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WME

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  1. What I ended up with is 3 pieces.

    A 4" square 3/16" wall tube bumper. The 2" receiver goes through it. The reciever tube is 18" long and goes forward to 2" crossmember welded to the frame channels. The bumper takes the weight and the crossmember takes the torque from the hitch when I hit a bump. A plus of the rx tube through the bumper is there nothing to drag.

    Maybe a bit of overkill, but after 4 years of trailering and a reciver carrier useage not so much as a squeak.

  2. There are sever wonderful campers that are the modern equivalent of a Toy, its just that they aren't the equivalent of a Toy budget. BUT its nice to dream and at the very least borrow a few ideas.

    On my little class A the dinette is right behind the drivers seat. The seat back folds down when you have the drivers seat pushed back to drive. When you park, you push the drivers seat forward and lift up the dinette seat back up. Effectively you have a 6" longer dinette that would be possible than if it was fixed.

    Some of the smaller class C are similarly full of crafty ideas.

  3. A trip to a Harbor Freight will get you the tools you need cheap. Take your old front springs and cut them down until they are the length you need to give you a level or what ever Toy.

    Like you said no welding just simple tools and a jack.

    WME

    Pretty nice! I like that there's no welding.

    I don't have the equipment to do that at home, though, and shops that do fabrication are not cheap...

  4. There is a subtle difference between the 2.

    The French press seeps the coffee (think tea) then removes the grounds with the press. As Karen said the Aeropress makes espresso. You force hot water through the coffee grounds then through a small filter.

    Personally I like the espresso flavor better. I do have both and the French Press is semi retired.

  5. Why is that? I use my OD all the time, unless it's an extreme climb. And with rolling hills and such, as soon as you step on the gas it kicks out of OD and into "passing" gear.

    I'm glad mine has OD. She runs at pretty high rpms without it. Don't have a tach, but just by the sound of her I'm guessing over 3000rpm at 55mph. She doesn't nearly run that hard in OD.

    I just wish I had cruise control on mine. It is the only thing I don't like about my GranVille. Anyone know where to get cruise control installed. I checked around a couple places in my travels and they just looked at me kinda funny. no one seems to install after-market CC anymore.

    Do you have a temp gauge??? Lots of heat in OD. Lots of toasted transmissions in the Toyota forums.

    WME

    WME

  6. When your mpg isn't up to snuff. The first step is a full tune-up to factory specs. Get a base line then start fiddling. A lot time the fiddling will increase things over where you started, but factory would be even better.

  7. Sounds like the chair is held in with what are called carriage bolts. If all else fails use a grinder to remove the head and just push the rest through the floor.

    I think all carpet installers were paid by the staple and not by the job.

  8. Till you find the tank about all you can do is to sanitize it and the lines. A cup of bleach and a full tank Drive around and let it slosh around then pump it dry through the faucets and shower. Rinse a couple of tank full's and you should be OK.

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