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Old 08-26-2016, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Twitchyleprechaun
Totally stealing this.
No stealing necessary.

PMS is an established, well known affliction that has been talked about and warned of, but has continued to plague all manner of good folk for many, many years. And while we've been warning folks in the PSD forum for a long time, unfortunately much like the song of the sirens, or the lilting tones from Pans flute, eyes will glaze over, teeth begin to show, the money disappears, and the grin grows bigger!

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PS - Twitch, use the search term "PMS" and search the 7.3 PSD forum and you'll see how many hits you get.
 

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Old 08-26-2016, 01:16 PM
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Well I should square this away now as my wife has been talking bigger bunkhouse trailer. We stopped and looked at four last week.....


I like the looks of this, but scoured the interweb and have yet to find any pics or a video of it...

2017 Eagle Travel Trailers 333BHOK | Jayco, Inc.

Nice looking coach!!


With 3 slides on the same side you may have trouble keeping it level when in sand or softer soil.
 
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Old 08-26-2016, 01:23 PM
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I think I may be addicted to Prime !


 
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Old 08-26-2016, 04:20 PM
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Well I should square this away now as my wife has been talking bigger bunkhouse trailer. We stopped and looked at four last week.....

 
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Old 08-26-2016, 04:33 PM
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At what temp do we enter the danger zone ? 225 ?
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If I recall correctly Mark K has said that spending a little time at 225/230 is OK but over 250 is getting into trouble.
Since there is always a bigger hill somewhere down the road I want to keep my typical temps well below those numbers.
I seem to recall the 7.3 has an alarm at 270*

250* is my personal absolute limit but do my best to avoid hitting 225 and the few times I have I take measures to lower it ASAP.
 
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Old 08-26-2016, 04:34 PM
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It seems like something has changed for me (this summer vs. last summer), but I have yet to figure out what. Last year towing through the mountains of Vermont I saw 202 to 205 on rare occasions on long climbs. This summer I've seen 214 on small hills and hit 200 pretty easily. Granted, this has been 90 to 95 degree days.....but.

I'm going to start with the 6.0 cooler and see how much temps drop.
don't overlook the fan clutch
 
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Old 08-26-2016, 06:06 PM
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don't overlook the fan clutch
The fan definitely still kicks on. I can watch the trans temp go down when the fan is turning. I never paid a lot of attention to the temps it came on at last year.
 
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Old 08-26-2016, 06:13 PM
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Tell me about it ! We aren't even quite done with our second season in our current trailer. I'm still 110% happy with it, but I guess I could be happy with something bigger too if that's what mama wants. It's all because of that 'Going RV' show.


P.S. I don't really want to start all over again with the mods though......
 
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Old 08-26-2016, 06:29 PM
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For the second time since I have owned the EX, we took it house shopping. Had to make sure it fits in the garages/carports. Found one with a 30x60 workshop and it fots so well we made an offer. Now to put it to work moving
 
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Old 08-26-2016, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by IMASAP
Tell me about it ! We aren't even quite done with our second season in our current trailer. I'm still 110% happy with it, but I guess I could be happy with something bigger too if that's what mama wants. It's all because of that 'Going RV' show.


P.S. I don't really want to start all over again with the mods though......
Don't feel bad, we had ours for 1 1/2 years and upgraded, we took a bath on depreciation but the wife is so much happier with the Surveyor. Oh, there is an RV show in Raleigh this weekend, I told her we weren't going!
 
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Old 08-26-2016, 07:19 PM
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Don't feel bad, we had ours for 1 1/2 years and upgraded, we took a bath on depreciation but the wife is so much happier with the Surveyor. Oh, there is an RV show in Raleigh this weekend, I told her we weren't going!

My only big concern is that we won't be able to get into some of the sites we have been in lately. Aside from that, I could definitely get used to the extra space.
 
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Old 08-26-2016, 09:00 PM
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Changed oil/filter. Changed tranmission output speed sensor ( I think that's what it's called) and the speed sensor on the rear diff. Once in a while I would get code thrown for one of these. Cleaned up the rear one but the code would return. Figured I change both since they are cheap. Very easy to get to and replace. so far so good.
 
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Old 08-26-2016, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by 05MilMachine
For the second time since I have owned the EX, we took it house shopping. Had to make sure it fits in the garages/carports. Found one with a 30x60 workshop and it fots so well we made an offer. Now to put it to work moving
measuring tape works great for that !
 
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Old 08-26-2016, 09:07 PM
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measuring tape works great for that !
It's just so much easier to bring the truck and see just how it fits.
 
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Old 08-26-2016, 09:18 PM
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It's just so much easier to bring the truck and see just how it fits.
not really. And not if the garage is filled already.
Most modern garages are tall enough incl door at least where I've lived. Length is another story.
My dream garage will have LOTS of space.
 


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