Walt2137

Doug on my 2013 F150 4X4 tow lights I made a light bar by buying 2 water proof brake and tail lights w/mounting bracket for about $15 and using a light duty 2" square tubing to go in the receiver and welding a 2x2x1/8 angle about 3 ft long and pluging in to the brake and light wire from our coach, it may not be for everyone but it has worked on 3 other toads that I could not put a bulb socket in the tail light because of the way they were made and with the Roadmaster Brakemaster toad brake system it mashes my toad brakes and would activate the truck tail lights making diodes troublesome to install. I do have a 12v charge line and if I didn't I would install one, if you read the towing instructions it warns that if the battery ever goes dead you could damage your transmission. The F 150 tows like a dream the only thing our MPG took a hit with towing 5500 lb + . Walt 2000 Dynasty

I will pass a note from another forum on how to tow the Edge without causing a battery problem. Walt When getting ready to tow your car as a toad: 1- Start the engine in Park. If you are not hooked up to the tow bar, maneuver and hook up with the engine running and in Park. You are supposed to run it for 5 minutes anyway. 2. With the tow bar hooked up and locked, put the transmission in neutral and release the brake. 3. Rotate the ignition switch from "RUN" counterclockwise one "click" or "detent" to "ACC" just like the book says. Do it by the feel in your fingers. The dash lights will turn off and you will think you are ready to go. You are not! If you have GPS, the clock will still display in the upper right hand corner of the screen. There are no other visual clues that the car is pulling juice from the battery. 4. Twist the ignition key one more "click" or "detent" counterclockwise. Twist it as far as it will go. You won't be able to lock the steering and you won't be able to remove the key as long as the transmission remains in neutral. The clock will go out and, if you listen very carefully, you will hear a relay click from under the dash. You can move the key between these two ACC positions and see the clock come on and hear the click!

This is a procedure I used when we had a 99 Monaco Diplomat with good results. I tried a new way to clean my radiator A while back and it really got a lot of black gunk out. First let me say that I have cleaned the radiator 2 to 3 times a year for the past 4 years. I used a 2 gallon garden sprayer the type with the wand and fill with 1 gal of Simple Green, on the 99 dip I can raise the bed to get to the radiator, I first sprayed with water ( be careful not to wet down the alternator) then soaked it real good with Simple Green, about a quart. Closed the engine cover, cranked the engine, opened the engine cover and sprayed about another 2 qts of soap in the fan be careful with the wand dont get it in the fan, I dont think this would need to be done every time), closed the engine hatch and run the engine up to about 1500 a couple times to get the soap thru the radiator. I then shut the engine down and let it soak for 30 minutes. Washed the radiator with water restarted the engine and washed with water some more, close the hatch run the engine up to about 1500, I did this a couple times. Shut the engine down and washed from the rear. I was surprised at the black gunk that was between the CAC and Radiator. After testing I found that this method dropped my Trans temp by about 10 deg in city driving and in hilly country on those +90 deg days according to the VMSpc program that I run on my laptop. I did not use a pressure washer (but I think you could with the gentle nozzle), I used the regular water pressure 50# with my hose and spray nozzle. Note be sure to rinse good to remove all simple green from the alum CAC and radiator. Walt N Will F191141

Gary I agree with Mr Butler I have Dunlop 11R 22.5 (GoodYear company) on our Dynasty and would have liked Toyo but could not get them so ended up with the Dunlop. I cant tell the difference in the RV tires (on two coaches) and the truck tires that I replaced them with. I had the Toyo tires on our other coach and they performed better than the GoodYear that came on the coach. Walt N Will F191141