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No I'm back at work, well I was sitting on the couch now

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Roger, that is a great idea! If you do it in front of the others on the tour you might meet the "big cheese" pretty fast.

remember the 2nd freightliner with the freeze plug issue mentioned above....well it just came in on the hook (tailgating a tow truck) EGR cooler ruptured.

Do they have 50amp with Water and sewer? I didn't see it on their website

I am considering changing my tire size since it is a hard one to locate and my space is limited to carry a spare (maybe under the bed). So here is what I have, axle specs (weight ratings). My steer tires are 15 months old, drives are 3 years old and are the incorrect size. Coach OEM size; 295/80R22.5 (I only have these on the steer, drive tires are a 295/75R22.5 truck tire Firestone FS560) Front axle weight rating; 13300lbs Rear axle weight rating; 23000lbs Here are my considerations; 315/80R22.5 concerns; width could cause tire kissing on the duals (.7" wider than the 295/80) ,overall weight of the tire is 13.3 lbs each heavier which results in more rotational mass that will decrease fuel economy. 11R22.5 (16 PLY) concerns; .6" (wider than my drives now) narrower tread pattern, air pressures table lower (not sure if this matters). Pro's, lighter, easily accessible, in my weight range same height as my steers. My plan was to replace the drive tires next season, for nothing more than the coach sits funny with a short tire on the rear and tall on the front and run the steers for another two-three years and replace them so all 6 match. Any reason why I shouldn't do this? I was considering the 11R 16 ply.

looks great!

Bill, I removed a two burner Princess propane cook top and replaced it with a two burner True induction. here is a photo of the finished product. I like the fact that it cuts the interior heat down significantly and with good cookware it should speed up cooking time, the down side is from the sounds of it I have to replace more cookware. It also doesn't like my MSW inverter, which is fine since when I cook on the road I run the generator anyway, but while in transit down the road I installed a switch to shut the power off to it so I don't have to cycle the breakers when we arrive to reset the safety feature.

Question, what brand cookware do you use with your induction setup and how does it perform? Here is the reason for my question; I tested this in the house before permanently installing in the coach. I placed an All-clad pot on it (large one) 3/4 full of water and it boiled it in less than half the time the propane cooktop in the coach would do it. I checked the cookware in the coach to see if was magnetic, it was so I left it alone, tried to boil water for the first time with the no name brand stuff we already had in the coach and it seems like the quality of the cookware is having an impact on how well the induction works. The pot was half the size of the All Clad I tested it with and it literally took over a half hour to boil. I am thinking my cheap no name brand stainless steel cookware is my problem. The Frying pans I bought recently that were not cheap work great on it. So what recommendations do you have for a Stainless steel set and are you happy with it, or should I just go and purchase expensive gear like in the house? Thank you

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Obedb, check this video out. I am all to familiar with this specific engine and failures. I have rebuilt at least 50 by now and replaced more than that from catastrophic failures. It wasn't a great design to start with but if properly maintained and with some performance modifications they ran great and held up well (head studs, performance head gaskets etc.) FYI this is also the same engine utilized in smaller Motorhomes. Maxxforce 7 by Navistar (V8 turbo Diesel) Bill, I have an account with NAPA also. I too will run their filters (WIX) as often as possible in our cars. With the exceptions of the engine above and all of the Ford Diesel products after for customers, my coach (since their cross referenced fuel filters are the incorrect micron rating). My local store still has the display you mentioned, every time I go in I lift the filter cans up and look again, it still baffle's me. At work we sample all fluids on the fleet, I have a few DD13's that have had some poor oil analysis results come back (I love the "ACTION" emails). Based off of my suspicion I have thrown different filters on the same engines (we do not run OE filters here) one change I tried a different brand, the analysis got worse, next round I tried OEM filters analysis got better, went back to our stocking brand, dropped back in the red zone.... bad again, switched back to OEM got me out of red to "Caution". I believe what is happening is name brands are outsourcing over seas utilizing the same wrapper and we the consumer are oblivious to what is happening behind the scenes. I am currently working to purchase OEM filters for the same price as the aftermarket, I can probably get it close, but at the end of the day the I have to obtain our expected disposal mileage even at a slightly higher maintenance cost. One phrase I learned in the business; "pay me now or pay me later" it still holds true even though I do not like this phrase.

Five, thank you for the explanation, that is what I would have expected. I have a friend with a Dynamax Super C. He had a problem with his slides, they flew a drive service out to his house picked it up and drove it back to AZ.

Obedb, there was a point in time I would agree. Today's engines are temperamental. Depending on designs coolant circulation how much heat must be carried at specific flow rates they became over engineered. That is why Ford has several differ transmission fluids and coolants depending on what power train is under the hood, while the coolant from the local parts store is universal. I watched many people wouldn't read their dipstick at the dealership and add universal transmission fluid to their truck. Did many transmission rebuilds not covered by warranty and many Diesel engine repairs also not covers for the incorrect coolant. They would require us to pull samples before authorizing the repair. Honda for many years had special power steering fluid, that goes back into the late 80's. Probably still the same. Heck Cummins has at least 4 difference coolant specs. I'm no engineer but there must be a reason. I didn't believe much into filters until we had a bunch of CAT C7S injection pump failures back in 2007, CAT came in took our filters and failed pumps had them tested and told us you do not have a pump problem you have a filter problem killing our pumps. We switched to CAT and the problems slowly went away.

Well they will most likely work on the others, theirs is just more dialed into their products to enhance the longevity of it. But for a few dollars per gallon why branch out, cheap insurance. the filters has me puzzled that no aftermarket has the same micron spec. So I spend $2.00 more per filter and it could prolong my $3500 injection pumps life or help it along the entire time I own it. No brainer there either.

