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RE: Traveling from Yellowstone to Black Hills - Best Route?
I concur with the Greybull-Borland-Buffalo route. An alternate is Greybull-Dayton-Buffalo but that has more difficult grades.
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hwybnb
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10/07/08 06:06am |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Garmin - Is this to be expected?
let this be a lesson to you,when you buy expensive items like GPS's, Communication devices etc (walkie-talkies) --- never buy the units that use some proprietary battery... if it doesnt use something mainstream like double "A" dont buy it.There are no hand-held GPS units on the market that use AA batteries. If that is your policy then you will have to learn to live without GPS, iPods, PDAs and many other consumer electronics items.
Most such batteries last for five years or more if properly used and maintained. After that much time the technology is usually obsolete anyway.
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hwybnb
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10/07/08 05:53am |
Technology Corner
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RE: wiring a Jeep wrangler with 6 pins connector
I don't know the Wrangler but these diagrams might help. This setup uses 6-amp diodes from Radio Shack.
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hwybnb
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10/07/08 05:45am |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: How to connect bar-b-que to motorhome tank
You need to have a tee fitting and a shut-off valve installed ahead of the rv regulator so you can supply high-pressure gas to the bbq regulator. A propane shop can do that, as well as provide the proper hose and fittings to mate with the bbq. When I had it done the cost was about $60.
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hwybnb
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10/06/08 09:11pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Hwy 160 W from Walsenburg to Durango Co
We recently did 160 from Walsenburg to Pagosa Springs in a 35' MH with a tow - no problem.
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hwybnb
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10/06/08 06:30am |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Wet Balloon Fiesta
Wonder how the 5er got out,that's terrible it looks like he had blocks of wood under the front landing gear?Both of those RVs got out with help from a giant wrecker truck. I didn't see him do the fiver so don't know what he did.
I also watched him extract a second DP by dragging the rear sideways to clear some water and electric hookups, then back. It was not a pretty sight. DW shot some video and intends to put it on youtube later. I will post a link if she gets it done.
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hwybnb
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10/05/08 03:34pm |
Campgrounds, Resorts and Attractions
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RE: Koni Shocks
Shox.com
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hwybnb
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10/05/08 03:16pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Which Polish
Try ProtectAll Oxidation Remover and Color Restorer. If that does not work it may need to be buffed out using a mild polishing paste, but take care not to damage the decals.
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hwybnb
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10/05/08 12:44pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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Wet Balloon Fiesta
The 2008 Albuquerque Balloon Festival is off to a wet start. After a fairly good first day (Saturday) we had a steady rain all night, and most of today's events have been canceled. For substitute entertainment there is "stuck RV watching". These photos were taken in the south parking area which is on a land fill and unpaved. I am sure it was not entertaining to those who got stuck but everybody got out ok.
http://home.roadrunner.com/~morodat/_photos/stuck-mh.jpg
http://home.roadrunner.com/~morodat/_photos/stuck-fiver.jpg
Good weather is promised from tomorrow forward.
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hwybnb
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10/05/08 11:11am |
Campgrounds, Resorts and Attractions
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RE: water transfer pump
Maybe, but it would not be a regulated voltage, it would be better to connect the pump to the battery. If you want to minimize battery discharge connect the generator charging circuit to the battery at the same time.
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hwybnb
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10/05/08 10:38am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: EEGODS!! what was that??
Propane alarms are sensitive by design and can be falsely triggered by who-knows-what. If it happens rarely chalk it up to the nature of the beast. When it becomes too much of a nucience replace it. Meanwhile try vacuuming or blowing compressed air into the grill opening.
Many people use Kingdome dishes to receive Dish Network so your's should work. It is not a Dish problem. You need to have a qualified tech take a look at it.
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hwybnb
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10/05/08 06:43am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Digital box
John is corrct. You don't need to change anything to continue receiving satellite TV.
