Towing

[Blair]

Now THAT I can appreciate! Mike is right....eggs under the throttle and
down hill will get you 8...
You will really notice the difference when you keep the rig under or just
at 55 mph.....65 or better
produces this great big sucking sound that comes from both your tank and
wallet....
Blair



At 06:46 PM 4/23/2005, you wrote:
>No that was a beer belch.
>Jon Lechich
>1978 wanderlodge
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>Blair wrote:
>Did I just hear an echo? Blair
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>At 06:12 PM 4/23/2005, you wrote:
> >In my reckless intuition, wind direction and how fast one drives are bigger
> >impacts on mileage than the weight in tow, espcially a two thousand pound
> >difference.
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> > >Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 14:12:27 -0000
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> > >Because I'm concerned with the price of fuel and towing a toad behind
> > >me, I was wondering what difference their is from say towing a rig that
> > >maybe weighs in at 2,000lbs and 4,000 lbs are far as milage?Jon
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[Blair]

Mark, I'll send you by separate post the spec's for the cameras and LCD to
do a worthy conversion....Any
camera can be converted into wireless and I'd put the better on the
trailer, with a less expensive hard wired
camera on the coach. You can either change the view by manually switching
cameras or go to a split view
screen that will show both at the same time...

Your thoughts on rigs and mileage are similar to mine....If you ask how
much it costs, you can't afford it...

The ranch is starting to take up a lot of our time as the grass just plain
refuses to stop growing, add on top
of that the river ranch property that we logged and are milling lumber
right now. Picture some solid oak door
posts for the new house that measure 8" X 8" and a ridge beam timber
that's 24" X 10" X 40' doug fir...


And then there's Jake, who
is still pretty much confined and has to be walked on a regular basis as
his hip and leg heals...he limps a great
deal and is slow in recovering. And then Lynn is busy with the new house,
buying kitchen stuff, furnishings,
add infinitum........

It's down right fun to churn up the new place skidding logs with the
dozer.....grown ups in a large sandbox...

Blair & Lynn with Sadie & Jake
Williams & Grants Pass, OR




At 06:08 AM 4/24/2005, you wrote:
>Hi Blair, hope you've been able to get a few things of your plate by now.
>I was not concerned with this issue. I'm just suprised that people that
>get a vehicle that on a good day MAY if their lucky get 10 mpg, not gonna
>drive a 100,000+ miles a year worry bout milage. Anyway, I know that you
>have vast knowledge with back up camera set ups. Would you have any
>suggestions for me where I want a camera on back of my trailer to see
>behide it and 2nd camera on back of bird to use while hooking up trailer?
>I'm thinking the RV camera doesn't need to be quite as good of quality as
>it will basically only be used for hooking up trailer and maybe some for
>backing into spots without trailer. But definatly think a good wide angle
>for rear of trailer and if possible it would be wireless for ease of
>instalation.
>
>Mark
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>Blair wrote:
> Mark,
> Toad weight is not that important.....we tow over 6k lb and don't
>even notice it's there....The single largest factor in mileage is speed.
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[Tom McCarthy]

Blair,

Great to hear that Jake is recoveringand Lynn and you are back to
playing.

Tom McCarthy

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Blair wrote:
> Mark, I'll send you by separate post the spec's for the cameras
and LCD to
> do a worthy conversion....Any
> camera can be converted into wireless and I'd put the better on
the
> trailer, with a less expensive hard wired
> camera on the coach. You can either change the view by manually
switching
> cameras or go to a split view
> screen that will show both at the same time...
>
> Your thoughts on rigs and mileage are similar to mine....If you
ask how
> much it costs, you can't afford it...
>
> The ranch is starting to take up a lot of our time as the grass
just plain
> refuses to stop growing, add on top
> of that the river ranch property that we logged and are milling
lumber
> right now. Picture some solid oak door
> posts for the new house that measure 8" X 8" and a ridge beam
timber
> that's 24" X 10" X 40' doug fir...
>
>
> And then there's Jake, who
> is still pretty much confined and has to be walked on a regular
basis as
> his hip and leg heals...he limps a great
> deal and is slow in recovering. And then Lynn is busy with the
new house,
> buying kitchen stuff, furnishings,
> add infinitum........
>
> It's down right fun to churn up the new place skidding logs with
the
> dozer.....grown ups in a large sandbox...
>
> Blair & Lynn with Sadie & Jake
> Williams & Grants Pass, OR

[Jeff Miller]

I tried a backup camera on the back of my 27' enclosed trailer, was
pretty handy. I still used the side mirrors to back it, but the camera
was an excellent cross-check.

- Jeff Miller
http://www.wanderlodge.net
http://www.millercoachworks.com


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Mark Garber
wrote:
> Hi Blair, hope you've been able to get a few things of your plate by
now. I was not concerned with this issue. I'm just suprised that people
that get a vehicle that on a good day MAY if their lucky get 10 mpg,
not gonna drive a 100,000+ miles a year worry bout milage. Anyway, I
know that you have vast knowledge with back up camera set ups. Would
you have any suggestions for me where I want a camera on back of my
trailer to see behide it and 2nd camera on back of bird to use while
hooking up trailer? I'm thinking the RV camera doesn't need to be quite
as good of quality as it will basically only be used for hooking up
trailer and maybe some for backing into spots without trailer. But
definatly think a good wide angle for rear of trailer and if possible
it would be wireless for ease of instalation.
>
> Mark

[Blair]

At 08:19 AM 4/24/2005, you wrote:

>Blair,
>
>Great to hear that Jake is recoveringand Lynn and you are back to
>playing.
>
>Tom McCarthy

Tom, we work at it.....B & L

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[birdboat45]

Can i flat tow a 1997 Trans Am six speed straight shift.Thanks

Jack Jones
87 pt 40
East Tn and rain at last!!!!

[ejohna2000]

If you pull the rear axles, the rear end gears are not turning so there
would be no rear end grease pumped to the rear wheel bearings, anyone
know how far you could then tow the Bird before the bearings run dry
and burn up?

[David Brady]

A long ways. In fact, a complete drain and replacement of
diff/axle lube requires that the axle be tilted to allow oil to
flow into each wheel bearing. IOW's there's a pool of oil
in each wheel bearing that's completely sufficient for wheel
bearing lubrication.

David Brady
'02 LXi, NC

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From: ejohna2000

Sent: Mar 3, 2009 11:19 AM

To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com

Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Towing

If you pull the rear axles, the rear end gears are not turning so there

would be no rear end grease pumped to the rear wheel bearings, anyone

know how far you could then tow the Bird before the bearings run dry

and burn up?

[timvasqz]

I thought the tilt was during draining to get oil away from each hub
and use gravity to overcome the molecular attraction that holds oil to
the level housing.
Greg

[ejohna2000]

Greg: If you have a rear end failure, removing the drive shaft will do
no good as the axles will still turn the ring & pinion and any broken
parts will still be grinding up inside the rear end. As to tilting the
rear axle side to side after a drain or work on wheel bearings I have
been told that is to get oil to the bearings so they will not be dry
for the first few miles after the work.