darrel Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 My wife and I are taking a 9 day trip to experience nature. Leaving today for central Oregon and looking for fall colors. We didn't get our draw hunt tags but still enjoy being in the bush. Departing from Southern Or, up 97 to Madres then to Eugene, where we"ll meet my wifes sister and go to Seven Feathers casino for a show. Just completed taking out the noisy Suburban furnace and put in a Hydro-flame 8100. Darrel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eve "n" Stephen Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 The aspens around Chiloquin are spectacular right now! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete1122 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 When you get a chance can you provide details on your Heater swap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WME Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 No leaf peeping this year. The shutdown closed Yellowstone at the peak of the season. Not much left now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek up North Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 I guess I'm lucky. If I want to peep at leaves I just have to walk out on the deck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek up North Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 You're supposed to clean them up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrel Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 We are back from the nature experience. The fall colors weren't the best this year but had a great time. To be truthful we saw the best color in downtown Eugene, and the color in my own yard is great. The trip was 875 miles at 13.87 MPG, that hurts compared to 17.5 average in the 84 Dolphin. Yes it is worth the lower mileage, we have a awning, generator for the wifes nightly warm milk - boy she likes that, goes up the hills easier, better brakes, quieter, power steering, etc. The thing that does hurt is we have lost 50 to 60 miles per tank of gas, have to fill up more often. Derek, we love the video. Pete, I did not take pictures of the install but it was not bad. Had to make a adapter plat for the outside exhaust, made it out of plexiglas and painted it and two fill pieces of wood on the inside. The hydro-flame 8012II puts out 9120 btu and draws 1.8 amps compared to the suburbans 12750 btu and 2.8 amp draw. With that we did not get cold inside even down to 23 degrees on a couple of nites. We had this same heater in our Dolphin and survived 3 degree nites while on hunting trips. Yes it did run a lot those nites. The hydro-flame is a lot quieter because it has a squirrel cage fan compared to the suburban fan which is like a engine cooling fan. Darrel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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