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Bill, we have a basement, that line is around 7-8' down. I dug above it to change the grade of the yard and built a paver patio in 06', buried the old concrete patio above it. You may be right!

I pulled my rear AC unit up today as it was sitting lopsided and every so often it will drop one maybe two drips of water. So I figured it was time for a new gasket. To my surprise it appears to be a double seal, the upper seal had the drain crossover going through the seal with silicone around the opening. Dometic Penguin 13,500 btu with heat pumps, circa 2001. I do not have the model number, it looks just like this one. http://www.americanrvcompany.com/Dometic-651916-Duo-Therm-High-Capacity-Penguin-II-Low-Profile-Heat-Pump-Air-Conditioner-with-Electronic-Board-Built-In-for-Single-Zone-LCD-Thermostat-Thermostat-Required?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzo7UxcSM1QIVj4-zCh0WQQp6EAQYAiABEgLiIfD_BwE Has anyone encountered a double type seal as described above?

Tiffin has a multi joint fiberglass roof, about 3" from the outer edge, well at least my friends Allegro Bus does anyway. It has fasteners all the way down with Dicor over them. Ours just has a paint/no paint line, the seam is on the side wall under trim.

DD, ours runs out the back of the house to a common main the runs at the rear of the hose that backs up to us. I need a metal detector, it must be below ground. With that being said that's a long run for me, but if I could make it work it would be great, then I too would have full hookups at home.

I could see the value in a portable Macerator if you empty at home and had to push it up hill or a long distance, snap it on, plug it in and go. Not practical for daily use. Part of proper tank cleaning is the help of the vortex created when the water is draining rapidly. I have Campgrounds locally that will allow dump station use for $5.00 if you are not staying there. I usually just dump somewhere (truck stop campground etc) close to home on the way back. We have no sewer clean our (that I can find) on our property to empty our tanks, and there is absolutely no way I'm pumping that into a toilet in the house. My wife doesn't like shoes worn in the house, I can't imagine her face dragging a Macerator hose inside .

Obedb, I was fueling in truck lanes last Saturday and thought of you. A driver tilted the hood of a Freightliner Columbia with a Series 60, pulled the dipstick with the engine running . I just shook my head and got to laughing. I guess if it's wet something must be splashing around in there somewhere .

Kay, great tip! Just returning from Florida our two 13,500 Penguins got a good workout. We used a fan to blow air around the interior, mostly from the back to the front. I pointed it up on the front unit to see if I gave the air intake cooler air if it would help, it did! I'm going to take them apart this weekend and give both a good cleaning, plus the rear unit needs a new mounting gasket.

We ran both coach refrigerators on propane while between stops. If you feel uncomfortable doing so and need to have the refrigerator on while in route somewhere, perhaps the inverter installation is the way to go, or replace the refrigerator with a residential type. At the end of the day we make choices that WE can live with, might not be main stream or what the Jones family does but you should do what makes you feel comfortable within yourself.

Looks great! Nice colors on the coach also!

I will often turn ours on while traveling, especially if there is a traffic problem, although I don't usually hear much on occasion it has helped us determine if we should hop off the interstate and have a meal or sight see while traffic calms down.

Mr. Weiner, I was referring to the macerator clogging with hair (very common failure point internally at the impeller), not the drains in the coach. Being on vacation is more of a reason to manage time to its fullest as it is so limited. 1/2 hour per day x 7 days 3.5 hours per week empting waste tanks, that could calculate to one less museum or point of interest I cannot visit. Now my maintenance list just added one more item I have to maintain and deal with when it fails. I agree, people now and then have to wait, unfortunately in todays world technology has made most impatient. I am not going to explain the importance of patience to a line of traffic at a dump station. In your situation with smaller tanks and a light use duty cycle a macerator might be a good fit for your application. With the potential of 137 gallons to empty, its not practical. No we do not put food down the drains, plates and utensils get wiped then washed. I have only ever peeked inside a bath house at a campground, never actually walked in. I have heard the horror stories from people that have much more experience than we do and right out of the gate with the first RV we choose to avoid them, plus most new RV resorts are doing away with them. We are self contained no need to use a public restroom over our own. while on the road my DW has a book with dump station locations along routes, when needed we utilize them to empty tanks, as I am typing the something else came to mind, most of those dump stations are not in a convenient location, time is of the essence at those as I can recall several that caused a traffic problem within the parking lot while emptying.

I have been is so many situations where time was of the essence and waiting wasn't an option, and if it clogged with hair (three females showering it will clog). That one gadget would ruin a day. I am a firm believer of K.I.S.S! Keep It Simple Stupid. Example; when we go to leave for a day trip from the coach, I walk over and dump gray from the morning showers, shut the water off to the coach, at that time DW and kids are sitting in the Jeep waiting for me, and they are using water just before we walk out and lock the coach, gray tank is completely full by now after 4 showers. Or I am at the one dump station with a line 8+ behind me, pacing as we all have somewhere to be.

