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Fate, Destiny, Karma. Call it what you will but it is a quirky deal. Things happen for a reason you know. When I bought the Old Girl back in November of 2005, I had never been inside an RV– much less a Class A diesel pusher. So I bought the Fish Bus with the idea of taking some road trips and pulling the race car trailer back and forth. Those Continue reading The Merciless Sun; Ravages of Time
Still takin’ it easy here in Calvert waiting on this job to wrap up and the next one to start in North Dallas. I think I will head up to North Dallas Tuesday to see what the RV facilities look like. I think the owner is going to have to make some power mods to accommodate us. I would rather him do it now instead of after I arrive. It is Continue reading Piddlin’ and Sweatin’ 18 days straight of temps over 100 degrees and it finally broke a little bit today — the official temp was 97 degrees. Texas Heat Wave Not a record by any means but by God, it has been plenty hot for me. Luckily, I sorta got ahead of the curve at the first of the Summer and installed an everyday window air conditioning unit in the Old Girl to augment the cooling capacity. You see, Continue reading Air Conditioners Running Hard…. Most RV’ers know about the dreaded Pyramid of Doom or you should! The Pyramid of Doom happens when you are hooked to a septic system and you leave the drain valves open on your holding tanks. Now, leaving the drain valve open on the gray tank is perfectly fine. It fills up quickest and it is much less effort if you just leave it open to run into the septic system. Continue reading The Fountain of Doom Since the weather has been decent and we have been unable Quality Filters are an absolute requirement to work, the break has provided an opportunity to perform maintenance work on all the equipment. Minor repairs and upgrades, fluid and filter changes have been the order of the day around here for the last week. With all the work completed on the heavy equipment, the Old Girl’s number came up. The engine is a 5.9l “B” Continue reading Routine RV Maintenance Dirt daubers are insidious insects and the special bane of all RV owners. They seem to especially like all the little nooks and crannies, orifices and openings present on all recreational vehicles. I found out the first summer of RV ownership that a little prevention goes along way in cutting down on the nuisance factor. Dirt Dauber aka Mud Dauber, Mud Bee, Dirt Dobber That first summer I quickly found out how important it Continue reading Propane Furnace 411 |
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