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Weighed the Bus
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Jon have you or others posted on what tools and spare parts you routinely carry that fills those bays? Eight chairs and all those provisions sounds like a party waiting to happen.
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George,
When you’re carrying cases of number 10 cans of prunes like Jon does, you’re going to have an axle problem, or worse!
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I’ve heard Jon had the long range tanks but I always thought it was a reference to fuel.
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Long range tank
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Last year when we traded for our current coach we emptied the previous coach to prepare it for sale. We thought we carried a lot of extra stuff when we emptied the first coach, but after seeing all we took from the second coach we knew we carried way too much. Most of what we carried we hadn’t seen or used or even touched in years. So when we started loading our current coach we only put in what we thought we needed.
I can say with certainty we are on the track to overloading the current coach. But since we now have less storage space (slides eat up a lot of space previously available for “stuff”) there are fewer places to cram stuff.
But I do carry tools and some spares. All my tools are in my tool box. The same tool box that has gone from coach to coach. My tools are basic, sockets, wrenches, screw drivers, etc. I have electrical testers. And I have a leak detector. My spares are somewhat basic. I carry relays, solenoids, light bulbs, and a spare set of engine sensors. I also have spare belts.
I used to carry a spare tire mounted on a rim I polished on both sides. Not any more. I used to carry spare brake chambers (ours are not usually stocked at parts stores), not any more. I used to have a pair of bikes in the bay. Not any more. We carry less food, less clothes, but we are still accumulating too much so I will start sneaking stuff out of the coach.
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Oh Jon. Your living dangerously. If Di catches you, you had better duck fast
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Don’t rat me out.
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Thanks for sharing your spare parts information. I would never have thought of engine sensors. Would you carry the mounted spare if room was not an issue?
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I stopped carrying the spare because I never had need to use it. So I no longer carry the X-12 torque multiplier since I won’t be changing tires on the road. It is bad enough having to replace 8 tires when they age out without having to replace the spare as well. When I stopped carrying the spare I replaced one tire on the road and that was as a precaution. One got a sidewall cut so rather than risk a failure I had a tire company replace it in a campground. They had to wait a day to get the right size. I stopped carrying brake chambers because I am not changing them while on the road. I will cage the brake (if it is an emergency brake) or cap the line if it is a service brake.
I would carry bikes in the bay if I had the room. The slides and the joey bed (needed because of the slides) eat up a lot of bay space so the bikes are a no go. I carry them on a bike rack on the back of the toad.
I also used to carry fluids (oil, transynd, coolant) but have never added a drop of those so I don’t carry them.
It is impossible to carry all sensors so the only ones I carry are oil and water temp and oil pressure. There are others such as TPS and turbo boost sensors, but I’ll risk going without some.
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WOW!, no X-12. How ever will you tke a wheel off to change a seal when on the road???
JIM
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JIm,
Would you be picking on me? I ain’t changing no stinkin’ hub seals on the road.
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Jon,
How about at the campground, if not on the road. We could park in the back of the park and wait until the office closes….Just kiddin’
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I’m thinking………..
Nope. Tempting, but nope.
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