Bought a used DP for several reasons, 1st being new quality is terrible, materials are terrible and from overseas, too many corners have been cut over the years i.e. cable controlled slides flimsy fake wood inside etc.... We looked at a New Tiffin, it had decals inside warning you not to spend too much time inside as there are products inside that are made with chemicals that are harmful to your health (formaldehyde being one of them) . 2nd I spent the majority of my career as a Diesel technician, I didn't want any part of a newer engine with emissions on it. 4th chassis ride and handling, the only coaches that handle like ours now a days are very expensive, I drove several new DP's, none performed as well as ours, they leaned in turns, got pushed around on the highway and flex and twisted down the road by chassis design. 5th depreciation, this will not be our last purchase at 45 years old.

Kay, I am not surprised, a well built coach is a well built coach , yours is a well built coach/tank .

Sorry, you asked about rigs 2002 Holiday Rambler Imperial 40PKD, Cummins ISL 400 with Compression Brake. All propane appliances (and tank) removed and replaced with electric. Roadmaster RM8H chassis (not to be confused with the RR8S).

As Bill said up to 1/2 hour to empty a large tank equipped coach, no thank you! Our coach had one and I told the dealer to remove it before we picked it up. I can empty a full Black and Gray tank in under 2 minutes and be on my way with a standard RV sewer hose. Plus its one more thing that needs maintenance, that can and will break (as we all know this will happen with full tanks), clog with hair....etc... The biggest concern was the length of time to evacuate the tanks, at a dump station with a line behind you, you don't want to be "the guy" holding everyone up. I watched a video on you tube about those, and watched some poor guy trying to lean a coach so he could fix his to empty a full black tank, which required removal of the unit, no one would touch it due to the fact the tanks had waste in them, bio hazard and he was on his own with it.

Bill, most coaches that I have stumbled across with rubber roofs also have less insulation and a much thinner roof structure. I have to replace a gasket on my rear AC unit tomorrow, I wanted new mounting bolts for the AC, as mine are chewed up from someone prior to us owning it, because Monaco has such a thick roof (distance from the inside ceiling to the top of the fiberglass roof) they are special order, so I am going to weld nuts to the hex portion so a socket will fit properly, I'm not waiting for hardware. Turns on the standard bolt length is 1/2 the depth of ours. Where am I going with this.....I have been inside many Motorhomes and Trailers in rain storms, they are very loud inside when it rains, the only thing they had in common was a rubber roof, our coach you don't hear it unless its a heavy down pour and then you have to shush everyone and mute the TV, we typically only notice hail. Our C if it was drizzling you would swear it was hail and it sounded like the end of the world was coming .

To answer your question on roof seams, YES that was a determining factor when we were shopping for our DP. Design and serviceability were #1 on my list while shopping since I do my own maintenance. As a result of this we didn't get the floor plan we would have liked to have, after having this coach we soon realized this floor plan worked out better for us anyway. Some have seams with a large rectangle toward the center of the roof and others like ours does not, the more seams on a roof the more maintenance you will need. I would prefer an all aluminum skinned and roofed coach.....someday We don't do solar, one more gadget to break, the overall expense, little net gain and more holes in a roof = more places for water to make its way inside.

Fairly common, happens more often when an engine is allowed to idle for extended periods of time.

I was thinking the same thing

After some research, digging and searching the web for reviews, other RV forums and looking into what my "must haves" were I ordered this system below. Hard wired was a big one with me as the dash 12v plug on our coach is in a spot that is easily bumped while entering and exiting the coach and I don't want to be bothered looking at it to make sure its adequately charged, I have enough to do for a pre trip inspection. I called their tech support spoke to a rep (same guy in the video) and went through all of the scenarios that have been agitating us with the current system and this one doesn't have those problems, I also asked a few owners of the system what they have experienced. http://eezrvproduct.com/p/eeztire-tpms-systems-info

Your engine, driving habits and weight will alter DEF usage, if there is a Roadtrek forum, you might get a better answer. Here's an example; the Ford Powerstroke manual states only adding DEF at service intervals, its vague across their GVWR's, while an F250 that drives to work every day, no load might be able to make it that long the F550 with a dump bed that hauls stones everyday will need to top it off every 1000 miles or so.

Mweiner, the dues went up a year or so ago, a few dollars (I don't remember how much exactly, I believe it was $10.00), people were up in arms over that back then, for it to double....I cant imagine how that would turn out

1693TA you are showing your age! MWeiner, your engine will turn a light on if its overfull also, believe me it doesn't take much to make it happen. I had a customer with a fleet of those Sprinters, some were the inline 5 cylinder and the later ones were the V6 Diesel. I have experience with them I never wanted to have nor planned on. Don't hang your hat on a "shop" will do it correctly, your engine takes special motor oil that is crucial to that engines life. Mercedes Benz dealer, I'm 95% certain they will get it right, Johns quick lube bait and tackle, steer clear. I picked up that account when I owned a truck repair business and the Dodge dealer put the wrong oil in one and destroyed the engine. They filled it with 15W40 and tried to blame it on his driver adding the wrong oil . here is what I used in that engine; https://www.amazon.com/Quaker-State-550024144-Diesel-Synthetic/dp/B004SMCBSU/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Tom, what was your slide rollers running on before? Our bedroom is running on stainless steel plates, the left side of the kitchen runs on the tile and the right side is running on a stainless steel plate (carpet under the plate). I thought it was made that way.