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Re: Best Fuel Preservative for Pure Gas ???
I use regular gas with ethanol in all my gas engines. Every can gets some type of fuel stabilizer. All the engines run fine after sitting for 6 months. My John Deere lawn tractor manual specifies to put a stabili zer in the fuel always.397Views0likes0CommentsRe: Battery storage
I'm in Ontario where it gets cold. For the last 40 years I fully charge the 2 batteries in our boat and ensure no loads on them. For my Miata and John Deere tractor the same thing - fully charge and take off battery cables. I leave them in Nov and come back in April. Batteries are all still mostly fully charged. Batteries with no load on them are fine in cold weather over the whole winter525Views0likes0CommentsRe: Difficulty Reducing Tongue Weight
I have experience towing a trailer with heavy tongue weight with a 1/2 ton. I can't fell transports coming up from behind let alone get any push. Heavy gusty winds I can fell some. I have towed this trailer about 70 000 miles over the lastst 7 years fro cost to coast to coast. The trailer is 28 ft cabin 31 ft overall with scaled weight of 6800 lb. Tongue is 1300lb. Tires are endurance inflated to 60 PSI Hitch is Equal-i-er 1400/14000. The trailer sits 1 inch down at the front. The current truck is a 2017 Silverado 1500 5.3 3:42 8 spd with 1960 lb payload. The tires are P-metric with rears inflated to max of 44 PSI and fronts at 40. Hooked up the front fenders are back to empty height. I had earlier towed that trailer with a 2012 Silverado with same setting. I didn't have the same payload but the towing experience on the road was the same. Based on my experience I suggest: inflate rear truck tires to max with fronts a few PSI less inflate trailer tires to at least 60PSI Get a 1400/14000 hitch. You can get some money back by selling your current on Ebay Double check that the trailer is not nose high I would not try to reduce tongue weight by putting a bunch of weight at the rear of the trailer. That can give you bad polar moments if any sway event were to occur. Actually tongue weight is your friend. A lightly loaded tongue is very bad news. I have towed a couple of flat deck trailers with very light tongues. extremely unstable I hope this helps Good luck146Views0likes0CommentsRe: 1/2 ton or 3/4 ton
My 2017 Silverado 1500 has a payload rating of 1980 lb. Our 31 ft trailer loaded for winter travel weighs 6700 lb. The truck handles that with no problems at all. with the equal-i-zer hitch we do not get bothered by transports passing on freeways. With the 8 spd tranny the 5.3 V8 has enough power everywhere we have travelled which includes the atlantic coast along the Gulf and over to the Pacific at San Diego. The truck was oedered to tow the trailer an does what it is supposed to do.354Views0likes0CommentsRe: Ideas for a truck to pull 6500lb trailer?
My trailer weighs 6700 lb loaded for travel. I first towed it with a 2012 Silverado 5.3 6spd 3:42. That worked fine. Now I have a 2017 Silverado 5.3 8spd 3:42. This engine has 40 more HP than the 2012. It handles the trailer with ease. We go about 10 000 miles a year all across the continent.1.9KViews0likes0CommentsRe: When to Shut the Fridge Off
The specs are for haw far the fridge can be off level. The fridge is about 2 feet deep. My trailer is 8 feet wide. So to have the fridge off level by 3 inches the trailer would have to be off level side to side by 12 inches. That is a Lot! Front to back it is even more extreme. If the fridge is 2 feet across the front our 30 foot trailer would have to be off level by 80 inches. If you are comfortable in the RV the fridge should be fine. We have ours on for the 4 months we travel with the exception of going onto a ferry.731Views0likes0CommentsRe: I need some SIM card schoolin....
We are with Rogers in Canada. They have a roam like home plan but I find it is too expensive for long term travel to the US. We have our phones suspended in Canada with a small fee to hold the numbers. We then insert a US sim card into our phones in the US. We use Tracfone which is available at Walmart. You phone must be unlocked to be able to do this. By law in Canada all cell providers must unlock your phone at no charge. I suggest that you contact Rogers to verify that your phones are unlocked. With Tracfone you add time for either talk or data as needed. You buy the cards at Walmart or you can add time online. We have found that coverage is excellent. We have used Tracfone from the Northeast of the US to the bottom of Florida and across the Gulf to San Diego and LA. It has been fine in just about every spot including areas out in the desert boondocking. If you have questions please PM me.477Views0likes0Comments
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