kurt Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 We drove through the guarded compound to see lots that were meticulously manicured with 1M dollar Prevost coaches perfectly set around a lake or three. Those Prevost coaches I see on the road run a mil?!? They don't even float!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 Mike, If you were a true minimalist, you'd just throw a couple of towels in the Baja and go to nearby Lake Bronson! OK, maybe an air mattress for the bad back. Nah, You remember all of those screaming women on the Ed Sullivan show when the Beatles debuted in America back in '63/'64? Well, if I walk onto a nude beach, once those women get a gander at me in the buff they'll go nuts and stampede over anyone within miles just to get to me. It would be very irresponsible of me to allow that to happen. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erby Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 Ah Mike, ya just gotta work on your spelling correctly. It's "AWAY FROM" not "TO"! But you're right, it would be irresponsible to cause such a stampede! - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMustola Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 Kurt, A bottom of the line gasser class A runs a minimum of $100,000. Bottom of the line diesel pusher is $175,000. Most of the ones you see are around $300,000. Those prevost's are the top of the line, each one is custom built for the buyer. They fly you in so you can pick out your own leather, granite, paint, graphics, they etc. There is no such thing as standard. most easily run well over a million dollars. The classic definition of a RVer is "a guy in a million dollar motorhome driving around looking for a free space to park". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 America.......I love this country! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtblum Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 You remember all of those screaming women on the Ed Sullivan show when the Beatles debuted in America back in '63/'64? Well, if I walk onto a nude beach, once those women get a gander at me in the buff they'll go nuts and stampede over anyone within miles just to get to me. Me too. If I'm standing in front of the only exit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence McCann Posted August 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 For those with trailers - anyone using the Equal-i-zer Hitch ??? Got a few questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 Do you mean 'weight distributing' hitch? I've one of those but haven't used it since upgrading to a 3/4 Dodge diesel. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence McCann Posted August 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 Do you mean 'weight distributing' hitch? I've one of those but haven't used it since upgrading to a 3/4 Dodge diesel. Marc Yes Marc but it also serves as a anti-sway hitch as well. Mine makes a hell of a racket with pops, pings and groans. Just wondering what others have found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 Yes Marc but it also serves as a anti-sway hitch as well. Mine makes a hell of a racket with pops, pings and groans. Just wondering what others have found. Add some grease to the hitch end of the springs before inserting them into the bottom of the hitch. Do that every once in a while. The chains should hang pretty much straight up and down when the trailer lines up with the vehicle. If they're not, adjust their location on the trailer beams. It does provide some sway control because of the transfer of some load from the back tires of the vehicle to the front. A sway bar does a better job if you favor more control. I knew a guy that had sway bars on both sides. If the sway bars are turned too tight, the trailer tends to fight you when you try to turn a curve. That can be dangerous. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence McCann Posted August 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 Yes Marc but it also serves as a anti-sway hitch as well. Mine makes a hell of a racket with pops, pings and groans. Just wondering what others have found. Add some grease to the hitch end of the springs before inserting them into the bottom of the hitch. Do that every once in a while. The chains should hang pretty much straight up and down when the trailer lines up with the vehicle. If they're not, adjust their location on the trailer beams. It does provide some sway control because of the transfer of some load from the back tires of the vehicle to the front. A sway bar does a better job if you favor more control. I knew a guy that had sway bars on both sides. If the sway bars are turned too tight, the trailer tends to fight you when you try to turn a curve. That can be dangerous. Marc No chains Marc. Too long of a video but you'll get the picture. [utube] " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 Interesting. Those don't look like springs, looks rather like rigid box tubing. I wonder what happens when you go over a railroad track that sits on an elevated bed. Does the hitch allow the vehicle to have a different slope than the trailer? Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 Do you mean 'weight distributing' hitch? I've one of those but haven't used it since upgrading to a 3/4 Dodge diesel. Marc Yes Marc but it also serves as a anti-sway hitch as well. Mine makes a hell of a racket with pops, pings and groans. Just wondering what others have found. Terence, I experienced the same thing and thought, for a while, it was the anti-sway bar tension, but nothing helped. It was driving me nuts. Then one day I realized that the bottom of the tongue of the trailer was scraping across the top of the hitch assembly, which is squared off to accomodate the mounts for the springs bars. Click to Enlarge 39.97 KB I took it back to the RV place that set it all up and they apologetically switched out to a slightly raised tow ball. That was the fix - no more racket. Click to Enlarge 31.95 KB So, double-check to make sure that your the tow ball mount isn't getting scraped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence McCann Posted August 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 Thanks Mike - I'll check