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Re: touring the west part of USA
Things are very far apart out West. Spend a little time studying some time and distances between places you want to see. And sometimes you have to go around a mountain range to get there. Consider this your first trip out west. There's a lot to see out this way. Many trips are possible. You are going to have a great time.250Views0likes0CommentsBlue Ridge Pkwy closure
The 7 mile stretch at the Linn Cove Viaduct of the Blue Ridge Parkway be closed for repairs from March 1st 2018 till Memorial day weekend for road and bridge repairs. This closure includes the nearby hiking and cycling trails. I would assume the road will have a detour route around it but for hikers and cyclists might be worth a check.1.8KViews0likes3CommentsRe: Took a chance, painted motorhome myself with a roller lol
After trying all the decal removal suggestions for years such as the 3M wheel, heat gun, chemicals, etc I finally settled on a 60 grit pad on an oscillating hand sander to grind most of them off. Then I used acetone on a rag together with a razor blade scraper. Of course this assumes you are doing a complete repaint job and not just the decal areas because you will be sanding outside the decals too. I first rolled the roof like you but decided to spray the rest of it due to low humidity drying the paint faster than I could work with rolling and tipping here the past month. I used marine bright white paint on the roof. I also sprayed where the roof rolls around to the sides plus the front and rear caps. Cleaning old silicon caulk off the side seams took two days for each side. People always say once silicon is used nothing else will ever again stick there. I suspect they just don't get ALL traces of the old silicon off. Guess I'll know in a year or so.715Views0likes0CommentsRe: Best Ham Radio Antenna
Check out the great amount of mobile antenna information on the K0GB.COM web site. As I see it it kind of comes down to two areas. One is the case where you're going to be camping somewhere for a week and can get something strung up and the other is where you might want to stop for lunch or a quick overnight stop and need a quick and dirty way of getting something on the air. One thing to look at is an end fed which can be pretty easy to set up and get running. Lots of luck and don't get discouraged after reading through k0gb's reams of information.587Views0likes0CommentsRe: TPMS shows different pressure than pressure gauge
So long as you know whether each sensor is reading slightly high or low I don't know that it matters. Just keep track of it. On my system all six sensors read exactly 3 pounds low so if I set pressure per the sensors I'm adding 3 lb extra air above what I might want if not making the adjustment. My reference gauge is an Intercomp digital gauge which for all practical purposes has zero error. I use it to check calibration on my hand gauges that get used and abused on the road. I bought a $40 Napa gauge one time and a couple years later the stick blew out the end so I don't know how much you have to spend to get a reliable gauge but that one sure didn't work for me. But the key to maintaining accurate tire pressure is either having your own highly accurate calibration gauge or work with a good shop that maintains a calibration gauge of their own. I don't know that I would trust any one shop for that personally. Maybe run by two shops.659Views0likes0CommentsRe: GPS
I did a three month loop back East last Fall and depended on my Android phone with Google Maps at times. It was more than adequate for my purposes however it was doing one thing that drove me absolutely nuts. When out on secondary roads coming up on a rural town with a cross intersection or perhaps a red light it would for some reason turn me off on Farm roads to go around those little towns which quite often got me into difficulties with narrow roads with no white lines where hopefully I didn't meet any other traffic. Considering that you have tunnel vision when following a map on a phone you can't really see what's coming up ahead very easily so I started getting paranoid when it wanted me to do sudden turns off of a good road. I think where full-blown good RV GPS might come in handy is in major cities where apparently they will line you up with what Lane to be in to to get through town. Since I spend practically zero time in cities and prefer to blow a day going around them I just don't need the full-featured GPS units. Like a lot of things in the RV World it comes down to your style of travel and what you're comfortable with. For me I'll stick with the handheld phone.570Views0likes0CommentsRe: Snowbird getting ready to move East
I ran 60 all the way back to the east coast last Fall and found it to be a thoroughly enjoyable trip assuming you love being out on two-lane roads just bumming along taking it easy. I don't know how far east you may be heading but at Cairo Illinois route 60 puts you onto a extremely narrow old 1930s Bridge across the Mississippi with steel pillars right where the shoulders of the road should be and there is 18-wheeler traffic on it coming towards you. When you get to the other side and drop back on to Mother Earth and think you're ok there's a surprise waiting for you. A sudden right turn about a mile later put you onto another identical Bridge across the Ohio River with more 18-wheelers coming towards you. I talked with a couple people on the road who also ran 60 through that area and they said they just came to a complete stop and did not try to be moving as 18-wheelers squeezed by them. That descent into the Salt River Valley east of Phoenix and then the climb back out is pretty tough but it depends on how you feel about those type of grades whether to do it or not. It's a beautiful drive. I really liked the Oklahoma farm country northeast of Amarillo. Route 60 will also take you through Springfield Missouri which is the home store for Bass Pro Shop and well worth stopping at. You can also dry camp in their back lot if desired. It's very quiet and peaceful back there. I also enjoyed the old pre interstate four-lane divided highway east of Springfield for some strange reason. There was very little traffic on it but thru rollin country that I just found enjoyable. As you get further east on route 60 the interstate highways start becoming a problem and it becomes a little messy trying to stay rural. If I were to run 60 back East again I probably try and do some pre-planning back in those areas to avoid freeway and some of the towns. Back out west - - about 70 miles after you enter New Mexico on 60 check out the BLM Datil Wells Campground. And then farther up the road on 60 there is the Very Large Array antenna farm using multiple railroad tracks to reposition their antennas that is worth stopping by to check out for an hour or two. This is probably way more than you wanted to know. Enjoy the trip.153Views0likes0Comments
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