| Flashers..... [message #199996] |
Tue, 26 February 2013 18:24  |
Wander Inn
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When should the flasers be used?
How much slower than trafic should they be turned on? [o/o]
How far off the road to turn them off?
Other times?
Mike
Mike & Chris Hughes
1977 Kingsley
Phoenix, Az.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Flashers..... [message #199998 is a reply to message #199996] |
Tue, 26 February 2013 18:35  |
Dwayne
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Well I had to use them for the first time a couple weekends ago. Still
don't know why our coach struggled to make it up any incline but did. We
were on our way back from our Cascaders GMC Rally and at every hill - big
or small the coach would slow to between 25 and 45 mph in 60 or 70mph speed
zones - heavy traffic on I5 going through Seattle, cars would come right up
behind and get locked in due to heavy traffic in all lanes. So I would
turn them on early to warn traffic to change lanes, then after mounting the
hill top and on the downward side once my speed was up to 50 I would turn
them off. Frustrating to say the least.
Dwayne Jacobson
White Rock BC
77 Kingsley
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Mike & Chris Hughes <whose38@yahoo.com>wrote:
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> When should the flasers be used?
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> How much slower than trafic should they be turned on? [o/o]
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> How far off the road to turn them off?
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> Other times?
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> Mike
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> Mike & Chris Hughes
> 1977 Kingsley
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> Phoenix, Az.
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| Re: Flashers..... [message #200959 is a reply to message #199996] |
Thu, 07 March 2013 21:31 |
Bob de Kruyff
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| Wander Inn wrote on Tue, 26 February 2013 17:24 |
When should the flasers be used?
How much slower than trafic should they be turned on? [o/o]
How far off the road to turn them off?
Other times?
Mike
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FMCSA requires flashers on interstates at speeds below 45. Although this pertains to commercial vehicles, it is a good reference.
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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| Re: [GMCnet] Flashers..... [message #200980 is a reply to message #199998] |
Fri, 08 March 2013 06:57 |
Steven Ferguson
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The laws want you to use the flashers whenever you drop below the minimum
posted speed limit, or are stop[ed on a service shoulder.
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Dwayne Jacobson
<dwayne@havenproperties.ca>wrote:
> Well I had to use them for the first time a couple weekends ago. Still
> don't know why our coach struggled to make it up any incline but did. We
> were on our way back from our Cascaders GMC Rally and at every hill - big
> or small the coach would slow to between 25 and 45 mph in 60 or 70mph speed
> zones - heavy traffic on I5 going through Seattle, cars would come right up
> behind and get locked in due to heavy traffic in all lanes. So I would
> turn them on early to warn traffic to change lanes, then after mounting the
> hill top and on the downward side once my speed was up to 50 I would turn
> them off. Frustrating to say the least.
> Dwayne Jacobson
> White Rock BC
> 77 Kingsley
>
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Mike & Chris Hughes <whose38@yahoo.com
> >wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > When should the flasers be used?
> >
> > How much slower than trafic should they be turned on? [o/o]
> >
> > How far off the road to turn them off?
> >
> > Other times?
> >
> > Mike
> > --
> > Mike & Chris Hughes
> > 1977 Kingsley
> >
> > Phoenix, Az.
> > _______________________________________________
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> Dwayne Jacobson
> Haven Properties
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> Fax: 604-538-5845
> Cell: 604-644-8090
> dwayne@havenproperties.ca
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Steve
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| Re: [GMCnet] Flashers..... [message #200983 is a reply to message #200980] |
Fri, 08 March 2013 08:14 |
Jim Bounds
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$99,000 question-- what was your vacuum when you started loosing speed? The motor has the *&^%% to go up hills, the ignition should not have troubles unless it's grosly out of time so it's down to fuel or vacuum. Loose either and the motor she stops going!
Jim Bounds
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From: Steven Ferguson <botiemad11@gmail.com>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Friday, March 8, 2013 7:57 AM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Flashers.....
The laws want you to use the flashers whenever you drop below the minimum
posted speed limit, or are stop[ed on a service shoulder.
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Dwayne Jacobson
<dwayne@havenproperties.ca>wrote:
> Well I had to use them for the first time a couple weekends ago. Still
> don't know why our coach struggled to make it up any incline but did. We
> were on our way back from our Cascaders GMC Rally and at every hill - big
> or small the coach would slow to between 25 and 45 mph in 60 or 70mph speed
> zones - heavy traffic on I5 going through Seattle, cars would come right up
> behind and get locked in due to heavy traffic in all lanes. So I would
> turn them on early to warn traffic to change lanes, then after mounting the
> hill top and on the downward side once my speed was up to 50 I would turn
> them off. Frustrating to say the least.
> Dwayne Jacobson
> White Rock BC
> 77 Kingsley
>
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Mike & Chris Hughes <whose38@yahoo.com
> >wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > When should the flasers be used?
> >
> > How much slower than trafic should they be turned on? [o/o]
> >
> > How far off the road to turn them off?
> >
> > Other times?
> >
> > Mike
> > --
> > Mike & Chris Hughes
> > 1977 Kingsley
> >
> > Phoenix, Az.
> > _______________________________________________
> > GMCnet mailing list
> > Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
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> Dwayne Jacobson
> Haven Properties
> Ph: 604-538-3823 Ext 22
> Fax: 604-538-5845
> Cell: 604-644-8090
> dwayne@havenproperties.ca
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Steve
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