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Re: Remove box for flat bed...Why not?
covered wagon wrote: Oh yes, the fuel fill is lower down so it's sometimes more difficult to fill with fuel because a lot of them tend to shut the nozzle off frequently. I solved that a couple ways if any are interested I can explain. I am interested to learn how you solved that. Kindly please explain!452Views0likes0CommentsRe: Remove box for flat bed...Why not?
I had the conversion to flatbed done. Went from 8' to 10' bed length (it was an affordable flatbed available in my area). It came out quite a bit higher than I had hoped (about 8 to 9 inches higher): Now I need jack extensions to get the camper on & off the truck, I need to buy taller scissor steps, and when driving I can feel that the weight is higher up and more to the rear, especially going around sharp corners (but with the duallies it's nothing alarming). Also, with the camper 2 feet further to the rear, I am missing the shade over the truck cab on hot days, and I am missing the see-through to what's behind the camper when driving. Fueling up with diesel became somewhat of b*tch, an issue I have seen at other flatbeds. However, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the extra cargo possibilities! I NEVER want to go back to a normal truckbed again. But if&when time and money will allow, I will have the bed shortened to 8' and lowered to standard bed height (if only I had known in advance...).454Views0likes0CommentsRe: Need New Shocks
Billtex & BradW, thanks for the heads-up on salty winter roads doing such a bad number on the Rancho RS9000XL Adjuster Knobs: Thanks to your heads-up, as a preventive measure, I packed my adjuster knobs in grease on my new 9000's, and wrapped plastic around them on the rear (with the in-coil shocks in front was too hard to wrap some plastic around shock, so only grease packed in front). I am very happy with the performance of my Rancho 9000's, adjuster knob position 5 on all, either empty or with some load (driven'm with about 1000 Lbs max so far, city/highway/dirt roads/ logging trails. Still haven't driven with camper & Ranchos, will be setting rears on 9 for that, and evaluate from there.583Views0likes0CommentsRe: 1990 Holiday Rambler Crown Imperial 37
HR was part of the Monaco group. They went belly-up in 2009: http://motorhoming.com/us-rv-news/554-monaco-coach-corporation-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy And later they went into Chapter 7 bankruptcy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco_Coach_Corporation Which might explain why you can't find information on older models. Just happened to know it because I was looking for some info on McKenzie TH, also part of the former Monaco group.564Views0likes0CommentsRe: Recommended Solar control module for 50W solar panel?
P.S. When feeding your solar panel direct to battery/ies, make sure to disconnect after sunset, or install a diode: otherwise your solar panel might drain your battery/ies at night. Some solar panels have built-in diodes: if your solar panel has a built-in diode, your "direct wire" set-up would be OK, and don't worry about my P.S.450Views0likes0CommentsRe: Recommended Solar control module for 50W solar panel?
Wire directly from solar panel to battery. Recommended reading: http://handybobsolar.wordpress.com/the-rv-battery-charging-puzzle-2/ Scroll down to the SOLAR POWER section (albeit that the whole blog is worth reading, so much knowledge there!), towards the end of the second paragraph in SOLAR POWER on the RV Battery Charging Puzzle webpage Bob addresses this. The black box on the back of your panel will be a connector box.190Views0likes0CommentsRe: dually 2 wheel drive in snow with TC on
Bedlam wrote: I think where roads are not cleared and snow packs between the wheels is where the DRW will perform poorly verses a SRW. No, not at all my experience with the camper loaded, and I have driven on plenty of heavy snow packed roads, sometimes seeing cars left and right in the ditch, but I NEVER experienced a traction problem even with snow packed between the dually tires. I do carry 2 sets of chains, but never had to put them on the tires. Statistics tell us (and, as memory serves, I read that somewhere on this website) that 9 out of 10 accidents with truck/camper accidents happen with single rear tires. I JOYFULLY stick to my dually for ANY season camper use!862Views0likes0CommentsRe: dually 2 wheel drive in snow with TC on
I drive dually with setup as in sig. Camper weighs around 3K Lbs. I have regular (cheap) M&S tires, no All-Terrain tires. My camper stays on the truck through the winter, and the dually truck drives fabulous in snow and mud in 2WD with the camper. Going places with truck & camper in 2WD comfortably in the snow, where in the past I needed to put the truck in 4WD even with 600 Lbs of sandbags in the back. My recommendation: You can drive your Dually w/camper with confidence in the snow, no worries. (At least no more worries than you would have driving ANY vehicle in the snow..). :)862Views0likes0Comments
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