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Foamed the drawbridge insulation today:
We hope to trim the cured foam and glue and screw the outer plywood on tomorrow.
The drawbridge is several steps behind the rest of the structure, and we want to get it as done as we can before moving to Texas. After doing the outer plywood, we still...
We spent the night in it again last night, and this time we didn't use any heat. Once again, it dipped below freezing, and once again, we stayed warm enough...
It actually dipped below freezing last night, and even though we haven't foamed the gaps, our own body heat alone was almost enough to keep us warm. We had a tiny little 750-watt heater in there, but we kept having to turn it down and turn it off to keep us from sweating...
I'm not worried about snow- I can do the math on that myself. What I want to avoid, is starting down some hill that ends up being much steeper, longer, and/or twistier than I anticipated.
You won't even be able to do 55 mph with 12.00R20 tires.
Plus, you'll be putting less rubber on the road.
And the speedo and computers (transmission, etc.) are all calibrated for 16.00R20 tires.
Do they even make 12.00R20 tires in the correct load capacity, or were you planning to downgrade that?
I'm reading that the Siskiyou Pass is not as dangerous going southbound as it would be if we were going the other direction.
What about Cabbage Hill? Is it more dangerous in one direction than another?
Our MTVR has only about 3,000 miles on it- the brake shoes look like new. And it will be...
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