Newbie Progress Report
Time for my progress report. Purchased the "new to us" 2006 American Heritage 45E in Lewisville, TX. in July of this year. With no prior experience which could help in our undertaking, we set ou...
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Newbie Report responses:
TZS...Great advice. Thanks. All in all Maryland is a royal pain, whether its taxes, gun laws, driving laws, licensing, etc. May extend our stays in Florida to six months and a day and establish Florida residency.
Chuck...Great counsel also. That said, I am recovering Type A. Once I have a target, I move generally non-stop to attain the goal. It's a life-long curse, but it has enabled a lot of positive outcomes for us. You are right though, I'd best slow down.
OhhWell...Regarding the bike, the Cat Scale folks won't assist me, and despite my superior balancing skills, I fall down whilst trying to weigh either axle. Because of that, I intend to ride at slower speeds until proper levels or tire inflation can be established.
Regarding Naples...You are SO RIGHT. You may be surprised however, to hear that we have an annual MULLET FESTIVAL nearby ( at Stan's Idle Hour bar). They even have a MULLET QUEEN! I suspect that I will see very few of the Naples royalty there.
Here's a dilemma...a mullet is both a hair style AND a fish. What's an intrepid captain to do? Grow his hair longer in the back of his head, or learn to fish? You read that correctly, I simply do not know how to trick an underwater creature to into eating a rubber worm skewered upon a metal hook. The only way I'll capture a fish is if he chokes to death laughing at my attempts to catch him.
Regarding my lack of golf cart courage...No, I shall not place my cute self in harm's way in order to satisfy your need to live on the edge vicariously through me!
LOG...At the risk of being unceremoniously tossed out of the American Coach fraternity, I would have jumped on a Foretravel deal like white on rice. There were none available within reach of my strict budget. With regard to the low mileage Heritage sitting in the Foretravel lot, it it my understanding that Foretravel actually purchased the unit themselves. I don't know why they did it...or if they did. If on the other, hand, a Heritage owner DID trade his $900k coach for the new $1.4+ million Foretravel , he would be rather like a Mercedes owner trading up to a Bentley.
Dennis...As a lurker to these postings since July, I read a lot of your advice to others, and have a high regard for your knowledge and experience. The fact is, I KNOW my tire pressures should be lower. What I do not know is HOW MUCH lower? Until I get a four corner weigh-in, I'll stay with the placarded cold tire pressures. The running temps on the tires will remain in the safe zone until I get the facts. (If I estimate my tire pressure needs and under-inflate, I run the risk of raising tire temps to dangerous levels. My TPMS system gives me temps as well as PSI, so I monitor this carefully.
I still haven't figured out how to post photos of this fabulous adventure on this forum. I have no problem doing it on iRV2.com.
All the Best,
Stan, the Mullet Man
TZS...Great advice. Thanks. All in all Maryland is a royal pain, whether its taxes, gun laws, driving laws, licensing, etc. May extend our stays in Florida to six months and a day and establish Florida residency.
Chuck...Great counsel also. That said, I am recovering Type A. Once I have a target, I move generally non-stop to attain the goal. It's a life-long curse, but it has enabled a lot of positive outcomes for us. You are right though, I'd best slow down.
OhhWell...Regarding the bike, the Cat Scale folks won't assist me, and despite my superior balancing skills, I fall down whilst trying to weigh either axle. Because of that, I intend to ride at slower speeds until proper levels or tire inflation can be established.
Regarding Naples...You are SO RIGHT. You may be surprised however, to hear that we have an annual MULLET FESTIVAL nearby ( at Stan's Idle Hour bar). They even have a MULLET QUEEN! I suspect that I will see very few of the Naples royalty there.
Here's a dilemma...a mullet is both a hair style AND a fish. What's an intrepid captain to do? Grow his hair longer in the back of his head, or learn to fish? You read that correctly, I simply do not know how to trick an underwater creature to into eating a rubber worm skewered upon a metal hook. The only way I'll capture a fish is if he chokes to death laughing at my attempts to catch him.
Regarding my lack of golf cart courage...No, I shall not place my cute self in harm's way in order to satisfy your need to live on the edge vicariously through me!
LOG...At the risk of being unceremoniously tossed out of the American Coach fraternity, I would have jumped on a Foretravel deal like white on rice. There were none available within reach of my strict budget. With regard to the low mileage Heritage sitting in the Foretravel lot, it it my understanding that Foretravel actually purchased the unit themselves. I don't know why they did it...or if they did. If on the other, hand, a Heritage owner DID trade his $900k coach for the new $1.4+ million Foretravel , he would be rather like a Mercedes owner trading up to a Bentley.
Dennis...As a lurker to these postings since July, I read a lot of your advice to others, and have a high regard for your knowledge and experience. The fact is, I KNOW my tire pressures should be lower. What I do not know is HOW MUCH lower? Until I get a four corner weigh-in, I'll stay with the placarded cold tire pressures. The running temps on the tires will remain in the safe zone until I get the facts. (If I estimate my tire pressure needs and under-inflate, I run the risk of raising tire temps to dangerous levels. My TPMS system gives me temps as well as PSI, so I monitor this carefully.
I still haven't figured out how to post photos of this fabulous adventure on this forum. I have no problem doing it on iRV2.com.
All the Best,
Stan, the Mullet Man
