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RE: E10 IN GAS GUSLERS
Very good, also it is never a good idea to use our limited food source as fuel, I hope the world wakes up to this fact.
Another stretch of the actual facts. The corn that is currently being used for ethanol is rarely used directly as "people" food. It is almost exclusively used for livestock feed. The livestock (or their by-products like milk and eggs) eventually become food of course------but mostly food for the wealthy.
If you're concerned about feeding the world's starving people, then you should also be campaigning against anyone eating meat or drinking milk. Then the corn acreage could be turned into wheat acreage which would feed a lot more people per acre then the livestock that is fed from an acre's worth of FIELD corn does.
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427435
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01/06/09 02:35pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Aircraft Tires - Can they be used on TT
Totally different duty cycles. The airplane tire (with 14 plies) will heat up and self destruct if driven for an extended period of time at highway speeds. An airplane only rolls at speed for less than a minute (and a hay wagon never rolls at speed)!!!
As far as Alaska roads, we made it there and back without any flats (including the toad) and that included the Top of the World "highway". Just stay off the gravel roads headed to the Artic Circle.
Not true. I ran used aviation tires on my boat trailer for years and never suffered a blowout or a leak for that matter.
Legal, I don't know but they sure work well.
They must have been lightly loaded then.
I will also add one comment for the OP. Weigh your trailer with all the "stuff" you plan on hauling to Alaska and make sure your tires aren't on the ragged edge. A lot of travel trailers/fivers come from the factory with tires that are close to being overloaded before you put anything in the trailer. You may want to upgrade your tires to a heavier DOT rating.
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427435
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01/05/09 10:16pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: E10 IN GAS GUSLERS
E-10 is a lousy product to call gas. I did have problems with my boat until I added a water separator and filter. If you take e-10 and put it in a jar watch what happens in 30 to 45 days, it separates. Dry gas doesn't help it either. The only thing I have found that works is a product called E-ZORB, it keeps the gas from separating and lowers the rate of which it will collect water. In boats with fiberglass tanks it turns the fiberglass to a sloppy mass of junk. Not only boats are affected, any thing with a vented fuel system will show the problem, lawn mowers-tractors etc. The manufacturers of the e-10 have admitted the problem exists but still refuse to put the additives in it to stabilize it.
While I've never put it in a jar, my MH, boat, and 2 collector cars (that aren't driven in the winter) all get filled with E-10 in the fall and start-up fine in the spring.
Also, while my boat's fuel tank is not fiberglass (don't think that would be a good fuel tank material, anyway), it is some kind of plastic and is fine. I think you're just spreading some urban legends.
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01/05/09 10:11pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Aircraft Tires - Can they be used on TT
Totally different duty cycles. The airplane tire (with 14 plies) will heat up and self destruct if driven for an extended period of time at highway speeds. An airplane only rolls at speed for less than a minute (and a hay wagon never rolls at speed)!!!
As far as Alaska roads, we made it there and back without any flats (including the toad) and that included the Top of the World "highway". Just stay off the gravel roads headed to the Artic Circle.
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01/05/09 03:16pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: E10 IN GAS GUSLERS
Don't believe everything you read---especially on the internet. We've had ethanol year-around in Minnesota for years. My boat is over 30 years old (1977 Sylvan with a Mercruser I/O). It (and my cars) have never had a fuel system problem.
I fill the boat full in the fall, and it starts in the spring with just enough cranking to prime the carburetor (remember them). :h
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427435
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01/05/09 03:09pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Removing Vista
I bought a laptop this spring and wanted XP Pro so things would run like my desktop. I went to
Best Buy Business. They currently show 161 laptops available with XP pro.
Glad I did as it works great and there's a limit to how many new tricks this old dog can learn-----and I want to save them for something worthwhile. :B
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01/05/09 08:40am |
Technology Corner
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RE: Any experience with mid-90's Georgie Boy Encounter?
I'm no expert on Georgie Boy DP's but we took cashier checks with us to look at one like this. We had negotiated a price on it over the phone. Supposedly only had 9000 miles on it and was in great condition. How it was used and stored, I'm sure could have alot to do with its condition------but it was junk!! Warped cupboard doors, wall panels coming loose, and the slide wouldn't come back in (stuck on something). We walked of course.
After looking at it and then the Itasca we bought, there appears to be a hugh quality difference. Be careful.
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427435
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01/03/09 09:10pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: gas mileage on a v10
9.5 to 10 mpg with 6 speed transmission, no toad... 55mph
How did you get a 6 speed behind a V10 in a MH????? :h
You must also be using Imperial gallons to get 9.5 to 10 mpg!!
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427435
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01/02/09 02:33pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: gas mileage on a v10
I'm getting around 6.5, but have a heavy toad. I travel 55-57 on 2 lane roads and 60-63 on 4 lane roads.
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01/01/09 09:18pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: What is up with our jacks?
My bet's on low fluid and it doesn't have to be very low at all. We used to have a LaPalma and you might only have to add less than a 1/4 cup.
If the OP has a HWH hydraulic system, you'll lose. These have sensors at each jack and no reservoir float. As others have posted, you need to let the system complete its storage cycle or a bump may allow a jack to drop enough to trip a sensor.
To the OP, please fill out your profile (or better yet, your signature) with the MH you have. In this case, telling us what leveler system you have will improve the quality of responses.
