There's a Stewart and Stevenson (S and S) in Albuquerque not far off of the Hwy. I-40 just east east of I-25 if you haven't found it already.
We are getting ready for another REALLY BIG SNOW!!:eek: :eek:
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There's a Stewart and Stevenson (S and S) in Albuquerque not far off of the Hwy. I-40 just east east of I-25 if you haven't found it already.
We are getting ready for another REALLY BIG SNOW!!:eek: :eek:
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Speaking of Snow - My youngest is flying out to Denver Sat for Ski/Fun in the snow type deal/ for a few days. Is it a Blizzard Forecast again, is the all weather airport good to go or still full of stranded travelers?
I hope the dreaded thread police don't ticket me this time!
Hey Roger,
All the stranded christmas travelers are gone. The airlines are now cancelling some flights. The weather channel even has sent Jeff Bettis ( Abrams and Bettis show) here for coverage.Last week Jim Cantore was stranded in Crested Butte and couldn't cover our snow locally. Guess he skied instead.:D Haha, right now, all we have is rain. They say by rush hour we should have 5 inches, with another 9-18 over night. That is far as they can tell. One model of the clouds, they say will last until sunday. Another model says it will end tomorrow morning. So, as usual its a crap-shoot.
I have been trying to find a set of chain for the Airstream van since we are taking it to Rocky Mountain National Park for New Years. So far, no luck.
No luck means no go, its 2 wheel drive. They "SAY" there is another storm poised off the coast for mid week next week. Hope we can get out of here friday the 5th in the Coach for Palm Springs! I really don't want to chain up the bus.:eek:
Update 545pm mt time we have 6 inches of snow and they say it is coming down an inch a hour. Its a heavy wet spring like snow. Go figure. Friday, we should get the cold and wind, wonderful!
Jeff: I had a right side front blowout on my 93 40' xl two years ago. I was on i-95 south bound at about 68-70 mph. The first indication I had of the problem was a slight vibration of the rear view mirror. My first thought was a bad section of road as I knew my tires were new (less than 4000 miles) and I had checked the air pressure back at the Daytona track only 130 miles back. Before you could say Mango Kelly, the tire blew REALLY LOUD. I actually had no problem keeping it straight and eased off the throttle and slowed off on the shoulder. What I found when we got out was a couple of tire beads and a mangled coil of steel belts (from the guts of the tire). Luckily, the only damage to the bus was a section of foam insulation. Managed to change the tire in about an hour and continued South only to find not one, but two semi's less than a mile down both with flats! So, I feel it may have been some road debris, BUT, you never know. As for your hot wheel hub, check the wheel hub for oil NOW!!! If you have a leaking wheel seal, not only will you loose the brakes on that wheel, but you run the risk of heating up the wheel bearing so much that the bearing race can become welded to the spindle. I know....
For those that don't know, I didn't buy this trailer yet. I tried to buy it but someone in Georgia beat me to it so I'm using it from CA to FL in exchange for delivering the thing. I've been talking to guy about buying it from him for a profit but I've decided against it due to the weight primarily. 12,000 pounds empty before you even load the thing. That's just too much. The stainless is pretty and let's it match the coach but you pay the price for that both in the cost of the trailer and the weight. I spoke with a guy selling a Featherlite trailer and he said this brand of trailer (Competitive) is known for being plauged with axle issues from being too heavy. I guess even his double stacker Featherlite is still 10,000 pounds.
I'll look around for a non stacker that weighs 5,000 pounds or so if I still want a trailer by the time I get to FL. I did wind up weighing this thing and it is 17,000 pounds with one car. I thought about and decided that is too much weight.
Regarding the front tire blow outs, it sounds like the notion of using all your might to hold the wheel straight is a myth of sorts. I wonder why that guy told me his was harder to hold straight like that. I won't burden myself with worry over it anymore.
Jeff,
Phil Cooper just listed a stacker trailer.... maybe you could swap that one you have out. more info at: www.philcooper.com
I looked at it. $90,000 bucks for a USED stacker? :eek: That's insane. We sold a brand new one 2 years ago for $30,000.
$90,000 is off the wall for sure. Dumb. I understand that new tricked out Featherlites are $150,000 however. Dummer.
Even if you look at $50,000 for a trailer, check this out; you might as well buy a $30,000 plastic coach and tear it apart and make a trailer out of it with the spare $20,000 in modifications. Guess you would need a front engine in order to make this work and it might not actually be pracical but if you look at what you can buy for $50,000 and compare it to a trailer with no bathroom, generator, A/C , etc, etc, then it even compares out to look more expensive. Or start with a passenger bus for $10,000 and go from there modifying it. (nutty idea probabley). Then you have a trailer with it's own engine ! The downside is you need another driver of course.
I can't wait to get to Florida and take a bus break. Trailer ain't for me at present but if I do buy one I'll get something that weighs 5,000 lbs or less. 10,000 pounds with a payload is my comfort zone. When I was pulling this trailer empty it was 12,000 pounds and the feel of that was tollerable. At 17,000 pounds with one car it's too much for my taste. I'm waiting for something to break.
Well, I guess it is a little pricey, but hey... 3 axles and only 35 feet long - perfect for use in California. What do you suppose something like that scales out at empty?
I talked to a guy selling a Featherlite similar to this one and he said it weighs 10,000 pounds empty. Adding the stainless to make it match our coaches puts roughly 2,000 more pounds on it. That's too heavy either way for my tastes. I'll shop around for something about 5,000 pounds empty. If anyone see's one I might like I would appreciate the continued leads.