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Re: Finally Getting Started: New Garage With RV Bay
Looks good so far. The one thing I would be concerned with are the stairs. The spacing certainly isn't going to meet code which won't really matter unless you are selling the house or if you have small children over. Kids can easily fall through.309Views0likes0CommentsRe: RV park close to Seattle/Pike market?
you have some pretty good suggestions here...you are pretty screwed though for anything close to Seattle. I wish I had some land near there where I could offer it up for rv'ers coming through town. This question has been asked before so I know people are coming here with their rv's.574Views0likes0CommentsRe: Recommendations for a preferred TPMS System.
W.E.BGood wrote: I received our TST 507 system 2 weeks ago for our dual-axle TT, right before going on a 1500 mile excursion that we just got back from. It alerted me once when one tire hit the programmed "over 10 lbs. over maximum limit"...I had aired them up to the recommended level of 65 lbs. in lower 50's temps before leaving and wound-up driving in 85 degree temps. It also told me tire temps were in the 90's. Works for me. BUT, and I'm planning on posting a separate thread with pictures on this after I notify the manufacturer, I have rubber valve stems and the stem-end mounted senors left little scuff marks on the outer edge of the aluminum rims, indicating they had flexed quite a bit. I'm not so concerned about the cosmetics, more so the amount of flex and wear on the stem. I'll be getting full-metal stems installed shortly. Regards, BGood i am pretty sure you will find that no systems out there with an external thread on transmitter will tell you that rubber valve stems are ok to use. They will specify metal stems only442Views0likes0CommentsRe: Tire Pressure Monitor
I have posted several times about my original pressure pro issues and then the 360rv system. Customer service has been good but there comes a point where I don't give a $%#$% about customer service if I have to keep using customer service to get my product working. Considering how little I actually use the product it is ridiculous how many issues I have had. I bought my 360 rv system in April of last year. We are right about the 2 year mark and one of my sensors just doesn't work. I assume it is a bad battery even after only 2 years. I reset my receiver and reprogrammed every sensor and even moved this rear tire sensor to the front tires and still have a lost signal on my receiver. I either have a bad sensor or bad battery; either of which requires replacing the $50 sensor and paying shipping. I am really fed up with the system. I like it when it works right but hate it when I am spending money on it. I only got the upgraded 360 rv system because I was tired of the batteries shorting out in the original sensors and causing them to literally melt. I emailed Debbie at Doran yesterday and again today. I need my bad sensor replaced for my trip this Friday. I don't a sensor being shipped to me anytime soon. So I have driven my rv about 6000 miles since 2006 and have purchased TWO 6 tire monitoring systems. I am about to purchase my third just to get replaceable batteries that I can do myself. You do the math if I have to replace all 6 sensors at a cost of over $300 every few years. I am way the hell better off just buying a system that I can replace the batteries in and pay only about $20 every few years.391Views0likes0CommentsRe: Soldering instead of crimping
I work on new commercial aircraft for a living and as you might imagine, there are thousands of electrical connectors small and large on an airplane. They don't get soldered. They get crimped. They do have a few small wire splices that have solder built into them but 99 percent of the time everything is crimped347Views0likes0Comments
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