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My insurance agent and myself agreed on the value BEFORE I purchased the policy. I do need to update the value annually because over time they will automatically depreciate the value of the policy even if the vehicle does not depreciate. So you do need to be sure to have an annual chat at renewal time to make sure that automatic devaluing does not disagree with the actual current value. If you don't do that annual chat you can get caught way short on the value if a collision happens several years after you first signed up for a policy especially if you have been making improvements to the value.
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seems to me you have enough information to track it down by looking in the patent records for around that time period.
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Just get a space blanket and use it for a window curtain liner. No bulk but it will still reflect the heat. You don't need bulky insulating material to reflect the heat, that is a very common misconception.
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I'm ready to replace carpet in cab of my 90 Sunrader. Before I proceed I thought I'd reach out to this helpful group for tips suggestions etc. your advice has been so helpful in my other tasks. Thanks
I have not done this before
It should be a big help to you to head on over to youtube and watch some videos. Most of the companies that put out the pre molded carpet kits have posted videos on how to install it.
Of course it is often wishful thinking that the molded kits will be exact fits. Maybe someone will contribute the name of a kit they have found that went it with very few swear words. That will be the best help of all in making it easy for you.
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Trust me, I would rather not go the welding route and instead just bolt on a receiver. My problem, however, is still the lack of clearance between the top of the bumper and the bottom of the Sunrader cargo box that sits directly on top of it. I might have to make do with a ladder rack for now.
If that is your only issue then relocate the cargo box a few inches higher to gain the clearance you need. Plug the previous holes.
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My primary car is a Honda Element, they make great little campers. So do the Ford Transits and of course any van with a relatively flat floor. All of those are popular and easy to resell.
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A decent welding shop that works on trailers and farm equipment should be able to figure out what you need to reinforce the frame for a hitch.
Personally I am very hesitant to let anyone do hot work on my fiberglass Sunrader. Definitely not any shop that is not fully prepared to extinguish a fire in a fiberglass vehicle. Once a fire gets started it is likely a goner as they are next to impossible to put out in fiberglass.
When a boat catches on fire at a marina in Seattle its always full out response event where all the neighborhoods around that section of town send out their engines just in case. There would never be enough time to send out for reinforcements without that immediate response scheme in place. That is simply because it is so hard to put out a fire when it gets into fiberglass and it spreads incredibly fast.
Be wise, get a bolt on bike rack, skip any welding unless there is no other option available. You have another option, ditch the storage box. Removing an (in your opinion) cool looking but functionaly fairly useless storage box is an option. Bicycles are more useful (in my opinion).
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Well we all gave him something to think about. That often leads to innovation and new solutions so all the answers matter.
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why do hobos drive? It beats walking long distances and sleeping under the bushes in the mud in the pouring rain.
Trailer or motorhome, you won't know which works best for you until you have tried them both. Nice thing about it is you can sell your mistake.
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Here is my dilemma. I have a Sunrader with the attached cargo box and would like to somehow be able to carry at least two bikes on my trips. A tow hitch mounted bike rack seems to be my best option however I am having a hard time figuring out the best way to install a hitch. The bumper bolt on ones are not an option due to the fact that the cargo box sits on top of the bumper and leaves no space for the bolts to be in between. I am considering having a hitch professionally welded to the bumper but am not sure about the safety of it. How have other owners with the cargo box delt with this? Is there a better way to mount bikes that I am not considering?
The cargo boxes are OK, I don't have one but maybe you can figure out a way to modify the cargo box to incorporate a bike rack into the face of it.
I reinforced the back wall below the window of my Sunrader from the inside with a large 3/8" thick marine plywood plate expoxied to the fiberglass shell. That was done so I would securely through bolt a bike rack to that wall. The mounting plates on the outside will have threads in them and no one will be able to unbolt the rack from outside. I am modifying a dual bike rack to mount onto that wall section on the exterior.
Fiamma does make a rack of this style that is sold in Europe meant for putting onto the rear of motorhomes but they are expensive. It is a nice design in that it will fold up against the wall when not in use and can also be used for a luggage rack to tie things to. http://www.tourer-techs.co.uk/bike-racks/4553809456
However a little Yankee ingenuity in fabricating mounting plates and a modifying a bike rack such the kind that mounts with straps and hooks to the rear doors of SUVs will get you there too. Craigslist is most always a good source for bike racks to modify. There are a lot of commercially available clamps and mounting plates that work with various sizes of tubing which will reduce the labor needed. But I am good with milling and drilling metal having a background as an aircraft mechanic who did fabrication work for Boeing.
