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Stumbled across this campground yesterday.  Nice sized back -in spots, nicely angled for large rigs.  Landscaped lots each w/ 50 amp and a covered shelter.  Lots are well spaced from each other.

Roads and pads asphalt and cement.
$24

Downside is you share a hydrant with your neighbor and will need 70 feet or more of hose for some sites.

I figure I have dragged the old Subie about 100K miles behind our coaches. The front bumper was showing the effects, plus the usual dings and impacts a 14 year old car will have. 

I have been thinking for couple of years about how to spiff that up a bit without going into the prep work needed to make new paint look decent. New glossy paint over beat up surfaces will look worse than doing nothing. So I got this idea of using bed liner tinted the original color of the bumper. That redneck instinct kicked in and this week I painted the bumpers and rocker panels with tinted bed liner. 

I did some experiments first using the Shuchtz gun that is normally used, but that gave a heavy texture. Plus the recommendations of the stuff I used, Dominator, had you spraying from 2 ft away. That gave a grainy feel to the finish, perhaps good for keeping your firewood from sliding around, but I was afraid you could never get the bugs off that finish. 

I finally settled on using an HVLP gun with a 2.0 mm nozzle normally used to spray heavy primer. I cut the glop about 20% just to get it to flow and wet out a little better. Holding the gun about 8 inches from the surface and spraying a good wet coat gave me a moderate texture and sheen.

           

On Monday March first I became the owner of coach 132, which was built in 1987. I picked it up in Kansas and was heading to Kentucky. I spent the night at a campground in Sullivan, MO and a fellow camper was looking at the coach and noticed I had a wheel seal leak on the tag axle. He suggested a nearby truck repair shop. I left it with them to do the work and asked them to check out a couple of other needed repairs. This was on March 2nd. Here it is the 19th and they still haven't fixed the wheel seal. Now they claim the coach won't start and I don't know when they will get around to looking at it.

I have two questions.

First, does anyone know of a reputable shop that will work on these older buses?

Second, are there any start issues that I should look at first? The prior owner said he never had any start issues. I am going to replace the chassis batteries, but where do I go from there?

Thank you for your advice,

Glenn

Quad slide, bath and a half, Murphy bed, Cummins ISX 650 HP, 50,707 miles. https://www.rvtrader.com/listing/2014-Ne...5015905459

14,000 miles. Quad slides, bath and a half, large windows throughout. https://www.rvtrader.com/listing/2019-Ne...5015838391

Wow! This is why you need to see a coach in person. The ad describes the coach as #682 and also #649. I believe #649 because pics look like those in another post about 2005 and 2003 dual mid entry coaches......but who knows. Nice floorplan and the dual entry is cool but I'm looking for a 2005 or 2006.

https://www.rvtrader.com/listing/2003-Ne...5015904834

I'd love to hear about its condition if someone happens to go check it out.

Michael, maybe you recognize this as #649, or...... is there yet another of these, numbered #682......Enquiring minds need to know!

Towing a new Rubicon Jeep doesn't go well when transfer case is left in 4-L and transmission is left in 1st gear. Video is enlightening.

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/rv-driver-b...ine-towing

https://youtu.be/P2d3NXp4lDk

Tampa Show Coach currently owned by owner of The Motorcoach Store.  It will be priced at $777,777. Bath and a half. Granite flooring in salon and galley. TV on lift in salon, projector tv in bedroom with 90" motorized screen. https://www.themotorcoachstore.com/defau...d=10257958

Video with owner and Andrew Steele https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9AkRyzDbGE

Hello Everyone,

I wanted to update everyone that we sold our coach 606 so we are now down to only 1 Newell (1242). It was tough to let it go but we have no business owning to coaches and it went to a great owner out of Vegas area.

Hello Everyone,

Just like title says.  My black/gray tank is showing 100% full when completely empty. I've disconnected the sensor on the side of the tank thinking maybe it was just a bad connection but its still showing full.  I also filled it up couple times w water and emptied it thinking that might help. no luck so far.  Anyone else have any thoughts on something i could attempt?  its not an urgent matter as run my fresh water tank empty and know its time to dump my tank.  Thanks in advance!

Matt