What did you do to your Class A MH today???

[Rich_Panganiban]

This is always a fun thread to watch, so I thought I would start one here.

[bitster98]

Was backing up to my shop to do some work to it/found A soft spot in the drive and buried the rear wheels up to the axle!!!!! Fun fun 4 hours & one twelve pack later got her out. 38 foot Executive dont like gettin stuck!!!

[s_N_s]

Washed and waxed it. Wife is going out to finish cleaning the interior then it will be off to storage. Only until we decide where to go for the winter. :B

[mcb56]

Every time I check something off, I end up adding a couple more. 😞

[restorodder]

Packed more Christmas decorations,and tools,to take to our Florida house. Leaving in two weeks. Seems like every day we are checking things off,our "TO DO" list,before leaving. I hope it warms up a bit so I can wash the MH.

[melvonnar]

SpurHntr wrote:
spent two hours last night trying, and failing, to set up dish network.
just spent nearly 400 bucks for a KVH satellite "upgrade" and "keys" for my control panel plus installing a power supply to it...followed instructions to a T on hooking up the vip211 receiver, and no matter what i did i couldnt even get A HINT of a satellite signal.
no one tells you if you use superdish, dish 300, dish 500, dish 1000, nor do they mention what "transponder" to enter in that section...nor do they tell you what satellite 110, or 119 to even try first.
most non-user friendly thing ive ever seen.
i heard the antenna on the roof moving and "running" but never could get a signal...
arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

This modern stuff is great but they sure don't make instructions clear enough; the people writing them think us non technical understand, but we don't. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[SpurHntr]

spent two hours last night trying, and failing, to set up dish network.
just spent nearly 400 bucks for a KVH satellite "upgrade" and "keys" for my control panel plus installing a power supply to it...followed instructions to a T on hooking up the vip211 receiver, and no matter what i did i couldnt even get A HINT of a satellite signal.
no one tells you if you use superdish, dish 300, dish 500, dish 1000, nor do they mention what "transponder" to enter in that section...nor do they tell you what satellite 110, or 119 to even try first.
most non-user friendly thing ive ever seen.
i heard the antenna on the roof moving and "running" but never could get a signal...
arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[Hank_MI]

Nothing, fractured my pelvis in 3 places 6 weeks ago so haven't been able to do anything to it. DW did drive it over to Cummins Bridgeway to have them look at the generator. They installed it in Feb and now it won't start, won't do anything. It's like the house batteries are disconnected.

[revump]

We are near Spokane, WA, sitting in our son's yard enjoying the deer and the fall weather.

[anemic]

Canadian Rainbirds wrote:

anemic wrote:
I bought 'er some tools so I don't have to run my home toolbench tools out to the rig, and I can leave them in for road trips. Also began planning a parking spot next to the house which will include a driveway made using those bricks that grass grows thru; hollow center type of brick. I will have the chance to do some bobcatting for moving dirt about.

We did our driveway/parking area in that type of block(Brand name was Turf Stone I believe) More than 15 years later we have had no cracks, though the centre area has sunk very slightly. It is standing up well to our 32" Horizon DP and I have seen it in parking areas for aircraft in small airstrips. We also had a large crane truck (100' boom) on it lifting our hot tub over the house.

The key is prep: 10 to 12 inches of gravel or 3/4 road base, very well compacted, then 4 inches or so of sand. Pour a small curb of concrete around the edge after the blocks are laid (below the top so it doesn't show) to make sure the edge stays put.

Cover with a lawn mix topsoil, sweep into the holes with a push broom, seed, water and stand back. People always look at me strangely when I tell them that I have to mow the driveway!

After many years you may have to dig out some or all of the grass spaces as ours tend to fill to the top and get too compacted for the grass to grow. However we will never change it. Cool in summer, drains well in the rains and easy to shovel and snow. (Not that we have seen any snow in years--we winterise by going to Mexico!)

A local Technology Park here has used a version using blocks made of plastic tubes with about a 2" diameter. Don't know how that would stand up to heavy vehicles though.

Thanks Rainman! That is GREAT to hear! I think I will do that. As long as I have to do some heavy duty dirt moving I may as well get the gravel and tamper. I may as well have electrician wire a post and my plumber do a dump site right to the municipal service! I don't have a convenient dump site near the house so this will be a huge improvement.

[mcb56]

Over 5 years ago when I was changing the timing on my Dodge Ram Diesel, the gear popped of and hit my radiator. A small stream was coming out, so I put in a tube of "Alumiseal" and the leak stopped. I have since flushed and refilled the radiator with fresh anti-freeze and it is still sealed.

[Macrosill]

I took her for a 20 mile spin to give her a little exercise. I tightened the power steering belt that was loose and squealing. While under the coach I noticed the radiator is starting to leak from the backside near the top drivers side corner.

[RayChez]

Today I replaced two support brackets that support the two big cooling hoses for the transmission. It is supported by two wrap around steel brackets with rubber insert to protect the hoses. They broke on me at Santa Barbara, Calif. and I had tied them up on a temporary repair with several big tie wraps. So I done the repair the right way today. But it is good to carry big tie wraps for emergencies.

[kcstepp1992]

The Wife and I cleaned up the ladder up the back of the RV. Took it off and got the 400 pounds of putty off of it and the rubber roofing. I put down some eternabond over all of the holes up top and the supports on the side of the RV. Im thinking of putting some Dicor down on top of the screws up top since its more friendly to take off of the rubber roofs than the silicone that was up there.

We got our son and then we took out one of the windows. Wife and son cleaned the goop off the window while I laid down some butyl tape. Put some Dicor around the edge once the window was back in place (man that stuff dries fast), and am happy to have the first window done. We are planning to redo all of them.

I also took off some of the pinstriping off the front of the RV. Only have one side left to do of that.

A lot left to do but we are getting there.

[mcb56]

You might find the bricks called "Pavers" are cheaper. Don't know. Years ago, I paid something like $.99 each for them. They are ~15x8x1-1/2". You install them the same way. I used them for the floor in a shed and just used sand.

[Canadian_Rainbi]

anemic wrote:
I bought 'er some tools so I don't have to run my home toolbench tools out to the rig, and I can leave them in for road trips. Also began planning a parking spot next to the house which will include a driveway made using those bricks that grass grows thru; hollow center type of brick. I will have the chance to do some bobcatting for moving dirt about.

We did our driveway/parking area in that type of block(Brand name was Turf Stone I believe) More than 15 years later we have had no cracks, though the centre area has sunk very slightly. It is standing up well to our 32" Horizon DP and I have seen it in parking areas for aircraft in small airstrips. We also had a large crane truck (100' boom) on it lifting our hot tub over the house.

The key is prep: 10 to 12 inches of gravel or 3/4 road base, very well compacted, then 4 inches or so of sand. Pour a small curb of concrete around the edge after the blocks are laid (below the top so it doesn't show) to make sure the edge stays put.

Cover with a lawn mix topsoil, sweep into the holes with a push broom, seed, water and stand back. People always look at me strangely when I tell them that I have to mow the driveway!

After many years you may have to dig out some or all of the grass spaces as ours tend to fill to the top and get too compacted for the grass to grow. However we will never change it. Cool in summer, drains well in the rains and easy to shovel and snow. (Not that we have seen any snow in years--we winterise by going to Mexico!)

A local Technology Park here has used a version using blocks made of plastic tubes with about a 2" diameter. Don't know how that would stand up to heavy vehicles though.