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I think your greenhouse would be most ideal, keeps the UV at bay. I don't cover my tires, but then I wouldn't wear them off anyways and I go with the 6 year plan and change them out then, even if they looked good at 6 years, they would be old enough to be getting hard and loose traction. My TT is plugged in at all times except for hibernation time, then I disconnect the battery and say a nice goodnite until spring. Use your truck power when running slides and hitch, saves the transformer which have an inclination to give up before the rest of the trailer. Makes sure you never put any antifreeze in the hotwater tank, the flavour will be there for a long time. Drain it and isolate it before adding antifreeze and in the spring give the system a super good flush before engaging the tank. And make sure that both heaters (electric and propane) are both turned off when drained. I now just blow my system out with 20lbs of air, that way I don't have the AF issue. I use scented dryer sheets to keep the rodents at bay. I put them in every nook and cranny I can find, just not in the fridge. So far no problems. Presently using apple scented. The scent does linger a bit come spring, but a good day or two of airing gets rid of the smell. Clean your roof at least once a year. Don't use strong cleaners, Dawn works really well. Keep the slide weather stripping lubricated with recommended product, helps to keep them supple. We have installed 2 Fan-Tastic vent fans, one in the bedroom and one for the bathroom. We use them all the time, especially the bathroom one. If yours came with the small 4" one in the bathroom, the only good it does is to make noise. Careful when you park this thing. Watch for overhead branches that can rip a hole in your roof very easily,,, not a good thing at all. Get some leveling blocks to get the unit level from side to side before unhooking. The trailer 'jacks' are not for leveling, they are called stabilizers for a reason. Also invest in a set of wheel chocks. We use the Ultra Fab, Chock and Lock. It's ideal, although I have never seen the use of locking it where we go. The handle locking system is what sold me on it, and it works as advertised. The power cord that comes with the trailer should be about 25'. Occasionally that is long enough for us, but mostly I need to use 2 25' extensions and we carry 3 just to be sure. This year we needed a 100' extension, lucky the camp had one to lend. We carry a 50' 12\3 just in case but that would only give us one circuit. When plugged into shore power, you don't get 220v, you get 2x15amp 110v circuits. We found that the light under the canopy just wasn't enough and attracted bugs at night (not so much in the daytime), so I ran an LED strip along the canopy roll. It's a flexible strip that can be bought in a 16' roll and takes 12v power. I made an extension cord to get from the trailer to the roll and put a switch inside the trailer. Works great and doesn't attract as many bugs and those it does are not at the door waiting to be night buggers. On our 12' awning I use about 6' of light strip, 50]50 LEDS

Hey!!! You got the fold-away step,,,,,, how up to date is that!!! Glad you made it,,, now leave it alone til spring,,,, ya right!

No helmets and no shoes visible, what were they thinking??

Looks like you got the right one for the app.

Good going Don, I'm sure with this addition Eileen will have to stick around for a day or two longer,,,,, she sure has it good!!!. We had a 28' Citation but found that it wouldn't track well behind our truck. Checked everything, wheel alignments, dolley alignment, hitch, weight distribution,,,, played around with the weight distribution hitch and heights. Nothing seemed to work, it always had a bit of a wiggle, so now we have a 5th wheel and couldn't be happier. If it were me picking it up, I would tow it for bit before writing the cheque.

Maybe some to help understand what is happening as you go along. During idle, the primary circuit has all the control over fuel mixture, well nearly all, but as you open up the throttle plates the secondary or running circuit has it's input. The higher the rpm, the less percentage the primary, or idle circuit has an impact. It never cuts out, just has less of an effect. Sooo, when in idle mode, the primary circuit and it's adjustments has a profound effect on the running, but once over 1500 rpm, not so much, it's all on a percentage basis. Air mixture settings have very little to do with running down the highway, but a lot to do with sitting still and moving on from standstill. It also come into effect when the throttle is released and the throttle plates close, because then the primary circuit is the only one working. Keep in mind, that the circuits are more governed by the throttle plate position than the engine rpms. Hope I'm right and this helps.

Thanks. Should not only be for the old guys, but a lesson for those of us who didn't have to suffer through that, or the aftermath. The war maybe over, but the memories linger on, and that might be worse that the fighting itself.

