| [GMCnet] trip report [message #238728] |
Tue, 04 February 2014 09:06  |
jhbridges
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A short trip - four day weekend at the Atlanta Expo Center for our Club's dog show along with three others. We had to weather cancel the Thursday shows, I got there Thursday afternoon after watching the traffic cameras all day. When the off ramp I use finally melted, we went down there without problems. I took the remaining BWD, he saw me loading the GMC and demanded to come along. He's past his show career and long been promoted to lap service, but he still braced up and walked through the venue like he owned the place.
The GMC performed flawlessly. I had an electric heater along since I haven;t put the furnace back yet. Below about 40 degrees the heat pump shuts down on its own, the electric heater keeps us comfortable. I close off the throne room in back so it doesn't have so much area to warm. I managed to kill the toad battery by leaving the lights on, but it jumped off the GMC chassis battery without any trouble and a twenty minute trip brought it up to full charge.
When I purged the hot water line before leaving, the pump pushed the air out easily and in about a minute water flowed through the faucets. I do this so I'll have hot water when I arrive from the engine heat. When I tried the cold, the pump didn't purge. A look under the sink cabinet revealed a split filter cannister on the Culligan single faucet filter fitted there. It was in pieces. Fortunately there's a Homer the Despot across the street from the show site, so I picked up a 3/8ths double female and bypassed the filter.. the water system then worked flawlessly. For those of you who have these filters - and I'm told Norris/Midas fitted many RVs with them - be aware, draining the lines won't drain the filter cannister. Blowing air through the lines might, I have never tried it. Removing it and pouring the water out of it is the way to preserve it.
--johnny
'76 23' transmode norris
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Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
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| Re: [GMCnet] trip report [message #238736 is a reply to message #238728] |
Tue, 04 February 2014 09:41  |
sgltrac
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Great report Johnny.
Todd Sullivan
Sully
77 royale
Seattle
Home of Super Bowl champs Seahawks.
> On Feb 4, 2014, at 7:06 AM, Johnny Bridges <jhbridges@ymail.com> wrote:
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> A short trip - four day weekend at the Atlanta Expo Center for our Club's dog show along with three others. We had to weather cancel the Thursday shows, I got there Thursday afternoon after watching the traffic cameras all day. When the off ramp I use finally melted, we went down there without problems. I took the remaining BWD, he saw me loading the GMC and demanded to come along. He's past his show career and long been promoted to lap service, but he still braced up and walked through the venue like he owned the place.
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> The GMC performed flawlessly. I had an electric heater along since I haven;t put the furnace back yet. Below about 40 degrees the heat pump shuts down on its own, the electric heater keeps us comfortable. I close off the throne room in back so it doesn't have so much area to warm. I managed to kill the toad battery by leaving the lights on, but it jumped off the GMC chassis battery without any trouble and a twenty minute trip brought it up to full charge.
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> When I purged the hot water line before leaving, the pump pushed the air out easily and in about a minute water flowed through the faucets. I do this so I'll have hot water when I arrive from the engine heat. When I tried the cold, the pump didn't purge. A look under the sink cabinet revealed a split filter cannister on the Culligan single faucet filter fitted there. It was in pieces. Fortunately there's a Homer the Despot across the street from the show site, so I picked up a 3/8ths double female and bypassed the filter.. the water system then worked flawlessly. For those of you who have these filters - and I'm told Norris/Midas fitted many RVs with them - be aware, draining the lines won't drain the filter cannister. Blowing air through the lines might, I have never tried it. Removing it and pouring the water out of it is the way to preserve it.
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> --johnny
> '76 23' transmode norris
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| Re: [GMCnet] trip report [message #238739 is a reply to message #238728] |
Tue, 04 February 2014 10:00 |
Bob S.
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Great report Johnny, but being an old dog show fanatic myself, I cant help but wonder how your dogs did at the show.
Bob and Pam Schilling
Rapid City, SD
"78 Royale
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| [GMCnet] Dog Follies was : trip report [message #238742 is a reply to message #238739] |
Tue, 04 February 2014 10:20 |
jhbridges
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I thought I made it plain, Bob... this boy is the only one left, we lost three last year, two to age and one heartbreaker to cancer. So alls we got is the 8 year old retired Champion. After he finished, he managed to break his kneecap, which required a surgical repair. Surgery on a kneecap makes the dog ineligible for competition thereafter. Which is fine, my guys are basically pets who get to go to shows now and again. Have a look on the photosite at my section under chick magnet, and there's a picture of this boy lounging in Paula's lap. There are, however, three litters on the ground currently. I'm helping socialize one bunch, and I'm watching the other two. We hope to add a puppy sometime this Sprng. Keep watching this space. What's yer breed?
--johny
'76 23' transmode norris
3 cats and (sigh) only1 dog.
From: Bob Schilling <bschilling@rushmore.com>
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] trip report
Great report Johnny, but being an old dog show fanatic myself, I cant help but wonder how your dogs did at the show.
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Bob and Pam Schilling
Rapid City, SD
"78 Royale
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Braselton, Ga.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dog Follies was : trip report [message #238743 is a reply to message #238742] |
Tue, 04 February 2014 10:42 |
Bob S.
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Hi Johnny, I'm sorry I didn't realize that you don't have any dogs you're showing right now. I read of your losses over the last year and know very well how hard it is to lose a pet. I showed Golden Retrievers for about 10 years and also had a German Shepherd for that I showed for about 5 years. I did fairly well with but as my last two dogs got older I decided to quit showing. My wife and I travel a lot now to see grandkids which cuts into "Dog Show" time significantly. I lost my Shepherd (wonderful dog) about 2 years ago and I lost my Golden in August of this year. We are currently without 4 legged companionship. Luckily my son has a 2 year old Newfy that helps satisfy my doggy fix. I know this is off topic but thanks for indulging me.
To bring this slightly back on topic I bought my GMC to travel to Bluegrass Festivals which also cuts into Dog Show time. Its a lot of fun and a lot less dissatisfied participants at the end of the week end.
Bob and Pam Schilling
Rapid City, SD
"78 Royale
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