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Gene, Sorry to hear that but glad it was only a scratch and a light tweak. We had a similar situation last summer when executing a 3 point turn at a “T” in the road to park in front of a buddy’s house. We pulled up and made the first hard left, stopped and backed up down the road and stopped...

Our roof is one large sheet of aluminum laminated over plywood and folded over the edges. The edges have a corder molding cap that is sealed with the butylene caulking. This type of caulking is pretty tough stuff and made for these types of applications. With out a tramatic event like an...

I had a similar experience on my previous RV as blizzardND decribes above. To his comments, I add that as long as your going / considering a trip to Concordia MO, you may as well add Jackson MO (near Cape)to your list. I learned my lesson and had my current truck built by Jason at Hawk...

Doc, Please tell us the name of the company you are using. I have some experience with "Sound-Down" on a previous RV insulating the dog house. They are mostly "Boat People" but did a good job coaching me on that project. Rad

Bob, Those are pretty cool... Note the following from the Manufacturers website: 34 LED 7" Crystal Headlight BulbLighting > Headlight > Headlight & Accessories > Headlight Component- 7" Crystal Headlight Bulb with 34 Auxiliary LED - Reinforced multi-surfaced, aluminum reflector, anti-vibration...

Eskimo, 1.I agree with the noise in the back bedroom. When we build ours I did some work to negate the noise but was mostly unsuccessful. I have a new approach should you (or anyone else) decide to build a new coach. The noise is gear and tire wine transferred via the metal frame up into the...

I remember a story in Bus Conversion magazine a few years back where a guy wanted to do the Rhino Coating on his bus. He ended up buying the franchise and the equipment since he was buying so much material for the bus. He was able to save a many bucks doing it himself. He was bragging about...

I was caught in a blizzard last spring while crossing the mountains. There was about 5” on the ground, hard packed, as we motored through Colorado Springs. I drove really gently and I did everything really slow. No hard or fast inputs at the controls and never felt the slightest slip at...

+1 on starting a thread with pictures. this would be another fun project to watch come together. Rad

BUon22, Regarding the Balin Family Coach, your wife may be amazed at the 4 steps up to the full sized bedroom in the back. And believe me, its nothing like any popup camper or Class - C that I ever saw. I have been in that coach before at Hawk Engineering (about a 100 miles from our home)...

I have never been asked how long the coach is (42-43). However, we were recently pulled over in Georgia by a GDOT man. He whips up on us at 80mph plus, slides in behind us and goes for the flashing blue lights. We bring it over to a smooth stop on the shoulder and get the registration...

OK, I have been giving some thought to this gen-set exhaust question. Currently, I have ours running through the current truck muffler. I beg to differ with the manufactures recommendations regarding backpressure. While knowing full well that they have to say nothing but a separate...

Robert, I assume you mean the inside partition walls? We tied them all together when building our coach. Just like building a house from that perspective, but that was about where the similarities ended Most of the interior walls had pocket doors so they were 2X4 construction too. Rad

Now this is good. Bob, after some solr based thought, the SW Arizona part is the big part we are missing here. Most of my dry camping is Midwest to Upper Midwest. Texas and Arkansas are popular southern venues and almost all of them are heavily wooded racetrack environments. I am wondering...

I will chime in here with Genecarp on that question. I was just wondering this morning about a "maintenance type system that picks up the parasitic loads and provides a maintenance charge for the batteries. Of course, it is all based on what the parasitic load is and how much battery charge is...

ken, While it is true, you can get some great buys in this market on used gear, you can also get some great deals on a custom build too. I am a big fan of building it your way. I know what I want and it just seems to me that if I am going to spend this much money, I am going to get it done the...

I agree with Doc. The step area in our coach was not fully insulated and it was amazing how much cold air permeated the area. I have since sealed it up and added extra insulation in the area. A fun footnote here, I used “foam in place” packing bags that we use at work. These are the...

Doc, The link I tried to post didn’t make it last time. Probably because I forgot...but that’s another story. http://www.donvel.com/steeraxle.htm Considering your last post this may not work with your current leaf spring set up but perhaps a solution to controlling the motion if you remove a...

Doc, Here is something I am considering for our truck. I am more interested in reducing the sway and improving the ride quality which is actually pretty good to begin with. I would be interested in your thoughts as well as others regarding this product. Thanks, Rad

GEICO was great for us. it took a bit to make them understand what we were insuring. They finally came around and rates were great. Rad

I am in sync with what you say. I am looking at 5 years to second retirement based on the economy. We went ahead and built the our truck just before things crashed and it has turned out to be our best investment. Looking back we should have build a lot more truck because it would still have a...

JG, The 2-pedal automatic limits your choices to a a few and mostly newer trucks. It will be interesting to see what is recomended. A lot of the guys are using the Volvos but we liked the rounder more modern lines of the KW T2000. How will you be using your wife spec truck. Ours is 50% wife...

And if you run the genset through the truck exhaust, it's really quiet, inexpensive and runs out the - uh "correct" side. Rad

Well I dont know about your guys, but with time, it seems to me, everything starts to sag...up front, out back - it doesent matter what, who or where. Rad

BigRig, I had mine scaled with totally full fuel and propane. I had no water in the rear-fresh-tank and no load in the garage, both of which would reduce the front-end-load. I scaled at 12,200lbs on the front axle. I asked the guy that did my alignment and ride height adjustments (a local...