No photos to show of my finished project yet since I have not finished it. Its been a tough late summer and fall for me due to medical issues. But I am on the mend now and will get back to it this spring and summer after the weather warms up. Might even get a few things done over the winter but just interior work, not exterior projects.
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Crazy glue...no do not attempt the repai ron your window with that glue, it is not the optimal adhesive and it was not designed for this kind of work. There are acrylic glues especially formulated for this purpose and that is the only type you should use for it if you want professional and reliable results.
Weld-on 4, water thin acrylic glue yes...it is specifically formulated to weld the edges of plastic pieces into a solid. This is the stuff they use to create acrylic enclosures such as fish tanks and other professional acrylic projects. It is possible to find it at some hardware stores, very possible to find it at hobby stores where people do model aircraft work and also easy to find at any store that sells acrylic supplies such as Tap Plastics.
If you don't want to tackle repairing the crack yourself contact a local company that supplies acrylics and manufactures acrylic articles. You will also find acrylic window repair persons in the marine industry.
I have mended the cracks in my Sunrader window with this glue and it is holding up nicely with no leaks. But you do need to be very careful when you apply it. Use a very small detail artist paint brush and gently wick the liquid into the crack. This liquid is thin enough that it will wick into the crack through capillary action from a very small amount of liquid on the tip of the tiny brush. Never rub on it while it is wet and do not over apply the glue to the point that it runs on the window. Never touch the liquid with your finger or brush against it while it is wet or it will create smears on the plastic. Its actually an easy job to do but it does take care, a delicate touch and patience. Not your go all Gung Ho approach where you smear a bunch of glue onto the surface. Besides you want it to be pretty much invisible when you are done right?
This is a repair method technique every Sunrader owner will want to keep in their notebook of essential how-to fixes as rock chips and cracks do happen. It might save you many hundreds of dollars to be ready for action when a crack develops. You can also use this same repair method to fix any cracks in your tail light lenses.
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As preface: I was on a 7-week trip this summer, almost always hooked up to city water. There was always water in the fresh tank, but I used and refilled it several times. I never used fresh tank water for drinking or cooking - just for washing dishes and hands and the occasional shower. Recently, I replaced the gray and black tank valves, so those tanks have been repeatedly flushed and emptied over the past few weeks. Plus, I only put liquids in the toilet all summer, if that matters.
I tossed in a few ounces of 70% isopropyl alcohol. Well, this gave the spawn of hell a new lease on life, apparently. They've now been swimming around in this chemical soup for over half an hour, and don't seem at all unhappy.Thanks,
Dan
so you got those worms happy and drunk on alcohol? What a good host you were
. Of course this story is also a good Halloween tale too We were needing a bit of the macrbe besides the common rat issues...worms, that will do it. Bat tales anyone? -
A dog will be able to provide its own heat if you build it an insulated bed box. It can be collapsible to keep it out of the way when not needed. It is very simple to construct, the secret is to line all the inside surfaces with the Reflectix insulation. I did this to my cat's crate and they love it. You can also purchase an electric heating pad to put inside their bed from most any of the large pet supply stores or get one from online. It probably won't be needed but it will keep it warm when they are not inside which will induce them to go in it. I never met a dog or cat that was not a natural heat seeker in cold weather.
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There are storage yard options where you pay by the month. For instance in a smaller wide spot in the road town in the country side outside of the Seattle area I can store my Sunrader for $35.00 a month at a secure yard where the owners live on site. It is located right on a public transportation, county bus line. It also happens to be on the route that a regularly scheduled airport shuttle bus service travels on to service those outlying small towns from the Seattle/Tacoma airport.
So look for that kind of affordable opportunity for a storage facility that is outside of the city areas but still on bus lines or on shuttle routes. As those transportation services are on main roads and the storage yards are also often on those frequently traveled roads it is a good bet you will easily find something suitable.
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Aluminum angle is light weight and strong. Not the cheapest of materials but their are advantages to it and it is very easy to work with.
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The silicone might cause a problem with getting the patch to stick, it is difficult to remove completely from a substrate. You might want to find a special silicone caulk remover at the hardware store to clean the area with before you attempt the patch.
