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I have a 150 pound torque wrench. If I torque it to 150 then I can use the breaker bar to turn it just about a quarter of inch then I should be at 170 pound per foot torque.
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Hi Linda,
I weigh 190 pounds.I should stand about 10.7 inches away according to my math.I should never spray oil on them again.
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So I should torque them to 150 with my torque wrench and then add a little with my breaker bar. I almost had my tires loose when they torque it to 150 and spraid oil on it for easy removal in the tire center. Some of my nuts had only 20 pounds on them after 300 miles of travel. I was lucky to notice them. Thank goodness.
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Yes Greg, I will put it as close to the edge as possible. I just want to use it for climbing. Thanks.
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Great, it is good to be able to talk about your problems with a few experts.:-)
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I don't get what distance to measure Linda. Do you think that 8 inches to the ground is okay. It seems that the exhaust system is lower than 8 inches to the ground on the other side so I should be okay.
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Thanks Linda, I am thinking to slice the carpet on each side about six inches and put a rectangular metal sheet so that eventually there is going to be two metal and a plywood in between. I hope that I won't have issue with how low it is going to be to the ground. It measures 8 inches.
Thanks again.
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HiI am trying to add this steps to the RV. I have to drill four holes to mount the steps. Has any one have done that and what should I watch out for?Thank you very much.Mason.
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Got it thanks a lot.
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Hi DerekI am trying to post a new topic in the forum but I don't see that option any more. Is there any reason that I don't have that option any more?Thanks .
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Age is just a number. People get old mentally.Some people are already old at their youth.The reason you might not meet one here is not because they no longer have their Toy home or no longer use it or are too old to want to go camping. The reason is because they have already got all the issues figured out and don't need this forum for advice. My boyfriend bought a brand new Toyota Chinook in his 30s. He was the person telling me I should buy one but I chose to get a Sunrader instead as it better suited my needs.We have already done one long drive camping trip together this summer going round trip from Seattle to northern Colorado and back. But we were camping in a van as we needed to pull a cargo trailer on the return trip. He is currently on another month long trip to Idaho where he dropped off at his cousins ranch the rowing skiff he is building this summer. No room to build that long boat here. He is camping in his van at his cousins ranch, took along his transalp motorcycle for a ride with his cousin back to the Northwest then he rode it back to Idaho with his cousins son. The dad, who is the same age as my boyfriend is continuing on to Alaska with friends on their Harleys and coming back on the Trans Alaska Highway. When he gets back he and my boyfriend will go up in the Stearman Biplane that is kept on the ranch for some aerobatics fun flying time.
So if you think that someone who bought a Toyhome when it was new is too old to have and enjoy it today then you might want to rethink that point of view.
Just because a person is over the age of 70 does not mean they don't go camping and even have a lot more adventures than younger people. Neither my boyfriend or his cousin are retired, they would be bored to death by retirement. The cousin owns and runs the fixed base operator business at a busy Idaho Airport and my boyfriend is a designer and inventor who on his job for a firm last year filed for 6 new patents. In addition to working on his boat this week when it gets too hot outside he goes indoors to work on building up his new 3D printer.
The thing you need to remember is that many people who started camping in their youth will likely continue to do so until the day they die because it is something they enjoy and value doing. Getting older does not mean you no longer have any sense of adventure and it does not mean you don't have an active brain and active life. Of course I have met quite a few men in their mid 40s and their 50s who sit around drinking alcohol moaning about how old they feel and how life has passed them by. But that is a cause and effect of the alcohol which is something that never seems to occur to them.
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We can discuss the planet but the fact is that we have not met an original owner yet and I have a feeling that we won't get to meet one.:-)
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If a 30 year old bought a 1986 Toyhome when it was new they would only be 57 years old now. Now even old enough to collect social security.
1986 economy was different than today they didn't loan money so easily to people to buy RVs or houses. Plus when I was thirty I couldn't buy a brand new car.
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Good question. Most original owners must have retired from traveling by now.
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Yes that is a bad axle. I saw one that snapped. The guy said that he was going in the free way with his daughter in the back that all of the sudden the rear wheel came out. He had no break for one mile.The rear of the rv was burnt on fire because of the drag. I wouldn't believe it until I saw it with my eyes.
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Thanks for the early warning. It can get hot very quickly in the coach. You have to have a thermometer inside the coach or the van.
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Back up camera has saved me many times from denting the toy.
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I ended up ordering a full kit from air litter 5000. the package weighs about 37 pound . Sounds heavy to me. It has been a week since I ordered. we will see.
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I got one of those pumps from Walmart for 17$ and it has a long wire. It works great.
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Once you look at them they are very simple. Tomorrow I plan on taking it out and put some green slime in it and move it around so it gets to every where then put it back and see if it makes any difference.the rubber looks to be in a good shape.
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I had a slow leak in my airbags. I simply Green Slimed em and put on a pressure gauge cap set for 65 LBS. they have been at 65 ever since. Gooooo Green Slime!
Hi totem.
Can you tell me how you added the green slime. Did you take the bag out?How much of that stuff did you put in. I met a guy today he said that they added fix a flat to the semi truck air bags and they worked good. My leak is very small so I thought I might as well try that.
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Great, I will call them when I get a cell phone(in couple of weeks).Cell phone companies are tricky these days.I was going to get a cell phone with unlimited web from Walmart.but I can't get them until I am ready to move out of here so I can test them.They have only two weeks return policy.
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Hi,
Today i took the tires out and yes there is an orange logo that shows in the photo. There is a number in white under the logo which is not very easy to read.
The width is about three inches and the height is about seven inches.
Derek what is the height of that one that you posted? It says 13.6 but it surely don't look like that in the drawing. It looks about 7 proportional to the width.
Thanks Waiter for the how to.
I think the bag leaks around the colour where the clamp is, very slowly all around.
The next question that comes in my mind is what is my best option Get a replacement(if i can find one) or get the whole new kit. If the one that Derek posted is the right one then i save a bundle but it may be difficult to get that top bolt off as Mr Waiter pointed out. I just wait till i get more feed back from you ladies and gentlemen and then decide.
thanks a lot for your time and effort.
mason
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Hi Linda.
Tomorrow i will jack it up correctly and take the tires out and take a look . It is amazing to have all you guys available for such valuable advise.
Best regards.
mason
Wheel Lug Torque?? - the question again!
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I wish that I had a torque wrench that would go to 170 pounds but they are too expensive to buy.