Gale & Martha

Hey, all's well that ends.... Correct, it was an ILLEGAL stop, and the county prosecutor dropped the charges. The hippie bus probably wouldn't even be noticed in Marfa. Down in Terlingua there might be the risk of someone breaking in looking for cold beer, but they would probably leave a "gift" in return. I heard on NPR yesterday that eight out of ten busts at the border check point at Sierra Blanca (I-10 east of El Paso) are people from California. Seriously, tho, for the dozen or so times that I have driven the same state highway, 385 I have never had a "trooper" get in my face or worse, in this case, my wife's face and scream "I smell raw marijuana" and threaten and demand to search under threat of arrest. This has only started since Colorado (whatever gods there be, forgive me for leaving) did the smart thing. ANYBODY with licence plates from ANY of the states that have legalized/decriminalized/medicalized can expect the same sort of welcome to the "lone brain cell state." Even admitting that you are returning from one of these states will trigger the scream, I smell....) which is what we did as we have TX plates. We have NRA MEMBER stickers, and Mr. officer was perfectly ok with the several guns and ammo that were on board. So be careful, spend your travel $ in CO, or WA or even Mississippi!

Hey everybody, thanx for all the ideas and info. I do new to clarify a few things tho. I was not on the interstate. I am 62, & yea, have sort of a Willie Nelson profile. Grew up in Austin,(4th generation Texan) ((shame)) and lived in Colorado from 1980 to 2007. I have always had a preference for driving the secondary(state) roads, generally slower speeds and a lot less traffic. Although we have, in our first year of mini ownership, made 2 trips to Colorado, and two trips to San Antonio and the gulf coast, latter on I-10 posted speed limit is 80mph El Paso to Kerille, I usually put on the flashers when the speed gets below 50. Absolutely no other stops until this most recent one. This post about not driving slow in TX, was meant to be cautionary warning, That since CO changed it's pot laws, Anyone coming from that state to this one should expect to be stopped and searched, whether it's legal to do so or not. I would suspect that Kansas and Wyoming may be doing the same thing. Stay Safe

We were returning from a month long visit in Colorado. On a four lane divided state highway, posted speed of 70mph, we were pulled over by state trooper for"impeding traffic", although we were in the slow/right hand lane. Were informed that the minimum speed is 25mph below the posted speed limit. According to the speedo I was between 45 & 50, trooper clocked me and cited me for going 42mph. This became an excuse to demand to search the vehicle(s) for probable cause. (coming home from Colorado) I have not seen any signage of minimum speeds, other than on the Interstates. I suspect that anyone coming from California, or any of the medical/legal marijuana states will be subject to the same knd of harassment. R.I.D. Registration, Insurance, Driver's liscence is ALL you are required to give to an officer. Cops can legally lie, and you will find yourself in deep doo if you voulenteer any information. Stay safe, spend your hard earned money on the mini rather than attorneys.

Hi everybody, since I'm the one who brought up this topic, be assured that the 'procrastinator extrodinaire' will eventually get the job done and give you'all a full report. Was in Denver May & June house sitting for friends and went to Triple A (AAA) propane on S. Federal at 285 to fill the onboard tank. When in their store, noticed a lot of RV type gas fittings, so thought that I would ask if they had YELLOW teflon tape, (saw this online a while back, claims to be specifically for gas, oil fittings. "Oh no, we just use regular (white) teflon tape on everything." Did also allow that the inslall a lot of extend a stay fittings. At the moment we've more pressing issues to deal with, involving attorneys and Courts if you get my drift. ANYONE coming into TEXAS from Colorado be warned: you will be pulled over by a friendly state trooper and searched for 'souvenirs.' By the way, the alleged offence was 'impeding traffic' the minimum speed is 25mph below the posted speed, tho there are no signs to that effect and we were in the slow lane of a four lane highway. Will post this warning elsewhere on this site too.

Thanks to everyone for the various ideas AND the warm welcome. My only mistake so far is not running my thumb across the POL threads on the main valve end. A sliver of brass in my 'sitting thumb' would have ruined my life and I could have called one of those attorneys that we have too many of. Seriously, I am Not going to install this on my system until I have cleaned up the threads with a jewelers file, also the nose o ring looks like it should be replaced. (This is a new unit!) Took a lot of torque to remove the Acme fitting/adapter from the tee so I can connect directly to the 3/8" line to my regulator; looks like all the fittings were epoxied into the tee. As the existing fittings are old (1987) and there may have been a few changes since then, I probably won't tackle this project for some time, (empty on board tank of course) I will post before and after pics. once I'm finished.

The title says it all. I bought a Camco Extend-A-Stay fitting, off of Amazon. I'd already spoken with tech support at Mr Heater, answers were basically evasive. (too many lawyers)? Fitting that I have says for class A. Looks like it could work if I can remove Acme fitting from unit and connect directly to regulator. Also, would have to invert unit, will they work upside down. By the by, this is for a 1987 Itasca with original 20# onboard tank. lol Last year, had some work done at authorized Winnie dealer in Vaughn, TX; included lp gas system check, Teflon tape on both regulator fittings didn't bother them. Or any of the propane retailers that have sold me gas.