Bob
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While I do use the Big Rig book from time to time, it doesn’t always list a campground or RV park convenient to where we want to stop at night.
But since we started with our first Prevost 23 years ago we learned how to read the “code” to understand where we could stop for an overnight. We looked for certain clues such as 50 amps, pull through sites, big rig friendly, and paved roads. RV parks that listed how many 20 amp, 30 amp and 50 amp sites usually catered to smaller RVs. If we can’t get 50 amp or a pull through when we are traveling it is not worth the hassle of checking in and listening to a list of the locations of the washers and dryers, the bathroom combination lock codes, or the campground rules. We just want to stop and sleep and don’t want to unhook to back in a site or have to deal with 30 amp. We just go to a Cracker Barrel, a rest area or a Walmart.
When we are staying for an extended stay then we look for the nicest campground where we want to be. We have learned if we end up in a campground with 26 foot white trailers in abundance we become the center of attention, where in a nice resort type campground we tend to blend in.
We have had one or two occasions when we couldn’t get in a campground or the site because of our size, but considering the hundreds of nights we have been on the road in the bus that is pretty good so we don’t worry too much about if we can get in or through a campground or if we will fit.
Today with the internet the easiest way now to pick a campground is to use Google and then zoom in and look at a satellite view. We don’t have to guess much any more.
PC members should feel free to post about campgrounds, but I am not sure how an accumulation of reviews and listings could be sorted, kept up to date or even used for trip planning. Ideally we should be able to create a permanent map such as a Google map that is used in the fuel program, and as each member visits a campground they could plant a flag on the map and use maybe a color code to denote places highly recommended, places that are acceptable, and places to avoid.
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It is not algae,algae needs sunlight to grow that is some type fungus alcohol will work but with 200 gals of fuel who would know ratio to use ,there are outfits out there that can clean the fuel using a polishing method (filters and pumps)
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Jon,
I know you have posted it more than once probably but this might be a good thread to post link to the inflation chart from Michelin.
DKO
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Hope you and your family has a great holiday season, some of us are away from home and in warm climates like florida, others at home in the cold, The big thing is family, tell them all how much you love them and do not forget those that are in harms way serving this country, pray for a safe return to there familes. Gary
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Jon, obviously one needs to be aware of limitations on dumping grey water to the ground. Very few places will allow that and I’m sure some locations actually have regulations that make it illegal.
We do a lot of dog shows and that puts us frequently in fairgrounds and ag center facilities. Virtually all prohibit dumping grey water.
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Dean,
Call Rod Thomas of Total Vision Camera. His company provides all the camera units that are round and looks like it has a cap on it. He is very accessible and will talk to you about your options.
520-623-0790 Tucson Az time zone
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It was a pain in the ass , but worth it, I put it back where it went before, I just made spare that goes in route to the back via the easiest route then zip tie up if it goes out then fix properly when I get some where I can do it safely and put the new one in back where it was if it fails hope not now that I put new one in,, I always carry spare and belts……
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The Prouds have now put the PC April Rally in Tampa on their website. This is some great cooperation between groups. We all share the same interest.
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I do have the 5 port manifold in the steering bay, if you are talking about the one with the wires hooked to it?
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Don’t let Tom fool you. He’s so old he has to lean against the door jam when he leaves the coach to keep from falling and that is why he keeps hooking.
Tom’s “hooking” is not to be confused with another type used as a revenue enhancer.
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Good explanation Jon!
Yea, my ego got banged up good when my wife said “I thought you were smarter than that”
I have the Level Low Selector, but I have never been able to get it to raise or lower the coach. When I select anything, all it does is sounds like air is going nowhere. Will not even lower the coach.
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Yes sir Charles, glad to hear you can now do number 2 without running across the campground…
Mine doesn’t have the auto shut off for the water pump either, didn’t know that existed, so see, we just learned something. I know when my holding tank shows full, the pump still runs.
The tank monitors are easy to adjust and if you don’t have the manual, let me know, my vintage is probably the same as yours.
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Dean, I’ll go in a different direction. As long as the unit works for music, forget the GPS portion. I am not even sure of the brand I have in my coach, but I leave the screen folded in place and if I even use the unit it is for the radio or CDs. For the GPS I have a Garmin mounted on the LH windshield post that does not interfere with the shades. With the number of available units, with free updates, I prefer what I have to the one that comes with the radio combo.
I do have to mention however the one that is part of the radio does work well, I have no idea when it was updated, but I just consider it as backup only.
After a while if you put that new coach on the road the only reason for using the GPS is to see how many miles to go to your destination. I rarely make a trip now in which I need the GPS to tell me the directions. I still review my trips on Google just to make sure I am not getting into narrow roads or bad situations when we go someplace new. The GPS is just to provide information I already know and there are a lot of occasions when I completely ignore it because what makes sense to the GPS may not be the best way for me to take a 45 foot bus with a car in tow.
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The height of the stands varies front and rear, and also based on the model shell. It got too complex trying to sort out which was which so I stopped doing the production runs of them. Anyone can create their own, they just have to measure the required height for their particular coach and find some scrap pipe or tubing.
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The PO was coming down a mountain and the 60 series was over reving and he engaged the Jakes the 60 series threw a rod through the side of the block about the size of a basketball spraying oil over the hot engine then the B500 started down shifting and destroyed the transmission this is the best we can figure out pulling the info from the engine and transmission and what I was told by the PO
I spoke with the PO and the insurance co the PO said the insurance co shafted him the insurance co said they offered to pay for the fire damage but no engine or transmission damage it wasn’t in the terms of the policy long story short John Deere Credit was the ones that got the shaft, that is who I purschased it from
good luck