Ron
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Bob, thanks for
the Norgren valve info. Since it’s time to go through the entire air system, I’m
about to learn a lot of new lessons. Congrats on the new back. Now if you can
just resist the temptation to start tossing things like tires around again…Jon, I’ve got the
full low-buoy, but only the front high-buoy. I used the low-buoy once to quickly
drop the entire coach to go under a low bridge, but don’t need the frazzled
nerves ever again. It’s much more comfortable to back up and turn around. The
full high-buoy would be handy when I need additional ground clearance, but it’s
hard to picture the need to temporarily raise only the front of the coach. How do you open the door if that little old
lady is about to step off a loading dock anyhow? I don’t really think I need to
try to keep up with the Latino kids who have fast acting air shocks on all four
corners for creative cruising. J Thanks for pondering a strange question. -
Jon,
We may not have as much copper, although there’s enough that runs the length of the coach for dash heat. You won’t discover any jealously here. Maybe some may wish they had two holding tanks like the vast majority of coaches 😉 With two tanks you can always have a black water free hose when you’re disconnect the sewer hose.
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I am thinking about all the trips we took with our three kids over the years when they were young and I think with careful planning it can be done and a lot of fun.
I can’t remember our kids ever wanting a trip to end… they loved it & we were in a 35′ Newell in the 70s & we thought that was huge..so I can see being in a 45′ coach… I think with careful planning you can create a lifetime experience as a family that will never be forgotten… our kids still talk about our motorhome days & trips… they say that NONE of their friends had the fun that they had growing up!!
I say go for it !!
I think that Lock took his kids on some extended trips… may have home schooled too?? He is a member on here… maybe Jon or Tom can tell you how to contact him… he would be a good contact.
May all your dreams come true !!
Diane
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Stand by Diane, I have to get a head count soon, the Amigo’s have been hard at work.
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We switched from Dish to DTV because Dish wouldn’t allow us to have as many extra receivers as we needed… Turned out that I like DTV much better than Dish.
We have 10 receivers in our house 3 in the Prevost 2 in our Navigator 2 in our Sportfishing boat and 5 on big boat and Dish wanted only a max of 3-5 on an account would have cost us over $500 a month versus $200 (for all of them +VIP service) at DTV and we take all their channels except for the adult ones.
I know this doesn’t answer your question but I just wondered why you would change… other than for the HD while moving which would require a new Satellite dish on top?
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OK thanks, I will follow up.
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It’s never been here Scott and Jon and I wish it was. We have dicussed the spell check on several occasions with our web developer and it is not available for this probgram.
We won’t give up, if there’s a way, we’ll get it done.
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Just secured our spot too !!
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Fred, since we both have Liberty coaches I can relate to what is going on in yours. If you look at the amp load on both legs of your electrical panel you will see around 3 to 7 total amps with all the obvious loads turned off. By obvious loads I am talking about HW heater, aux air compressor, TV or entertainment center, and all lights. What is being displayed are the phantom loads we don’t think about, but are there in the background.
That dictates if all you do is have your refrigerator on you need to make sure your solar system has at least a 30 amp to 70 amp capacity at 12 volts. That’s a lot of watts and all that is doing if that is your solar system capability is offsetting the loads and is doing nothing to charge the batteries. My point is while solar power has a distinct advantage if you generate enough power to live in a coach, the odds are that you will have to live very conservatively to see many benefits. If the coach is stored outside without a power connection there is no questions solar panels can maintain batteries as long as the coach has all batteries turned off, but then you have the issue of the coach being damaged from outside storage.
In your coach with three 8D batteries solar panels will not do anything to stop the generator from autostarting if you start in the evening with fully charged batteries and use only modest uses of battery power from sundown to sun up. If you read a little, watch some TV, and leave the refrigerator running, your batteries need to be charged by morning so for me the largest selling point of a roof full of solar panels would be to keep the batteries charged after I have gone to bed, but I don’t think the moon has the ability to do that.
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Tom,
Maybe I am looking at the photos wrong but it looks like the bracket goes under the lug nuts and on top of the wheel. That is the exact condition that Prevost and wheel manufacturers have stated they do not want to see. The stated reason is the proper torque on the lug nuts is intended to keep the wheel secure while having the tightening forces applied equally around the entire wheel. Placing anything between the nut and wheel disturbs those tightening forces which need to be equal.
Having said that and acknowledging you are going to capture the bracket as you describe, I question why bother to do anything to reduce the thickness of the nut? The number of threads captured by the nut remains the same whether you use an unaltered nut or you grind one down to a lesser thickness. It may not look as pretty as a nut that sits flush or nearly so, but at least you maximize the number of threads that are engaged and all the nuts are of a uniform size so you don’t have to worry if the tire guy placed the nuts in the proper place.
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Wow! That video hurts!
DKO
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One important thing for all bus owners to understand is that the air bags are part of the auxiliary air system. That means if the suspension system has air “locked in” via the current system logic of coaches with level low, brake and aux system pressures can go to zero and the air bags should retain their pressure and the bus should not drop.
I don’t know how the suspension system is set up on a seated coach so that might not apply.
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Ok, Tom!!!! Please don’t tell Ed about this find. I just wish that I could have piled alot more in that spot! Don’t mention the next finds in the Mandolin. I have to get rid of things some way!
Seriously, where is this spot you are referring to? At the head of the bed? or around the safe area? I was under that bed quite a bit stuffing things there, ex: windshields bought at Kerrville rally. I know there isn’t a secret place in our present bus because the beds have been changed from Queen to King and turned around and now there are the twin beds there.
Sandy
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Our insurance went up $200 this year, it goes up every year, but after reading this, I don’t feel all that bad at all. Owning and driving an older bus has its advantages I suppose. It does however, get a little irritating to see it increase year after year, with no tickets, no accidents, or claims against the policy.
When I called and made inquiries into the increase and the reason for it, I was simply told, “We did it to everyone across the board.”
Which of course, made me feel a whole lot better.
BCO
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You can tell us….. we promise not to tell.
How about a hint ? The new ride will be a X or H