That's priceless I have a 4th " I really don't like that can you change that? I was think something like this"

Shortbus, no offense taken we have a 40' well actually 41'2" and have two teens. We don't leave fires smoldering DW puts them out before we go in for the night if we even have one burning, anymore it's not too common. Kids; they walk the line or they deal with me, respect others, don't walk through other sites (even empty ones) they are usually inside playing cards or at some activity. I understand where you are coming from even my kids do. We often have these conversations on the trip home. You ever camp near me most of the smoke is from the smoker cooking meat, and I do share . Obedb !

FL Keys then up to ST. Augustine, I haven't booked it yet, I just put some feelers out there, still trying to see what options I have down there and choose wisely . any suggestions?

Shortbus, I can relate not judging you by any means.....believe me I get it. The stories and stuff that aggravates us I couldn't post on here. I have been places I couldn't get to the site let alone fit in it. My friend watched a 45' Entegra hit a tree while backing into the site as the CG guided him in, when he opened his slides they were spilling onto the sites next to him, never should have been there in the 1st place! I have got into the habit of asking the site dimensions, then Google earth the CG and compare to the site map on their website. while its not always useful it does help. I also hate when you arrive and its not a CG but a trailer park, up here the term "campground" and "Beach House" gets thrown around and used loosely, you have to be careful when booking in the North East. Next year I am planning a trip to Florida in their off season (summer) and I am booking a class a resort only, due to the age of my coach they asked for photos, I sent them and we are all set, no issues.

My guess is either just for the experience or he's had it with the tents, cabins or other 85% not mentioned above.

Carl, I agree. I only run Cummins Coolant in both the coach and generator. When I bought this unit to my surprise aftermarket coolants did not meet the Cummins specs, close but no cigar. Mine tested great but I replaced it anyway since it was the wrong color, when I saw that after testing it I know it wasn't OEM coolant, being aware none of the aftermarket coolant met the Cummins spec I elected to flush it all out. Boy was that a project with Motor aid and on a DP. I decided then only OEM filters and coolant for both the generator and Coach engine. I do run either Mobile Delvac or Shell Rotella for oil.

Thanks guys for the ideas. I was considering the purchasing two from the video and placing one on top and one on the bottom, just so they do not dance while driving down the road. Rich, my rollers are a hard plastic/Teflon, no issues with them so far. Kay, thank you, I will show these to my DW tonight, not sure if she will want one mounted to the frame again since the clothes hamper is back there and she often snags it pulling out through the doorway.

bajco1, I have seen this before with the fleet at work. I had two Freightliner M2's do this, one with an ISC and the other with an ISB. One was a 2011 and the other a 2012. We bought them used and of course both had fresh coolant in them at time of purchase. What we didn't know was the company before us never serviced the cooling systems and started to rot them out. They started to fail in 2016 around 100,000 miles. We chased coolant leaks two different times on each before I told our one location to replace all of them. This was a project since there are a few between the transmission and the engine, which required the transmission to be pulled for access. In a DP....oh boy, depending on the engine compartment design by Tiffen that could be a real project. Component's like the transmission, air compressor will have to be removed for access since they do sit behind them, which can get involved. For us to do them in a truck chassis (more room to work) internally cost us around $2500.00 per truck. I also had the water pumps and thermostats changed while in there. One ran another 15,000 miles after and the EGR cooler failed, not sure if related (I cant help but think it was related). $3600.00 is a tough one to digest.

Anyone ever change out the poor factory design for the latch on their bedroom closet doors. We have these (link below) clips and I have replaced 4 of them on each side so far this year and its getting old. My doors are only a mirror with some gold trim around the mirror the they hang off of. I have considered removing them and building wooden doors with a different style lock. This is what we have now for a latch, http://www.sportsmansguide.com/product/index/jr-products-sliding-mirror-catch?a=754309&pm2d=CSE-SPG-15-PLA&utm_medium=PLA&utm_source=Google&utm_campaign=CI&gclid=CPyYrKbu7c0CFZNbhgodyIMGlA Thanks to RV Geeks video I may have this figured out, this looks like a viable solution to our problem. video below, incidentally we have the exact same doors they have. I cant be the only one with these so this might help someone else. Any other ideas?

I would get one of these action lines to assist (the ones we read about in the RV magazine's). They seem to be very effective and wouldn't cost you anything but maybe a trip back to Indiana to have it looked over by someone higher up since it will most likely gain their attention. Carl, I didn't think about it but yea I could see one of these hitting that number, after all my MSRP was $425,000 (yea, its a nice unit but really???) I have owned two in my life so far, both used purchases from small mom and pop dealers, both treated us like family and I didn't spend nearly that on both combined. I guess we were just lucky so far. I'm putting all of this in the back of my mind, learning and hoping I don't ever run into this situation. Rodger, I have become friends, or more like distant family with most of the folks on here, they have taught me a bunch and helped me with problems we have experienced over the years which is great since my immediate family and I have only been RV'ing for 8 years now part time, we've laughed and had heated discussions about issues and hopefully learned from each other all while helping another person like the OP. Hopefully this post on here will gain enough traction, I know if I was running that company I would have people monitoring forums especially this one trying to get in front of complaints before unhappy customers are created. Bad publicity doesn't sell motorhomes. 1fatboyr, please keep us posted on your progress and I wish you the best of luck. I'm certain when your complaints reach the right desk in that company someone will step up to help you. As you realize getting to that desk is going to be your challenge, how fast it happens will tell you how much the lower level management staff cares about its customers. Hopefully you get to that person before you write the check Rodger spoke of above to wake someone up. Joe