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If you own a motorhome you should know how to use a multimeter. When hooked to park power, check the coach batteries for voltage. Should be at least in the high 13 volt range. Then Check the chassis or starting batteries for voltage. If you have just shut down, your starting batteries should be in the high 12s if your coach does not automatically charge. Then figure out a way to keep the starting batteries charged for lengthy stays. A trickle charger is a good choice.
I use a method that our Dear Moderator, Brett warns about. Pull apart a set of jumper cables and use the red cable to hook to the closest positive terminal on house batteries and then hook to the positive terminal on the starting batteries. All of the batteries have a common chassis ground. Works every time for me.
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Consider what Joe Leamont suggested. He has been in the business of keeping diesel equipment running for most of his adult life. He currently works for a well known PA trucking company at an executive level. All of the advice offered is worth a try, but the additive Joe linked to would be a simple possible fix.
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Fagnami/ great post.
Kinda backs up what I experienced in ND. The locals knew what they had to do to keep their diesel rigs working and it is usually a harsh environment in the winter. As a trucker, I looked at the temps I might encounter during travel in really cold country. Most additives were laughed at as mouse milk by drivers (back then) that did not want to shiver inside of a sleeping bag while help might be on the way. I experienced a come to the Lord moment after the ultra low sulfur diesel was introduced.
My fuel waxed up overnight. The local racks (and we have two in the Harrisburg area) had not figured out the blend or maybe it was downstream. Don't know, but my rig started, but immediately started to stumble or miss. The owner of the shop where I traded was there trying to start two other trucks. He offered me a bottle of Howes fuel treatment and in a very short time I was running on all cylinders. My day got better, and I kept some handy after that in the winter. I now use PowerService additives.
When low sulfur was introduced in the early 1990' s similar problem occurred . Diesel rigs quit running (including MB cars). I was rescued by a good mechanic that time also. Thanks government regulations.
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Have not been to Fargo ND in awhile but the Flying J there offered straight #2 Diesel, #1 Diesel (essentially kerosene) and commonly used in in two stroke diesel powered trucks. In the bitter months, reefer tanks ( refrigerated trailers ) because there is very little warmed fuel returned to the fuel tank hanging under the trailer was used as a blend or full kerosene. The J also offered a blend of #1 and #2 for use in either truck tanks and reefer tanks.
My point. Kerosene blends have been used in really cold parts of our country for a very long time and truckers wrote the book on COLD when traveling in North Dakota!!!
Yes/ there are some really good additives available now, but I don't remember them being accepted or available when I ran the north country. Kerosene should be acceptable for your rig in a blended configuration.
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Truckers with the ability to plug a block heater in, leave them on for the few days that they are not running hard to make a living. They get used much more than our toys do and none the worse for the wear. If one decides to leave early, it is nice to know that the engine will enjoy a somewhat easier start.
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In Memphis, my pick is the Mississippi River Museum on Mud Island as a place to see. 10,000 years of History.
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My pickup is absolutely my favorite vehicle. Consider what I did for many years. Most at home in a pickup than a car. When I am driving the motorhome the real beneficiary is my wife. I gotta stop for a whiz. She doesn't. A diesel pickup can be worked on in many more places than a Cat powered motorhome. Too late for me though to change my mind. Don't want to spend our savings for a change of heart. We are debt free and will stay that way.
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Have seen a few with automatic jacks. Are they unusual and expensive? I sometimes wish that I had upgraded my F150 to a diesel pickup and bought a fiver.
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Don't use DEF but I do use motor oil. What a low life, doing something like that. If customer service knows about that, they should check for proper seal before refunding the money and having it pit back on the shelf.
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Both our last and our current motorhome wet bays were or are heated by the rear propane powered furnace. Not by electric tank heaters. Our current diesel block heater was not discovered by the previous owner. After a phone call, he said that he thought that there was a block heater but he apparently knew little about it. We needed it because we were in Colorado in November. I crawled around underneath and noticed wiring coming from an obvious block heater on our 330 Caterpillar diesel. Low and behold, after lifting the bed I discovered a male plug the should have been plugged into an under the bed outlet that is controlled by a wall switch under the outside of the bed frame. Could Tiffin have plugged the heater in at the factory and put a notice about it's existence in the manual?
