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Pressure relief valve failed.... Replaced and back on the road.

Pressure relief valve... Is what it looks like... Constantly popping off... Every 3 seconds or so... Got a ride from a friendly local... Trying to source a replacement.

Left WV this morning... Made it to PA... Both primary and secondary air systems are draining... Can hear escaping air around the air dryer in front of the rear axle... Any way to bypass?

Bumper and aux LEDs installed for trip..

Picked it up from Bragg... Drove it to WV... Got all new fluids... Installed some additional LED lighting in prep for finishing up trip to WA...

Yup. I had a long conversation with iron planet. Apparently. If a year is listed it goes by that year. If no year is listed, they let me do the research and let me tell them what it is. L o l

Keep in mind that the newer hawker batteries are AGM and as such have an extremely high absorption rate. Any AGM battery used as a deep cycle and charged by the alternator will tax the alternator as the battery will take up to Cx3 or Cx4... Meaning If you have a 100ah battery, the AGMs will...

Yes. Plan was to layover with family for a couple days. Haven't seen them in awhile. Also scheduling and planning picking up an m1031 when I pass through MT.

THANK YOU! to reset2 for helping me cut holes in my bumper so I could mount some lights for the trip.... I'll post more pics when I get the lights finished.. Dunno if he wants his face out there... So I opted to keep it hidden.. PERSEC and all that jazz... :D

Left Fayetteville around 1400 after fueling up. Filled up in Richmond, a little over 30 gallons. Made it to West Virginia (harpers ferrry/Hagerstown, MD area) at about 2215 Small air leak at fan clutch... Nothing horrible... Otherwise... Smooth sailing... Rough math equals 6mpg...throttle...

I'll be going from Fayetteville, NC to Seattle, WA, through West Virginia, in an M934. Everything checks out, but it'll be a fun trip. Couple things. 1. I'm offering a FREE 'taxi' service, from NC to Seattle, if you're along my proposed route. If you need anything shipped/transported from...

Release form is printed online after you pay. I set this up last week. ...I dunno how they wouldn't know.... Also, I was instructed that 1230 is the latest you can pick up....

Meeting plan for those that wish to attend/help. Wed, 1 April 2015 8am breakfast (My treat) Waffle house 4520 Yadkin Rd (next to walmart/USAA) Fayetteville, NC 28303 I figure a mini-meet may be nice, before all the work begins. So for those that wish to help... I will be buying breakfast, at...

Even better... only bout 30 mins from centralia... and about 20 mins from Lakewood... both of which have active members and are really awesome people.

Yes, indeed.. I figured 45-50, to be safe... I already have a noise cancelling app on my phone to use with in ear headphones, and it works OK.... I will work out 12V to keep it charged. I might do tape for the trip.... good suggestion.... Gonna get a cushion..... and lots of...

Planning on a 4/1 morning recovery... Will update with further details.

Anyone up for a mini meet? Maybe a quick stop at a local mom n pop burger joint or something like that? Looking at Thur. or Fri.

There was a pretty m925....llow mileage..complete winch...at JBLM that went for a hair above 5. I originally wanted the M109A4.... but decided $6200 was a bit much...

WA has restrictions on titling 'collectors vehicles'. Gotta be at least 30 yo.... Otherwise I'm stuck with 200 a yr reg plus $100/month+ commercial insurance for a rig that's not gonna be driven that much... So... $100 one time and about 200 a yr for insurance vs 200 every year and 1200+ a yr...

K.. so he had parking brake on when pic was taken. Assumed it was air pressure because it looked like it sat and probably had empty tanks.