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Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other Yesterday, 09:35 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 195
Posted By Iowa Dave
Whether you do it yourself or get a competent...

Whether you do it yourself or get a competent mechanic I like to know for sure that there’s.
“Baseline” that I can trust and base my future service on. So I think you did the prudent thing with...
Forum: Towing and Hitching Yesterday, 08:51 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 91
Posted By Iowa Dave
Our current Highlander (2018) came with...

Our current Highlander (2018) came with latitudes. They ran about 62,000. Then I went to defenders like you have now. Ran them to about132k which was 70,000 miles. Changed out last year first of...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 04-17-2024, 08:34 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 644
Posted By Iowa Dave
Camping out

As Willie would say,
“Going places where we’ve never been, and I can’t wait to get in the road again”. We like a combination of trying out new parks or sites or loops, and returning to old...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 04-17-2024, 03:24 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 383
Posted By Iowa Dave
Errata

Should have been left rear to spare. I made a mmmmmmmmistake. Can’t hardly say it.
Iowa Dave
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 04-17-2024, 03:11 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 644
Posted By Iowa Dave
Lucky you did not have a wide angle lens and...

Lucky you did not have a wide angle lens and catch a full moon. Birdwatchers are familiar with the Bohemian Waxwing. I think the large animal in the 3X clothing is a resting checkered Bohemian...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 04-17-2024, 10:32 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 383
Posted By Iowa Dave
Hello Lyle, You will get a number of responses...

Hello Lyle,
You will get a number of responses to your question. The preliminary caveat should be YMMV (Your Milage may vary).

I’ve run as few as 8,000 miles and as many as 17,000 miles. I pull...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 04-16-2024, 07:46 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 644
Posted By Iowa Dave
Best campground host ever..Camped with...

Best campground host ever..Camped with Electricity, a steady stream of conversation, WiFi service so we could watch the NCAA women’s championship, good campfire, abundant wildlife, dark skies at...
Forum: General Escape 04-12-2024, 08:36 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 510
Posted By Iowa Dave
We had Escape install both of our solar panels,...

We had Escape install both of our solar panels, EMS product and a few other things after market as we bought both the 19 and 21 used. Made trips out of both projects, had fun, they work(ed)...
Forum: Escape Systems | Water, Waste, Charging & Propane 04-12-2024, 06:12 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 18,934
Posted By Iowa Dave
I don’t have any Champion generators or other...

I don’t have any Champion generators or other equipment. My brother has has a champion generator he’s had for years. The last time it was needed it ran for several days and then conked out. He...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 04-04-2024, 08:14 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 620
Posted By Iowa Dave
That crimp taper on the bottom end of those...

That crimp taper on the bottom end of those support pipes must vary a little bit. Some are tight, some are loose. My brother went to Europe for the summer after he was a freshman in college. He came...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 04-04-2024, 02:26 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 620
Posted By Iowa Dave
If you want to get those floor sleeves mad, refer...

If you want to get those floor sleeves mad, refer to them as either Pot Metal, Aluminium or Alunamun. . Nothing like name calling to get something lathered up and then things slide right apart. ...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 04-04-2024, 09:14 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 620
Posted By Iowa Dave
The floor casting and the table tubes can gall...

The floor casting and the table tubes can gall and be pretty hard to separate. I would caution against too much side to side “wiggling” as it’s possible to break out the side wall of the casting....
Forum: Forum Help | Announcements | Suggestion Box 04-03-2024, 05:56 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 794
Posted By Iowa Dave
No, if you flip the switch on the outside of the...

No, if you flip the switch on the outside of the trailer that shuts off electricity to the heating element, you can run the AC. The switch inside of the trailer is for ignition of the propane burner...
Forum: Forum Help | Announcements | Suggestion Box 04-03-2024, 05:16 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 794
Posted By Iowa Dave
The 2200i that I have will not Run both the water...

The 2200i that I have will not Run both the water heater and the AC at the same time. Pulls too many amps.
Iowa Dave
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 04-03-2024, 03:14 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 320
Posted By Iowa Dave
My conclusion would have been slightly different....

My conclusion would have been slightly different. It would have been, “I better go to the sale barn and hop up on the cattle scale” and maybe start laying off the potatoes and gravy. But that’s...
Forum: General Escape 04-01-2024, 08:58 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 3,915
Posted By Iowa Dave
Was being the operative word. Iowa Dave

Was being the operative word.
Iowa Dave
Forum: General Escape 04-01-2024, 03:51 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 3,915
Posted By Iowa Dave
I was brought up with that same attitude when I...

I was brought up with that same attitude when I worked with my dad. Customers needed gasoline and some would drive off for a one cent difference in price. They are spinning like tops in their graves...
Forum: Trips and Travel Planning 03-31-2024, 05:06 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,285
Posted By Iowa Dave
The only problem we ever had was three potatoes...

The only problem we ever had was three potatoes bought off the bulk table in Osoyoos. “Might have some Canadian dirt on them with pathogens” so they took my spuds in a ltlle.
Paper bag. I think but...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 03-29-2024, 07:27 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 2,622
Posted By Iowa Dave
The mosquitoes aren’t usually too bad depending...

The mosquitoes aren’t usually too bad depending upon rains ahead of the rally. We always have mosquito spray and tick repellant no matter where we camp. If you need an iowa roadmap or iowa bike trail...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 03-29-2024, 11:47 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,618
Posted By Iowa Dave
No dentures, two canines with me at all times and...

No dentures, two canines with me at all times and one canine that saves me the cost of an alarm clock.
We all get flu shots but I’m the only one who has a shot pretty often from a bottle.
Iowa Dave
Forum: General Escape 03-29-2024, 10:07 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,024
Posted By Iowa Dave
Road King

Hello Jon
You are the undisputed Road King, that I know. Also a great photographer and generous friend.
Keep those travelogues coming and keep racking up the miles.
Iowa Dave
Forum: General Escape 03-28-2024, 01:31 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,024
Posted By Iowa Dave
Go camping so much you wear them out before they...

Go camping so much you wear them out before they age out. It’s only gasoline, and fees, and toll, and and and.
Iowa Dave
Forum: Escape News 03-27-2024, 04:34 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 693
Posted By Iowa Dave
Prices

Thanks for posting the prices I remember when they built out the 15s and had three of them on the lot. It took a few weeks to move them. We had our 2010 19 by then. Reace always said the 15s and...
Forum: Modifications and Alterations 03-27-2024, 11:33 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 284
Posted By Iowa Dave
Micro air products

We installed a Micro air easy start on our 21 a few years back. Allows the AC to start easily when we’re on Honda 2200i generator power. I bought direct from micro air and did not delete my info so...
Forum: Escape News 03-27-2024, 11:01 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 693
Posted By Iowa Dave
Might interest some folks. Personally I can’t see...

Might interest some folks. Personally I can’t see where a new trailer would be any better than what we
have. So I guess I’m not a target customer.
Iowa Dave
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