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So at the most in normal situaions with a 10 speed manual-you are only going to have to shift 4 to 6 times....with an auto transmission or other modern transmisssion even less-an autoshift you only use the clutch for starting and stopping...keeping it in the power band or "sweet spot" is almost...

to keep the engine running in the "sweet spot"....which means at the spot on the rpm range where the engine is operated at the most efficient level for maximun torque-speed-fuel efficiency....geof

Excellent points you have brought up James....I hadn't considered the blow out issue as I haven't ever blown out a tire on a truck....[not that I need to experience that senario].... think I will stay with duals and reconsider front drive axel elimination......geof

Makes it look even more expensive!.....geof

Any discussion of super singles on RV Tractors?....Shell Gasoline is surely not going to let me drive one of their tankers to see if I like super singles instead of Duals....but I thought some of you have experienced those tires and care to comment.....geof

Mobile home toters have a ramp/winch arangement to haul their toad on the way back to the factory....I've seen them but never thought much about them as it would be a PIA to load and unload. I use a Roll-off wrecker to tow with so I can put a boat or toad on the deck and still haul a...

Warpath...Showhauler-kibbi/Renegade are N/A as Conversions unites as Pace-Jayco-Innovator are N/A for trailers....Now I'm looking at Classic-worse comes to worse I'll go with USCargo and do a refit/rebuild/remanufacture......I can't stress the value of several factory tours...there is an all...

How does low usage and long non-usage factor in?.....geof

Patrick:...Showhauler must me working on your truck now!....I was by there last night and It isn't outside or in Showtimes fenced cage....so It must be inside....it was late in the evening and there was nobody around. I drove around back and the only thing out was dumpsters...compaired to other...

Chuck: If you need any ideas contact "Don E in Texas"....he is on the list here somewhere also and tows with a Freightliner IIRC. Remember to look in your mirrors now and then because you won't even feel the trailer behind you....geof in Cincinnati

There is another company called "S&S" somewhere in the midwest...Kansas maybe or Oklahoma?.....can't remember for sure but I saw one of their older trucks a 90's....I believe and it was...."SSpartan"....geof

Went to the Great American RV Rally in Louisville Ky. today....Wasn't impressed at all....mostly sticks and staples and Highline stuff [bus look alikes]....maybe 2000 5'ers/MH/tag trailers in parking lot...it's going to be hell leaving there if it rains....only one class 8 conversion-kinda home...

Thanks for the heads up OLDphoneman I'll look into those asap. Right now I use electric heaters in trailer b/c they are only $59 each. With electric, CO is not issue-though I know of people who use kero-suns in the winter for space heating-I don't. I have a superinsulated home-so venting of...

Another issue:...How about a wood burning stove for a coach?..any ideas?....something maybe stainless and able to be closed up tight when traveling to eliminate problem of ashes flying around-with an outside air intake-and a chimmmney that can be closed up also....something small with maybe...

I think the issue here is: can it be done consistantly-at a confortable level and at a reasonable price? I can heat anything with enough Btu's at a high cost....but when the coach furnace is running constantly at maximun output of say 30,000 you aren't heating economically-reasomably or...

As I think about heating and cooling issues, I recall that a hearse manufacture here near Cincinnati, used to use radiator heated hot antifreeze/water mixture to circulate through a 2nd heater in the rear of the the coach to heat the back end of the rig.....it was also used to heat the rear of...

I've been working on a heat loss/gain calculation for a trailer for about a week now to figure what size of a heating unite and cooling unite to use...GOD forbid if I had to figure that one...OY!..you'd have to figure all that crack-extended and retracted and add in the factor for glass and...

The A/C issue is the most critical as heat is instant and there are several alternatives for space heating-electric radiant-recirulating hot water-electric blanket-fireplaces and now I understand heat pumps....which is A/C in reverse down to what?...50 degrees?....There are NO 4 season trailers...

Jeff-Showhauler uses a aluminized bubble wrap material....a neighbor that works for our local uility, that is an engineer working on insulation/heat/cold transfer problems, told me that it didn't have a very long life because of abrasion inside a cavity on a moving vehicle....and it was his...

P.U.C.O officer said it has to do with advertising on the outside of the trailer....Brand names logo's etc...theose give probable cause to ask for permission to have a look...Interesting part here is the differance between a hobby and a business...seems to be the crux of the matter....but them...

For those of us who have Dodge P/U of which some are street racers-some off roaders-some work trucks....and a lot of good people who appreciate a Dodge Cummins Diesel 4X4 .....geof... send me your e-address off list and I'll point you in the right direction KAYE-RIVERCITY@webtv.net....

So what your saying is....It all depends on the state it is titled in as a RV...what about your insurance company?...what do they say?......I listen to Insurance Co's more than the State of Ohio employees[BMV]. I do have a friend who is the P.U.C.O. enforcement officer here and I go by what...

With a truck Like that yo should join uson the DiRT List....I'm inpressed!...geof<with an old '92 Dodge Cummins auto 4X4 locker in front/LSD in rear>

Jim:....there's no way I'm getting away this summer for more than 3 days....I am in the middle of selling my warehouse!...[HOO-RAY]... once that is done, I might have time to travel but, that looks like this fall-at the earliest....at this point...enjoy your stay in Cheye-town....wish I was...

I use a polyisocynate foam board with aluminum foil on each side[R-max]...it's $10.00 per sheet[4X8' at 1.5 inches thick with a "R" value of 15....cut it with a razor knife-box knife or carpet blade....score and fold then cut the backing just like drywall....glue in with liquid nail and hold in...