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Re: Concrete driveway thickness??
My Bluebird Wanderlodge weighs north of 20 tons (40K lbs). I just moved to a new house and we put in a pad to park it on. We did 6" of concrete with about 6' of rebar reinforcement on either end of the pad and wire mesh throughout the whole thing. The contractor also used 5000 PSI concrete. I've been parking the Bird there for about 5 months (after waiting about 7-8 weeks before using it) and so far no cracks. I do recognize that its only a matter of time before it does crack (concrete always does). Also, I watered the concrete daily (or took advantage of rain) after he poured for about 2 weeks. That is supposed to help the strength greatly.2.4KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Residential Fridge
My Dometic died in fall of 2017 and I ended up swapping to a Samsung RF18. I did have to make some cabinet adjustments but it has been a good move overall. The Dometic was about 6-8 inches shorter and I lost the drawer that was under the Dometic (which I really didn't use anyhow). I also had to move the upper cabinet up about an inch. It was tight due to the plumbing air vent but I made it work. I also bought a little device that keeps the refrigerator and freezer closed. From an installation standpoint, I was able to get the Dometic out and the Samsung in via my front door. I did have to remove the doors off of both as well as the hinges and feet. I wouldn't go back - more space, better lighting, better cooling. Its a great upgrade.739Views0likes0CommentsRe: Have you thought about downsizing?
My wife is always making noise about down-sizing. She doesn't feel comfortable even attempting to drive a 40 foot 20+ ton Wanderlodge. The issue is that to get to something she WILL drive, we have to move down to like a class B or super B. And, she is 5' 6" tall. She will fit in those. I'm 6' 4". I don't fit in the showers of those things at all and the beds are usually shorter. She doesn't drive anywhere we go on vacation anyhow (even when we don't take the motorhome) so I sure don't get why it is an issue.479Views0likes0CommentsRe: Class A Diesel Idling
It takes me about 10 minutes to get ready to go. I will typically air up via the on-board compressor while I am eating breakfast or packing up. No one can hear that so its not part of my 10 minutes. Then, I will disconnect everything - water, sewer, and electric. Only then do I start the engine (and the generator if needed). From there it will take about 5-10 minutes for the air to get to an acceptable level and for me to retract my jacks. I do a quick walk-around to make sure everything is good outside - takes just a minute. At that point, I hit the road. I can't say, though, that I recall ever leaving before 7am from a campground and probably not before 8am. So, I'm not one starting my engine when its dark out.412Views0likes0CommentsRe: Residential fridge and dry camping
steved28 wrote: Gjac wrote: I have read these threads with interest for the last 15 years thinking someday my Norcold was going to fail and I would have to replace it with a residential or another propane electric. Sorry if this is a dumb question but, how does one get a residential refridgerator (physically) INTO an RV after the fact? I removed the doors and hinges from the Samsung (RF18) and took it in through the front door of my Wanderlodge. It took my brother, my nephew, and I about an hour to get it in but only about 10 minutes to actually move it up and in. The remainder of the time was spent removing/re-installing the doors and hinges. I also had removed the handle and some other hardware by the stairs at the front door - took me 5 minutes to put it back. The other option is removing a window or the windshield. Fortunately, I didn't have to do that but some RV's may not have the space at the door. My front door has a 27" opening and the fridge needed 24" without doors and hinges so I had plenty of room. BTW, I also had to remove the doors and hinges off the old RV refrigerator to get it out of there as well.525Views0likes0CommentsRe: What causes an roof-top A/C to stop for a while
A couple of more questions: 1. When it dies, is the thermostat still on? If its on, then its not the t-stat (or less likely anyhow). 2. When it dies, does he have 120V at the AC unit? He should be able to to drop the bottom and check for voltage inside the unit.390Views0likes0CommentsRe: A Thank You to the members about low voltage
DrewE wrote: Basically correct, but it's inaccurate to call it a 100A service. It is a 50A 120V/240V split phase service. None of the wires or connections ever have 100A flowing, and you don't need wire sized to carry 100A, and you cannot power a single 100A 120V device should you happen to have such a beast. You can use up to 50A at 240V, or have two legs of 50A at 120V, but not a single leg at 100A. Similarly, a semi tractor pulling dual 28' trailers is not a truck with a 56' trailer. The two are far from equivalent if you have some 35' long pipes to haul. I have argued this same point til I am blue in the face here in the past. LOL BTW, I am in complete agreement with you. Some folks will never quite get it, though. Loved your analogy - good job!524Views0likes0CommentsRe: 99 year old on wrong side of road and no headlights in RV
westernrvparkowner wrote: Hopefully, the trajectory of the self driving car is going to cross my age before my driving skills diminish to a dangerous level. I look forward to crawling into the back seat and telling Alexa to drive me to the Opium Den. Same here. I am 51 now. I figure the earliest age I'll start to face a significant loss in ability is around 70-75. It might happen sooner (but odd are against it). It might happen later. Only God knows for sure when it will happen. But, I figure they have about 20 years or so for driverless cars to become available for it to be viable transportation. I think that is enough time for it to happen.467Views0likes0CommentsRe: How old is too old?... older NICE rig or newer budget rig.
I have a 2001 Bluebird Wanderlodge LX. Everyone that goes in it is shocked that its 16 years old. I HIGHLY recommend you go look at older high quality coaches like Bluebird, Prevost (and of the converters) or Newell. I admit I am biased but the Wanderlodge is a tremendous value. I have not had ANY issues getting parts or getting it worked on and its as good on quality as anything ever made.404Views0likes0Comments
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