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Lots can go wrong and cause a loss while the MH is parked at home, so I would consider it still worthwhile to have insurance. Our carrier for our auto policies is sending a partial refund due to the covid-19 shut down. From their announcement letter is seems that they recognize with everyone staying home there is lower risk for everyone. Maybe the company covering your MH has something similar, or maybe you can 'pause' the policy to some degree while the MH sits during the current situation.

Must be different state to state. Got our renewal from Progressive this year, and our premium went down about $100. Had to call my independent agent who wrote the policy to make sure the company didn't lower my coverage - they didn't. Seems that after three years give some kind of a discount, but I can't remember what they called it.

You've already put two set of tires on the front, and now are getting ready for a third set. Really sounds like changing tire brands isn't the solution you are looking for, as any of these brands should be up to the task. We had a 1974 Pontiac station wagon when I was in high school. It went through front tires like they were made of tissue paper from day one. We had multiple alignments done at the dealer and at a few local shops, but the problem persisted. I took the car on a cross-country trip a few years into this and had a tire problem. It was a very observant tire tech that noticed one of the steering linkages didn't look right. Turns out we had been driving with a bent linkage since the car was new, and while it didn't stop the alignment shops from doing an alignment, it prevented the alignment from being able to fix the problem. Not exactly sure what the part was, but once the shop changed it we never had an issue with tire wear again. My point? Have that front end checked with a fresh set of eyes. Have them inspect the entire front end with bright lights and a strong set of hands, everything from shocks to spring mounts to the front frame. Lots of things that can aggravate tire wear that a casual inspection could miss. As mentioned earlier, ball joints or king pins could be the problem, as could front wheel bearings. Could be a combination of things.

Congratulations! Love to see some photos once you have a minute to clean her up for the camera.

What Brett said. If one side is leaking down, you likely have a leak in the lines, an air bag, or maybe inside the leveling valve itself. Especially when you're messing with the air suspension, you need to make sure that the body of the coach cannot fall on you as you check things out. One line lets loose or you move the wrong "thingy" and you'll find that there might not be enough room for you underneath.

I can only imagine. Next time you're up this way you ought to try them fried. Tasty.

If you come, make sure to find a good fish fry as well. And a local cheese store. There's actually lots to see and do in Wisconsin. Sometimes we just pick a small town nearby and gov visit - nothing like being tourists and still being able to go home at night. We've even spent a day discovering new things in our own area just by wandering around as if we were tourists. Likely we'll be keeping the coach closer to home this year, once we can travel again. Hopefully we can discover lots of new things like this.

One thing great about being in America's Dairyland is that we have great ice cream and frozen custard. In addition to the brands already mentioned, we have local favorites like Purple Door ice cream.

They do, but the elastic is not the best. I've gone through a few sets of these on our home mattress. Not sure if the suspenders are any better. There are also various types of clips out there, but every one I've tried proved to be more trouble than it was worth. In the end, I found that getting better sheets with heavier elastic all the way around the bottom was a better solution. And, as I type this I'm wondering if it would be possible to sew a channel/pocket all the way around the perimeter of the fitted sheet, and in that channel/pocket run a drawstring that could be tightened underneath the mattress (similar to what holds the ironing board cover on an ironing board.)

The batteries should be okay for 3-4 weeks if you were able to totally disconnect them from the loads. Some of those little kits don't put out enough power to keep up with the phantom loads which will be on the batteries if they are connected. If this were my coach I'd just disconnect the battery bank. Rather than having to pull cables each time, maybe you can get a manual battery disconnect mounted in the battery bay.

Does Montana not have a sales tax?

Where are you getting 10% interest? Finding that out would make all the rest of this less important.

Glad I kept this mask when I closed my wood shop. Might scare the little ones, but if I have to go to a crowded area I'll be okay as long as the batteries hold out in the powered air unit.

Don - Also look at the amount of time it's taken for this thing to grow to where it is already. Just a couple of months. How long has it been since the first flu case this year? Also, the news does regularly cover the seasonal flu. At least the local news around here, as they often show the maps with the current hot spots and outbreaks. Lots of PSAs to encourage people to get their vaccine. National news also covers it regularly, or I should say they did till this story took over.