Sure do look nice Fool. Snow contracts don't start here until the 15th. I don't have a job this year yet, boss went and sold all his equipment, so I get to stay home this winter. We'll see how all that pans out. We're supposed to get some on Tuesday. Hate to miss out on snow plowing though, it was a good time.

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Prayer for Pete, that is easy enough. Asking that the Great Father will look kindly on him and grant him peace and well being. Has He met the Great Father?

I was having a conversation yesterday with a Spyder friend and he said he uses knee pads to help out with the cold knees issue. Good idea! Now just to find some chrome knee pads.

IMHO it's not the getting on of the motor so much that causes the second gear issue, as it is the wear on the split washer on the end of the shaft. When that washer is worn so far, the gear will slip out, and that usually happens around 60k or so. I really think that the better the lubing of the washer, the longer it would last, but wear it will. When it gets real close to be totally worn, then twisting the throttle will expedite things somewhat I'm sure.

Looks nice, hope it works well for you and you get to enjoy many miles and happy times.

Miss ya Bud, but glad you is still here!!

Use a phillips screwdriver. Take off the plug wire, insert the screwdriver where it would attach to the plug, hold the shaft of the screwdriver close to the metal of the engine and push the starter button. If you see spark, well enough. If you don't see a spark hold the screwdriver closer. No spark? You might have an ignition issue. Got spark, then check the plug. BTW, make sure you hold onto the handle of the screwdriver, not the shaft.

First off remove the plug wires one at a time and find out which one is causing your concern. The check to see if you have spark at that plug by using a screwdriver. If you have spark from the screwdriver, then pull the plug and check it. If it looks good then replace with a known good one. Through all this exercise you will now have determined that spark may not be the issue, but more than likely fuel related. If so, post again.

For my money I would go used, and choose to look at Titanium, made by Glendale in Ontario. They are no longer in business, but their Titanium units are the best, not complaint free, but dependable.

DANO???!!!,,, there is work for you!!!!!!!

That would be a shame to bob that,,, she is a way too nice.

Check out the shipping from Ontario. I have it at $50 or so but would need your info first.

So I found the ones I have. Right and left. Not new pipes, some road rash on either and a rust spot that seems solid enough yet. I think they a quite nice and easily mountable.

WellNOW!!!! You do have your ways, but knowing you and your deviousness it might be just bit on the touchy side to give you a hug with a pie in each hand, your hands I mean. That would mean that there would have to be 2 (two) pies minimum, and I'm not sure that once they were used for what might be forthcoming that anyone besides me would want to be consuming such an explosion. I will have to give this some thought. :think:

Well I suppose you are right, but then for me I have good night vision so the only time it's dark for me is when there is no light(s) around, so I will sit corrected. Now about the tent thing???? I am going to assume that you found a dirty spot on the outside and attempted to clean it up with the material at hand just so IHtruckguy didn't notice. I guess that just leaves the judging issue to decipher out. I know we have good honest judges available, and it would be good to use their expert competence, but this is not something ordinary to judge. It can't really be judged by sight alone, I think there needs to be the experience involved, so actual contact so to speak, so that there would be a good feel of things. I am really somewhat concerned as well for those who are vying to be contestants, that they might not have the sustaining strength to endure more than one or two repeats in one session, and that said I would not want to put either the Bum or our Puc at a disadvantage.

Don't seem to remember that I said anything about eating rum balls, just that I was going to guard them,,, and they would be quite safe where I would put them.

I would go along with this nonsense, but it would depend on who is doing the hugging (hugger), and then the opinion of the huggie (the individual who is on the receiving side) would have to qualified. Now as far as deciphering the criteria in this case we would need a couple of noble characters who could layout and explain all the in's and out's of the writings concerning the contest at hand. Fortunately this family does have some appurtenant individuals who could fit this to a T, problem being that MD would have to be extended by a day or two to allow these individuals to fully explain the ramifications of the ingeniousness of their discoveries. It seems at this point though that we come up against another block of this consortium. The best of the speech-i-fiers are also claiming to be in the running for being a contestant for this match, and how can we as an honest and loving group allow them to do both. Might I suggest that the huggers be allowed to speech about their powresses while I guard the Rum Balls? That way we will all know that the huggers will have put in their best shot, that the Rum Balls will be safe, and the best hugger has the prize!!! [h=1][/h]