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Re: Best Route Recommendations Quartzsite to Redwood Nat'l Park
What are your thoughts on taking US-60N to US-93N to I-40W to US-58N to US-99N to I-5N in Sacramento to US-299W to US-101N? Or, US-60N to US-95N to I-80W to I-5N to US 299W to US-101N? Note: We drive a 30' Class A gas engine and we flat tow. Also, we tend to drive no more than 4 hours on a leg whenever possible.754Views0likes0CommentsRe: Best Route Recommendations Quartzsite to Redwood Nat'l Park
Older_Fossil and LWiddis, we're thinking that we should take a week to get from Phoenix to Redwood N/P. We're not tight on time or limited on how long we stay. We tend to stay a week to a month at places we like. We try to avoid heavy traffic, difficult roads, and hilly terrain. Since we heard a lot of horror stories about driving around in CA, I thought I would check with you experienced drivers to keep the trip from stressing me out. JDC1, thank you for that piece of information! Good to know. RLS7201, I didn't even think about gas prices when I was trying to plan a route. Thanks for the reminder!!! Durb, We considered leaving from Quartzsite - not so much now. Thanks for the info.753Views0likes0CommentsBest Route Recommendations Quartzsite to Redwood Nat'l Park
My husband and I are planning to travel from Quartzsite or Phoenix AZ to the Redwood National Park CA. We will be driving our 30', gas engine, class A and flat towing our car in April 2023. We would appreciate any recommendations on the best route to take or any advice/warnings would be really appreciated.3.7KViews0likes12CommentsRe: Flat Towing 2017 Chevy Spark Issue Brakes Tires Squealing
Geeze: The following is what I see on my copy of the report... #17455: Customer Satisfaction Program - Dinghy Towing Causing Tire Squeal - (Mar 2, 2018) Reference Number: A172119210 Release Date: March 2018 Let me know if this does/does not help657Views0likes0CommentsRe: Flat Towing 2017 Chevy Spark Issue Brakes Tires Squealing
Geeze: Our Spark door locks are manual. We do not have electric door locks. We purchased the basic of all basic 2017 Chevy Spark cars. In fact, our biggest problem is forgetting to lock the doors and reminding the driver to unlock the passenger door for the passenger. Our steering column never locked. I sent a question off to Corporate Chevrolet asking if the key in the ignition was really necessary and that I think people would be interested in the answer because there appeared to be a lot of people worried about draining their batteries. They responded with no answer and that we should follow the directions of the manual. Read below, I have more on this later.... j-d: With Blue Ox, all we have to do is make sure that their Braking System is setup correctly and turn it on. We don't have to any pumping. Our problem went away when a wood block was added to the front of the base of the unit to keep it from tipping forward. To anyone interested: So Chevrolet's 2017 and 2018 Spark Bulletin recommends updating their manual. The new steps read: To dinghy tow the vehicle from the front with all four wheels on the ground: 1. Position the vehicle to tow and then secure it to the vehicle. 2. Apply the parking brake. 3. Shift the transmission to Neutral. 4. Disconnect the negative battery cable at the battery. See "Negative Battery Cable Disconnection" following. 5. Cover the negative battery post with a non-conductive material to prevent any contact with the negative battery terminal. 6. Release the parking brake. (Note: I'm not including the "Negative Battery Cable Disconnection" procedure to this feed.) Our solution was to add a Battery Disconnect Switch. I also want to point out that we no longer put the key in the ignition while towing. I want to note that we keep the battery connected (turned on) to the car while initially setting up the Blue Ox Braking System. We want to be sure that there is no pressure on the brakes so we need to look for the brake lights. When this is validated, we disconnect the car battery. Lastly, we then have to turn the RV key to Accessory so that we power going to the BO Braking System. (Note: This means, every time you stop for gas, you're going to have to remember to go back to the car and turn on the BO Braking System when you start the RV again!)657Views0likes0CommentsRe: Flat Towing 2017 Chevy Spark Issue Brakes Tires Squealing
Chevy Bulletin: Certain 2017-2018 model year Chevrolet Spark vehicles, equipped with a manual transmission (RPO MR7), may experience electronic stability control (ESC) brake activation under certain conditions while being dinghy towed. When the vehicle is being towed on a curved road or in a turn, ESC brake activation of one wheel may occur resulting in an audible tire squeal. Correction Print and insert revised owner manual page(s) included with this bulletin.657Views0likes0CommentsRe: Flat Towing 2017 Chevy Spark Issue Brakes Tires Squealing
Just heard from the company that installed our tow system. Apparently Chevy’s recommendation is to disconnect the battery and leave the key out of ignition (note: steering wheel does not lock). The power to our tail lights and braking system will be coming from the 7-way power cord attached to the rv. I’m reminded of why I haven’t bought a Chevy in 40 yrs.657Views0likes0Comments
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