NDBirdman

You can buy tuners for trannys only without ratcheting up the power. BUT, some I would not. Take mine for instance, when guys start bumping up their eng horsies and changing shift points, they end up dropping in 8 to 12k trannys. The transmissions just can't take the added power, they shred. What I do is watch the grade/speed/RPM and shift mine before needed. I leave my exhaust brake full on at all times. Did you say what truck/eng/tranny/gears you run?

Welcome to the forum! In a hurry to get somewhere? Stock albeit slower saves repairs/parts. I jumped on the bandwagon a few years back and chipped s 6-ohhh... now that pick-up has a new 18k engine. I won't do that again nor would I recommend it, IMHO. Does not matter the brand of truck/engine, they have breaking points.

Welcome to the forum! Can't answer your questions but someone will be along shortly.

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum derekb! Noise is easy to fix, just move. I usually look for out of the way places not popular with screaming kids/drunk adults. My roof air is fairly quiet but my furnace irritates the poop out of me. I think if I keep this one much longer, I'm going furnace shopping. Wife and I both sleep with CPAPS, the white noise those produce blocks out all but the worst noise at night so in some regards, they are a blessing. As far as a condo, I'd rather sleep in a hill of biting ants than live in one of those things. It's why our SnB is way out in the boonies.

Cool, thanks! I guess you can say I led a shelter life, I drove professionally for a while and never heard this. Guess my head was in the sand most the time... LOL

Welcome to the forum! You can start your own thread with your questions, this thread is many years old and probably won't get much attention.

Whats a glider for HDT? Sliding hitch?

Cool, thanks! I will give that a shot. I have a very large strawberry crop this year, I might even try that with a mead. I have a GrainFather so that eliminates some pots/burner. I'm looking for a toyhauler to convert into a brew room/storage/harley hauler. I do 3 and 5 gallon batches depending on what I'm brewing. I'm thinking a 2-keg kegerator in the back would do me more than enough but yea, on the road I would have to set up something to keep the kegerator running. Probably a dedicated set of batteries with solar charger. Wednesday I need to keg 2 - 5 gallon batches, one a Honey Rye Cream Ale and the other a Bavarian Hefewiesen. I prefer to keg so I don't need to carry around cases of empty bottles.

Welcome to the forum! Good luck finding what you want. I've been looking at them for a couple years myself. Everytime I find one, I look deeper and find problems. A good toy hauler is hard to find, alot of the used/new ones lack quality. When I find decent ones I find they are 43-44 ft long, I'm not wanting one that long.

Welcome to the forum! Do as 2gypsies suggested, could be too much pressure on the steering system.

Good idea. I've heard that way too. Probably better to do it first carboy thinking about it. Let me know how it turns out, I won't be doing one until we return from our Seattle trip in a couple weeks, by train. Wife still working, did not want to take camper this trip.... oh well, trains are fun too! I wonder how blackberry would do? That grows like weeks by my daughters place in Seattle, I could pick a bucket load without moving very far there... hmmmm

whj469, I think I saw that show come to think about it. 😃

Kirk, when I ferment a batch for more than 3 weeks, I let it run 15-16 days then gently transfer to another clean/sanitized carboy. Then, depending on the complexity of the batch, such as fruit, I do as he does, puree it, put it in the 2nd carboy first then transfer the mead/beer, etc into that carboy on top of it. It will start fermenting the sugars in the fruit again so put airlock back on and let that run for a few more weeks. I don't run 3rd time in carboy, I just make sure I hit my gravity and bottle/keg then let condition until ready. Of course, taste testing every so often is mandatory... LOL Only problem on a small 1 gallon batch, I run out of the mix long before I think it hits maturity... hehehe If you try my suggestion, be very careful. Introducing oxygen, or oxygenating the wonderful nectar, will make it taste like an old bandaid. Have fun, brewing is an awesome hobby!

Just ordered this. How much citric acid powder do you add per 40 gallon treatment? Thanks

Have not seen that site, will check it out. Thanks! I've pretty much narrowed my brewing down to experience and software down to BeerSmith and Grainfather apps but I'll definitely read those. Never to old to learn something! That one gallon glass jug is what I use alot to make test batches. I use that airlock on all my carboys. I have found that the fluid in the airlock can when bumped get sucked into the jug. For that reason, I use unflavored cheap vodka. If it gets sucked/dripped into the jug, it does not affect flavor/ABV. I buy my cider in those jugs so I look at them as free carboys and they work awesome! It has been a while since I have brewed up a mead, that blue berry sounds very tempting! Might have to brew one up soon. I'm thinking 3 gallon batch: (edit - maybe I will do a one gallon batch to test this out) 6 lbs Blueberries 6 lb of honey (and enough spring water to hit 3 gallons) 3 tsp yeast energizer 1/2 tsp Pectic enzyme 1 campden tablet 2 packs - Lavlin D47 yeast How long does Pam let the finished product sit before imbibbing? I'd like to try this but out of habit I usually let sit a couple years to condition before trying. I've actually found mead/wine in the back of the closet I long forgot about, many years old. Age only makes it taste better, if it was a good recipe... LOL... don't ask... LOL

