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Prestone Bug Wash product

Posted 01-30-2017 at 11:17 AM by Ivan4RV

I own a class A RV (Winnebago Sightseer with a Ford 2008 F53 chassis), I just had a bad experience with a product named Bug Wash made by Prestone, I purchased the product last Summer in the state of Virginia and I filled up my washer fluid reservoir tank with it, the product seemed to work fine removing the bugs from my windshield, after the Summer I put my RV in storage as I have done it for many years , 2 weeks ago I was checking my engine fluids and I noticed the washer fluid in the tank was...
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Ride Home

Posted 01-24-2017 at 09:03 PM by noeldale

The Way Home

Monday opened with a new problem. After retracting the main slide I saw the strip that the slide topper goes into is separating from the Beast. It is bowed out quite a bit. Need to caulk as soon as we get home.

Wind, not only the prior days with tornados and rain but very strong all the way to Cornersville, TN. I've never fought a wind like this for so long. Big enough getting used to driving the Beast but add the wind and it becomes a real task....
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1999 National Sea View 8310

Posted 01-23-2017 at 11:37 PM by Paulers

National acted responsibly when it came to chassis loading. The company builds the
31-footer on the larger Ford chassis with a 20,500-pound gross vehicle weight rating
(gvwr). The Sea View boasts a whopping 1,300 pounds of front-axle carrying capacity, which
is more than many Class A motorhomes have in total, and 3,180 pounds of rear-axle capacity.
Those are more than sufficient capacities for a coach designed with scads of basement-style
exterior and well-planned...
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The Rest of Mobile

Posted 01-22-2017 at 02:03 PM by noeldale
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The Rest of the Mobile Visit

Mobile is a nice place even though we did not spend much time in the city. With the college near us it was busy all the time and traffic congestion was great. Glad The Beast was parked and only needed the rental.

Dauphin Island seems like a resort island with a long, 7 mile, beach on the western end. Remembering this is winter here we did walk the beach in shorts, shirtless, for about 1 1/2 miles out and then back. Great time with...
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Day 3

Posted 01-18-2017 at 02:32 PM by noeldale

Day 3 started out uneventful, drove for a couple hours, stopped for fuel, then ran across the bridges. We are from Michigan an other than Big Mac we don't have bridges this long or this tall while being this narrow. First time I felt uncomfortable with a road this tall and narrow. Needed to take cruise off and slowed about 7 mph to 58 and then all was good.

The view coming into Mobile south on I-10 is fantastic. The waterways, tall bridges, lakes, and just the view.
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Another Day

Posted 01-17-2017 at 06:28 AM by noeldale

Another Day

Had a great nights sleep and ready to tackle the world.

Enterprise rent-a-car said they could not pick us up until around 11 so we had time to organize the Beast. Tried to connect the sewer and found I did not bring all my hoses so need to go to Walmart and get more.

Shopping, out to eat with just Dustin at Ollies, and doing little things on the Beast make it a good day.

Got most of the bugs off the front, numbers...
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Day 2

Posted 01-15-2017 at 06:02 PM by noeldale

Day Two of a short trip.

Uneventful day, mostly. I had only driven gas rigs or vehicles so the diesel side of the world was new to me. Found out that not all stations, Pilot or Flying J, had diesel on the car pumps. Also learned after feeling stupid, which I'm used to, that I always need to go in an prepay specially when using my Good Sam Reward Card. This just meant two trips in, one to pay and one to get the receipt.

As lunch got closer we decided to get...
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Day 1

Posted 01-15-2017 at 05:56 AM by noeldale

DAY 1 On The Road

We had planned to travel the first two days with friends who had delayed their trip to Florida by a week due to the snow and ice in Atlanta. While originally planning to leave on Saturday, an ice event in the mid section of the US got us thinking to leave on Friday to maybe be ahead of the ice.

We both had a simple plan. If it snows - go slow, but if there is ice -STOP.

Friday morning is clean and clear of snow and ice...
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A little history

Posted 01-15-2017 at 05:02 AM by noeldale

Our first two outings were local and many little things were learned. This is all before the discovery of the radiator and CAC.

First, don't raise the back tires off the ground since that is your only brakes.
Second, not all sites that will take a 40 foot unit are adequate. Slopes with front tires high won't work for the First fact. Tight turns into a site cause of trees or others parked across from you can make a site unusable even if long enough.
Third, Watch...
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The Beast - A change from TT to DP

Posted 01-14-2017 at 06:03 PM by noeldale

The story of 'The Beast', a 37 foot Holiday Rambler, Monaco DP.

Mary and I have been camping in various units since we got married and also camped with parents since very little.

We started using a full sized Chevy van and slept in the back even when one of the kids was only 3 months old. He slept in her sleeping bag and when got hungry I had to go into the screen tent to warm the bottle with a white gas Coleman stove. From that we progressed to tents, popup...
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Our new 2017 Entegra

Posted 01-13-2017 at 10:29 PM by JNelson

We have owned many coaches, from Country coach, Newell, and we are so happy with our 2017 Athem. The team from Firefly, & Entegra are awesome people to work with and they do care and take care of service. I would recommend Entegra to anyone be a part of a great builder and join their family.

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