| maiden voyage suggestions [message #301660] |
Mon, 06 June 2016 07:21  |
kstockwell
Messages: 367
Registered: May 2016
Location: Putney VT
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So I'm anticipating driving home a 78 Kingsley on Sunday. Driving over to check it out in person and unless there's something that wasn't obvious in the eleventy hundred photos or missed in the many conversations/invoices I'm in.
I know the PO will go over all his advice/gauges safe driving style- what else do you think I need to keep in mind on a 900 mile maiden voyage from Michigan to Vermont?
I'm under the assumption I can drive through Canada with paper tags provided I have the paperwork, anyone think that's a bad idea? Going through PA adds a lot of traffic, miles, cities and hours.
Windshield wiper motor is "ok" but the windshield is Rain-Xed, dash lights are not always reliable- he suggested driving during the day until I'm used to it (and has an amber light to illuminate the dash). There was mention of keeping the vacuum gauge at a certain level, lots of room for braking- etc. But what else? I have driven a large Coachman 28A and more recently a Sprinter Winnebago (C class) cross country.
Also, what do people (who have done it) think of the drive from Bennington VT to Brattleboro VT up over Searsburg. It's pretty steep; and there are sections in my current motorhome I tight knuckle it a bit, like the part where it feels like the top of a rollercoaster. Is it safer to stay on I-90 to Springfield MA and then drive north (adding 70 miles). Should I see how I'm feeling in Albany NY and play it by ear? I'm concerned with the down hills, my dad is concerned with the up hills (he's going with me on this journey). Hopefully a one way car rental and the motorhome drive home.
thank you
kelly
not yet...
1978 Kingsley
Putney VT
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