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I store my airstream and Volvo at an old Nike Base (missile - not shoe), and in one of the underground bays are a couple of welders who make Kiosks for cash machines. They have for storage - containers that came off ships. Now these containers are all steel, built like a brick out house, are...

Jim: Great idea, God willing I will be there, if there is anything that takes no mechanical skill and/or very little brain power I will volunteer to help. Chuck

geoff: Don E answered for me, I used nothing, and there was not a problem with the trailer swaying. As I posted on the airstreamforum board, I did have drawers open etc. Some of the guys said this may be due to pulling with a large stiff chassis, and maybe I should look into a air hitch. I...

Hey, I didn't realize we were talking Parker Arizona either. There is a 5k race in Bisbee on the 18th of October that I am going to enter. It is the race of a 1000 steps as they take you up and down the steps of Bisbee. I run steps for a hobby (I have no life) and my son ran it a few years ago...

Oldphoneman suggested a gathering of the trucks on or about Sept. 9th in Oregon. This seemed to be greeted with a rousing thud. Why not have a gathering/rally/mob scene/ whatever? September in Oregon is gorgous (sp) and it never rains! Anyone thouhts? ideas? better location? The reason we...

Rice Honda seems like an appropriate name! See everyone there at 9:00ish. Too bad the others can't make it. If we tell them that Valerie will be there maybe it will change a few minds. Chuck

Morning works for me, now because some of us are a bit retired and time is some what irrelvant but others still work, how about 9:00ish as a target. I won't be too hard to miss. Chuck

Okay - lets do a mini rally - whereever 3 or more rvers meet it is a rally or a church service I forget which. I am going to leave on Thursday a week from tomorrow, and pick up the airstream on Saturday the 12. Why don't we plan on meeting in Rapid city on Tuesday the 15th, at the flying J...

Joe: James is right. If you look at the section on motorhomes they have tire pressures for 22 and 24 inch tires. Sorry I didn't get the last title correct, forgot to write it down which is a huge mistake for me to make. Chuck

Joe: The Michelin site is fairly user hostile. The chart is a download, and you get to it by: www.truckus.webmichelin.com when the site comes up and it takes awhile to completely load, go to the banner on the left side go to: information Bulletins new tires...

Well I did it. For reasons known only to me, I bought a 34 foot Airstream Trailer in Columbia Falls Montana. Actually the reason(s) is fairly straight forward $. I have my nice Volvo Hauler and no fifth wheel. Want to buy a good fifth wheel, but don't have the 30 to 40k to invest right now...

geoff et al There is always spirited debate on the MAK publishing bus conversion board about all electric coaches. Beaware that when you start adding up all the parasitic loads the battery drains can get up there. Having said that. Danfross compressors seem to the rage for saving...

Oldphoneman thanks for the reply and geoff I am glad to see another one on this post to figure out that if God wanted us to have clean trucks he wouldn't have invented dirt! Dave thanks for the links, and I have the Delphi and have it hooked directly into the radio. It is moveable and going...

I installed a sat radio antennae on the drivers side mirror. The antennae seems to be carbon fiber and not very flexible. In one of my finer moves while backing out of my drive way, caught the antennae on a tree branch, and rather than bend it broke the top of the mount inside the mirror. I...

The first part of this post is easy. Does anyone with a twin to my Volvo i.e. ex Knight transportation know the capcity of each of the fuel tanks. I think they may be 75 and 125, but not sure. Next, I am looking at converting the large tank to be able to use recycled veggie oil. No I am not a...

Thanks guys: When I first brought my truck home, I had all the fluids changed and put in synthetic in everything but the engine, and used the recommended oil that the dealership provided. Seems like I made the right choice and will continue to do so. Will look for a chain type of truck...

I know there are three things that should not be discussed in mixed company, Politics, religion and synthetic oil, but since I have never been accused of being polite here goes. I would like to do more of my own maintainence but have no experience with these class 8s. I have an owners manual...

Chris: Michelin on their web site has an iflation table, for various tire size and location (steer/drive). They also have an rv only for very lightly loaded tires. I run 90 in front, and 85 in the rears and could go lower according to the charts. Chuck

Oldphoneman: If we are ever at a rally together I will never, ever park near you. You can eat off of your truck, not true for mine. I did put some pictures up in the Gallery section showing how I did my genset. also my bed is much like others. It is bolted on, so it can be removed. My...

Walker: Guys stay away from Walker or at least check him out carefully. Go to the MAK publishing busconversion forum, there have been several postings about Walker and none of them positive. Just an FYI Chuck

KZX11 I used to get stuck going up the hill into my driveway. My drive way is crushed lime rock and I couldn't make it up bob tailed. I replaced the road tread with the most aggressive tread pattern that Toyo had. Looks very much like Joe has on his truck. I also took off one of the axels...

For those of you with insomnia this should help. Old phone man has articulated far better than I the requirements for a gen set. I am going to describe another system, why I am using it, etc. There are a couple ways to get ac power, one is by an ac generator powered by internal combustion...

Okay guys, go to Patrick's site www.artworks-unlimited.com, look under trucks and click on the Volvo 610, try not to get the drool on your keyboard, does icky things to it. Chuck

I talked to Blake on Friday. These have the 11 liter detroit with the super 10s. Mileage is in the 500 to 600. I think Blake is right, these would be neat tow vehicles. The small Detroit is reliable, gets good fuel mileage, and has all the power we will ever need. Just an fyi, when I bought...

Just checked with my friendly Volvo dealer about the availability of shop manuals for my 610. They have to be ordered and Volvo puts them together based on my VIN number. They cost about $250 each. I have a fairly generic Volvo, M-11, straight 10 spd et al. Same as Jim's, probably the same...