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    Posted: 07 Jun 2015 at 7:00am
Somebody got a new furry friend! Thumbs Up

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Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks!
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Two more upgrades, this time courtesy of the local dealer.  I bought the tires + wheels online and had them install them since they were greasing the bearings.  Of course they charged me $50 to swap the wheels even though they had to take the wheels on/off anyway to do the bearings.  Ummm, yeah.  I also had them check out the toilet, we were having an odor issue on the last trip and I thought a seal was going.  They thought it was just the sewer vent caps.  I could have done that for $10!  Oy.  

I like the new tires, it felt like it rode better, didn't bounce around as much.  6 ply vs. 4 ply with the old tires.

Oh, and one gratuitous shot of our new kitten asleep on my shoulder.
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Thanks, I've been busy!  And more to come... shelves in the closets, tires & wheels coming any day, bearings & tires to be lubed/installed later this week (at a dealer), new smoke/CO/LP detectors, and more.  I want to get it all done early this year.  The last 2 summers I was killing myself between camper and home chores right up until we left for vacation.
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Doug, looks nice!!
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A few more mods this weekend.  I fixed a few things, nothing interesting to post about related to that.

Also switched my marker lights to LEDs, you can see an LED on the left, and on the right under the red lens.  Old incandescent in the middle for comparison.  The new LEDs are cool white, not that it matters under the lens.

I also installed additional left and right brake/turn signals up high for better visibility.  I did this on our pod, too.  I ran thin wire down the edge insert channel/trim.  You can see another view of the new LED marker lights (the two red ones).


Under our fridge there is a large wasted space with nothing in it but the water pump.  I took off the metal grate and mounted some doors from an old cabinet.  Took some modification to the hinges and I had to chop up a paint stirrer to act as spacers behind the hinges.  Matches pretty close to the existing cabinetry.
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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 May 2015 at 6:47am
Here, hold my beer and watch this....
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How 'bout dem O's!

Have fun Tech! Not sure the campsite where you are staying, but we found good campfire wood after Berlin and before Buck's Place. Dry and relatively cheap. I hate buying firewood when I got cords of ash piled here, but I understand - ash borer bad.

Yeah, furpod, Natty Boh's are a bit, well, ...local. I think it's an acquired taste. I just never acquired it. Nat Premium isn't bad, though. And Heavy Seas is growing on me..like barnacles!! Actually, I like Loose Cannon. Makes me want to do crazy fun stuff with machines in the yard.

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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 May 2015 at 10:10pm
The mods look good.. them natty's.. no tanks.
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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 May 2015 at 1:55pm
Wur goin downy oshun.  Love havin a ruf and zinc on wheels!  Will be havin some crabs hon!
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Posts: 1676 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 May 2015 at 10:30pm
Sounds like someone needs a reward of camping...or, at least a dozen jumbos and a few Natty Bohs, hon.

Tech, you splain to them what I just said! Nice work! Wink

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