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doesn't this kind of thread belong over in the off topic area?
it has nothing to do with a motorhome.
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so snail powered - could you specify the thread(s) where I used the this term.
My question - in blue- was meant to be humorous... but obviously failed to be.
So I have to ask, is a forum that has a topic title devoted to 2 cult heroes like this one a cult?
The only person in this forum who would think those 2 guys are any kind of cult heroes is the one who is talking talking total nonsense about it. Go for a drive in your Toy Home Rad Wolfe, get some oxygen and happy endorphins in that confused mind of yours. Quit slinging around silly conspiracy theories.
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Yep, to the last penny.
We both got a good deal.I knew I'd never get back out of it what I spent on it, monitarily. I'd only get the enjoyment out of it. I think I got plenty of that, though I definitely expected to get quite a few more years of enjoyment when I was working on it.
It has been fun having you around the forum.
XX00 Karin
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The standard water heater does give you some extra water carrying capacity which might come in handy now and again.
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quoting totem on another related topic,
"Almost everyone I spoke to considered this site and its inhabitants to be members of a "cult"
Are we a "cult"? I don't really get that accusation as in my experience, cults push away family members and excommunicate others.
One gentlemen I spoke with who refused to give his former handle said he dropped out because of "personality conflicts" with others; namely perceived hostilities from the "ringleaders" he stated.
So as a footnote and word of advice to you "ringleaders" - this is the general consensus I received at a large sampling of data."
So I have to ask is a forum that has a topic title devoted to 2 cult heroes like this one a cult?
a "cult site"?
I have seen you sling this term cult about in another thread. You don't actually know what cult behavior is all about do you? Cults don't allow people to express differences of opinion. This forum is exactly the opposite of cult behavior. It can get in a bit of wrangling discussion at times because there is no leader who is trying to control and manipulate the behavior of the members.
Forums are as individual in nature as the people who create and populate them. Some are as dull as a ladies tea party and others are as rowdy as a biker bar. If you feel the forum is a bad fit for you then you can try to shape and mold it into something else but it would be a pretty frustrating task to get it to go there as the members of this forum are, ironically in your case, pretty much immune to cult like manipulation of their behaviors by any one individual who comes in and attempts to reshape that behavior.
This particular topic is in an area of the forum that was created to allow for off topic discussions. There are some restrictions about what can be discussed in this section but that is not being violated in this thread. So if Totem invited JD to have a nitty-gritty discussion about their differences of opinions on diesel engines its certainly within the scope of this particular section of the forum for them to have that going. That no one is seeking to shut down their discussion (other than yourself) is very much an indication that this is not a cult controlled forum. My apology to JD and Totem for this diversion from your topic, I was just getting tired of seeing this silly nonsense about this forum being a cult show up where people are expressing differences of opinions.
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Bad idea, there is a reason golf carts don't have glass windows.
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You could take up golf but the cost of a roof air conditioner will be less than the cost of golf clubs and green fees.
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There are small gaps on either side, right where the cabover starts out of the rest of the body. So far as I can tell, it isn't widening. I sprayed foam in there a while back and last I looked I couldn't see any light coming through. Dust seemed to be coming mostly from around the wheel wells. I sprayed expanding foam into that and it helped. But there's still some that comes in through the coach door. No amount of weatherstripping seems like it'll stop it completely. It's just not the best door design.
It's one of those things...the right person might want to take the whole coach off a little and reseal everything. The other kind of right person would be like me and just drive it forever and not worry about it.
Sounds like you used a practical solution. I certainly would not want to take the coach off just to fix a small gap when there are many other alternative solutions.
. Of course this story is also a good Halloween tale too 
We were needing a bit of the macrbe besides the common rat issues...worms, that will do it. Bat tales anyone?
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There are many threads in the forum that will likely answer every one of your questions. Of course you can also ask specific questions about an issue you need more explanation or a solution for.
As a new owner I found it helped a lot to head to youtube and learn from some of the RV videos put out that cover how to turn propane off and on, how to refill the propane tank, how to lights stoves, water heaters, refrigerators and furnaces. There are also videos on using the converters, wiring up to them, upgrading fluorescent lights to LEDS. I am a visual learner so sometimes text answers work and other times they feel a bit confusing. But if you can pair the two learning experiences together, video and text, then the text makes a lot more sense and fills in the things that get left out of videos.