... Honest folks, what do we want in a Lazy Daze? A reliable generator or a stealth vehicle? Has anyone ever camped in a forest campground where generators...
"the hydrometer sounds like a techie toy I can handle!" Get a good one with a calibrated float. Avoid the cheap ones with little colored floating balls! Those...
"Surge Guard is...not just a surge protector but also a polarity checker and a cut off for over and under voltage that will work when you are not in the rig...
"It was in the Photos file, but Yahoo won't let me access it at the moment." Sorry, folks--as of yesterday we're over quota (again), and I'm going to have to...
"Replacing a couple of six volts every two years seems a lot better than to try and rig a complicated 4 battery system and give up another 120 lbs of CCC and...
"If we need quieter than that, I suggest we await fuel cells, and stop pestering Lazy Daze that they ought to quiet their generator more." Nobody's pestering...
Ya know, Andy, I always thought of the floating ball hydrometer as a toy 'till I observed the Interstate Battery guy using one. It was of some spiral design,...
Need opinions - am I nutz? (Well, yes, I am, but . . . ) Here's the situation. We want to go to Alaska and stay as long as possible. We have a 40-foot...
Lorna, A note about battery charging strategies. When trying to charge batteries, there are two stages. The first is the bulk charge mode where you try to...
Judie: We've gone to Alaska twice -- first in 1998 with a truck and slide-in camper, next in 2001 with a 33' fifth wheel pulled by a MDT (medium duty truck). ...
... Villere <judieashford@e...> wrote: (snip) "Here's the situation. We want to go to Alaska and stay as long as possible. We have a 40-foot diesel pusher...
Judie, Since you and Gary are already intimately familiar with the LD constructed on a Chevrolet chassis, I'd imagine that a second "Gertie" would be your best...
Has anyone stayed at the Beachwood Resort (Coast to Coast #584 - page 409) near Blaine, WA? If so how is it? We plan to meet our caravan members there before...
I just noticed a new listing of a 2003 LD for sale. 2003 models have the desirable double-pane windows, and the same interior colors as 2004 models. ...
1991 LD blue and white with 454 Chevy engine. Multi plan (sleeps six),AC, gen, micro, catalytic heater, 2 75w solar panels, 1 Fantastic fan, 50 gal gas tank,...
... generator or a stealth vehicle? > Gus Weber So glad you asked. My vote is for a stealth vehicle. My second choice is an option for no generator. Nope,...
<oryoki@m...> wrote: (snip) "Which states have the lowest new vehicle sales tax and license plates?" This site is very helpful for someone looking for a state...
A while back I struggled with the generator issue for my '84 LD Multiplan. We often travel with 3-4 people, and the dash air conditioning wasn't handling...
I guess my thinking was that if I stay to the 50% rule I have about 110 Amps to use before I need to fully charge the batteries (half of the capacity of the...
Ken was asking in post 32865 about changes in the chassis (E350/450) and engines used in the late model LDs. And also wanted some rear axle information. Ken,...
I feel much like Gus does about this issue. This generator is much quieter than the previous model. Is it quiet? No. But I just stood next to mine as it was...
Well, I can report that as of this afternoon I'm the proud owner of a Honda EU2000i...and so far I've found it to be absolutely silent. Of course, I haven't...
"I always thought of the floating ball hydrometer as a toy 'till I observed the Interstate Battery guy using one. It was of some spiral design, obviously not a...
... <ragtops@c...> ... or ... According to the specifications at www.fleet.ford.com for the E450 camper chasis, the standard rear axle is the 4.56 Limited Slip...
Linley, your "just a thought" left me in stitches!! More like just a *few* thoughts! I will definitely try out that strategy when I'm waaay out in the...
Hi Henry, I just got a digital camera and took a bunch of pics of our 2001 RK in a variety of sunset scenes, near dunes, in the mountains, etc. during Jan. I...
"Monti Riordan" <mr2944@e...> wrote: (snip) Their spec sheet is a little hard to find but it is under Products: Specialty Vehicles: Motorhome Chassis:Class C ...
Monti, Thanks for the comments. One of the links lead me to the Ford Fleet spec sheet for Class C motorhomes indicated that for the E450 the only 'gas' axle...
... The Solar Boost is very diffrent than the Heliotrope controler. The Heliotrope unit is a very good controller but all it does is to limit the amount of...
