Ross,After driving truck for many, many years, I learned the value of motel rooms whenever I broke down or got laid over in a place without a truckstop. I also learned that I would much rather sleep in my own bed anytime than sleep in the concrete box motels that are so common around the country.Now we live in a bus and if we decide to go, all we have to do is clean up our site, stow some stuff and go!
Quote from: Dallas on August 02, 2006, 04:53:45 AMRoss,After driving truck for many, many years, I learned the value of motel rooms whenever I broke down or got laid over in a place without a truckstop. I also learned that I would much rather sleep in my own bed anytime than sleep in the concrete box motels that are so common around the country.Now we live in a bus and if we decide to go, all we have to do is clean up our site, stow some stuff and go!Dallas, how do you keep your engine in running condition since you say you haven't moved it in two years?All my research on BNO and so on says that not running a Detroit is the worst thing you can do to it. What I read says that fuel will get into the oil when it sits a long time. I suppose if you change the oil before running it, you'll be okay.Brian Elfert
I'm not sure what to say, other than I've been lucky maybe?I run the engine every so often and drive up to town and back , (about 5 miles each way), I'm always messing with the engine, one way or another to try and see what I can and can't do with it. I change the oil and filters every year, (September) whether I've been anywhere or not.
Quote from: Dallas on August 02, 2006, 12:00:23 PMI'm not sure what to say, other than I've been lucky maybe?I run the engine every so often and drive up to town and back , (about 5 miles each way), I'm always messing with the engine, one way or another to try and see what I can and can't do with it. I change the oil and filters every year, (September) whether I've been anywhere or not.I thought one of your recent posts said the bus had basically been parked at the campground for two years. Driving it to town occasionally is certainly helping it.Many of the Prevosts listed on Ebay only have maybe 100k on them, but it seems many of them also have rebuilt engines even with such low mileage. Someone told me they usually have new engines because they sit for months without starting and it isn't good for them.I hope I've driven mine enough to keep the engine in good shape. I last drove it about three or four weeks ago long enough to get it really warmed up. I will probably drive mine a little ways this evening as I have to turn the bus around in my driveway.Brian Elfert
If it smokes for 40 or 50 miles, that's fine with me, to pickle it the way FF and Detroit want me too is just not an option.Ya just gotta love our old DD's for what they are capable of. Let it sit for 40 year's, oil it up, hang a good set of batteries on it, and it'll run just like it did before!
One thing you need to compare when doing the bus vs airplane comparision is time.