I feel your pain. Owning a motorhome is a project of DISCOVERY!
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Our fill valve does leak a little. I watch the fresh water level and drain some from the tank as needed. If the tank overflows it gets the wet bay soaked . Not a good thing on Phaetons of those years. Replacing the valve is on my list, but there is a lot of stuff to remove to get to it.
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Hope that you wear a speedo. I also keep a spare pump in our Phaeton.
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Unless he has moved recently, Joe lives in Chester county. SE.
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Glad that I hung onto my class A license when I retired. Had to check the appropriate box on a form Penndot sent me and give them $90 at every renewal.
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Both lanes of the new Tappan Zee bridge are supposed to be open by this coming June. Pretty sure that the old span will come down.
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Remember Bill. Prior planning prevents p___full performance. NEVER CROSS THE GW BRIDGE AGAIN!!😉
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Kay/ the former owner did that in our bedroom and mounted an LCD set on the door. Loads of space in the area behind the set. He saved me a lot of trouble and did a nice job.
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Joe/ Try Best Buy for the locking bracket. I used one like it in our travel trailer for the one year we owned it. Seems to me that is where I found it.
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Click on the link that Joe supplied and you will be able to find the ladder brackets.
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There are no non alcohol states. Pretty sure that Arkansas was the last. The governor threatened to shut the stills down if legal spirits was not approved on a referendum. Then it could be taxed.
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Before I retired in November of 2011, I remember an article on a Maryland news website about a Florida business owner with his wife and children in his car, really given a hard time by a Maryland police officer. Maybe Harbor Tunnel police. They were on their way to NJ for a wedding. Before things were finished multiple backup officers were involved. His wife was in tears as were the kids. Door panels were removed on the side of the road and replaced all supposedly looking for a gun. Turns out the owner had a Florida Concealed Carry Permit and the officer was able to run the tag and find that out. Apparently Florida allows that information to be given to out of state police. He did not have a gun with him, but he couldn't convince the officer that pulled him over of that.
The article mentioned that he said he would never return to Maryland. That is why I am very careful when I am in anti gun states. We live 4 miles from the MD state line. I have to briefly cross into MD to get to a Royal Farms convenience store that is actually in PA. Reason I sometimes go there. Absolutely great fried chicken and western fried potatoes. Betty requires it.
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In 2015 I met an 80 year old gent that had recently taken delivery on a new 40' Dutch Star with a tag axle. He loved it, and he was an experienced RVer. Look longer than 40' because of the tag.
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Have been told that if a gun is in pieces when you cross states like Illinois, NJ, NY etc. you will not be bothered. Maybe someone with a real understanding of situations like that can jump in. My guns are not in pieces around here. Never carried when a trucker. Often had to deliver on Federal installations. Example/ never carry when in a maritime (marine) terminal.
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A fully disassembled weapon is not a problem and I doubt that it would be a problem in narrow minded states that seem to hate guns. They always have have high gun crime rates in spite of their best efforts to keep law abiding citizens from easily acquiring one. I live in a blue state (PA) , with the easiest concealed carry acquisition of a permit in the country. No safety course required. Just pass the Federal Background test and something new to me, a State Patrol check. Also/ With my unusual name and a clean history, maybe 15 minutes for approval on a gun buy. Did that at the Freedom Armory in Glen Rock Pa on Tuesday. Walked out of there with a beautiful Smith and Wesson 45 caliber stainless M1911 pistol for just under a grand before state tax. It is gorgeous and impressive. 8 plus 1. We even have open carry although most citizens don't seem to know it. Been carrying a sometimes dissaembled pistol in our motorhome since 1988. Remember/ it is better to be judged by twelve than carried by six.
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Might work/ Casinos in KC Metro. Spent some time in casinos there, but I was trucking. Completely self contained.😎