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RE: Best ride for the buck
Newer pick up and a travel trailer.
Our new truck and FW rides just fine. What we miss are the advantages of a Class A while travelling. As we travel further and make plans for longer and longer trips, things like bathroom accessibility, travelling with pets, access to food etc etc, while on the road become more important.
When we bought our FW our plans were to travel shorter and stay longer. Now we are shifting to travelling longer and staying shorter.
And after having a FW for 2 years I can say that parking, driving etc are so much easier in a Class A - for me anyway. A towed car behind a MH tracks with the MH. FW is a whole different animal. And I would guess a truck and TT would be worse than a FW.
You stated the case very well, I've heard it said that if
you arrive and stay awhile a 5th wheel may be better suited but if
you tend to travel more, then a moho makes sense.
We are on our 2nd pusher and when moving from a gasser the quietness
sold us immediately, we didn't have to yell at each other, we could
hear the radio, & tv.
When stopping, there is no need to get out if it's raining or dark, etc.
My BILs with 5th used to say you have to drag a car around I said, you
have to drag a trailer around, and you have to stop for the DW to pee. Besides, I've got 2 vehicles in case something goes wrong, and having an extra vehicle has saved me a couple of times, I just unhooked and drove to get a part, another time was to go get fuel.
That said most RVs just sit unused or they are used very little which is a shame but life gets in the way.
Either one trailer, gasser, or diesel is great fun if you use it.
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oldave
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09/24/22 04:30pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Sanitizing your RV water storage tank
It's modern math!!! You can get any answer you want. :h
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oldave
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09/16/22 07:25am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: oil change
Find a storm drain and let her rip.
NO NO NO don't do it. It's not right and a good way to end up in jail.
Or at least a hefty fine.
Those days are long gone and were always wrong.
Plus it'll give all RVers a bad reputation++++
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oldave
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08/25/22 08:12am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: oil change
One thing I'll add is since my Cummins ISL diesel filter holds approx 2 quarts of
really black oil I punch a hole in the bottom and let it drain while the engine drains. Full of oil it's heavy and if I dropped it, it's bound to make a mess.
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oldave
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08/24/22 05:33pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Clogged Black Tank
You gotta always have some water in there. That stuff will dry and turn to concrete or maybe it's crapcrete. Anyway, water is your friend.
I have added lots of water just to dump. I knew not much was in there but wanted to dump before getting home. I like to have a strong swoosh of a dump so add water, then dumped, add water again for another dump then add water again to go home.
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oldave
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08/19/22 08:31pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Clogged Black Tank
Well, it appears he at least got it drained & forgot to come back.
Or he's still sputtering, spitting, and cleaning up.
We need to know.
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oldave
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08/18/22 04:46pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: New to RVing and Already Upgrading
Uh Oh I think I see a 45-footer before long.
When you go full time you'll love the space.
Time marches on so go have fun on your travels
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oldave
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08/11/22 05:58am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Zone 2 ac putting out heat,ie. COOL on.
He has an 06 Travel Supreme which I believe has a 5 button thermostat unless it's
all been changed.
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oldave
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08/03/22 08:13pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Considering first DP - any advice?
I have had DPs since 1997 even a Monaco Dynasty with 4 slides and 450hp.
I hated that thing and only kept it a year.
Interesting, I always considered the Dynasty to be the gold standard of
RVs. Never heard bad things about them before.
What made you hate yours?
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oldave
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07/29/22 02:45pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Diesel fuel prices … how is that affecting your RV travel ?
As one man put it, I can buy fuel but I cannot buy more time.
Prices will curtail most people's travel, and even stop many of them, but some have the resources and determination to not be deterred at all.
We didn't have any trips planned this summer anyway. However, it's not diesel or gas prices stopping us. When we resume travel it won't be as we were accustomed. No long and extended trips for now, hopefully later
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oldave
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06/12/22 07:50am |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: best way to sell
While I don't do Facebook I think I would to sell my motorhome.
From people that I know, Facebook marketplace is where it's at now
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oldave
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06/08/22 07:06am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Onan 7500 need parts
Get the belt from Cummins because there is no adjustment so the belt must be a near-perfect fit.
My gen is on a slide so I could sit up in the space in back of the gen.
Removed the necessary panels to get at it.
