.....not so much anymore but you got my attention with the Barbeque word
  14. Seeking some advise......we are leaving Amarillo TX on a Wednesday morning that gives me WED, THURS, FRI, SAT and most of SUN to get home which is 26 hours of steering wheel time. Any recommendations along I-40 into TN to I-81 to kill some time. I mentioned Memphis to my DW, she shot that down due to high crime (please excuse the pun ). I thought maybe spend a day in Nashville TN or Pigeon forge TN, but those are both been there done that spots. Looking for something else....Ideas?
  15. That's us! Two slides on one side, both heavy as the galley is the largest. They used the bathroom, aquahot unit, Nocold 1200 and washer dryer to offset. I have ruined some of their counter weights with the washer/dryer and residential refrigerator removed. When my slides are deployed the coach readjusts to re-level the coach as it leans to the drivers side (air leveling).
  16. Just dawned on me, topic header is "first RV's". Ours was a class C, never mentioned that part on this topic...
  17. In her defense, some days I need it
  18. Same here, DW has the license (Class B CDL and medical card) but has no desire to drive the coach, just tell me what to do from the co-pilot seat . I still have my Class A CDL and current medical card (card not needed for coach). Before it gets mentioned....I do a pre-trip inspection on the coach prior to pulling out of the driveway that includes pulling the breakaway on the toad to make certain it stops itself. Nothing bothers me more than someone telling me since RV's are not susceptible to DOT inspections no pretrip is needed .
  19. Ken, add your signature to your profile, could help you in the future get questions answered.
  20. I just read the Fords system from the factory, still not even in the same ball park as the hydraulic systems. Said another way, if the driver has it set wrong, you get into a panic situation you are not stopping the trailer. One neat part, the faster the vehicles speed the more it applies...again as long as its set properly by the driver. I had a feeling this was the case as I just drove a 2017 F550 last month with a three axle electric brake trailer and I either had too much brake or not enough, as always I panic tested the brakes...just in case, when the trucks ABS engaged I picked up speed, rather quickly and quite scary at that. Glad you are licensed for that equipment, most are not and have no clue how to operate their trailer brakes, let alone the test the emergency breakaway system on a pretrip.
  21. NICE!! Do you have a link to that unit? AMEN.
  22. Wayne, I have more experience with electric trailer brakes than that care to remember, stopping it is another mess. When your controller is an expensive on/off switch with a gain and voltage adjustment and you go into a panic stop, controller is set to slight tug guess who's not stopping. Yea..yea some controllers have a pendulum, haven't seen one yet that actually works as advertised. Everyone I ever tested the truck was in an ABS event for 30+ feet before the trailer even began to pull, and no more than it was set to. The only effective stop I ever saw was the driver reaching down and squeezing the panic button, while trying to maintain control.
  23. Or just use it to control a relay carrying the load.
  24. My kind of menu, thank you for the recommendation.
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