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another funny: the perfect solution for a Lesharo engine, estilo Nuevo Mexico

I know this is one of the scams, but the auto complete inserted more truth than the poster realized: http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/rvs/5640993284.html not only have most old motorhomes I've seen been a bit "aromatic" but the deal on that one is too..... ;- )

interesting link for those considering a K&N or similar: http://rubicon-trail.com/public/K&N filter test.html seems decent test methodology. kind of has me convinced to go back to paper filters, altho I've been running K&Ns (the flat panel in the stock airbox type) on all my vehicles for many years, even here in "dust storm hell" (we regularly can't see the 7000' mountains that are 5 miles from my house) and the Taco has decent compression at 225K and the Subie still had original cross hatching visible on cylinder walls when I pulled head at about 130K

see y'all in a week...........

hot dawg! i'm about to head out myself. glad to hear your trip will come together. can you post the info on the place you go it done?

old guitar strings are free........

in light of your cabinetry experience, surprised you even asked the Q. absolutely agree with Derek, you're less likely to end up with an unfinished project if you go from inside. and in Portland....there's no decision to be made. how often do you see 2 weeks with no rain?

uh, don't think about that until after your trip.....

good advice.......and I hadn't even thought of alky stoves. liveaboard cruisers love those cuz they are in fact lots safer than propane. Dan, she may have more of a need for the furnace in NH or Blighty than you do in FL..........

nope. didn't the spear on the head cue you in? I caught a sighting of the fabled HONDA UNICORN....... cured the fouled plugs in my Everrude outboard just by being nearby

the secret to those Honda batteries is the tiny unicorn running inside a hamster wheel to continually recharge them...... that's why they cost 5x as much as Trojans...... hyper, generally the answer is going to be "no". anything electrical i'm aware of that makes heat does it through running a whole bunch of juice through a high resistance conductor...even Peltier devices use a bunch of juice. there are solutions you can do to make propane safer. top quality hydrocarbon leak detector is a start. have a trusted propane gas place go through the system and check all fittings etc. Turn off all valves the moment you shut off any appliance. set up a portable stove on a shelf on outside of unit and do your cooking there. there are also ceramic cooktops that run on diesel....pricey and Euro but they use em on Earthroamers and such for exactly this reason. https://www.reimo.com/de/70715-kochfeld_ceran_diesel_46x31_cm/

wish previous owner of mine had that much foresight....too late for my rear bumper. i'm going to have to do major reinf to add any hitch receiver arrangement to mine....wait til you see the pix of the current frame hackery

Northern Tool and likely Harbor Fright make very light folding trailers....I think mine weighs maybe 200-250 even with 1/2" ply decking, and they make a smaller one. a Rebel is about 350-400. so even being pessimistic, you're only talking about 65 lbs tongue weight and 650 lbs total trailer weight. whether a dolphin will tow that, more qualified folks than me will have to say. Derek, the bike sticks up enough that you can usually see even a small trailer. but yeah, seems like backup camera is a no brainer for any toyhome.

really like that rack site! I've been toying with another idiotic idea: I have one of the dual receiver adaptors, so I can carry the bike rack along with pulling a trailer. did some measuring and it looks like I could carry 2 carrier racks that way, in sort of a "biplane" arrangement...the portabote seats fit on the lower one and lay more or less flat. obviously, weight on the receiver will be a big issue, especially given the longer lever arm the weight is at the end of, so i'd been thinking of an aluminum rack and that place has a nice selection.

touche! rephrasing: what sort should i ideally use for the new core?

i'm after anything i can sucker into biting. here's a bad pic of a sailfish i released last summer trip. but i usually don't eat the big stuff, due to both mercury and sustainability concerns....plus, the catch and release ethic is strong in San Carlos for billfish and i wouldn't want to deal with the dirty looks if i killed a marlin. too many sierra, grouper and snapper that taste better anyway.

so is there a wood core in there? what sort of wood?

no wonder my house batteries in the Payasoroamer are chingado. they sat at about 10 volts for several months one winter at our cabin (yes, PV panels can fail altho it's rare....and i got 2 bad ones) and now won't get over about 12.6 volts no matter what. sounds like what you need is a lot more capacity. given the weight issue we all face, i think Totem is onto something brilliant with his lithium battery-bank idea.....wish he'd post more info on that (hint, hint....).

