Totem
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Just got back from towing a small 3 seat boat, alumacraft to the Ohio Walleye run. Yep i know what everyone will say and yep we loaded the boat with our gear and yep it has a 15 hp evinrude brp ho etech on it plus 3 grown fisherman in the rv.
I have the 22re performance motor from CA and it ran great crusing 65 mph. MPG was 11.4 so fillups were frequent on the stock 14 gallon tank. I usually get near 16 without towing. I think she did well for a 3 hour trip each way but im not sure i would tow it farther. -
Im still using my trusty blue porcelain perculator pitcher with the stainless straw pillar into the grind can thingy that i got at a garage sale. It boils on gas flames off of my 18” blackstone burner with cook top off which i have connected with a quick connect to the house gas line removed from the oven combo i took out. Best thing i ever did getting rid of that stove oven combo in favor of the blackstone, which usually goes outside on a 1 lbs tank if its nice out. Have the area all butcher block now so much counter space that way. The hole where the oven was is now a great cabinet for storage. No more heavy oven and burnt eyebrows from trying to light it only to have it burn whatever small thing i was going to try and fail to bake.
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I had a 18 volt 14” battery powered ryobi chainsaw; great for small branch cuts.
the 20” 60 volt however is a different animal. It will out speed cut most 550 gas saws including stihl. It was comparable in price to a new gas saw also. Sorry to hear about the electricity and sadness, but hey no more mean tweets. Look on the bright side right?
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So my 2 year old italian efco 20 inch 2stroke gas saw just died the other day; has no spark but everything seems to test good. I had already just replaced chain and gas primer bulb so naturally i was mad.
I thought to myself, well they will be banning gasoline and propane soon so what is California doing? (insert free laugh here) . I read that everyone in Cali switched over to the 60 Volt Dewalt saws and the new 20 inch model.
I then saw it beat a gas 555 Stihl head to head in a hickory cookie cutting contest on youtube.
i thought no way... this cannot be.
So i got on the waiting list to buy one through the home repo.
when the saw came it was ready to go, just had to charge battery. That took about 4 hours or so. that was basically the only Debbie downer of it. the thing has so much torque and cuts so fast I won $200 betting my friends it would beat their gas saws. It whoopped a husqer and a poulan. Both guys grumbled that my chain was "new" as the saw had just arrived however both had just replaced their bars and chains themselves, so pay up.
So, while we may never see an electric RV, i have found an electric tool that is hands down my favorite thing I own now. as long as you don't stop, it cuts so fast you cant even believe it. Its tempting to let it stop by taking finger and thumb off trigger while cutting but don't; will pop the chain if you let it stop buried in a log, but even that they have made effortless to fix.
Overall it was lighter and faster than my gas. I fell and bucked and cut a decent tree with it on same charge also.
Im not usually an immediate fan of e-tech but in this case its worth it. no gas, filtersm plugs or other crap. just a plug and bar lube. it starts paying itself off immediately with today's gas prices.
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8 hours ago, WME said:
Have you given any thought to a spray on pickup bed liner?
If going this route, i heavily recommend Harbor freights roll on bedliner. I did a dodge ram as well as six 22 foot trailer bunks with it and its absolutely bullet proof stuff. VERY reasonable price also.
The only down side to it would be it only comes in Black, that would get hot fast in summer.
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“Death smiles at us all… all a man can do is smile back”
-maximus
i try to live my life by that movie quote these days at the comedy that has become clown world.
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Sunrader Roof leaks 101:
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its the screws. No matter what they are its them; remove them in favor of rubber gasket steel roof screws and have partner hold small block of rot resistant wood inside for screw to bite into so it seals, but not before a dollop of caulk in the hole.do this on every roof rack and other screw no matter how time consuming.
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Never remove AC without a full pop in window kit with butyl tape. You cannot dam that hole. Too big. Put ac back on torque back down.
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this is cool; will need to revisit my bumper sticker hack job covering where I punched through my shell accidentally while drunkenly pushing a two place sled trailer a bit too hard. The hole is about 1.5 inches long by 1 inch...
