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Question..... TM calls for Tie down ropes off at angles......... but ton of pics it appears folk have run them straight down along the walls to the ground. (or pics just have ropes dangling?)
@swiss and anyone else with an LME, How do you have yours tied off?
Ahab is THE MAN
He hit me with a Harpoon.... Ma eyes fell out..... picked em back up...... put em into the correct Orbits (eye sockets) in ma skull. ..(apparently they were backward before). Appears the velcro always did lines up... it was just my eyes were in da wrong Orbits of skull.
All...
Pre-install of remaining cover:
Hmmm Which way orientation? hmmm??? study study, look at pics etc... ok
diagrams and photos inconclusive if Vent holes at base of each Cover half end up on opposite sides or same side . Pics/drawings both ways are shown..... inconclusive so skip it
> "loop...
:grd:Cover section been working on is now hanging over the frame completely. Came in for some cold water (with a little salt for replacement from sweating) . It occured to me this morning that..... if you HAVE to remove and fix a ripped cover after your whole LME is up... this whole idiocy of...
got thru first set of storms. Was not too bad the time I went out to lift up to let water drain. Have LMTV under it so can stand on it to lift cover. Supposedly in an hour another couple hours of rain is coming thru.
phew... hope it stays like this or better..... seems to be typical here and weather report gets pushed later and later.. Now they are saying 7am rain start and only lasting around three hours
took about 14-16?hours on own over last two days to get second half of cover almost half way on. Cover is just shy of the Ridge Beam/Perlun and strapped / tied all over the place.. AKA- wall and half the roof is sorta up.
and of course..... just looked at weather... heavy rains and...
Well some may remember was going to attempt to keep going by wearing a liquid heated suit. That failed cause could not climb in it. I mean I can climb about anything...... but could not keep the tubes of heated liquid attached to the 24v heater.... w/out back packing it.. makeing much...
Ive considered an old school Universal one with Brake Pedal switch and a servo motor and you glue a magnet somewhere or pick up a signal somewhere.. A RoadKing? version with heavy duty servo motor for Big Rigs was prefered unit for 3116.... but they went out of business long long ago. So now...
If you will be in AZ most of time.. go to two battery as suggested. Weather there you wont need four. If you upgrade significantly your alternator as suggested.. AND end up with her in cold country (with no ether start esp.) then go to four battery.
not sure this will help anyone... but throwing it out there if so (NOT MINE.... just saw them on Market place)
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/539097089187628/
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