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The Air Force One system was at the top of the list. I am really thinking about https://rvibrake.com/products/rvibra...nt=20046642181. They offer a military discount and I can add the tire pressure monitor system later. Plus the install is a heck of a lot easier.than plumbing into the air brake system.
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The Air Force One system was at the top of the list. I am really thinking about https://rvibrake.com/products/rvibra...nt=20046642181. They offer a military discount and I can add the tire pressure monitor system later. Plus the install is a heck of a lot easier.than plumbing into the air brake system.
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There is not a vacuum booster on the hummer., The brakes are powered by the power steering pump. You do not need to drill holes in the floor for the RVI system and it is electrical. Install takes about 30 minutes vs hours for the other ones. That would make it a lot easier to transfer into something else one day. Plus I like the ability to add the TPS system later, would be cheaper since I would already have the command center.
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There is not a vacuum booster on the hummer., The brakes are powered by the power steering pump. You do not need to drill holes in the floor for the RVI system and it is electrical. Install takes about 30 minutes vs hours for the other ones. That would make it a lot easier to transfer into something else one day. Plus I like the ability to add the TPS system later, would be cheaper since I would already have the command center.
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From: Thomaston
once you get the base plates on do a short tow maybe down to the main road to see how the brakes do with tge additional 10k. The problem may be a panic stop.
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I was planning on doing that.
Still kicking out the jobs at work, Hopefully it will keep up and I can get a nice bonus before our vacation next month. Stayed late getting a D8 ready to go to it's new owner today. Hopefully the weather will be nice this weekend.
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Still kicking out the jobs at work, Hopefully it will keep up and I can get a nice bonus before our vacation next month. Stayed late getting a D8 ready to go to it's new owner today. Hopefully the weather will be nice this weekend.
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I think rain again, this summer we want it to rain
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Busy day!
The oil drain plug is 2 me-0. It is a 3/8's not 5/16th so I have a square socket coming from Amazon tomorrow. Ran to town and got 20 bales of pine straw to do the flower beds I also 2 chain saw chains. Mine is worn out and does not cut anything but small branches now. Found a loose bracket on the motorhome generator exhaust pipe and got that fixed. Found a several other things underneath the coach that needed to be tightened up The previous owner put a small crease down at the bottom of 2 of the luggage compartments and I got those straightened out. I was going to take off the awning piece that needs to be welded but with storms in the forecast I decided to wait and not have my awning blow away.
The oil drain plug is 2 me-0. It is a 3/8's not 5/16th so I have a square socket coming from Amazon tomorrow. Ran to town and got 20 bales of pine straw to do the flower beds I also 2 chain saw chains. Mine is worn out and does not cut anything but small branches now. Found a loose bracket on the motorhome generator exhaust pipe and got that fixed. Found a several other things underneath the coach that needed to be tightened up The previous owner put a small crease down at the bottom of 2 of the luggage compartments and I got those straightened out. I was going to take off the awning piece that needs to be welded but with storms in the forecast I decided to wait and not have my awning blow away.
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Busy day!
The oil drain plug is 2 me-0. It is a 3/8's not 5/16th so I have a square socket coming from Amazon tomorrow. Ran to town and got 20 bales of pine straw to do the flower beds I also 2 chain saw chains. Mine is worn out and does not cut anything but small branches now. Found a loose bracket on the motorhome generator exhaust pipe and got that fixed. Found a several other things underneath the coach that needed to be tightened up The previous owner put a small crease down at the bottom of 2 of the luggage compartments and I got those straightened out. I was going to take off the awning piece that needs to be welded but with storms in the forecast I decided to wait and not have my awning blow away.
The oil drain plug is 2 me-0. It is a 3/8's not 5/16th so I have a square socket coming from Amazon tomorrow. Ran to town and got 20 bales of pine straw to do the flower beds I also 2 chain saw chains. Mine is worn out and does not cut anything but small branches now. Found a loose bracket on the motorhome generator exhaust pipe and got that fixed. Found a several other things underneath the coach that needed to be tightened up The previous owner put a small crease down at the bottom of 2 of the luggage compartments and I got those straightened out. I was going to take off the awning piece that needs to be welded but with storms in the forecast I decided to wait and not have my awning blow away.
His dad built greenhouse. There is a bunch of glass upthere laminated , tempered. Going to use some off it to build at least one solar kiln for lumber. There is enough if you wanted to build a small greenhouse.
The only thing his momma wanted were her old mason jars, that have not been used in years. He going to tell her they can not be used anymore ( she 84 not going to can again) and they have no real value. We moved and sorted maybe a 100 jars.
Today drove up to Lawrenceville and picked up two 6 ft spoke wheels . One is going to be the chandelier in the new house. Use the mason jars for lights maybe some led strip lights. Not sure what I am going to use the other one for.
on the way back transmission stared acting up
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Sorry to hear you are having trans problems, not good.
The wheels are nice and will make a nice light fixture.
We made it thru the storms with minimal damage from what I could see. I had a small pine tree fall across the driveway but I was able to move it out of the way to go to work. I will add it to the list of things to do!
The wheels are nice and will make a nice light fixture.
We made it thru the storms with minimal damage from what I could see. I had a small pine tree fall across the driveway but I was able to move it out of the way to go to work. I will add it to the list of things to do!
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Sorry to hear you are having trans problems, not good.
The wheels are nice and will make a nice light fixture.
We made it thru the storms with minimal damage from what I could see. I had a small pine tree fall across the driveway but I was able to move it out of the way to go to work. I will add it to the list of things to do!
The wheels are nice and will make a nice light fixture.
We made it thru the storms with minimal damage from what I could see. I had a small pine tree fall across the driveway but I was able to move it out of the way to go to work. I will add it to the list of things to do!
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Got the right size socket so I hope to finish the service on the motor home generator this weekend. I also want to take the end cap off the awning so I can get that fixed. Still kicking out the work under the time and I hope it stays that way. A few more weeks until our vacation and a good efficiency bonus right before we depart would be nice! I am so ready for some down time. Hopefully this is the last cold snap we get and a little warmer weather prevails for a while.