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09-05-2007, 10:46 AM
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Buried in the nearly half million posts on this forum is a previous thread on Zip-Dee maintenance and loose bolts, extending from 2003 to 2006:
http://www.airforums.com/forums/f442...ance-4323.html
We are victims of our own success with such a huge number of posts, so perhaps these threads could be merged, so that new members gain access to all the good information in one thread.
Nick.
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"The price of freedom is eternal maintenance."
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09-06-2007, 09:53 AM
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4 Rivet Member
1975 25' Tradewind
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Check your nuts!
Quote:
Originally Posted by nickcrowhurst
Buried in the nearly half million posts on this forum is a previous thread on Zip-Dee maintenance and loose bolts, extending from 2003 to 2006:
http://www.airforums.com/forums/f442...ance-4323.html
We are victims of our own success with such a huge number of posts, so perhaps these threads could be merged, so that new members gain access to all the good information in one thread.
Nick.
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Perhaps, but there's nothing quite like a provocitive title to capture one's attention! It's very doubtful I ever would have scanned the ZipDee thread until after the awning fell off and upon posting the event, was directed to that thread.
Nuts!!!! Don't you just hate it when the awning falls off???!!!
sue
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'75 Tradewind - 25'
"Cupcake" air-912
2004 GMC Yukon XL 2500
Michigan - "middle of the mitt"
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09-06-2007, 10:27 AM
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1951 21' Flying Cloud
1960 24' Tradewind
West Coast
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eikel1we
Perhaps, but there's nothing quite like a provocitive title to capture one's attention! It's very doubtful I ever would have scanned the ZipDee thread until after the awning fell off and upon posting the event, was directed to that thread.
Nuts!!!! Don't you just hate it when the awning falls off???!!!
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This past spring during a brutal heavy rain and wind storm we were headed east on the Trans Canada highway just outside of Vancouver and on the shoulder was the remains of a 16 ft or longer awning. Arms and all, it looked like the whole thing, including the rail it slids into on the side of the trailer, was ripped off. We figured the camper who lost it was going to have a very bad evening , or worse. We did not see any sign of a rig pulled over along the highway.
Had we been in the truck I'd of stopped to pick it up, and it was also raining unbelievably hard. I'd of been soaked in less time than it would have taken to pick up the first couple of pieces. We went past the next morning early and it was already gone. We wondered how far the rig got before they realized it was missing. It was one of those rains where looking in your mirror you couldn't see a darned thing.
Barry
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Life is short - so is the door on a '51 Flying Cloud (ouch)
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09-06-2007, 11:10 AM
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2011 34' Classic
Westchester Cty.NY
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Check your nuts!
checked!
i hate it when anything falls off
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09-06-2007, 11:15 AM
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We can tow it!
1996 28' Excella
Where the water tastes like wine
, Michigan
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,625
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eikel1we
Told Tin Sista's hubby Dave to check his nuts - yup, he found a loose one. A great guy, he gave us one of his spare nuts. thecatsandi (michelle) was right - CHECK YOUR NUTS !!sue
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Thanks again Sue for the timely advice and Michelle for the thread!!
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10-13-2007, 10:54 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1975 25' Tradewind
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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more CHECK YOUR NUTS !
Here's another reason to check your nuts.
Two weeks ago while breaking camp, Ike finds one of the stabilizers (commonly known as a "feetie") won't crank up. Upon closer examination he finds the nut and bolt on the ground.
soooooo .............. CHECK YOUR NUTS
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'75 Tradewind - 25'
"Cupcake" air-912
2004 GMC Yukon XL 2500
Michigan - "middle of the mitt"
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10-14-2007, 08:32 AM
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Rivet Master
1951 21' Flying Cloud
1960 24' Tradewind
West Coast
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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I have a little yogurt cup in the trailer that I store all the various nuts, bolts, washers, clips etc that I've found on the ground while strolling around the camp grounds. They have obviously fallen off the other rigs that have come and gone in the past while. They sure do come in handy when I discover one has fallen off of MY trailer.
Of course "one" HAS to remember to remove them from the pocket and put into the container before the clothes head to the washing machine or "one" is suddenly in number "two" .
Barry
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Life is short - so is the door on a '51 Flying Cloud (ouch)
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