What did you do to your Toy Hauler today???

porknbeanr wrote:

64thunderbolt wrote:
Kissed it on the door and said "be patient, Thanksgiving is coming"

Amen Brother..

The desert is calling..........

64thunderbolt wrote:
Kissed it on the door and said "be patient, Thanksgiving is coming"

Amen Brother..

I finished wiring up for and installing a satellite receiver. Have a Vu Cube on the way and will get it all set up (tonight hopefully). The VIP211k receiver even has an input for "local antenna" and a coax output for the bedroom so I think I'll be able to run it all without any switches, etc.

Thanks Dave!

I found and installed push in nylon plugs to cover the holes in the garage floor where the chock for my motorcycle used to be. I also installed an electrical box cover to hide the ugly hole in the living area where the useless dining table mounts used to be.

http://www.garvinindustries.com/electrical-box-covers/4-round-octagon-box-covers/white-ceiling-blank-up-canopies/cbc-f#

Kissed it on the door and said "be patient, Thanksgiving is coming"

Badhabt wrote:
Well, it was actually last week, not today but Ive been busy. Poor mans flag holder for my Raptor. Some PVC pieces inserted and pinned into where the ladder mounts...went to see Sammy Hagar in concert and had to fly the "Red Rocker" flag my wife made for our casino parking lot boondocking!

I'm copying!!!!!

I bought one! First post here, this is my first RV, a 2011 Eclipse Attitude 27 IFB. Should Pick it up Thursday, I'm too excited to sleep!

Installed a Trimetric 2025rv a few days ago. We used it this weekend, and I have to say how nice it was to actually know how much battery I had left. Pretty happy with it.

eightydo wrote:

joebedford wrote:
I am curious as to why you say the flat washer can turn. I suppose it can, but why would it? The carriage bolt isn't going to turn so the flat washer has no motivation to turn. I suppose if I did a lot more left turns there would be uneven force that might turn the washer. Or is it right turns?

While doing seismic bracing I was not allowed to use a flat washers and split washers at the same point.

In this case, while the stresses in a toy hauler are probably greater than an earthquake, the stresses are almost 100% orthogonal to those bolts. Even if two of the four bolts came loose, the other two are more than enough to keep the chock located.

joebedford wrote:

eightydo wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
I believe there are lock washers between the flat washers and the nuts, just like it should be done.

The "that is a no no defeats you purpose" comment is a bit confusing though.

Flat washer can turn moving the nut and lock washer soon all is lose.

Like I said in my earlier post, the nuts and lock washers were tight after two years use before I moved them. Two of the bolts went through steel before and (the other) two go through steel now. I'm not worried about it moving.

I am curious as to why you say the flat washer can turn. I suppose it can, but why would it? The carriage bolt isn't going to turn so the flat washer has no motivation to turn. I suppose if I did a lot more left turns there would be uneven force that might turn the washer. Or is it right turns?

While doing seismic bracing I was not allowed to use a flat washers and split washers at the same point.