Corey
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I hope the batteries are not bad…
The batteries were just bought in October. I have kept them on a trickle charger at all times.
I think I am going to buy a voltage meter. What kind should I get?Tully
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My Gen has 1400 hours and just replaced the fuel pump due to a small fuel leak. Local Napa store supplied the replacement. But while in the process of swapping the fuel pump -d ecided to remove the the belt guard that runs the alternator. Surprised to see how bad of condition the belt was in. Would not have lasted till the next oil change for sure.
I don’t know about everybody elses’ coach but my belt can only be seen if you remove the guard. I suggest you check yours – Having done that I also changed the belt on the radiator fan. In a Liberty it is not too difficult.
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I decided on two identical DVR receivers so if one poops we have a back up.
Right or wrong, that’s what we will have.
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Conversation overheard at East Tennessee Luxury Coach while under a bus…
Jeff – Red, I need a bar
Red – a bah
Jeff – no bar
Red – ya I said bah
Jeff – what’s a bah
Red – jeez, you know, a bah
Jeff – could I have that thing that looks like a crow bar
Red – sure, but crows cah, you know, cah, cah, cah
Jeff – I thought that a cah was a car
Red – hell no, a cah is cah
Then Jon showed up! What the £}%^+ are you two talking about……
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The winner of the chili contest agreed last night that I could throw her name into the hat.
Lady Di will be participating. (that is if I don’t eat it all before we get to OKC)
BTW, there is no way to put this delicately so I will just say what everyone is ignoring…….We should follow the chili contest with a fart contest, ala Blazing Saddles. Tom will supply the beer for the added boost. I hope none of the new owners didn’t have high expectations for this group.
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Fred,
In order, the question about the valve cores was answered correctly in the previous post.
The information about tire pressures seems off the charts and you do need to weigh the coach. Although you are significantly better off with more pressure than needed. I would guess if you have 365 on the front you are probably in the 100 to 105 PSI range, the drives I’m guessing 85 to 90, and if I surmise correctly you have 315 on the tag probably around 90.
If you have much more than the weight I am guessing on the tag then your steer axle pressures will be lower and the tag pressure higher along with the drive pressures. That’s all a guess and the weight will determine if I am right or if Marathon is right.
Your aux pressure for filling tires is the 120 the coach with the engine running provides. The aux compressor is just for the house requirements so if you need to fill tires, start the engine.
Unless a tank under that pressure is secured, if it should become airborne, such as in an accident or sudden stop and knock the top valve or pressure regulator off maybe “bomb” is an overstatement, but I am pretty sure if that happens you will not be able to buy excitement such as a rapidly emptying CO tank can give.
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Roger, sounds like an awesome trip. You can hit all those places if you have a few days, but it’s not easy. The Sierras are 11,000 to 14,000 feet and both Yosemite and Sequoia national parks are on the other side from highway 395. There are only a few passes, sometimes 200 miles apart, and they are very challenging for a bus. You may want to make a day trip to Yosemite with your toad or enter the parks from the West off I-5. You will need your toad to get into Yosemite Valley anyway, where the most famous attractions are.
Highway 120 over Tioga Pass will take you from 395 at Lee Vining to Yosemite. The pass tops out at about 10,000 feet and the road is very narrow. It has many tight curves that will probably put you over the centerline. I have never driven it in my bus and don’t think I would want to. But I strongly encourage you to go this way in a car. Tioga is jaw droppingly gorgeous. It literally brings tears to my eyes every time I drive it. The road passes through the northern part of Yosemite, including Tuolme Meadows, which is beautiful. You can enter Yosemite Valley from 120, but only in a car.
There is a grove of sequioas adjacent to Yosemite, but if you want to see the really majestic groves you need to go to Sequioa NP, which is south of Yosemite, also on the western flank of the Sierras. Again, there is no easy way to get there from 395. From Tioga Pass going south, the next place to cross the Sierras is Highway 178, near Ridgecrest, about 200 miles south.
You also cannot get directly to Death Valley from highway 395 in your rig. Highway 190 is length limited (40 feet) from 395 toward Death Valley. You can get into Death Valley from the south by heading north from Ridgecrest through Trona on Panamint Valley road, and then east on 190. There are some tricky spots, but I’ve done it in the bus while towing my car. Still, the prefered entrance to Death Valley with a long rig is Highway 190 from the east.
Sorry for the boring travelogue. Maybe you can guess that I’m pretty passionate about the eastern Sierra region.
p.s.: Caltrans has a map showing allowed and disallowed routes for big rigs. Google “45′ Bus & Motorhome Map” (Sorry, I never figured out how to ad a link to a post here.)
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Tom,
Did the XLII have the exact same motor as your current H3? (Detriot Diesel with the same hp?). Sometimes, I will see people post a DD with 500 hp and some with 515 hp.
I was wondering if our new Volvo engine would be the same as it will use DEF and have the weight of four slides. I’m not sure how much OTR air weighs compared to a roof air.
Just a stab in the dark, I’m thinking we’ll average 6.5. I like to run about 60 mph.
Your new Marathon does not look 12 yrs. old. That’s what I like about Prevosts, they are timeless.
Mark
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Recovered sofa and new flooring
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Now you are in my red neck of the woods!
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Ronald, now ya donnit….your annual membership dues will probably double next year !
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but I am pretty good at bullshitting.
I like Jon’s idea. These types of maps are being used all over the place. I think RV Wizard is a good example. There it is used for creating trips.
if you google “how to create a map with pins” you are being given many examples and options. This is not an unusual project. Many firms use such maps to show where their dealers are located etc. Many of these maps are for free and many are the DYI kind. You create your map and past THEIR code into your web page.
It is up to the web guru to decide what type of code he would accept because, without having looked at the examples deeply enough, I should imagine that free ones will come with advertising. Surely, we do not want that.
Most of these pin maps show the entire USA and Canada and you have to drill down to get to an acceptable level of “local” details.
Anyways, this looks like a fairly easy project.
Jon already said the web guru confirms this can be done. I think it should be left to him because it needs to be integrated into the PC website. Unless, he allows an external link.
Cheers,
Ronald
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Tom just maybe Big Al has something in there that he hasn’t told anybody about!! Come on Al open the door!! I pick door #2
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Phil & Joanne…
We love newbies and the more the merrier… welcome aboard and look forward to meeting you both !!
Cheers, Diane
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I would worry far less about chasing deadbeats than to find a former tenant has left leaving you with some oil drums with PCBs.
Or some unidentified white powder.
Or a few gallons of some other hazardous material in a leaky drum and it has seeped into some cracks in the concrete.
Where I used to live a storage facility nearly went bankrupt when hazardous waste was intentionally left in a locker because it was cheaper to rent a locker, bring in the materials and never return. I think now storage facilities verify who they rent to, but I tip my hat to guys like Al who apparently runs a tight ship. It isn’t a case of sitting back and letting the checks roll in.