Need advice re: monthly exercise...
This question is in regard to an '05 Itasca on Ford gas chassis. When not in use, I perform the following monthly exercises: 1. Check tire pressure, 2. Drive for about 20 miles at highway speed, 3. Ru...
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sailor_lou wrote:67Cutlass wrote:
Wow! I don't do any of that.
I just winterize it, drive it to storage and park it for the winter. I've been doing that for over 10 years and never had a problem with engine, transmission, generator, coach, ties or the chassis. No oil leaks, no water leaks and the generator works just fine come spring.
Come spring just crank it up and dewinterize it. For the remainder of the rving season when not using it, it just gets parked.
Since the mh is plugged in at storage, the only thing I do while it's parked is check the water level of the batteries about every six weeks.
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I'm with you with the addition of loosening the fan/serpentine belt (removes the load on all the belt driven components) and I also remove/store the batteries in my basement. I've done this for 7 years on the RV and 20+ years with various sailboats with no problems.
Lou
05 Travel Supreme Envoy
I know the ideal storage for the batteries is inside, but I really don't want to transport eight batteries from our storage to my garage at home. So that's why I leave the mh plugged in at storage. The inverter/charger maintains the house batteries and the Battery Minder takes care of the chassis batteries.