Started 1 of the 4 pulley screws loosely, installed the belt then rotated until the other screws lined up. Don't roll the belt or force it on.
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oldave
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04/30/22 12:55pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Taos and Santa Fe with 37’ Taos motorhome
Be prepared for lots of walking because I don't think you will be parking close to anything.
As stated those are very old cities, very congested especially the areas you'll be
wanting to visit.
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oldave
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04/05/22 07:11am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Best Portable Satellite Dish for Direct TV?
With DTV you are limited to a large dish with 3 LNBs in order to get HD and all of the channels. I currently have DTV that is SD so we can have in motion TV but they keep dropping channels from my programming. However, I don't believe you can even get the SD receivers anymore. They are trying to force me to get HD equipment which I don't want to do.
We have been with DTV for about 25 yrs but I plan to change to Dish Net where I
believe I can get both HD and in motion along with a friendlier company.
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oldave
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03/07/22 08:09am |
Technology Corner
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RE: What to do about fire damage
As far as I can see we still don't know what make, model or year the coach is.
Those things are important to determine if the coach is even worth fixing.
Fire damage can be incredibly expensive and lengthy to repair correctly.
The OPs profile shows a 2004 Alpenlite Medinah 5th wheel trailer worth $32k. We know that's incorrect but ???
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oldave
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02/17/22 07:33am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Class A luggage door hole repair
You should tell us what kind of coach you have.
I have a Monaco and my bay/luggage doors are aluminum. The skin is held on to it's
frame by double-sided tape and riveted at the top to the hinge.
I bet yours is about the same. Most people take the door to a metal shop and have
it reskinned then painted.
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oldave
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02/12/22 08:37pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: What to do about fire damage
I assume you have insurance, call them, they need to be involved.
Since we have no idea what coach you have and the extent of damage it's hard to
give advice. Fire repairs can be so expensive you may be looking at a total.
Totaling the coach would probably be the fastest solution.
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oldave
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02/12/22 06:46am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Gas pump keeps clicking off and slowly fills gas tank
When we had our gas rig we had the same problem.
I noticed it would fill pretty well until it got to about 1/2 full then it would start what you described, cutting off and get really really slow.
What I found was that the fill pipe did not enter the top of the tank instead it entered the side at approx 1/2 full level. I decided that when the gas in the tank covered the fill pipe the gas entering after that had to lift the gas in the tank resulting in a slow fill
Sorry, I never did come up with a fix I just lived with it.
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oldave
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02/08/22 04:44pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Water heater
Posters above have hit all around the issue at hand, that is you can probably never drain or blow all of the water out of an Aquahot. The problem is, there is not a tank
instead the water is stored in coils of copper pipe. People have tried
to winterize by blowing the water out only to find some water remained, and that
water froze bursting the coil $$$$$. The manual above is not for your Aquahot,
yours is probably an AHE-100-02S.
So here's hoping that it has not already frozen.
If the heat ( Aquahot ) has been running you are probably ok.
If your water flow seems good you need to winterize.
Buy RV Camco anti-freeze and make sure the Aquahot has anti-freeze.
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oldave
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01/15/22 08:50am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Best Toad braking System
Initially i thought the brakemaster 9160 for air brakes looked good, but have now been made aware that an airline failure in the toad could negatively impact my coach air brakes.
Thanks!
The info you received is not true.
I have used a Brake master for approx 20 yrs. It is so simple and so basic, and that's its advantage IMHO.
Any air brake system for your toad will have an umbilical hose that is plugged in when you tow. Once I failed to couple the hose good at the toad while we were traveling, the coupler dragged on the hiway for miles and miles, the brass coupler was gone. The Air hose was wide open, I never knew it, my brakes on the coach worked fine, and my air pressure stayed up. Air only comes out of that hose when applying the brake. It wasn't until in traffic I began to notice the toad brakes weren't working, coach brakes still worked fine.
I bought a new coupler at Graingers and we were on our way.
IMHO a Brakebuddy is far more apt to malfunction than any of the toad air brake systems.
I have read of many going from a Brakebuddy to an air system, never the other way.
BTW 20 yrs ago I was going to use the M&G system but it wouldn't fit the toad we had.
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oldave
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01/09/22 08:17am |
Dinghy Towing
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