JD, what did you make the core out of and how'd you assemble it? since it sounds like several of us may have to do that job soon.

Totem, you're mixing your arguments and who you're trying to respond to. dancing unicorn meltdown? I suspect my Bandit weighs less than an old poptop Chinook, little enough that it's been suggested to me by knowledgeable folks on this board that a full floater is maybe overkill. i only need one 1600-2000 watter to run enough A/C to turn it into a meat locker. In Mexico, in summer, at sea level. Any rear frame reinforcement i do will be more to let me carry two outboards (full disclosure: one's a Honda and the 29 lb weight is therefore magically carried by teams of unicorns and angels) on the rear bumper and/or tow a boat. I mentioned that I just want the best quality generator due to where i camp* and the fact that i keep my machines forever, and have considered Yamaha and Hyundai and would consider a Nissan/tohatsu. i laid out the rational reasons i eliminated each. the problem is that, of what's available, my research keeps coming back to Honda being the best option in terms of weight, noise, parts availability, and reliability. Note: No unicorns on that list of attributes. yes, i realize i'm paying a 100% price premium to have a Honda or Yammie vs.a Chinaclone. Yes, that requires compromises on other $ expenditures; ain't none of us made of money or we'd all have EarthRoamers. no, i won't sneer at your red HF Honda-clone if you camp next to me. no, i'm not asking YOU to cover the $ difference (or trying to force a unicorn T-shirt onto you)......... and yes, i'm leaning towards Hondas due to (among other things) what I've found inside them (motorcycles, lawnmowers, and outboards) when working on em over many years....nothing to do with unicorns or a mystical belief in the infallibility of any mechanical item. was i being unclear? and no, i haven't bought it yet. i'm keeping my mind open (despite the fact that most of my research so far has pointed me in one direction). you? *the same reason i buy the real military water jug @$40-50 rather than the Reliance @$20

mine's been doing that for years, and the previous owner put some bolts all the way through the door to hold it together. crappy fix but it is working for now til I can do a better job. for yours, maybe put a few dabs of Goop or shoe goo or similar along the edge where the trim cap fits over the door, to hold it in place while you figure out a more permanent fix?

whoo hah! work approved my leave for next week so i'm going fishing for 10 days. still in the PayasoRoamer.....hoping i'll have the Bandito ready for the 4th of July trip. the fishing reports are discouraging, though....one guy reporting nothing but pest fish: I fished south, yesterday, in the AM. I was single-handing a flybridge boat. I set out REALLY SMALL lures (a 4 inch natural cedar plug, a Pakula UZI and a 5 inch Zuker feather) to try and avoid billfish, as I dont want to deal with releasing them by myself. Damn, if the buggers werent still trying to climb on at 2-4 miles out. I eventually just kept my eye on the spread and if I saw a bill enter, I just gunned it up to 16 knots and ran away from it. It worked; I never had one stick. But no dorado. Lots of great paddies, but I was never more than nine miles out. I saw water anywhere from 74.5-77.8. hopefully i'll have some good pix for y'all in 2 weeks......

are you looking more for one of the big permanent-mount free-standing ones like Carefree of Colorado makes, or more one of the "bag" type awnings such as ARB, Fiamma, Smittybilt, dometic? former is far easier to deploy but weighs a lot and requires good strong mounting points on the side of rig for lower end of arms. I have the 9' dometic and have not been impressed with sturdiness; looking at the ARB.

nice rig. and I love your choice of vistas. welcome to the zoo.

one nice thing about a 30 yr old motor home is that you don't need to be wedded to the way it was done at the factory....i feel safe in saying that no matter what make, lots of stuff was done kind of half arsed at the factory, so just do it right as you define it. any pix on the Dometic web site that might shed some light?