I see where you are coming from but the bet is based on having owned the same model coach and remembering how freaked out I was when the beeping started as I was driving down the road. :) Had to brake hard for a stop light and the fluid shifted forward, beeping started and then stopped when we got stopped. Started again as we bounced a little bit when we pulled to the shoulder to check things out. Besides sure is nice if a problem is solved by something easy to fix!
I've been trying to figure out how you knew what MH the OP had. :h
Then I looked at the poster's name and did a search on LaPalma. :S
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01/01/09 10:11am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Aw rats!
I use D-con. They don't go to their nests to die----they go searching for water as the D-con kicks in. The MH does sit in a shed and I put about 10 bags of the poison around the shed and by the MH tires. If it was parked outside, I would put a bag of the D-con by each tire in a coffee can with a mouse size hole drilled in it.
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01/01/09 10:04am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Thinking about upgrading to a Class A
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You really should rethink your opinion of diesels. Gassers are way too underpowered for use in an A.
nonsense, it all depends on your use. my underpowered ford V-10 has about 4,200 lbs. of carrying capacity, and moves along just fine. I would want a DP is I wanted to tow a car on a trailer with a boat above.
bumpy
And my "little" 310 hp V10 powered 35' MH has 3000 lbs of CCC and 2 slides. It also has pulled a 5000 lb toad to Alaska and back without issues.
It also appears that we also bought our last MH first. After 3 years and 20,000+ miles, I have no desire or intention on replacing it (unless I win the lottery). :B
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01/01/09 09:44am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: What is up with our jacks?
My bet's on low fluid and it doesn't have to be very low at all. We used to have a LaPalma and you might only have to add less than a 1/4 cup.
If the OP has a HWH hydraulic system, you'll lose. These have sensors at each jack and no reservoir float. As others have posted, you need to let the system complete its storage cycle or a bump may allow a jack to drop enough to trip a sensor.
To the OP, please fill out your profile (or better yet, your signature) with the MH you have. In this case, telling us what leveler system you have will improve the quality of responses.
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12/31/08 10:37pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Thinking about upgrading to a Class A
Suggestion: Advertise your current rig with flyers, word-of-mouth, and internet. If you can sell it yourself at a reasonable price, you'll be in a lot better bargining position for the class A.
Comment One: A rig like the one in my signature can probably be bought in today's market for $35,000-$40,000. Yes I know dealers and others are asking $50,000 or more, but show them the money and expect a 20-25% discount from a dealer on a used unit's asking price.
Comment Two: We spent 2 months in our rig this summer going to Alaska and back and never felt cramped for "personal" space or storage space. The 2nd slide in the bedroom adds lot's of "personal" space.
Comment Three: After some looking and talking with others, there are manufacturers to avoid. I won't mention them, but I will recommend the Winnebago/Itasca, the Tiffin, and the Triple T gas motorhomes.
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427435
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12/30/08 07:07pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: MotorKote anyone familiar with it?
Anyone seriously interested in debunking or supporting MotorKote claims can do a simple test. all you need is a bench vice, a few 1/4-20 bolts and nuts and a torque wrench. Smear the bolt with MotorKote, turn on, clamp the nut in the vice, use the torque wrench to to tighten, 40 ft lbs should do it, how many turns before the bolt breaks? Do the same thing with your favorite oil or grease, how many turns, A good grease will go 1 inch and back with out breaking.
That test, while interesting, does not really duplicate the operating environment of engine oil.
Exactly!! Engine oil and grease are two entirely different things.
There are plenty of good oils out there that don't need boutique additives.
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427435
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12/29/08 09:11am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Driver side door, any real advantage to it?
In addition to the other pluses that have been mentioned for the driver's door, it is the only way I can get in or out of our MH when it's in my shed. The passenger side door is too close to the wall to open and have space to get out.
My driver's door does not leak water or wind noise either.
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12/28/08 04:13pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Why not post our pictures?
Do you really want to see this??
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj170/2sully1/sombrero.jpg?t=1230308291 height=240 width=320
And there's the reason it should be banned!!!!! :E
:B :B :B :B :B
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427435
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12/26/08 02:37pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: JohnnyT Is Recovering In The Hospital!!!!!
Best wishes (and prayers) for a speedy recovery!!
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427435
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12/26/08 02:22pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: OIl in 2000 V10
WNY PAT: There's no way I can minimize your going to a lab for reports, etc.. If you're happy doing that, fine with me.
Pennsoil, Kendall, Sunoco, NAPA, whatever....a name brand....correct GRADE and API is all you need, IMO. I used to use Sears multi-grade...who make that? Sunoco. The additives? To meet the API standards whoever makes whatever has to meet at least the MINIMUM....to be able to print "meets or exceeds.....".
Most, if not all of us have run gas motors 150,000+ miles with no oil related failures. WITHOUT the benefit of a lab...or even bobistheoilguy. No disrepect.
NAME...API....CORRECT VISCOSITY....and steady, frequent CHANGES (like 3,000 for fossil, 6000 for syn) and the motor will be just fine. Of course, don't forget the oil filter every time, too.
Again, if it's a Ford V10 (especially in warranty), you should also be sure it has the "special" Ford spec. This is especially true if you're using the 5w-20 oil that Ford calls for on later versions of these engines.
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12/25/08 07:39am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Taking a boat
The only problem I can see is launching the boat!
Pops
It's actually easier with a MH as long as there's room to maneuver.
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t178/427435/DSCN1554.jpg width=640
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12/23/08 06:31pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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