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[VAL] Questions?
Please excuse some silly questions from someone owning an A/S for only a few
months.
1. I have been told A/S's have a tendancy towards pipes freezing. The
last music festival for me this year is first week end in November at
Chandler, Okla. and I live in Wichita, Ks weather can be lovely Indian
Summer in the day time and down in the 30's or low 40's at night. How much
below 32 deg before I run the risk of cracked plumbing. Our weather is
very unpredictable year round in this part of the country, probably is
everywhere tho. When I had the Winnebago I had the water lines blown out
and I plan on doing this on the A/S immediately on returning from Okla.
2. The man I bought my A/S from gave me tons of stuff that he had accumulated
over the 11 years he owned this unit. I have 4 shinny metal rims to put
around the hubcaps. I think they would look cool but he had taken them off
because they would slip around and almost cut off the air stem for the tire.
Is there a way to prevent this happening while pulling down the road? I
don't even want to think of having a flat tire along some road by my self.
I love reading this digest each morning. I save a lot of the information
for future reference in an e-file.
It's so cool when I pull in to a music festival how folks come around to see
the funny silver house. Mostly they are impressed tho. Sometimes there
will be another A/S in the camp and there is an immediate bond there. I show
them mine and they show me theirs. Pretty neat.
Barb in Ks.
31' '84 Excella (not quite vintage ... yet)