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hwybnb
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10/04/08 04:29pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: WATER PUMP
The 5.7 is a good pump but Shurflo advises not to use an accumulator with it.
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hwybnb
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10/04/08 07:32am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Slide lubricant
ProtectAll Slide Lubicant (spraycan, from CW) works great for me.
If you are using a slide-specific lubricant and are indeed getting a sticky buildup maybe you are using too much of it.
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hwybnb
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10/02/08 09:28pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Harper's Ferry KOA
Am I the only one who thinks Harpers Ferry KOA is the biggest ripoff of the century?...I think we wills tay at fewer KOA's.Right. If you found one bad one they must all be bad.
Seriously; my recent experience with KOAs has been the opposite. We have stayed at several on this trip and liked them all.
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hwybnb
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10/02/08 04:42pm |
Campgrounds, Resorts and Attractions
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RE: KOA starting to require their CG's to conform
clarasgrama, until you study the history of my attacks on KOA and its funding of its lobby group, ARVC, please withhold your comments until you learn the truth about KOA and its politcal posture of trying to FORCE rvers to stay in their parks.There is absolutely nothing that KOA or ARVC can do that would force me to do anything. If you are talking about them advocating in opposition to free parking at Walmart, et. al., that is one of the things trade associations do and is a characteristic of the free enterprise system.
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hwybnb
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10/01/08 01:13pm |
Campgrounds, Resorts and Attractions
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RE: KOA starting to require their CG's to conform
Why do some people feel so upset over where other people stay? If someone likes a campground and they want to share, why do others (I won't name him/her) get so upset? If you don't like a certain type of campground then don't stay there. Why do you feel the need to dictate and get sooooo upset. My heaven's.....take a nap. Lifes too short.Agreed, but the term KOA seems to do that to people who hold the dogmatic view that all KOAs are bad. The great thing about dogmatism is that it makes life so simple. Once a position has been chosen you never have to think.
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hwybnb
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10/01/08 12:08pm |
Campgrounds, Resorts and Attractions
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RE: Brake caliper tempature monitor idea
It would seem that you could just place a nice simple IR detecting LED close to the area, calibrate it to a hand held both in positioning and temperature, and then design a display circuit as simple as a comparator (or 4 comparators) that would sound an alarm.
Here's a nice IR detector, don't know the range though...part of the design process to find out. I'd think you'd need an industrial part too.
IR detector...It would be great if things were as simple as that but they are not. The IR spectrum is very broad. The type of detector in the link is designed for "near infrared". IR radiation produced by hot objects is in the "far infrared". That detector would not react to it at all. I am not saying it is impossible to design and build a low cost DIY monitor based on IR technology but it would not be a trivial task. There are industrial IR measurement components available (see the links in 50pascal's post) but they are expensive.
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hwybnb
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10/01/08 07:20am |
Tech Issues
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RE: KOA starting to require their CG's to conform
We have stayed at several KOAs in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico on this trip and every one of them was nice, with nice people in charge.
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hwybnb
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10/01/08 06:56am |
Campgrounds, Resorts and Attractions
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RE: Brake caliper tempature monitor idea
KEWL!! I can't really tell in the PIX what the thermocouple is fastened to. What is the lag time? Can you watch the temp rise on a long down hill and let up at a certain temp and watch the temp go back down? How long does it take for brakes to cool off?I am the builder of the system shown in oemtech's post.
The thermocouples are mounted to the brake pad backing plates. They are bolted on using holes drilled and tapped in the plates. The TCs are commercial types that came assembled with pigtail wires attached. Regulation Type K thermocouple wire connects them to the monitor.
The lag time is very short and yes, you can watch the temps climb as the brakes are used and cool off afterward. They take alot longer to cool than to heat.
The maximum temperature I have observed so far is about 550 degrees on the rear brakes going down a 7% grade with engine braking assist. They would likely have gone much higher if I hadn't been watching and down-shifted another gear.
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hwybnb
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09/30/08 05:59pm |
Tech Issues
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