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Dunce

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    1987 Toyota Dolphin Motorhome
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    New Mexico

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  1. First trip I actually took I brought every tool I ever used to work on the dolphin, probably totaled 250 pounds, all put in the shower and man did it steer like hell. Definitely remember that any extra weight should go in front of the rear wheels.
  2. I always carry a jack, jack stands, breaker bar with extensions for duallies, couple screw drivers, socket set, heavy duty wire cutters. I had to change a starter in an autozone parking lot once and it was easy with all the tools I had on hand. Ever since, I won't leave home without them. Edit: Also a harbor freight 12v compressor with a cigarette lighter extension cord (from home depot) for the air bags and tires.
  3. Yeah, I'm really interested in the before and after. I have thought a lot about doing the lce "efi power package". But obviously, 1000 bucks is a good chunk of change. I am (like a lot of us) more invested emotionally than financially in my Toyhome and think it would be cool to get a bit more driveability out of my rig that I already have.
  4. Gotdam., I would kill for something like that. I will say when I was driving back from Denver to Taos in a snow storm, I never had an issue (other than needing a change of underwear) driving all through the mountain passes. Once it got going it stuck to the ground.
  5. That must be a v6. When I parked my 87 (22re) before a snow storm up here, I came back and had to "rock it" out of the snow drift I was in. It never slipped at all, just didn't have any umph to get going.
  6. I try to get it evenly distributed in front of the rear wheels. With too much weight behind them, you get the motorboat effect where you feel like you don't come out of turns properly. I try to put most of my heavy stuff as low to the floor as possible to keep the weight low as well. This just helps steering and handling.
  7. Linda, I'm not using an adapter. The PO rewired the connector on the end of the shore power line to a 15amp style connector. In the future, once I put the 30amp connector on (back to how it should be) I'll have to buy an adapter and use it in circumstances where I don't have the 30amp hookup.
  8. I have the set up with the converter. If this is all the case, I bet there are a bunch of things that haven't ever worked right. I thought the A/C was acting weird, this may have something to do with it. The batteries have certainly never charged while being connected to shore power. HMMMM Thanks for the response.
  9. My toy home has had, since I got it almost 2 years ago, a regular 15amp 110vac plug on the shore power cable. I didn't even think til recently that a previous owner just took the 30amp plug off and added the 15amp so they could plug in at home easier. Is it supposed to be the 30 amp connector? Is there a way to check, or is 30 completely standard? I have a 30amp plug where I park my MH, and I'd like to get all the benefits of using the full 30amps, then in the cases when I only have 15 or 20 amp availability I will use the adapter and just not put the electrical under heavy load.
  10. I like the small heating blanket or heating pad ideas best. Now to build a little cozy cubby for her.
  11. I like the idea of the insulated box. Space heaters just scare me so much to leave on. I used one in college (only a couple years ago) that I tested by tipping it over and blowing directly at the carpet. It started to smolder before I pulled the plug.
  12. Very late to the game here. But this looks like it might be the best signal booster option. http://www.amazon.com/1700MHz-Booster-Repeater-Amplifier-Omni-directional/dp/B00EJAIAFY/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1446055137&sr=8-6&keywords=4g+booster
  13. Something like this seems like it would work in that case, and it looks pretty well contained and not "dinky" which is what I was really afraid of. http://www.amazon.com/Broan-6201-Broan-NuTone-Heat-Heater/dp/B00B1SNMYG What are your thoughts on radiator style heaters? Any safer?
  14. I may be full timing in a couple weeks and now that we have gotten extreme heat out of the way (thank you fall), I have to start worrying about the winter's cold. Normally this wouldn't be an issue because my propane heater works great. I will also have full hookups so if I ran out of propane in the middle of the night or something I can keep a small electric heater to keep the place warm 'til morning. But here is the issue: How do I keep the place warm, safely, while I'm away? I'm not worried about tanks freezing or anything like that, but the dog is not the best at cold weather. Most of the time she will be fine with just getting under the blanket and waiting til I get back, but a couple days a year it gets actually cold in North Texas (Low teens, high 30s) and the blanket will not be enough.
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