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RE: Winterizing woes
Supposedly, blowing out removes 90% of the water, but the remaining 10% will eventually settle in a low spot and freeze. If that low spot happens to be at a hard plastic joint, rather than the flexible tubing, then you are out of luck.I would venture it's significantly less than 1% of water left, but use whatever method you prefer. I was just trying to show how lazy, er manly I am. ;)
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AsheGuy
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11/07/09 08:52am |
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RE: Winterizing woes
Glad everything came out OK (the pink stuff). I consider myself fortunate to own an air compressor for other reasons because the process sounds so much easier using compressed air. After reading this thread, I might have gone out and bought one even if I didn't have one. How do those that use this method get the pink stuff out of the water lines (and fresh water tank) sufficiently in the spring?
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AsheGuy
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11/06/09 05:55pm |
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RE: Class B vs. Big Rigs
Wow, I haven't even posted in this thread and I am quoted from the "theoretically I want a class b rv but" thread back in April.
I got the message in that thread. ;)
burlmart, methinks you have too much time on your hands. :)
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AsheGuy
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11/02/09 08:49am |
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RE: Cost of New Class B's-Why do you want them?
Personally I'm looking forward to touring all the major National Parks. Some of which cannot accommodate most Class A's.True, you can't drive Glacier NP's Going to the Sun Road in an A. :)
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/asheguy/GlacierNP.jpg
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AsheGuy
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11/01/09 07:07am |
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RE: Any Roadtrek or Pleasureway owners in NC?
We don't own a Roadtrek or Pleasure-Way but do have their equivalent (LTV). :) We looked at Pleasure-Way seriously when we bought ours in 2005 (Roadtrek didn't have a Sprinter then) and there was a great PW dealer in Boone but they have since gone out of business. We ended up buying at VanCityRV (they carry a number of B brands) in St. Louis because they gave us the best deal (LTV has a dealer in Charlotte) and they will fly you out to St. Louis to pick up your van.
We keep our RV garaged in the mountains (near Jefferson) and would be glad to have you take a look at it if you want to widen your horizons.
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AsheGuy
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10/31/09 12:19pm |
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RE: Cost of New Class B's-Why do you want them?
All the good responses above reaffirm that people have different objectives in travel. Even within class B owners, there are widespread differences as to travel objectives/preferences.
For us, the relative price of a class B was never a consideration since we had never been tempted to own a larger RV before. We knew about class Bs but it was the emergence of the Sprinter base and life circumstances that motivated us to take the plunge and buy a class B.
We see the class B as a way to tour almost as if we had an auto, but with a carry along bathroom and motel room. For us, it's not about camping (been there done that both in tents and backpacking). It's not about having an apartment in the south for the winter. It's about travel in the US & Canada in the easiest way. We have done multiple extended trips up to 6 weeks and still love our B. For us, it was the choice that met our needs.
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AsheGuy
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10/31/09 11:32am |
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RE: The new Dodge van?
Vauxhall is a GM UK manufacturer that has a Sprinter-like van that we saw a lot of in the UK when we were there two years ago. Click here and then click on Movano to see it.
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AsheGuy
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10/29/09 10:05pm |
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RE: No longer a Moderator
You've been a very effective moderator Rodger and will be a hard act to follow. Not sure how you did the job and still had a life. :)
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AsheGuy
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10/25/09 11:02pm |
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RE: 2010 Seventh Annual RV.net Class B Rally (B7)
The RV Park map has been made a little more accessible on b-rally.org by putting it on the Campground button page and the number of Bs/state information has been added to the Attendees page with the map at the bottom.
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AsheGuy
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10/25/09 07:31am |
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RE: 2010 Seventh Annual RV.net Class B Rally (B7)
The b-rally.org Attendees list has been updated to include all attendees registered up to now and with their home states shown on the associated map.
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AsheGuy
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10/19/09 09:57am |
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RE: 2010 Seventh Annual RV.net Class B Rally (B7)
Just put registrants up till now on b-rally.org Attendees list. We're on the way to a regional LTV owners' rally (Blueridge Leisures) and campground does not have wifi so next update probably won't be until Sunday evening. Just trying to keep the conniptions down to a minimum.
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AsheGuy
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10/15/09 08:45pm |
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RE: A basement for my Sprinter
Not everyone is brave enough to cut a big door through the floor.I understand the feeling as I was wary when installing my 2nd battery box in the back of our LTV. But LTV has been creating a "basement" storage space since their first Sprinter conversion. It's one of the reasons we chose LTV for our Sprinter conversion. It does have a cover for the top not shown in this photo.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hMjNPE-btwA/RbEAQwhJGFI/AAAAAAAAAP8/Y6Q1drzMCPE/s800/P1180138.JPG
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AsheGuy
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10/11/09 06:25am |
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RE: 2010 Seventh Annual RV.net Class B Rally (B7)
The b-rally.org web page is starting to come alive with B7 information. Bruce has posted a preliminary program schedule for the rally and registration will begin on October 15th so the registration page will be operational then. So click on the link above to check it out and bookmark it for ongoing information about the rally.
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AsheGuy
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10/10/09 05:40am |
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RE: Sprinter based Class B's
I'm not worried. I haven't seen any statement in the announcements of the change in who is going to sell the Sprinter that Dodge dealers will no longer service the Sprinter. After all, dealers generally make their money on service and not sales. I had a 70K service done last week at the local Dodge dealer and the Sprinter tech said they had heard nothing about dropping Sprinter service. It may happen, but I think it is unlikely. Of course, I could be wrong. :) And they may not service newer Sprinters in any case.
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AsheGuy
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10/06/09 07:04am |
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RE: Repairing the septic hose in an LTV
We have a 2005 LTV on a 2004 Sprinter chassis and had to replace this hose a few years back after the same failure you describe. I replaced it myself and GailS is correct as to the procedure.
It was very easy to do, no stretching of the end of the replacement hose was required. We got the replacement hose at Camping World since we were camped just a mile from one when the failure occurred. It is important to find a replacement hose that compresses to a length that will fit into the LTV hose sleeve. And some replacement hoses may have a fitted end for splicing hoses that is too large to fit into the said sleeve and may have to be reduced in size (tabs cut off) to fit. Ours did. The replacement has worked fine since.
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AsheGuy
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10/04/09 08:38pm |
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RE: What Did You Name Your 'B' And Why?
Our B is the CQ, inspired by our license plate, which in turn was inspired by our B. :)
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AsheGuy
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09/28/09 11:51am |
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RE: B OUT WEST #2
Just registered last night for Pagosa Springs...B Out West webpage attendees list just updated.
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AsheGuy
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09/10/09 06:17am |
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RE: B OUT WEST #2
OK, Abby checked with the campground and sent me an updated attendees list according to the campground registrations. Click here to see the updated attendees list.
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AsheGuy
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09/02/09 07:20pm |
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RE: B OUT WEST #2
There is a list here but I am not sure all that have registered have posted on this thread so they could be added to the list.
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AsheGuy
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09/02/09 07:39am |
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Two for the Road
This is not exactly a class B story, but sort of in the spirit of a class B. At least it describes the desire to see the good old USA (although at a slightly slower pace) that led us to buy a class B.
Last day to vote for the location of the 2010 RV.net class B rally.
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AsheGuy
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08/31/09 01:23pm |
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