If you have been reading my earlier blog entries, you know that I have said that a motor coach will improve your life, if you let it. I said it will improve your life in many ways. Your coach can take you to places you might not think to go to if you traveled like most “normal” people, carrying your bags and staying in hotels. It can also help you to make friends. Recently for Diane and I, our coach has done both.

This has been a rough year for the two of us. Mike, my...

2011 F-Series Super Duty Class A Motorhome Chassis

I made an appointment with Dan Snyder from Ford to come over and review what was new in the Ford display and I arrived shortly after 9:00am. Dan and I spoke about the features of the new F-Series Super Duty and I would like to share those with you now if I may.



What wasn’t available for me to review was a 2010 F-Series chassis...

The Winnebago Industries exhibit this year did not disappoint me one bit as new models and floor plans abounded and I was pleasantly surprised by some of the new technologies that Winnebago presented for 2010. There were too many rigs for me to review them all however I would like to focus attention on one particular model the Ellipse Model 42AD.


The Ellipse 42AD in Silver Sky full body paint....

Mr. Robert Harbin, President of FCCC pops in just to say hello

Next up, "SCR 101." SCR is an emission control system that has been developed and applied toward meeting 2010 emission control requirements. By the use of Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) exhaust gas flows into the device and is scrubbed and continues to flow downstream to an Aftertreatment System (ATD). The ATD is the device...

First Blog. Not sure where this will go or how it will turn out, but there's only one way to find out. Jump in and see if you can swim!

Just got back from the first trip in our new RV. We've had a 25' Class C for 3 years which we sold a few weeks ago. Two weeks ago we bought a used 40'DP and decided to take it out for the holiday weekend. We knew there would be a lot of new things we needed to learn as we moved from a small gas chassis to the larger diesel. So we started planning a...

I found out through the grapevine that my service center was about to receive a number of the new Bosch Brake Calipers, so I called them and made an appointment. Wanting to clear the campaign early, Larry gave me the first available spot he had for Wednesday morning at 08:00.

Wednesday morning came not all too quickly but here we are. The motorhome was all ready to go and with crank of the starter the engine fired up and we were on the road to Myrtle Beach. I turned the radio on and...

When I purchased my pre-owned class A, I preformed what I thought was a thorough pre-purchase inspection. The one area I could have done better with was inspecting the rubber EPDM roof. I was not prepared to climb up and walk around on the roof, so I climbed as far as I could and looked across the roof. Seemed ok, I saw a few black spots in the distance, but figured it was probably mold or discoloration that would clean off.
After I brought the RV home, I purchased rubber roof cleaner and...

The 2011 Dodge RAM 4500 Cab and Chassis powered by the Cummins 5.7L I-6 Turbo Diesel

All 3 pickup truck manufactures had their “doolies” on display at the RV Trade Show. The 2011 Dodge RAM 4500, F350 Super Duty and the 3500 Silverado. Each of these American designed trucks are exceptional and I didn’t see one of these...

The Tiffin Motorhomes Inc. display at the 48th Annual RV Trade Show - Louisville, KY.

Tiffin Motorhomes Inc. of Red Bay, Alabama showcased their entire product line at the 48th Annual RV Trade Show. My focus for this visit would be to key in on the issues that were posted here and I believe that I have gotten most of those concerns addressed. I sat...

Monaco RV LLC welcomes the RV Industry to its 2011 exhibit


Monaco asks, "Hello ribbon of highway. Where To Next?" The "NEW" 2011 Trip is seen to the right in red.

On...

The Newmar entry warmly greets show attendeees during this Holiday Season.

As it was getting late in the day I wanted to get one more display under my belt so I swung by the Newmar exhibit. Decorated in in the Season's finest decor the portal into the exhibit was welcoming. At the kiosk I stopped by to say hello and met...

I went to visit the Winnebago Industries exhibit early on day 2 expecting to spend some quality time with the people that in my opinion that make the motorhome industry what it is today and I was not disappointed.


Winnebago setup a phenomenal display as it welcomed RV Industry leaders.

Walking into the exhibit, the novice or the seasoned professional’s head would as if on a swivel...

For approximately 5 years I have been using a Model 12112 BatteryMINDer. This model put out a maximum current of 1 Amp with a charge voltage of 14.7 VDC and a float charge voltage of 13.4 VDC. A little history as to how I got my first BatteryMINDer might be appropriate since I still get a chuckle out of it.


The BatteryMINDer arrived from RV Upgrades.com...

I wrote this piece in 2009 however I wanted to place a copy here since it's falling deep in the threads in it's original location. I hope it'll provide some value to you if you own a 2001 to 2004 Workhorse with an Allison transmission.

Ultrapower Allison 1000 Grade Brake (UAGB) Installation 101

A couple of days ago I was interrupted from my daily activity, posting here, as the door bell sounded. Roxy took off across the house barking as loudly and repetitively as possible...

I originally wrote this article in 2008. I am placing it here in my Blog because I believe that it might give someone the confidence to do the installation on their own regardless of which vehicle they own. The differences between this what is seen in this article and your install will only vary slightly.

2008 Saturn Vue XE - SMI Stay-In-Play DUO Installation

Finally getting around to installing my SMI DUO. So far everything is going well.

I started off...