Michael

Resident Tesla nut and polymath. Raised in eastern Kentucky, joined the US Navy at 19 to operate a Nuclear Reactor on a Fast-Attack submarine. After finishing his enlistment, Michael has continued to follow his passions in technology, astronomy, and of course, traveling the country.

Build Day 2 – Main Plant stations 1 through 4

Today was install of:Day2_Pano

  • AquaHot Hydraunic heating system (pre-main line)
  • All the basement side plumbing (Station 1)
  • Central Vacuum (Station 1)
  • Cargo area floors (Station 1)
  • Cargo area slide tray (Station 1)
  • Partial entry-step dressings (Station 1)
  • Power inverter / converter (Station 1)
  • Sub-floor (Station 2)
  • Floor heating elements (Station 2)
  • Powered step-well cover (Station 2)
  • Engine cover / walk-in closet floor (Station 2)
  • Ceramic tile floor (Station 3)
  • Half bath toilet (Station 3)
  • Shower (Station 4)
  • Master Bath Toilet (Station 4)
  • Various interior walls, cabinetry, etc (Station 4)
  • Dash (Station 4)
  • Stacked Washer/Dryer (Station 4) — installed after video ended.. sorry

Video after the break…

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By Michael, ago

Memorial Day

It’s very discouraging that there are many people wishing others a ‘Happy’ Memorial Day.  I could understand somewhat if these were all generated from outside the US, but even in America, the vast majority of citizens don’t understand the holiday.  Most think it’s just another day for firing up the Read more…

By Michael, ago

The Order

As we posted earlier, we spent some time in Red Bay Alabama touring the Tiffin Motorhomes facilities and talking with various people there.  Everyone we met was extremely helpful and courteous even though we were no doubt interrupting their routine.

We were lucky enough that the timing of our visit happened to coincide with the production of a new 2016 Allegro Bus 45OP, in a new interior color.  Further, we got to see all the new interior and exterior color schemes as well as the new exterior graphics design.  Lots of great changes coming!

With all this new knowledge, we were able to quickly decide what we wanted, get a final price approximation (final 2016 pricing is not yet available) and … drum roll …
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