aknavy

6 hours ago, mr. cob said:

Howdy aknavy,

I looked into Good Sam, a year ago, they told me no way they would cover my truck or any other class 8 that had been converted to RV use.

Dave

My agent:

Cory Jacobs

Executive Sales Agent

800 Superior Ave. E.

Cleveland, Ohio 44114

(216) 592-7173

Cory.Jacobs@ngic.com

Just sent me my renewal paperwork today, so I know he does for Florida.  Not sure if your location causes issues, but give him a call.

I'm in the renewal process with Good Sam, and I have replacement value on the trailer of $168k and stated value on the truck, replacement value on contents, and my rate is staying the same.  You might want to check with them.

On 6/3/2021 at 8:37 AM, dennisvr said:

Boy, you don't hear that very often about any dealership.  

 

I had a good trip to Halls in Tyler, TX.  They fixed my boost leak, boost sensor, performed an overhead, PM, and replaced the cab suspension for what I would consider to be a fair price.  Got it all done in two days.

What kind of trailer did you buy?  Nice truck, btw.  The bed and drom are about perfect.

5 hours ago, trimster said:

I did find several TrailSaver TS3 hitches (used) but the closest is outside Fresno Calif.  The other, south-west area of Texas. Bit of a drive from Salt Lake city. 

Check for TSLB's too, if you're considering Trailer Saver.

TrailerSaver makes one rated 7.5k/32k.  Think it's about $3.5k, but not sure.

We were there Christmas of 2017.  It was a mild year to that point, a dusting of snow and temps down to the teens.  Was fine in our trailer, no issues.  Just fill water tank and disconnect, or have a heated hose.

From my very limited towing experience with the HDT (singled long), it pretty much matched my 2017 F350 DRW for turning.  Just have to go a little deeper into the turn before turning the wheel.  Other than getting the extra length into someplace, I imagine it being a negligible difference between the two trucks.  For me, my front bumper is about 8 feet beyond where the front bumper of the F350 was, so signs/trees/corners/other obstacles my be present that I would have missed with the F350.  This is from a combination of overall length and the hitch being behind the rear axle.

15 hours ago, Alie&Jim's Carrilite said:

Hi Jeff,

Jim Roach here.  Most of the older trucks that were originally purchased and converted by past Escapee members were kept in excellent condition.  The Facebook crowd has kinda killed the knowledge base with all the keyboard warriors thinking that they're always right.  

The original HDT crowd here is/was full of engineers, mechanics, problem solving folks that knew how to take a problem apart, ready a diagram and repair the issue.  You need to go on Mark and Dale Bruss(s) site and download all the Gen1 Volvo info.  Its a wealth of knowledge. http://www.dmbruss.com/ 

 

 

Will be headed over there.  Funny how life works out, I actually visited Mark and Dale when they were selling their Travel Supreme. 

Got ahold of him and he provided me with a quick rundown of the history/maintenance history of the truck.  Good to know the truck has been in RV service since 2008 with annual fluid changes. 

I got ahold of the Brusses to contact him for me - hopefully I get a response.

The Heavy Haulers Resource Guide site shows him as a past owner of the truck I now have - would like to get in touch with him if anyone has contact information for him.

http://www.hhrvresource.com/node/428.html

On 3/23/2021 at 3:25 PM, SuiteSuccess said:

Here is a pic of the hex heads with the rail not attached.

Nice, thanks!

On 3/19/2021 at 2:04 PM, SuiteSuccess said:

This is what Dave was referring to that my wife uses.  I guess she’s my pet.🤔

 

For a large dog the 4 step pet stairs might be better but not as compact.

You have any details on those steps available?  Install/storage/function?  Do the ride on the bottom step?

Would be nice.  I only "need" the smaller 3k inverter, but would like to get rid of the smart phase selector that I'm using to tie it into the whole coach.  If they do a 5k, I'd upgrade a bit, depending on cost.

1 hour ago, hone eagle said:

my centramatics 'wobble' every spring after a long idle period ,takes 20-30 kms before things smooth out.

Like a out of round tire ,maybe give em some time.

I'll give it a longer evaluation period before making any changes.  That, and check the lugnuts.

1 hour ago, SuiteSuccess said:

Usually not necessary.  Are your wheels hub centric or lug centric?  If lug centric sometimes the lugs will not be centered in the hub and can cause mild to severe vibration.  I found out the hard way after getting king pin bushings replaced and truck nearly shook apart at 45mph.  Shop checked all their work and denied responsibility.  They said tires.  Drove to tire shop.  They pulled both steers to rebalance and check trueness.  I happened to look at hub on drivers side saw lug was to edge of hole, recentered it and shimmy completely disappeared.  I now have stud centering lug nuts on both steers that center the hub.  Just happened to have read a post on this site over 10 years ago that mentioned looking for that as a possible source of a shimmy.

I'll have to look and see.  Not sure off hand.

I just had new tires put on my new to me truck - singled 2001 Volvo 660.  I also had Centramatics put on steer and drive axle.  Driving home, there was a slight "wobbly" vibration around 45-50mph.  Tire shop balanced the steer tires, but not the drive.  Should I have the drive axle tires balanced?

I think it's a lofty goal, but the power grid isn't there yet.  And there are still cars on the road from decades ago.  So, while it's a stated goal, and we'll feel some pain from it, I think we're gonna be ok for awhile.  It'll take time to rid the country of all the fossil fuel vehicles.

An example of a place doomed for failure is California - they can't meet their current electric needs and are not building more electrical grid infrastructure.  So - how do they expect to charge all those EV's? 

8 hours ago, HERO Maker said:

Better.

Thanks.  I failed the forum test tonight.

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I just bought this truck from someone in Kentucky. They got it from a relatives RV dealer, from a couple that used it full time to travel US and Canada.  Believe the lived in Canada, but had US military service.  Hauled Harleys on the bed, I think.  Looking for history/details on it.  Thanks for looking!

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Recommended preventive maint on a 2001 Volvo D12/Eaton Auto Shift with 760k miles? 

8 hours ago, JPL said:

AKNavy  Are you navy? Retired, active duty, or veteran? I"m retired (30 years) so just wondering. Live in Tidewater Va.   Pat

 

 

The Old Sailor

Retired Navy, did my 20 and started career #2.  In the words of my first CMC when I was a young Sailor - "It changed too much, that's when I knew it was time to retire"

On 1/17/2021 at 10:34 AM, Darryl&Rita said:

We're running liability only insurance, with a 21 year old truck. If it hits hard enough to be written off, we'll look at the costs to get the remains back to a place where we can strip the carcass, and start over. Maybe in a COE.

I'd like to get a declared value policy, but that doesn't seem likely to happen.  So, I'd probably settle for liability and comprehensive, if I can find it.  Not terribly worried about collision, but comp covers all the acts of God/nature out there.