RE: What causes black streaks?
Very simply....
Keep the roof clean
Keep a good coat of wax
I with CoachmenKen, with one addition ...a little elbow grease is the only tool/cleaning agent I've found to effectively get rid of 'em.
RE: neighbor killed unhooking 5th wheel UPDATE
...although I am not a minister, or anyone who remotely resembles one, every time I read the title to this thread, I pray for the comfort of this unfortunate soul's family, especially his wife.
I wish that you do the same.
RE: Not looking good for the RV Industry.........
Every cloud has a silver lining.
...hey, you never know, maybe it will be the RV industry that revolutionizes alternative fuels, or that does something with solar to make it a mobile power source.., you never know.
Necessity evokes the entrepreneurial spirit! Someone will do something, who knows, it might be an RV manufacturer.
RE: Responsible pet ownership
hmmm, I think it's best I refrain from adding my 2 cents on this thread.:B:B
I concur, I need every penny anyway; can't afford to pitch-in $.02, I got a dog and a cat to feed.
RE: Grey water dumping - is it legal in YOUR state?
...living dead matter :@
Okay Matt, I have to concede; given that there can be living dead matter in the country of confused legalese, a slightly competent lawyer could challenge and beat the messy and confusing Oregon "open waste-valve" law. It's kinda funny, but sad.
RE: What do you think...dare I ask???
...while camped on the southern Oregon coast last summer, my wife and I experienced the same thing: we had power, but we left it alone; but you know, what kind of SOB would have the nerve?
When the occupant of the non-electric site who was using our hook-up returned. I asked him if he knew that he was plugged into our site: he said, "Yeah, I do." At which time he politely explained to me why he was plugged-in to the plug we were not using. It was all good; he didn't have electricity and he needed it to keep a lot of fresh-caught fish frozen.
If I would have unplugged it, I would have been the rotten SOB.
RE: Running Fridge on battery
...we do the thing the ol'-fashioned way and use ice to keep our food and beverages cold until we get to our destination, then we turn on the 'frige. One hour travel should allow you to do this.
RE: Grey water dumping - is it legal in YOUR state?
Matt,
...ummmm.?, "open to interpretation?" I think that the Oregonian (not the publication, the society) legalese wordiness has struck. To me this excessively wordy document means that waste water of any sort can only be put in a place of proper disposal in Oregon. Semantics aside, in Oregon we can not dispose of gray water on the ground within the state borders.
So, additional wordiness aside.
Oregon: no.
RE: Disposing of deep fryer oil while camping
...you could do what river guides do on the last day of a trip and make a fire bomb. Get a really long stick (the longer the better) and attach a small cup to it; fill the cup with water.
In an area that is completely fire-safe, build a hot fire. Take your left-over oil, put it in a bucket, safely place the bucket in the middle of the hot fire; let that cook a little while, drink a beer or a few. Get everyone far away from the fire. Take that long stick with the cup of water on the end of it, hold it over the bucket and dump the water in: kaboom!
Great fire show, oil all gone!
RE: Fridge ?
I switch to propane and take off. Never worry about it. Some do, I just find it silly. All the running engines around are ignition sources that no one ever worries about. Out of all the nay sayers, not a single one has been able to show where a fridge has ever caused a boom.
Mike
Boilermakers Local 592
...oh no, here goes yet another driving with or without propane debate.
RE: Oil Change Myth?
...I was a GM engineer when this all took place and trust me when I say A LOT of research went into it. The change intervals now suggested are extremely conservative. Unofficial discussions were along the lines of you could probably double the recommended change interval. But I will stick with what the computer tells me.
Given the research you did, maybe you can explain something. To my understanding, the viscosity of oil breaks down from wear and contamination (dirt, etc.) The less viscosity the harder the engine has to work, which results in increased wear and lower efficiency.
In my example, I'm familiar with how fast oil would blacken and get gooey in an air cooled 1970 VW bus with a remedial filter that was nothing more than a screen; perhaps this lack of filtering is the juice that's pulled me into the oil-change myth.
...however, the math geek in me tells me that there was some sort of limit test that you mechanical engineer types devised to show how anything GM is higher quality than anything Toyota, Ford, Dodge, Volkswagen, et. al. Showing that an engine can run in its optimum state even with low-quality lubrication would prove the quality of the product you were testing. I know, only speculation on my part.
I'm ready to ditch the myth, so educate me...
RE: Add water to a battery
...the Interstate battery that you have is a tough one to identify. I've found references to it, but nothing that describes the cell technology of the battery: AGM, Gel, or Flooded lead acid.
I would call around before I'd go opening that battery and adding distilled water; I don't know this, but the Interstate 31 MHD may be a maintenance-free battery (AGM or Gel Cell) in which case you would not want to add water.
So, before doing anything, find out exactly what it is you have.
Good Luck,
Rev. Leonidas
RE: Oil Change Myth?
...I've built a couple of VW engines and in the case of air cooled engines, in hot weather 3,000 miles is too far to drive before an oil change. Although RVs are liquid cooled, and the larger engines can take greater loads keeping 'em well lubricated is how we make 'em last; every 10,000 miles in some cases with synthetic oil? I don't go over 5,000 miles in our 2000 Beetle that uses only synthetic oil.
I think this 3,000 mile oil change myth story is something that has questionable research (if any) behind it. Change that oil regularly 3,000 miles or every three months, that's a proven way to save fuel and therefore, oil.
RE: smell tank - need non formaldayde chemical!
One capful of Tide soap and one capful of calgone softener. smell all gone and tank is clean.
I'd double the Calgon (two cap-fulls), and use A LOT of WATER as previous posters have recommended.
If you have the absolute need to use chemical, Envirochem is good, and like Tiger4x4 says Tetford Campa-chem is natual formaldehyde-free stuff too; however, Tetford has another all-natural tank treatment called Aqua-Chem that does contain formaldehyde.
Try not to be a :S doofus like me and don't confuse campa with aqua :h.
...and, use a lot of water.
RE: Coleman Powermate Pulse 1800 Review
...well written review Everymile... Easy to read, lots of information, and a convincing pro-quiet generator argument: Honda, Yamaha, are there any others?
Nicely written, enforces the truth that sometimes low price doesn't equal value.