Are you comfortable with wiring? You will have to find a neutral and positive to connect to. Then punch a hole somewhere to run the antenna cable. Cables/antennas do not come with a radio. Also, you will have to set the antenna with an swr meter. If not, you can still listen but don't try to transmit/talk on one, you will burn out the finals then all you will have is a non working gadget on your dash. Then if it's not a magnetic mount, drill usually 3 small holes to mount it unless you have somewhere to mount it. Mounts are many, different types. These holes will be permanent. I used to run CBs, have no use for them now. I won't run one and force my wife to listen to the vulgar, insulting language that occasionally pops up. Like mentioned, before you go the route and install one, pick up a decent hand-held unit. You may find they are not a great tool any-longer. At one time, long before GPS and good cell-phones, vehicles with huge display screens, they had their place. These things used to be a big theft item, I have lost 2 from vehicle break-ins, I doubt it now, but it can happen, thieves still steal just for the thrill of it. Again, if I felt the need to have one, it would be a hand-held.

Very good suggestion! Thanks! Would like to hear that story. When/where. List area/rest stop so we and others ovoid it?

I take it you like it still/dry? Fix an airlock and use a little bit of Champlain yeast for a sparkling cider. It is cheap/easy to add an airlock then you would not have to worry about releasing pressure. Have you tried adding a little brown sugar for a different taste? Remove a cup of cider, drop a 1/4 cup of brown sugar in but watch the pressure, there will be lots more. Only try that if using an airlock set-up! I also use wine yeast, mix in a little honey. Let run it's course, kill the yeasties, then use 1/4 cup of that cider, heat enough to mix in a little honey (to your taste) and mix it back in. Let sit a little longer as it takes a little bit for the honey/cider to mellow together. Killer Honey cider, worth it IMHO. I do different ciders every time to keep it different/interesting. Lots you can to to it. You can back sweeten cider with lactose too, don't have to mess with killing the yeast off first. Yesterday I kegged 5 gallons of cider but I kinda get crazy with it. I will let it sit for atleast a year before drinking it. Drop me a line if you want more info, I can get you set up to safely add to your cider. You can make a serious mess if you start doing much more than what you are doing.

Do any full or part timers here make home-brew? I'm curious as to how it is done on the road. I brew quite often, make beer and hard cider. From my 15 years experience I wonder just how anyone would pursue this hobby on the road. I know you have to watch as a state or 2 are touchy about it, some only allow very low ABV%. I know once in the carboy it must not be shaken much (I think a ride down the road would badly oxygenate a batch) as oxygen will destroy an otherwise awesome drink. Yes, I have heard, just buy your beverage of choice on the road. Well, no one makes/sells what I make in the Americas. I make brews that one can usually only find in the country of origin, a lot of Belgium/German style beers. My 10 yr old mead is to die for and I consider it young yet. American beer just does not cut it for me so I make my own. Anyone experience brewing on the road? Can/do individual states say you can't make it here because your not a resident of this state? We are only planning to be snowbirds at this current time so I plan on making 4-6 kegs full (20 - 30 gallons) and take it with me (wife won't drink beer). With that much, and the serving equipment I am adding around 350lbs to the RV. I would like to make some on the road as some of my recipes are made to be drank within a couple weeks of brewing it. I'm just curious about this as I don't recall seeing a thread about it.

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum! Ditto on previous post.

Isn't it a federal law recently that makes it mandatory to give narcotic scrips for only/less than 28 days at a time? I could be wrong about that but thought I heard that last year.

Cool! Always nice to learn something in my old age. Before I attempted this, I would chat with a Hi-way/DOT officer.

I'd either do a full concrete pad, or a pad of thick gravel. Just do the 2 tire pads I would think grass/weeds would grow there. For less $$, maybe just 2 runner pads for the tires/jacks and put 6 inches deep gravel between them? I'm just thunking here, no experience in doing this. For the mousie problem, an outside barn cat for under the camper? Make a little bungalow outside the trailer out of the elements for kitty? Again, just thunkin.