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Hello everyone,
First let me introduce myself. My name is Holly. Andy and I just took our first trip in our 1983 Newell and we absolutely LOVE our bus. We spent a year remodeling inside and solving many other challenges involved with buying a vintage bus. We of course have more on our to-do list after our trip, but we are so happy with our decision.

Now to my message about food preparation techniques. Andy and I spent a few years cruising the South Pacific on our sail boat, then living off the grid during the winter in a home we bought in the Australian outback. The longest crossing we had was 3 1/2 months with two provision stops, so you can imagine the meal planning challenges. To keep from over stocking food items that would not be used, here is what I did. Our 1983 Newell has lots more storage than the boat and it is much easier to stop for groceries, but I found by modifying this a bit, it worked well for the bus.

1. I developed a list of all the recipes I planned to use and made a 3 x 5 card for each recipe.
2. I made a grocery list for all the ingredients.
3. When I had all the ingredients, I spent a day measuring the spices and putting them in a snack size baggy (combining those ingredients added to the recipe at the same time). I then wrapped/labeled the meat and other things like chopped onions and peppers, that can be frozen.
4. I then put all the dry ingredients with cans, noddles, etc. into a cheap gallon size bag, put the recipe inside so I could see it without opening the bag. I used a numbering system - meal #! - on the ingredients so I could match the freezer ingredients to the bagged ingredients.
5. On cooking day, I gathered the ingredients for recipe #1 cooked per recipe.

Optional: On the boat, I would use things like freeze-dried milk and eggs and bagged them in small baggies with instructions e.g., 1/4 C Taco seasoning and 1 1/4 C cup water. On the boat I also used a lot of canned meat like tuna, chicken and beef for easy casserole recipes.

You may not want to go to this level of organization, but I found it works great for me. I less often find myself wondering what I should cook and whether I have all the ingredients. I no longer have to ask Andy to stop at the store and have him look at me like - again?, or how far out of our way is it? or I really don't want to take time to stop - or does the store parking lot have room to maneuver the bus in? He's a great guy and these are challenges we both face so if I can minimize hassles it makes me happy too.

I also bought some recipe books like Four Ingredients or Less or Pantry Cooking as these seemed to lend themselves to this method, but I use many of my tried and true recipes as well.

It is no nice having this web site - I'm a big fan.
Would love to hear any other methods you use in your Newell that makes meal prep easier.
Cheers, Holly

Help me out on what amount of air pressure are you guys pushing towards your air flush toilets?

Seems a s though our coach is moving more then I would expect. We have an HWH air leveling system.
Once the coach is level how much movement in the coach should be expected during just normal activities such as rolling over on the coach or in bed, walking going down the steps and out the door, or even just walking through the coach.

Wondering if there are any Newell Gurus in Indio, CA. Thanks

Reese

Gang,

I am at Newell and have figured out that one of my ABS sensors is bad.  Actually a wrong one got installed a while ago, but that is another story.

I am looking for a source for an ABS sensor for my tag axle.

Newell is able to source the ABS sensors that fit the ZF axle, but cannot find sensors for the Dana axle.  Both sensors are very closely related and the only difference is a collar at the top of the sensor on the ZF that will not allow it to get close to the tone ring.  (See photo).  The top one is for the ZF axle  and the bottom one is for a Dana axle.

The WABCO part number is 441 032 922 0

The Dana kit which includes the entire ABS system is SM483/16K.

Dana does not thru-sell the WABCO part...and apparently WABCO is in India.

Has anyone sourced one of these sensors? 

Cheers,
bill

Gang,

I am at Newell having them fix several rain water leaks on my coach.  They ended up taking the number 1 slide completely apart looking for one of the leaks.  As a result, we found a nasty leak that I wanted to share with you guys....

The attached picture shows the Girard awning that runs the entire length of my number 1 (drivers front) slide.  The power to the awning enters the coach behind the awning, so it is really hard to see if the caulk / sealant has failed.  In my case it failed a long time ago causing a lot of hidden damage behind the phantom wall.  

If you have electric awnings, it might be a good idea to climb up and take a look.

Cheers,
bill

my understanding is blue sky is getting out of the rv insurance biz.. my new company is double.. almost 6k. Any other suggestions

Hey does anyone know if I need a special lilicense in California to drive a coach with air brakes?

Hello, We are doing our research and looking at the most highly recommended RV's. We plan to travel the country for a couple of years as soon as our home in Minnesota is sold.
Thanks for your advice.
Newbiemn

I have a 2003 45'Quad with Valid slides and Trueline leveling system.  After several months of sitting in storage i went to coach to drive this weekend and when in travel mode, the coach was leaning to the left both front and rear.  The right side appeared to be riding fine and level in normal travel position.  We ended up driving around 80-90 miles and it still never came to level (to the same height as) on the left side.  After parking a coach for several months, do you need to turn the leveling system off and restart the system in either the level or travel modes?  Or is this a solenoid problem?  If so, where might i purchase the solenoids and can I replace and install or do i need to hire someone like Newell or a mechanic to do the work?

When i returned the coach to the storage facility, I parked the coach and leveled it, the leveling system appeared to be working fine.  The coach leveled correctly with both the left and right sides leveled and appearing to be maintaining the same height.

Thanks for in advance for your comments or suggestions.