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Looking forward to this Chad. Submitted the dates for time off last week. We will be there towards the end of the week for sure. Now just need the girls school schedule to cooperate. Thanks for keeping this going. 

Your B&W hitch will have a hole in the center towards the front of the hitch. This is to allow you to open the lever and drop the pin in it. This allows the jaws to release as the pin comes away from the front of the jaws. My B&W was the smoothest hitching and unhitch that I have ever had once I figured it out.  

On 1/2/2020 at 6:51 PM, mr. cob said:

Howdy Brian,

Thanks for the shopping list, I'll see what I can round up, going to seattle is about the worst thing I can think of, worse then cleaning battery cables in the rain.  Thanks for again coming to my rescue.

Dave

Isn’t that the truth about SEATTLE?  Go there almost every day

Those look great. Nice job. Our first trick did not have windows. Our KW does and the little girls like it much more. Of course now that they are growing and into their mobile devices the windows don’t seem to get used as much when we travel. 

Dave I put Bostrom in my Kenworth. The shop in Tulalip was having a good sale but did not have a ton in stock. He sent me to the International dealer just up the road in Mount Vernon. They had a good selection on the floor. We sat in all of them. Glad we did cause what I thought I wanted we did not like. They had all of them on bases with air to try. That was a couple years ago but might be worth a trip as it’s not far from you. 

Hope all turns out well Glenn

I will post photos after I load utv.

That is a great looking trailer

It getting close to rainy season here in western Washington. I have some projects going on in the shop so need the space. Parking is prime real at my house so I decided to dual utilize some space with the truck. Here is where my utv will reside for the winter months when not in use. 

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Pulled into Spokane last night at North Spokane RV Park and were neighbors with Dave Scott, his lovely bride and his big red Volvo. It was nice for the old blue KW to have some company. 

Thanks Scrap. Makes sense

My tanks are getting a little oxidized and last trip I lost an ac line to sleeper and ran Freon all over passenger side tank. I tried to wash off but no luck. Ended up sanding tank which worked very good. So good that I will sand the other one as well and clean up all the oxidation. I need to go back and polish now. My question is which size polishing wheel works the best. I can get 8” or 10”. I think 8” will work a little better to get right up and under sleeper for tops of tanks. I think 10” will work better over all for tank and wheel finish. Really I don’t know what I think so your thoughts would be appreciated 

I have used Lucas fuel additive in the HDT for quite a few years. Last year while fueling a really nice old Pete pulled up next to me and of course we started while our tanks filled and our wallets emptied. We both had Cat motors. He saw me putting in the additive and mentioned Howe’s fuel treatment. He swore it made his old Cat run better. Since I was out of the other I grabbed some Howe’s for the next trip. Truck does seem to run quieter. If your truck is old like mine they were before low sulfur diesel and can use some sort of lubrication no matter what it is. I have used amsoil diesel plus cetain in the lgt for years. I guess that was a long winded way of saying I use stuff and they all seem to provide some benefit 

I have no affiliation with this truck. Just came across it this weekend. I know the Maxforce engine had its issues but for this price and these miles it might be worth a look for someone. 

https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/hvo/d/salem-2014-international-prosrar-semi/6948401231.html

Chad I would love to live vicariously through y’all as well if you would include me with the link. Hoping to make next year. Glad you made it home safe. 

Wish we were there. Y’all have a great time. 

Not sure what model truck you have but there is usually fuses behind the glove box. At least on the 2 models I have owned that was the case. 

Chad you have done a great job putting this together. Looks like it will be a lot of fun. 

Thanks for doing this again Chad. Girls are in school a week longer this year so we will not be able to make it. If there is anything I can do to help with planning or supporting from afar though I would be happy too. This is a great event. 

Tom

Very cool. Did you purchase the stacker trailer too? At least I'm assuming it is a stacker from the picture

Glad you got it figured out. Electrical issues can be very frustrating

Lobi yes. Here is where I got mine.

http://pdxrvwholesale.com/products/dometic-refrigerator-circuit-board-3850969019

So i have identified the issue. There is a second control board where the LED panel is. That board was dead. Replaced the upper control board and fridge powered back up. I don't know if this is common or not. I know every tech I talked to was sure it was the circuit board on the back of the fridge.

I'm not sure if the back cycler can be added after thought. If I didn't have them now I would know they were good or I was missing anything drove a lot of miles in the old seats with no issues at the time. Some times not knowing and not having is not a bad place to be.

Steve you are going to really like those seats. Did you get the back cycler option as well? We really like ours.