Kim
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We stayed in Elk Meadow in 2010. It was mostly dirt/gravel but served us fine for visiting Rocky Mountain National Park.
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I was going to post a smart aleck answer about the noise when it let go being a clue, but the truth is that there is no standard easy answer.
The obvious answer is when some tires let go there is no mistaking the noise. If you miss the noise and are driving at highway speeds you may hear the carcass of the tire tearing up the coach. We have had members report body panels being blown off, mufflers ruined, air hoses, brake chambers and even air bags being damaged.
But I had an inner duel fail catastrophically in my garage and I wasn’t even around. I have no idea why it picked my garage to fail, but it was obvious from looking at it I hit something that literally cut a baseball sized chunk of tread out of it and it burst at the sidewall which probably was weakened from driving from where the damge happened to my garage. A pre-trip inspection showed zero pressure.
I had a nail in a tire sidewall and I would lose about 5 PSI every couple of hours. Again a pre-trip inspection showed low pressure and I couldn’t find the leak until I got home. I added air every couple of hours. Pressure Pro would have alerted if I had one.
It’s great when a tire announces its failure, especially if no damage occurs, but usually a failure is so catastrophic and sudden it is only luck if just the tire is the damaged part. The slow leaks have to be caught early so they don’t lead to a blowout. Vigilance, luck, Pressure Pro, and attention to detail are the only ways I know to catch tire failures.
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Amen Jon. amen
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Yes, I would travel to take the class.
My reasoning is that I’ll be purchasing my first coach and simply stated, I see the value in learning good habits from the get-go from a professional.
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What is the mileage on these buses that have had these failures? Year model of chassis? any connection there?
Mine has 40k miles, and has all the original components, so not sure what to replace or not.
Tom, send me info on the new pulse system, I may need to try it after all.
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OK, if they say so. Just seems curious to me.
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Love kids but no way. Took a few kids and couple parents and dropped off about 3 hours south in Rockport Tx.a couple years back and wifey said if I ever put her in that prediament again I would be toast. Somehow parents just don’t get it nowadays about “shut up and sit down”. You would be a wreck even if you didn’t have one! My 2 cents. Had one ask about another ride into Austin last year and drop off at parents house and pizzed her off when I said sure with duck tape in the deal.
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I believe Tim did it right. I never adjust pressure downward. If it falls below my target pressure I add air.
The pressures the tire manufacturers call for are supposed to provide the best combination of safety (avoiding a blowout), ride, and tire wear. Few of us care about tire wear because we don’t wear them out, they age out.
What is critical is avoiding pressures below the recommended pressure based on the weight carried. I have never seen any prohibitions against over inflation, up to the max pressure limit shown on the tire sidewall. But every manufacturer is consistent in saying if the tire is driven at a pressure 20% less than the pressure called for in the charts it has to be inspected and possibly removed from service.
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You really cannot do a good job of cleaning. When we had to make a repair in a spot where something got between the laminate and the core we had to start over, and in most cases ended up sanding the glue off the core so we had a good clean surface to start with.
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Yes Tom, I did look at the centramatics. It looks like they use up a little bit of the stud length like a little wheel spacer would. My hub covers use those couple extra stud threads that stick out beyond the nut to mount. I do have a lathe and could turn down my nuts, but was thinking to try this new stuff that came out in April – Equal Flexx.
Jon, have not/never will use valve stem extensions. Thanks for sharing your experience, there is no substitute. -
Mark: Without the generator or the coach engine running, what is the voltage readout on the “House” gauge? On our 99 Liberty there are two combo Voltage/Amp gauges on the dash, one for the “House” and one for the “Engine”.
I don’t want to challenge what Jon said … but … when we first bought the coach I didn’t have access to shore power and relied on the generator to keep the house batteries charged. Being new to the coach somehow autostart got turned off and the house batteries got drained. Generator wouldn’t charge them and give us 120volts from the inverters, Detroit Diesel wouldn’t charge them or give us 120 volts. Jeff concluded the house batteries were too low and “something” (I don’t remember what) was keeping everything from working like expected. He talked me through the process to charge the house batteries using 12 volt car charger (took a while) but it worked. The voltage on the house batteries came up and I was able to charge the batteries back up with the generator and all was good.
That’s why I’m asking what the voltage is on the house batteries from the gauge on the dash. If it high enough, that eliminates one potential problem. From my observation, that gauge always tells you the voltage in the house batteries. For the chassis batteries you need to have the key in at least the “on” position.
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Jon, I am plugged in shore power, Progressive shows good wiring , while stepping out to verify cables, low battery gauge start beeping and gen started automatically, which tells me there is no power coming into the coach or something is not allowing the power to get in. Checked the cables outside all good…the 2 working A/C’s are the only ones programmed to work on inverter power only(while not plugged in shore)
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Today, I was driving north from Stuart, FL, heading towards GA. We don’t have OTR air because we have four slides (OTR not available).
I was running the dash and aux front air and then turned on two roof airs (2 out of 4). We can run all the air units from the inverters as we have four 3,500 watt inverters.
At my first rest stop, I turned off the 2 airs units from the inverters and turned on the genny….. then turned the air units back on (need to exercise the genny). At 95 degrees outside the temp inside was 72.
When it is hot outside, I like to run the genny an hour or two before we stop. That way, the 50 amp connection is not trying to charge the Lithium Ion batteries while I’m trying to use multiple air conditioners. The battery charger has priority so I may not be able to use all the air units until the battery charger is finished. By running the genny before we ‘land’, no charging is necessary.
Mark
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My brother bought the Royale with OTR air it will be for sale in one month after he Zeros it out with all new parts it is a H 3 -45 with OTR air ,it has wood inside and he lives in Canada
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You could very well still run into a weight issue on the front depending on which year you picked and what the axle and tires are rated for. It also depends on how the converter manages the weight distribution during construction and what equipment they install. Things like the number of batteries and inverters, water capacity etc.