Things need for first big trip (2000 miles)

dtcerrato · December 17, 2021, 08:09:31 AM

Whaley said: "I've checked everything (except what I've forgot)"
No worry you can always do it on the road!
Safe travels.

freds · December 17, 2021, 08:40:14 AM

Quote from: dtcerrato on December 17, 2021, 08:09:31 AM
Whaley said: "I've checked everything (except what I've forgot)"
No worry you can always do it on the road!
Safe travels.

The credit card will cure!!!

dtcerrato · December 17, 2021, 09:02:37 AM

Quote from: freds on December 17, 2021, 08:40:14 AM
The credit card will cure!!!

Not us! We'd pull out our tools first!

Whaley · December 18, 2021, 04:23:03 PM

We made it to west palm beach yeah 1050 miles
20 hrs of driving
170 gallons of fuel
And a generator that is over heating ( i think the water pump went out ) not a big deal I can fix it when I get home
And a close call with a semi that went right of center and hit my driver's mirror fortunately no damage just needed adjusted

richard5933 · December 18, 2021, 05:40:26 PM

Great news. Glad to hear it's going well.

oltrunt · December 18, 2021, 06:14:02 PM

Sounds like 99.99% on a first bus trip! Congrats! Enjoy your stay but remember the close call on the way home those 1050 miles and every mile after that. I'm envious of your trip seeing that the best I can do right now is little and local.
Jack

6805eagleguy · December 18, 2021, 06:24:29 PM

dtcerrato · December 18, 2021, 07:37:47 PM

Whaley · December 31, 2021, 11:04:25 AM

So we had a good trip to Florida
And a good time there the bus did amazing! camped good.
The trip home not so much
2 hrs in the car dolly bearing went out not a big deal until I tried to take it off and the spindel was shot ( which needs cut out and welded back in ) my insurance came and picked up the car dolly and we bought a new one even though ours was only less than a year old.
6 hrs down but back on the road.
16 hrs in we blew a rear inside tire thanks to coach net no money for a spare to be put on 3 hrs down (not to bad) 4 more hrs and we got home.
We used
348 gallons of diesel 5.9 might
And ran the gen almost the hole time
1 gallon of oil( not sure if that's normal)
0 antifreeze
So things on my new list is
A new Toad so I can pull without a dolly
3 New tires
An awning
Re check for air leak not sure but it seams like after the blown tire the pump kicked on more often while driving
Find new routs around i77 and its hills they are painfully slow lol

windtrader · December 31, 2021, 11:30:30 AM

Glad you got the first exciting bus adventure under your belt and hopefully it'll be a great memory for you and your family.

Very glad to hear it was not a steer that went. That is always where you put the best tires.

Tedsoldbus · December 31, 2021, 11:44:06 AM

Congrats Whaley!
Sounds like you kept a cool head when things went a bit "not good". My father in law drove his 4106 all over including Alaska twice. He said "Anytime you can make it home without a tow truck is a good trip." Get some new tires, a tow car to tow 4 flat, and side mounted bazookas for the semi guys. (They are still mostly better than most drivers but now that they can push "D" and go, the requirement for paying attention has decreased and some of the people they let drive them were not laid off by NASA).
Again congratulations and glad you made it home! (without a tow truck).
I am headed for Polk City Florida mid January and almost excited about what I will break!
(Its a bus thing and there is no cure)