My new GS card is in today's mail. If something is closing, they didn't know a week ago when that was sent. I am assuming that this 'pause' has something to do with the current situation.

Guess we would need to know what their definition of "pause" is before anyone can have a full understanding of this. They didn't say close, cancel, termination, etc. They said pause.

On the positive side, traffic's been really light recently. 😁

What's the problem that's making the inside duals hard to air up? On my first coach the valve stems in the inside duals just needed to be tweaked a bit to get them in the center of the hand holes, and then I was able to get the air chuck on easily. Took the tire shop about 5 minutes to get them in the correct position. On our current coach the problem was that I needed to swap out the air chuck for one with a different angle. Not all problems require changing the valve stems. If you do need them, here's one source: https://www.zoro.com/tire-valves-valve-caps/c/10671/ Obviously there are many other places to get them, and you'll need to be sure to pick one with the correct length AND the correct angle. Seems like it would be easier to find a tire shop that can do the swap and that has a selection of tire valves on hand, otherwise you might have to guess which one would be correct.

Most multi-stage chargers will vary the voltage output as they roll through the different charge levels, not the amp output. The batteries will "pull" amps from the charger as they need. The charger "pushes" with voltage. One of the ways the old, single stage, chargers damaged batteries was by charging at too high a voltage level after the batteries were fully charged. For example, my charger starts at 14.6v for a few hours, then moves to 13.6v for the majority of the remaining time. As the batteries get near completely charged, the charger moves to the maintenance voltage of 13.2v. At this level, the batteries can be maintained with little to no out-gassing (they won't lose much water.) If your coach is set up with a charger that charges both the house and the coach batteries, the simplest answer is to just plug it in, turn on the chargers, and let them do their thing. However, some chargers will not charge batteries that are fully discharged. So, if you find that the chargers are not doing anything you might need to use an inexpensive 'dumb' charger to bring the voltage level in the batteries up to the minimum level for your smart chargers to begin working again. This feature is for safety, so that if you have a failed battery the charger won't continue to charge it and cause a fire or other damage.

This conversation seems to be one of those eternal ones on RV sites. It's my understanding that the chlorine used to sanitize water has a limited useful life, and it's used to initially sanitize and not to protect the water from future contamination. The only thing that will remain for a long time seems to be the odor from the chlorine. Well water is no more a problem than city water, if the well is maintained and tested according to the recommended schedule. There may be some sediment in well water, but I've also encountered it in city water - especially when they do line flushing in the area. Many people have sediment in the water which is actually rust particles from older iron/steel water pipes. Not dangerous but certainly something I'd filter out with a simple water filter.

Agree. My coach has a CB. It's always on while traveling, and it's usually dead silent 98% of the time. However, whenever there is a slowdown or traffic incident ahead it suddenly perks up as drivers try to figure out what's happening. I've been spared from more than one panic stop by knowing that the road ahead was stopped or severely congested before I could see the problem myself. I also think that the use of CBs on the highway is somewhat regional in nature, with more activity in some areas than others. Back to the OP's question though, there are multiple options for communicating with other drivers driving together. I'd suggest that the CB will provide additional benefits in the long run over a hand-held walkie-talkie.

Unless you happen to pull up next to an officer with a VERY keen sense of dimension, it is unlikely that a few feet would be noticed. But, if you were to be pulled over for a minor infraction like a tail light, it could become a problem. Once you're pulled over, seems that little things start to get noticed that otherwise would make a difference.

My presumption is that the thermostat has to be in direct contact with the tank in order to function. Just a guess on the cold water heating, but if you got the water that hot perhaps it built pressure. With the extra pressure the path of least resistance might have been back into the cold water circuit.

Glad that you're at least making a little progress with the GFCI. Hopefully the rest will be as simple.

Does that router (or ones like it) require a SIM card of their own or can they be used with your phone's hotspot providing the data link?