jleamont
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Gray0317, that fault code is a loss of vehicle speed signal, which also explains why the ABS light illuminated. Diagnostics on that could go easy or difficult. An authorized Freightliner repair facility should be able to help in narrowing the root cause down.
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The 12R is very common in the trucking industry and so is the 315/80. The issue with the 315/80's weight 2 years ago when I did my research. At that time they were somewhere around 20 lbs heavier than the 12R. That additional rolling resistance equates in a reduction in MPG's especially right at the wheel end. While adding another 120 lbs to the coach interior wouldn't be an issue, placing it at the wheel ends, different story.
It seems like the technology or something lightened up the 315/80, now they are all within 2 lbs of each other. Next time around those might be a consideration. I will never go back to the 295/80R22.5 that it came with. Those come at a very high price tag and are very difficult to locate.
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Ross, congratulations on your new RV sneakers
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Another contender to the playing field is Roadlux. Relatively new to the US market and factory installed tire of choice on most truck manufactures of over the road trucks in Germany/Europe are now available in the US. I just picked up one 12R22.5 for our coach $375.00 out the door.
From the pilot testing and overall performance I have been impressed. Ride is good, they wear faster than a Michelin but as we all know that is not really an issue in an RV application.
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Anyone running DEF, I strongly recommend purchasing one of these and keeping an eye on the DEF quality.
They also make test strips, those are more for identifying contamination. I.e. fuel, washer fluid etc.
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Beautiful coach!
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I had to cram it into two weeks of vacation that I can take at one time. Left home on a Friday night, drove for 4 hours, 10-12 hour days after that and I believe we pulled into Anaheim CA on Tuesday afternoon. The drive was just shy of 50 hours or windshield time, if you can spread it out longer I would certainly do so. We spent a few days in Disney Land and then stopped at many places along the way home to absorb the rest of the time so it wasn't such a rush to get home to go back to work.
If I had it my way it would have been a two month trip, not two weeks.
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We did it 2 times. PA to CA and back. No issues other than weather. First time was July 2008, no weather issues other than high wind. The second time was November 2013, I do not recommend that, nor will I ever do that again in the winter months. Ice storms, snow accidents all over the place. Both trips out were I-81S to I-40 West straight across. Coming home in the winter we had to divert to I-10 E from the west coast, I thought we would be far enough south to avoid bad weather, got stuck in western TX in a bad Ice storm just east of Van Horn TX.
Both times were our Gas coach, haven't been farther than New Mexico in the DP.
Moral of the story, plan in a good season for weather.
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I think it would be easier and less of a hassle to build a dam on the roof to divert the water to one corner to drain. Something as simple as automotive weather stripping would suffice.
Our coach has the drains that run down through the walls to the ground, two on each A/C unit, no condensation pumps, I think if it had those Id remove them and let it run off the roof. That is just a great example of over engineering something that will ultimately fail at the worse possible time.
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Tim, beautiful coach and Congratulations!
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That’s a fantastic quote!
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Judging by the photos, I would consider replacing all of the above. Once its open its not so bad, you don't want to go into all of that twice and lastly if it only works for a short time, Murphy's law it will fail on the road and then it will become more costly as you will most likely have to pay someone to repair it.
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48 minutes ago, desertdeals69 said:My inner duals are machined Alcoa, I like the trueness of aluminum over the steel. My spare is also machined Alcoa. Of course the sides that show are polished.
Mine are also machined Alcoa, I put them on two years ago (pulled the steel's off) for that reason and the weight savings i.e. low rolling resistance = fuel savings.
Cogriffins, what was the outcome and who came out to assist you?
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Usually the difference is the inner dual's are often steel where the outer wheel is aluminum with the polished portion on the dished portion of the wheel while the opposing side is not polished. The front wheels the polished portion is on the opposite side, the wheels are the same otherwise. In a pinch you can move them around i.e. carrying a spare mounted on a steel wheel could go into any position, aesthetically is the only concern.
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11 hours ago, cogriffins said:Thank you for the suggestions. We will try them and hope that they sell tires. We appreciate it.
Any update, who came out?
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1 hour ago, richard5933 said:I searched for "country coach rv apparel" and found this:
https://country-coach.squarespace.com/
Seems to have what you're looking for. Scroll down on the page and select the 'accessories' tab.
Great find!
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On 4/24/2019 at 4:42 PM, Itistime59 said:Afternoon Everyone, Does anyone know where I could find this item ??
Thanks, Paul
Itistime59, Welcome to the FMCA forums!
I tried to google it, wow was I surprised in those results! Coach hand bags apparently makes key chains, and there are several "Country" themed key chains. Nothing for Country Coach. My recommendation would be to seek out a Country Coach club, ask there.
Link to the 1st club that popped up;
https://www.countrycoachclub.com/
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57 minutes ago, DBenoit said:My sig pic is field camping there. You have the beach in front on you, Hampton Bay behind you with all sorts of excursion boats
and a public ramp. Walk about 100 yards and you're at the boardwalk. They have a seafood festival usually the 1st week in
Sept..If you ever want a really good seafood fest go to Charlestown RI. I've pretty much been to them all and that probably the best.
Of course Maine's Lobster Fest is right up there also.
Great information, thank you!
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12 hours ago, jleamont said:BIRD unit,
I figured out where I got my lines crossed, I was thinking of the echo charger.
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That area is a new one for me. Drove past it up 95 many many times for work. Never knew of it’s existence. I’ll be headed past it again the first week of June, I’m headed to South Portland Maine for work.
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4 hours ago, RayIN said:Re-read http://bacrallies.com/PDF/PDF Manuals/BIRD Diesel.pdf for the BIRD unit, the first and second paragraphs. Tell me where I am mixed up?
Hmm, my bad. Learn something new every day.
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47 minutes ago, DBenoit said:Hampton Beach opens for camping on Monday.
Any particular campground up there you prefer?
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12 hours ago, WILDEBILL308 said:arn't RV tvs fun.
YUP, that's why guys like you and me modify/tinker with them so they operate in a fashion that actually makes sense
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8 hours ago, RayIN said:I don't think your MH has a BIRD for charging both batteries, but if it does have one, that is the first thing to test for proper operation, the BIRD is bypassed when the genset is running.
Rayin, I believe you are getting these mixed up. The Bird type unit is for when you are parked and you want the generator or shore power to charge the chassis batteries.
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Ernie, hard to tell from the photo but this one is the same, the outer tire is not quite on the blocks.
Stranded by VSS? Need experienced input on Freightliner Diesel MH
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Let us know what they find.