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Similar to this...2016 Hawk, FWC 160w Zamp and I added 170w Zamp [both rigid]...two roof vents...parallel with Victron MPPT

Hey, only needs to safely get from Starbucks to Starbucks....oh, and to photo shoots...or was that a 'photoshop shoot'? Hopefully that vehicle is more stable than it looks...reminds me of an upside down keel on a sail boat and 'self-righting'... :cool: Manuf site...

Good one Craig....CG/CM on that sucker has got be way up there....AND to topple over a million dollar camper is WAY out of my budget!

I'm not quite sure how I've managed to live this long, I'd have thought that my adolescent self would have kilt me dead by now. "Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone" --ntsqd household's fridge magnet, quotee unknown. It's right above: "My therapist has a wet nose." I'm figuring that...

With you Vic...that is also why my body appears so old B) ...assumption of risks is a choice and those successful risks taken serve to re-vitalize the spirit. Cliches: " A ship is safe in the harbor, but that is not what it is design for", or, of course the other one which is also applicable...

Good article explaining the contribution of mass and gravity to the stability of a vehicle....not bedtime reading, but simplified. http://thecartech.com/subjects/auto_eng/Center_of_Gravity.htm Even after all this if a max lean angle can be calculated the driver must in real time be able to...

I have been reading with amusement...determination of most vehicle CGs is at best a WAG...let alone the measurements to that CG...factor in the variables of variations in speed over distance, responses of suspension to the changes in surface structure... and friction coef.... and constantly...

Not certain what activity you are referring to... B) ...but I was thinking of driving out with the speaker still in the window.... :D

Hooning.. Oz term for : "anti-social behavior in a vehicle"....Hmmm, wonder if that included us in the 60's at drive-in movies? :rolleyes:

Terrible indeed... Moot point, but what insurance company? You and yours hang in there; you will be back in the game soon...sounds like you have a "can do attitude"... Good luck! Phil

That was then, this is now.....current insanity in retail sales/construction has no end in sight.

Sleddog is spot on....we estimate about the same consumption and usage..might add, I have used a lot of backpacking water filters over the years and the Steri-Pen is my go to device now....2 mins per liter; only one to take our viruses...in a pinch with our Hawk we could get by with the...

Concur on water being a bigee...but even that can be appropriated along the way or you can go on conservation mode if needed...Diesel can not be 'appropriated' [sources found in BFE] and again, going with the law of the limits, figure out how long, where and what 'got to have' you will run out...

Stop gap would be chemical exothermal hot packs...some are long lasting....wire tie a string of them around the plumbing on the long drives...don't tape over them, they need air for the chemical production of heat... I carry them as a "just in case'...other suggestions already made in previous...

True.

'Sophistication breeds vulnerability'....what is really needed and not just wanted? Keeping systems fundamental and simplistic seems to be the way to keep them rock solid reliable. So much now is layered just because is can be and not that it is essential. But that is just the way I perceive...

Beating a dead hose....but that is my specialty.. B) Of course with plumbing inside a FWC [as noted above] a leak of propane can occur inside the camper...and of course if you bring any propane device into the camper, that poses a threat of propane release inside...as does the aforementioned...

Craig....more details on person being severely burned? I agree, do not disconnect your alarm if that would make you feel vulnerable or fearful of a propane leak creating a disaster...never understood how any manufacturer would mount propane tanks inside a camper of any style. Just for me the...

Not belaboring this but with propane vented outside the camper, and unless window and vents open/fan drawing in outside air, will enough propane enter the FWC to be dangerous? I just never thought that with over pressurizing [I assume ambient air temp was high] that escaping propane would pose...

I thought all FWC propane bottles resided in their own sealed, vented compartments like in my Hawk...never checked the rubber hose from the tank [s] to the interior to see if it is sealed where it enters the inside of the camper...

Again...is this much ado about an alarm that has never saved anyone from harm inside a FWC? I asked before; has anyone had a propane leak in a FWC and the FWC alarm came to the rescue?

The suggestion was to get hot water into the main tank for a thermal mass to keep the tank and surrounding plumbing above freezing, if possible. Then refill the hot water tank AFTER closing the drain into the main tank to reheat the hot water and repeat the sequence if effective and...

FYI...LOTS of previous posts addressing how to best "winterize" a FWC...try the search function....you probably will be overwhelmed with opinions, but also a lot of hard won experiences....what has already been posted in this thread is spot on...my metric is better safe than sorry....I also take...

Alternative is to pull the blade fuse at night....Oh-Dark-30 alarms get very old very quick; especially when no wolf at the door... Seriously, has the propane alarm in a FWC ever alerted anyone to a dangerous propane leak?

Thanks Bill...plain talk that even a bone head like me can grasp... Phil