that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidlord Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Terence, I have the equalizer as well and it did the same thing until it wore in. I put a little grease on the ball and in between the socket that the bars fit in and the hitch head. The fist time I hooked it up and turned a corner I thought I had twisted something in half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence McCann Posted August 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Terence, I have the equalizer as well and it did the same thing until it wore in. I put a little grease on the ball and in between the socket that the bars fit in and the hitch head. The fist time I hooked it up and turned a corner I thought I had twisted something in half. I used white grease on all friction points on the WD bars. I thought about greasing the ball but I can't help getting a mental image of the TT popping off on the highway. [:-scared] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Terence, I have the equalizer as well and it did the same thing until it wore in. I put a little grease on the ball and in between the socket that the bars fit in and the hitch head. The fist time I hooked it up and turned a corner I thought I had twisted something in half. I used white grease on all friction points on the WD bars. I thought about greasing the ball but I can't help getting a mental image of the TT popping off on the highway. [:-scared] Being a shade tree mechanic in one of my past lives, I'm a freak about lubrication. Any lube fluid that can be changed gets changed needed or not - rear axles, transmissions, engine, etc. It's how I've gotten 284,000 miles out of a past vehicle and my current F150 is tripping 254,000 now. That being said, since the day I bought my trailer, I've asked countless trailer technicians about greasing up the towball, and to my surprise, it's always met with total indifference. They always say something along the lines of, "Well, if you want." or "It won't hurt." So, I have yet to put the first dab of grease on my towball, and as you can see in the picture above, it's looking like new. It's kind of wierd, but apparently, it's not critical. I'm sure that's not the case with fifth wheels, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Terence, I have the equalizer as well and it did the same thing until it wore in. I put a little grease on the ball and in between the socket that the bars fit in and the hitch head. The fist time I hooked it up and turned a corner I thought I had twisted something in half. I used white grease on all friction points on the WD bars. I thought about greasing the ball but I can't help getting a mental image of the TT popping off on the highway. [:-scared] . . . . I'm a freak about lubrication. Me, too. Totally . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Yet, the argument was made, regarding a trailer hitch that, unlike a fifth-wheel, the connection is riding cruising about 15" off the road surface and grease is merely a salt and grit magnet that will grind the hell out of your hitch assembly. And, that made good sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence McCann Posted August 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Terence, I have the equalizer as well and it did the same thing until it wore in. I put a little grease on the ball and in between the socket that the bars fit in and the hitch head. The fist time I hooked it up and turned a corner I thought I had twisted something in half. I used white grease on all friction points on the WD bars. I thought about greasing the ball but I can't help getting a mental image of the TT popping off on the highway. [:-scared] . . . . I'm a freak about lubrication. Me, too. Totally . . . . Umm.. you talkin' about the same thing here John, trailer hitch??? [:-magnify Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 I have a feeling that John doesn't even know what a trailer hitch is........Apparently, when one Googles "lubrication", TIJ shows up on the first page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Terence, I have the equalizer as well and it did the same thing until it wore in. I put a little grease on the ball and in between the socket that the bars fit in and the hitch head. The fist time I hooked it up and turned a corner I thought I had twisted something in half. I used white grease on all friction points on the WD bars. I thought about greasing the ball but I can't help getting a mental image of the TT popping off on the highway. [:-scared] . . . . I'm a freak about lubrication. Me, too. Totally . . . . Umm.. you talkin' about the same thing here John, trailer hitch??? [:-magnify Dang! My bad... I TOTALLY overlooked the fact that the comment in question came from Bain. What was I thinking? I'm a little slow today. [:-party] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 I know squat about trailer hitches. As for the other? I was just sayin', that's all . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 I know squat about trailer hitches. As for the other? I was just sayin', that's all . . . Well, let me make this perfectly unclear; anyone whose trailer hitch is closer than 18" to the ground probably needs lubrication. Just keep it out of the dirt, because grit's no good. It will definitely grind the hell out of the hitch. [] So, where were we anyway? Oh yeah - Trailers! Just curious, Terry. Did it turn out that the bottom of you tongue was scraping the top of the hitch? (Bain... don't go there... ) [:-propell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence McCann Posted August 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 I'm pretty sure it's not rubbing Mike. I've only got 200 miles on the hitch so far but I don't see any unusual wear spots. Equal-i-zer sells rubber pads, that mount onto the L bracket for the wd bar, that are designed to help with noise. I bought two of them and will try it on the next run. Also what Dave said about it being new I'm sure holds true. It does what it is designed to do though. I had a few semi's blow past me and it didn't budge, steady as a rock. I didn't think John was talking about trailer hitches [8] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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