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Learned something new today (long)

Yahoo Message Number: 30056
We have an 05 inspire 36' 4 slide and it has Carefree Eclipse awnings on all four corners. The wind from the south coming up from Texas thru Ok, Mo, Nb, Iowa was over 35 knots nice for mileage but! I was passed by a semi on I29 and the wind was so strong that it snapped the clips open and the front slide awning opened at 55 mph. The black pull down strap got tangled in the roller and would not close. I had to get up and cut the strap to untangle it and got it to close. Has anyone had issues or made a better fastner to keep it from opening when it should not?

I also learned that I can run 53 mph in 6th at about 1425 rpm and get over 8.8 mpg with a strong tail wind.

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Yahoo Message Number: 30065
we had some flapping of our slide awnings on I-10 at Anthony back in late Feb. The wind would cause the awning to slightly unroll and the snap back. The awning was "nailed in"...meaning the locks were still in place. I've been told the awning should have 28 turns of pressure to keep them adequately in place. We're headed to the Kerrville CCT Rally in May and I'm going to ask CC to adjust both awnings properly. The flapping scared all of us, including my 4 greyhounds...they were ducking under what ever they could find.

David

2002 Allure #30682

Quote from: Don
We have an 05 inspire 36' 4 slide and it has Carefree Eclipse

awnings

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on all four corners. The wind from the south coming up from Texas

thru

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Ok, Mo, Nb, Iowa was over 35 knots nice for mileage but! I was

passed

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by a semi on I29 and the wind was so strong that it snapped the

clips

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open and the front slide awning opened at 55 mph. The black pull

down

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strap got tangled in the roller and would not close. I had to get

up

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and cut the strap to untangle it and got it to close. Has anyone

had

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issues or made a better fastner to keep it from opening when it

should

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not?

I also learned that I can run 53 mph in 6th at about 1425 rpm and

get

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Yahoo Message Number: 30069
We are going to Kerrville from April 24 to 5-12 were is the rally?

Thank you,

Jim Spivey

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Yahoo Message Number: 30072
Along with other issues, that's why I went back to the old tried and true zip dee awnings. No problems since. TWI 2004 Intrigue.

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Yahoo Message Number: 30075
Jim,

It is the Country Coach Texans' Rally at Buckhorn Lakes RV Resort, Kerrville, TX. Dates are: May 16 - 20. Contact is: Wanda Middleton, 817-579-5540. Great group, we did their Fall Rally at Las Cruces, NM.

Brad Ward

2000 Magna 5916

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We are going to Kerrville from April 24 to 5-12 were is the rally? >

Thank you,

Jim Spivey

>From: "David"

>Reply-To: Country-Coach-Owners@yahoogroups.com > > >wrote:
> >

> > We have an 05 inspire 36' 4 slide and it has Carefree Eclipse > >awnings

> > on all four corners. The wind from the south coming up from

Texas

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thru

> > Ok, Mo, Nb, Iowa was over 35 knots nice for mileage but! I was > >passed

> > by a semi on I29 and the wind was so strong that it snapped the > >clips

> > open and the front slide awning opened at 55 mph. The black

pull

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down

> > strap got tangled in the roller and would not close. I had to

get

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up

> > and cut the strap to untangle it and got it to close. Has

anyone

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had

> > issues or made a better fastner to keep it from opening when it > >should
> > not?
> >

> > I also learned that I can run 53 mph in 6th at about 1425 rpm

and

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Yahoo Message Number: 30082
Thanks for the information, I am leaving to come home during that time. I am staying a Guadalupe, have you stayed there?

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Yahoo Message Number: 30117
Jim,

If you mean, Guadalupe National Park, yes, we stayed there a couple of nights last October. Scenery there is beautiful, did a couple of say hikes and a day at Carlsbad Caverns.

Guadalupe has kind of inconvenient generator hours, 0800 to 2000.
For folks who like to get up long before 0800, turn on the heat (it was quite cold there in the AM), shower, and use the microwave, many just ignored the rules. I talked to the folks in the visitors center about a more reasonable window for generator use, but I don't think they understood. Other National Parks we have been in allow generators from 0700 to 2200, which is a lot more user friendly.

Brad Ward

2000 Magna 5916

Quote from: James Spivey
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Thanks for the information, I am leaving to come home during that

time. I

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am staying a Guadalupe, have you stayed there? >

> From: Country-Coach-Owners@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:Country-Coach-Owners@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of sno4us2 > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 4:28 PM > To: Country-Coach-Owners@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Country-Coach-Owners] Re: Learned something new today

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Jim,

It is the Country Coach Texans' Rally at Buckhorn Lakes RV Resort, > Kerrville, TX. Dates are: May 16 - 20. Contact is: Wanda Middleton, > 817-579-5540. Great group, we did their Fall Rally at Las Cruces,

NM.

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Brad Ward

2000 Magna 5916
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Yahoo Message Number: 30120
No this is not a national park, but a 5 star rated Woodals, RV partk.

Thank you,

Jim Spivey