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Re: What about driving a diesel pusher?
I went from a 26' class a gas to a 42' DP ten years ago. I went to the dealer to pick up the coach. The salesman went to a local fuel stop to fill the tank. And in the three blocks I was overwhelmed with all the controls, computer, dials, and so on. In insisted on spending the night in the rig at the dealership so I could acquaint myself with the manuals and controls. There are lots of things you need to know to drive a big rig safely.505Views0likes0CommentsRe: reliabilty
We have an 18 year old Diesel Pusher that we are the second owners of and have had it for almost 11 years. We fixed a lot of stuff when we first bought ours, but since then we rarely have things go wrong. But we are not in much of a hurry so in the rare instance of something that needs fixing it is not a big deal. Of course something outside of your control can happen. Last fall we were in Wilcox AZ and a tornado hit less than a mile away. That caused 12,000 dollars of damage to our coach. It was still drivable though. Scarred the **** out of me, the dog, and my wife. Bob287Views0likes0CommentsRe: C12 starting batteries
My C-12 has two 8D starter batteries. I have no idea what the CCA is. I just replaced the original ones with similar when they went out ten 1/2 years ago and then again 2 years ago. When I bought the coach it was 7 years old and the batteries were original. BTW on the second pair they worked fine until they did not. No warning for failure. Likely yours need replacement.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Is the EV transformation of the market over hyped ?
Electric cars are not new. There were a bunch of them made 100 years ago. But the technology has improved drastically in the last ten years. The main technology that has improved is the batteries. The drive hardware for electric cars is much simpler and cheaper than gas motors and transmissions. Teslas don't even have transmissions. The cost of the battery packs is down by half in the last ten years. And that cost is supposed to half again in the next five. There are several other types of batteries using other metals like aluminum sue to come into use this year. I do not have a crystal ball but my guess is that electric vehicles cars and trucks, and potentially RVs is today where the internet was in 2001. Basically on the launching pad and ready to blast off. Even little Tesla was able to ship almost 100,000 cars in the last quarter. I would guess half the cars bought in the USA in ten years will be electric. I do not own an electric car or work for anyone in that industry. I am thinking about getting a new car soon and have been researching them.369Views0likes0CommentsRe: Motor homes and earth quakes.
I was driving a car down the Santa Ana Freeway in the 1990s big LA quake. Felt like my tires had lost air and the handling got worse. By a long margin the worst I have felt is the 1971 which woke me up when I was at school in Santa Barbara. I was awakened from sleep and my room was shaking all around. I spent about 10 seconds trying to decide if I should get up and get out of the building or go back to sleep. Sleep won. I would be concerned about bridges collapsing and that sort of thing in a motorhome in a big earthquake, but much more likely lightening will strike you.337Views0likes0CommentsRe: Advice for a trip up the west coast
I have driven these roads a lot in both cars and RVs up to our 42' current coach. The last time we came down 101-1 from up by Canon Beach it was a beautiful although slow drive. When we crossed into CA the roads on this route got slower / rougher still. It was fine till we got to about Santa Rosa and then the traffic was terrible all the way through San Francisco. We took the route that goes across the Richmond Bridge and south through Oakland. That was a rough road south through the east bay but traffic not bad. Then we went through San Jose and on route 17 to Santa Cruze. Route 17 last time we took it was below substandard and more like something your would expect in the poorest country in the World. Just above a Jeep track. We stayed in Moss Landing which has a pretty nice but very crowded KOA. My recommendation is that you skip this part and go inland at Oakland. Go slower through Oregon and the north park of CA. There are a couple of nice RV parks in the redwoods along 101. There is no possibility I would ever drive a large motorhome and tow through SF. Driving a car through that area is bad enough. I think most of the billionaires have a helicopter. Vegas to 158 to Bakersfield should be fine in your rig. I also like very much going down 146 just north of Bakersfield towards Morro Bay. There is a nice campground near the water in Morrow Bay.571Views0likes0CommentsRe: Length restricted rv parks
We have had length issues lots of times in the 10 1/2 years we have owned our coach. I would say most public parks in National Parks and some States spaces big enough to accept 40 foot is rare. Most newer commercial RV parks are fine with over 40, but I always tell them the size of our rig in case some of their sites will not fit.315Views0likes0CommentsRe: Yellowstone Grand Tetons
I have gone to the Yellowstone - Grand Teton area flying, driving a car + hotels, and motorhome, a number of times. They are all different experiences. 1. Normally when you fly - rent car - hotel you get there fast and don't take as long. Last time we did that we flew to Jackson, got rental car, stayed in Colter Bay Village. Met up with about a dozen other family members. We drove up to Yellowstone from there. Great visit and we enjoyed it. Total time about 10 days. If you added Custer State Park in the Black hills you could either drive your rental car over there or fly. 2. When we drove car - hotel it. It was basically the same trip but we stayed for a few days inside Yellowstone in addition to staying in GT. We were driving from San Diego. We stopped a little on the way to and back. 3. Motorhoming on the other hand we have taken our time and visited all the surrounding areas. We also stayed at Colter Bay Village in the campground. Motorhoming to me lends itself to retirement as you can just go at your own speed. What taking the RV does in a negative way is add the possibility of repairs to the rig along the way. Some of the places we have "camped" is at the Country Coach Factory and various CAT dealers parking lots for repairs. But if you actually want to see points of interest in the US RVing is the best way to travel. Living out of a suitcase for two months is no fun.365Views0likes0CommentsRe: Water pressure regulator
Janss - Get a Watts adjustable regulator. I had a regulator that wore out and did not know it. Caused thousands of dollars in damage. The Watts one I have also solved the flow issue. It has lots of flow. Before I bought the Watts I bought a Valerta adjustable. The pressure gauge stopped working on it soon after I bought it. Valerta sent me a replacement gauge but it was the wrong one. So I just wanted the best regulator I could find and it is the Watts. The excess pressure problem cause a LOT of damage. Plus it was a royal PIA. I had it fixed once and then another leak popped up as we were driving across a long highway bridge and flooded the floor. Several floodings caused a minor delam on one of the walls. Most of these regulators have springs in them that wear out over time. Another way to get around the problem is to just always use the tank water. We have a high flow pump and that puts out a lot of flow and pressure.505Views0likes0Comments
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