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Brett, that is the exact reason I wanted to hear what his experience was when he arrived at the DMV. I have also heard that there is a road test involved and the air brake test is required, if your coach is equipped with a full air brake system, not air over hydraulic. I found it interesting they told him NO. I am also wondering.......if there is a driving test does another properly licensed driver have to accompany him to the DMV in his coach? PA requires it for everything else. If I get the chance tomorrow I am going to look it up and read it for myself. My friend could go without me and get in trouble, or not study for the air brake test procedure and fail, lol

Rick, I am also a PA resident. I have a Class A CDL, but I have a friend that just bought an full air brake coach over 26k and I was hoping to share this story with him since he will also need to change his license. Please report back on what you experienced. thanks, Joe

HAHA

Carl, are your cabinets solid wood or particle board?

Gary, sounds like you have it figured out, much easier to fix at home then sitting along the roadside. I will be switching mine over to oil bath this year since I am due for a grease repack this year. Good luck and safe travels.

Ok, can you explain what is the difference between the heat and temp?

Puff, sorry to hear that and I hope her medical issues get better overtime. If this was a few months ago I could have pointed a friend your way but he already made a purchase. If anyone else comes to mind I will send them your way. Keep us posted if something changes or you sell the coach. Good luck and thank you for all of the posts, conversations and advice they were always enjoyable. Joe

Update; I bought this one (link above) (not from this site, bought mine through EBAY) and was playing with it over the weekend. here is what I have to say about induction cooking; Pro's Cooking time for warm up will be greatly reduced. I boiled a pot with 3 quarts of water in 8 minutes. My stove at home (flattop electric) cannot do this that fast. The gas cooktop in the coach is slower than the stove at home. Residual heat around the pots/pans was greatly reduced, this is always a concern in the coach when its hot out, my A/C struggles to keep up. This unit came with a 5' cord standard 120v plug, so installation will be easy. Con's My non-stick frying pans will not work, I have to purchase others. The cook top I purchased has a "TEMP" and "HEAT" setting, I have to play with it to learn how to cook using both .

Bbpeyton, try www.nwrvsupply.com. You can view their inventory on line, pricing is good.

HAHA, I was waiting to see who would catch that. I had to get pepper sprayed in the Police academy for training, glad Tasers were not around then and I have no desire to see how they feel. My wife thought it would be funny to try on me, I guess that's what 18 yrs of marriage will do to a person.

Carl, I love the barrel idea, you have got to post a photo of that! The DW's Taser shoots probes 15'. She asked me if I would volunteer for her to practice, I declined, those cartridges are too expensive to play with.

Ernie, what year?

Herman, we run 75W90 Full synthetic gear oil here. I am changing mine over to oil bath soon and that is what I am going to run. I am curious to hear what others have to say.

JT, our last coach it made it to 10 years old (could have went longer), it was an Atwood 6 gallon. I replaced it with a tank less unit from Precision Temp, RV500 was the model. Reason; we had just bought the coach used, the hot water was good but didn't last, the DW told me the 1st cold shower she takes the coach goes! I ran a test with the Atwood before we ever took it out when I ran out of hot water in less then 10 minutes I knew I was in trouble (she likes hot long showers). So $980.00 later and about 1-2 hours of my labor I was good to go. That unit ran flawlessly for the next 6 years and I traded the coach in 2014, in fact the shower roof fan wasn't strong enough to pull the steam out, it looked like a nuclear power plant steam tower shooting up from the roof, I still laugh about that. People would ask me "what's wrong with your camper, what's all that smoke?

Carl, I had one on our old coach doing the same, and oil didn't work for me. The fan was tricky but not horrible to replace (not a lot of room in there especially if you have big hands like me). I bought the replacement fan motor and blade at PPL. I think it took me an hour to do it. Just take pictures as you go just in case you need a reference in the event the noise comes back and you head down that path. I also cleaned out the burner while I was in there and replaced the nozzle and igniter also. At the time it was 12 years old and I figured some TLC was in order.

keysbabe1, Welcome to the FMCA forum! I can understand your concerns and agree with the truck stop feeling, I feel the same way about them. FIVE, had a good recommendation if you feel comfortable with that, maybe take a class on safety also to become more comfortable with a firearm if you choose to go that route and if you are not familiar with them now. I bought my wife (scared of guns) a tazer similar to what is carried by law enforcement, smaller but works the same.

We stayed at Amarillo Ranch RV Park. Once I Googled it and saw the photos it all came back to me. Decent place, no complaints. Looks like they upgraded their Caddy Limos. The one we rode in was early to mid 70's neat car!

Kay, my cooktop is 21"x12" double burner. There is 4 inches around the outer edges.

Doc, report back on what you think of it compared to the propane you have now. I am curious how much faster it is to boil water etc. thank you

The pre slide ones are under 100k, probably a basket case...but none the less.

Bill, I run a GE residential refrigerator. We have not dry camped with it, when I installed it in 2014 I let it cool down in at home on battery to see how long it would go. We have an auto start/stop generator and after 7 hours I was at 65% on the batteries. It was not a fair test since the unit was warm and it was 80 degrees outside so it was working harder than usual but it gave me a ruff estimate on what to expect. I will say running down the road on the inverter has not been a problem either. The model we settled on is basic and one feature by design I liked was the location of everything for service, its all accessible from the side wall access panel. No modifications had to be made to fit it in I just trimmed it when I was complete so it looked like it belonged.

Herman, I have and my DW tells me that often....several times a day as a matter of fact.

Kay, I will measure it and see what my options are. I have a Seaward Princess model 2276 propane now that is recessed into the counter. I did locate sizes on the web for it but I wanted to measure it anyway just in case I have an older version and something changed. I planned on measuring it last night but it started to snow . thanks, Joe

Carl, lol

Lawrence, I replaced ours with a GE unit, I put it through a side window to get it in and the old 1200LRIM out. Same as Herman here, the GE runs great on the standard 2000 watt standard inverter. The selling point for me was the cost and all of the mechanical stuff is right at the side wall opening when you pull the exterior panel off the coach. I closed off the roof vent closed off the side wall vent (screened it in and applied foam insulation to seal it off) screwed it into the floor on the front back and top front with angle brackets from Home Depot. Bought trip from Home Depot to finish around the unit, I stained the trim to match the rest of the interior. capped off the gas line at the closest fitting in the cabinet below the fridge and leak tested it with soapy water. My entrance door must be smaller than Herman's, the new one wouldn't fit in through the opening, heck I can barley fit through the door, lol We love it!