Got the last pair of old tires (4 years+) replaced on the fiver yesterday morning... and, in lookin' close at the tires... and the suspension, I decided that I was right... and the shock mounts are wrong...
So... while we were gonna move the rig to the Fort Collins area today... I decided to hang fire on that for a day or two... while my son-in-law and I, rework the shock mounts...
Turns out... when I had the axles flipped a few years and a whole lot of miles ago... They only did part of that job right... and unless you look... really close... you don't catch that the shocks are mostly compressed from the get go... point being... when you hit a thumper in the road... there's little if any shock absorber left to take up the thump...
This morning I'll go get the steel to build some new lower mounts... rough 'em out... and when Josh gets home this afternoon, we can maybe get 'em burned in place...
... and then... we'll move the rig north a bit...
Otherwise, getting a few things done... got a new battery ordered for this laptop... just kept putting it off all winter... wasn't quite sure where we'd be long enough to get it shipped somewhere... so that'll be here in a few days... and with any luck...it'll actually work!
Also this month I've got a couple odds and ends planned to "adjust" things on the Fifth Wheel a bit. Gonna try and lighten the load a touch... things I haven't used on the road... and now don't expect to much... the usual...
Goin' down the road... you find some ideas you had, work out well... others... just don't seem to fit over time... so when I come on to those... I just, try something new!
Something to keep in mind when you're running down the road full time... most of the RV's out there just aren't designed for the stress of full time living... and hell... if they were? The suckers would ALL weigh 60,000 lbs!
So... point is... bein' light enough to make draggin' 'em around a practicable thing... makes most of our RV's needful of quite a lil' bit of maintenance especially when they get the age and miles on 'em of the Eagle I'm hauling... Plan on keepin' an eye on things... and doin' maintenance and some "reworking" once in a while...
Lucky for me I've got two places we can Rest Up and do my RV Maintenance chores, here in Colorado... where there's tools and help to do bigger jobs... and one real good one down in Arizona! :)
Well, I gotta go find some steel, to shine up the suspension on the rolling house...
Keep the Rubber Side Down...
uh... that's Your Tires... Not The Rubber Roof!
Brian
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2 comments:
I am so thankful for my husband in the whole RV mechanics part of RV life. We where just talking about getting an extra battery for when we boondock this summer. Glad all the mechanics are caught up with and the list will never stop - lol even if we wished them away
nope... they never go away... but if you stay up on 'em... you don't get too far behind! :)
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