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Will share: The other board seems to think the cut off date would be impossible to do. It would require parking probably 90 % of all transportation food chain mfg goods mass transit not enough manfacturing base to replace. what is a hungry no-gas at gas station no-citybus California resident?

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right now E-bay look for us shipper. they sell in the 5 meter length 600 per length and 300 the 600 are a little bright. and in severl light intensities. the soft white is more to my taste. the bright white is that. Cost abot 25% less online than at retail outlets. I pay on average about 20$ for a 5 meter (16.2ft long ) strip a little pricy. = 50,000 hrs life thinner more flexible that rope light—run off your battery—uses fraction of power. Hope this helps. All the led lights in my coach bays and all = one bus headlight which is 65 watt. thet also come in direct fixture replacements for halegon for about $4 each and last 50 times longer with no heat like the hot little burgers. That’s the light in the little round ones some have on ceilings again you need to look at lumes or first time buy couple differant kind. I like the flat round to replace the ceiling ones. Also have the spot type to replace halegon that I use through out . Hope this helps. Worth a little research. Bob

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http://forcechange.com/1141/california-passes-toughest-diesel-emissions-standards-in-us/

This should put great fear in every Prevost converted coach owner because if the article is true it will take a great expense to meet the standard, or force owners to sell their coaches when the law takes effect. Worse, if this law is upheld this is a clear signal it could be adopted by other states or the feds. I would really want to see motorhome groups such as FMCA work very hard to overturn the law.

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With all due respect to our Calfornia friends, I think the State of California is nuts.

My former company fulfilled an order for picnic tables which required providing those tables with pressure treated wood seats and table top. The order was made and shipped to their specifications. A few years after that the State of California sued the company for selling them pressure treated wood which according to their laws was illegal, despite the fact their order specifications required it.

The company will no longer do any business with the State of California. Since that episode I have not been in California.

The only response if the law as described does in fact exist is to not go to California. There is no doubt in my mind if the law is upheld anyone not meeting it will end up getting their coaches confiscated, or will be required to have it towed or trailered out of the state. Do any of our California members know the details, if we are grandfathered, how the law will be enforced, and if there are exceptions? I seriously doubt if we are as impacted as commercial truck or bus operators whose entire fleets could be affected.

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Looks like more folks in California will have to title ther rides in Montana if this happens. Hard to believe that the whole country would have to meet EPA standards by 2014 but stranger things have happened, Guess I need to start looking for a strong rubber band!

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That is scary… Please keep us informed.

It is hard to believe that our investment could be taken away from us like that but the government has been limiting what people can do with their own land because of environmental reasons for years. Some have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in land only to be told they could do NOTHING with it.

God help us…

DKO

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Thanks. I should have thought of Lowe’s…

DKO

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as the neighbor lady says “groovy”

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Jon I have had my tag air chanbers replaced after they broke off, work done at Prevost. I don’t remember if the tags came off the ground before the replacement but I know they don’t now. When some of the guys where saying they could lift the wheels off the ground I thought that maybe my chains were not adjusted right during the fix. I’ll let it alone and use blocks to get the wheels off the ground if needed.

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That is interesting. Thanks for the information. I never imagined it would be that expensve to “fix.”

DKO

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Bob Is Wilderness the park that has a store out front that sells whoopy pies? Rick

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This was a fun fix! The replacement blower fan was found (thanks to Brian) at

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg/start.shtml

The new part number is: 6FHX9. It was a little tight getting it in and out of the bay but it works great and well worth the effort.

Fred

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I don’t know this for sure, but I suspect the tag lift chains are sized so the tag axle can operate through the full range of motion. If the chains are shortened the raising of the bus via the air bags is likely to be compromised because the chains will start lifting the tag axle before the rear air bags are fully extended. I am sure many if not all of us have hit dips in the road while driving that have fully compressed our air bags and then fully extended them. Those highway whoop dee doos get our attention, and I would be concerned about what would happen if a tag axle wheel was jerked off the ground as the suspension extended which is what can be expected to happen if chains are shortened.

I have a serious problem with we owners who try to modify our coaches to address what we perceive as a problem, instead of fixing whatever problem we might have. Our coaches undoubtedly have to meet very stringent DOT standards because they are built for use in public transportation. The engineers must devise systems and methods that are not only safe and robust, but which perform as intended over many miles and years.

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Used to ski just outside Petoskey, bet that pic , if taken today is “somewhat” different.

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Can’t help with the Houston area , we use our (my) sister-in-law, who lives about a quarter of a mile away. She stops to feed the cats and walk through the house every couple of days, and pick up the mail. Now, I just put in a forward address card and she still feeds the cats, how good is that? She just opens mail and Emails me info as it comes in. Kinda almost like being home.