Re: Tires, shocks and batteries
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I do recall some 'spirited' postings in the past, especially one realted to tires I recall:)!
But Lee and Allan, I never consider this a 'right or wrong' kind of decisions that us coach onwers make. Lets face it CC made, and hopefully soon again 'makes' a fine coach. It is why we bought them.
And, several of us use our coaches differently, and have different preferences on how we want certain features of our coaches to behave or perform. Nothing wrong with keeping things as stock as they were when the coaches rolled off of the factory floor. Also nothing wrong with making improvements. One good example a gent made on another board, was when he 'upgraded' from his VHS to a DVD - technology does change, and upgrading to newer tech is certainly OK to do, or not do:)!
In my case, it was simple and many of my decisions were negotiated into the purchase of this coach off of consignment:
1) Tire allowance
2) Shock allowance
These two allowed me a budget to cover the bulk of the costs of 8 new Michelins and Road Kings. The Road Kings were my choice, as were the Motion Control Units, and I did chip in some additional coin to buy these two items. But I looked at it as a over 10 year forecasted usage life cycle, so those costs amoritized out. Handling was important to me, not to go race this 40' coach, but for safety.
Maybe not for you two specifically, but for others that may read this thread in the future, another comment on batteries.
Nothing wrong with wet cells, including the maintenance involved to add water and keep the battery compartment clean. I had good usage out of Trojan T125's in our Bounder for four years.
But for many people who are into heavy boondocking, the another added advantage to AGM's besides the maintenance free aspect of ownership. Is that they have a fasting recharging rate the wet cells. So for Solar Panel and or Generator charging, they do provide an advantage. They are also a bit more forgiving of too heavy dicharges that may happen by accident from time to time.
But the nice thing about us having our coaches, is we can all do what we feel is appropriate for them. Our choices on how much, and when to spend our money.
I've always found great info sharing on this board, and personally apreciated the knowledge sharing. It has saved me from mistakes in the past, and I'm sure it will again in the future:)!
My best to you both!
(And to be clear, my reason for this post was not to be contrary to any of your two's comments. It was to share my perspective, and hopefully help others that read this thread in the future to look at their total need in making decisions.)
Be safe, and have fun - it's what this is suppose to be all about:)! Smitty
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