-currently covered by a yellowstone park bumper sticker
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On 9/8/2022 at 2:30 PM, linda s said:
Whatever you got for it, trust me it wasn't enough. Someone posted an 84 Sunrader not in the greatest condition here a few months ago for $18'500 and we all kind of laughed at him. He got his price in 2 days. A Sunrader is also going to mean a downgrade to a 4 cylinder and your not going to like it. Only about a dozen V6 shorty Toyota's and I would expect if one came on the market it would be over 30 grand. You won the lotto when you found your incredibly rare Nissan V6 Odyssey shorty, only one I've ever seen, and now your planning on winning the lottery again?
Linda S
Unless you buy one like mine that has a custom ported 4banger from California designed for the motorhome and not stock. My RV cruises 73 MPH easily now; I still get passed but find myself passing also which the stock engine couldnt seem to muster at 56-65 tops.
I am thinking of selling again... and My RV is VERY nice.
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I was doing a drive-by here as I don't visit much and chuckled... why? because i get the same adds and my wife uses my computer...
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Ukraine RV Rental
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saw this and had to come back to see how many of of this site's members either had one or helped build one. I am betting at least one. I am a baby and 50 years old here.
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$270 now, in clown world, for that cover. $370 next year.
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Just had first solar panel arrive for my setup. $155 340 watt 18 volt flexible single panel; weight 3 lbs.
using a roll of 2 inch double sided 3m red backed to mount.
i want to say this is same setup tika had at one of the rallies ; zero drilling.
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Its a great setup. Got rid of dead weight and added ton of storage with new cabinet where the oven used to be. The best part about the blackstone is the grease trap. No dishes pots or pans. Cook, scrape, empty pan on the fire, done. Makes omlets just as easily as it will boil water by taking off griddle. The oven was a joke that burnt everything we ever tried to bake and was useless. I’ll try to post some pics
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Just curious on this one.. if you just now broke down, and its assumed you are in the lower 48. Whats the big deal with leaving the dog in the RV? Its winter. Dog will be fine. If it has Separation anxiety then stow everything you can and chalk up the loss to whatever it does to an opportunity to upgrade. New cushions etc.
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Did you put in those stainless cup holders in the table? Thats awesome. Never thought to try that. My kids just spill constantly.
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The key to seats is not to find what fits if you have a welder and some time.. just take the brackets off the toyota seats and weld onto them what ever seat base you like. I went with a pair of King Ranch leather seats out of a fully option loaded Ford f150. These seats are some of the best i have sat in. The only seats better and they would be pricey would be the 7 way leathers from a modern Lincoln. When i upgrade next that will be what i try. I still have yet to hook up the seat heaters but will when i retire.
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Thats awesome. Its far lighter than a 105 lbs german shepherd too. Well done.
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I just ripped out my stove and oven combo and put in a quick propane disconnect at the line and put in the smallest Blackstone griddle they make. Its awesome and can disconnect and i take it outside where I can either run a 1 lbs green tank on a picnic table or run a propane hose out the back hatch.
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If you don't plan on replacing and working on things i wouldn't hold my breath on an 83 being good to go.
i have an 86 but very little other than the shell hasnt been worked on or replaced at least once and thats just since I had it for past 14 years
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Just noticed this almost a year later.. i too will miss that old man. Enjoyed getting in the numerous snark wars and always enjoyed his humor. RIP Derek.
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6 hours ago, linda s said:
Many here have successfully used the Old Man Emu springs . CS010R and CS020R. They are designed for a 4x4 but because our springs on 2wd go under the axle instead of on top that compensates for some of the extra lift. Very reasonable prices too. A little over 100 bucks each. Atlanta camper put the CS020R on his full sized Sunrader and had to remove a leaf so I think the CS010R would be enough for just about anyone. Very long thread if you want to read more
Linda S
Checking on the CS020R now...
assuming it’s the correct total replacement option..
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Sage advice Greg, and I would add we have bilsteins and I have tried to find springs multiple times including some calls to contacts posted on this site. for me Springs are the unicorn; having buku problems getting them. The thing that added the best handling in my case was adding the sway-bar kit. changing the Rooftop AC to the ultra low watt efficient model also helped dramatically as it weighed half of the standard one.
Towing an alumacraft boat to the maumee walleye run
in RV CHOW
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Linda - sorry for this i probably should have posted in the general section; i havent posted in years so im rusty.