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When I went from 19.5 to 22.5 about 10 years ago I bought Toyos because they cost less than Michelins. I paid less than $180 each for 245/75x22.5. I was told Michelins would ride smoother so about 2 years ago I tried them and they do ride much smoother. I guess the sidewalls are more flexible. There is a difference between a truck tire and an RV tire in some sizes. The Michelins are 235/80x22.5 with the same diameter.

We did Alaska for the first time in 2001. Drove to Vancouver, checked into a campground and was shuttled to the cruise dock for a 7 day cruise. Spent a month going through Canada Yukon and Alaska. Went on the Alcan the whole way. One needs to both cruise and drive to see Alaska. Cruised 3 more times on the last cruise of the season and stay on board in Vancouver and sail to Hawaii. Stay there for a month then fly home.

One of the reasons I suggested a change to a full sine wave inverter is with all the current crop of electronics, modified sine wave is tough on them. The other reason is you can set the charge rates the mfg recomends.

I would install a new xantrex full sine wave inverter, 2000 or 3000 watt. The charger has the settings that your batteries need.

Why don't you call Newmar. They seem to be friendly folks, went on a factory tour last Friday.

I would be concerned about the towing capacity if you are wanting to tow a boat. A lot of 80's vintage coaches were maxed out with just the house on the chassis, such as the need for a tag axle. Another thing is that even if the coach is low mileage things like the roof ac's, water Heater, refrigerator, etc. could need replacing. I would look for something in the mid to late 90's. I have noticed diesel pushers in the 12,000- 16,000 price range.

I always carry at least one spare. I am leaving Az tomorrow morning headed to Bremen In for a paint job. Will be gone for about 4 months. I also carry an extra tire in the pu toad. I have traveled for 36 years , 400,000 miles, and 10 motorhomes with a spare at all the times. My current tire size is 235/80r22.5. My fear has been not having the right size tire and having to wait hours or days for the right size.

I recently installed a new memory foam 60x80 full queen mattress and have slept on it for 7 days so far. The brand is Ever-Pedic and is made in Elkhart. If you opt for a memery foam be sure it intended for rv use. It doesn't turn into a brick when cold. An rv queen mattress is 60x74.

I am not aware of a roof top inmotion dome that will receive any HD.

Wet sand and buff.

For the most part domes do not receive HD. You need open face with multi LNBs to receive HD.

It should have its own fuel line and pickup in the tank which does not go to the bottom so you can't run the tank empty on the gen. It should have a fuel filter next to the pump.

I use and recomend Roadmaster products. I think they build the best tow bars. They service all Roadmaster tow bars free of charge at the national rallys. They also build sway bars, brake systems and a host of other products.

Bill, it's component cable, red, blue, green, for HD, not composite, which is yellow. Also audio requires red and white cable. HDMI is the best choice because it's the only cable required for everything.

Its probably not the motor because if it runs one direction it will run the other. It's a perm magnet dc motor and reversing the polarity will make it run the opposite direction. It might be a control relay.

The K&N filter is a direct replacement housing and filter, same size as the oem filter. The inside filter media is cleanable and reuseable for about 300,000 miles. The intake system I built is the tubing from the outside of the coach to the filter which is located in the engine compartment. desertdeals69 is my handle. No, I do not sell K&N filters. I do beta testing for a number of RV products, this filter is just one of the items.

Bill, The analysis was done by Blackstone and was very complete. No dirt, fuel, or antifreeze. The oil is Rotella T6 synthetic and had 12,600 miles on it with 8,000 on it with the K&N. I have never changed my oil yearly in over 400,000 miles of motorhoming in 36 years and 10 motorhomes.

When I changed the filter to the production unit it was reading 10. A standard filter was slightly higher with the same mileage. I built the air intake system using 6 inch tubing with air entering at the top rear driver side.

They do have a different material. You can read about it on their website. The fact that I got a clean bill of health on the oil analysis leads me to believe that it is doing a good job. Have you seen the recomendation from Cummins that they are against the K&N filter because when I had a meeting with the engineering department and I had mentioned it to them they said they could never get a statement from Cummins.

I have been testing a K&N filter on my ISB 275 for 2 years. It was a pre-production unit. Went 8,000 miles and had the oil analyzed and came back with a good report. I just installed one of the first production filters. They are now available from K&N.

Is that a variable speed pump? Flowjet had problems with their electronics which controls the speed of the pump. If you have to change the pump Shurflo has a new model that looks good.

3 M has one of the finest kits out there. When you run out of the buffing compound you can use Alcoa aluminum polish, works perfect.

They sell a cheater with one 30 and one 20 plug at the FMCA conventions. I made my own.

You answered your own question in the next to the last sentence. The circuits are not combined. Just think of it as two separate rv's plugged into the same pedestal. One plugged into the 30 and the other into the 20.

I have used the setup with gfi and it works just fine.