Monthly Archives: April 2015
Braking It Down . . .
Mister got himself a new box yesterday, and from one of his favorite places, Amazon. He apparently likes the way their boxes taste.
Of course he’s got his big one right next to this one, but new is always better, right?
As to what came in Mister’s new box, it was a bottle of PacBrake lubricant. Well, not their brand, but it’s the same stuff, and cheaper.
Super Lube Synthetic Oil with PTFE
Coming up from Verde Valley to Vegas, I noticed that my PakBrake didn’t seem to be working. It’s always kind of difficult to be sure that the PacBrake has actually engaged when it’s combined with the normal downshift to 4th. But my PRXB PacBrake (the upgraded model) should be felt working whenever your foot is off the gas and your PacBrake is turned on, even before the downshift to 4th
Our trip up here to Vegas is the first time I’ve really used it this year due to lack of hills, and I didn’t used it much last year either. I also realized that I didn’t do the lubrication maintenance on it this winter, mostly due to my my bottle of PacBrake lubricant having leaked out. So that’s probably why it’s not working.
Needing another bottle, I called the Camping World down in Henderson to see if they had some in stock, since CW is where I bought my last bottle. And when I asked the Parts Department guy if he had any PakBrake lube, he said,”What’s a PacBrake?”
HUH?
Camping World doesn’t know what a PacBrake is? That certainly explains a lot. And after I told him what it was, I got, “We don’t have any thing like that here.”
Right.
But Amazon had the same stuff in a generic form, but it looks like it’s made by the same company.
So tomorrow I’ll lift the bed up and do a lube job on the valve.
We’ve really been enjoying our really mild weather here. The last several days it’s never gotten above the mid-70’s, and it’s been down in the high 50’s at night. Very nice.
Tomorrow, besides the PacBrake lube job, I’ve got some other stuff I want to work on around the rig. But Sunday we’ve got some fun stuff planned.
More about that later.
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Thought for the Day:
If attacked by a mob of clowns, go for the juggler.
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The Eagle’s Nest . . .
Our daughter Brandi sent over this photo of our grandson Landon being awarded the game ball from last night’s game.
Yay! Landon!
Early this morning, our neighbor on our passenger side pulled out, and then a couple of hours later another rig pulled in. And this one was our rig’s little brother, a younger American Eagle.
The last time we were parked next to another Eagle was at the American Coach Rally in Gillette WY in 2010. And although we weren’t parked next to them, we did find an almost perfect duplicate to our ‘Beauty’.
The only outward difference is the outside rearview mirrors. Our are chrome and mounted on the front of the rig. Theirs were black and mounted on the side.
Don’t know what year our new neighbor’s rig is, but it’s not very recent because newer Eagles are either 42ft or 45ft, and have tag axles. Not so this one.
A little later I went to apply another epoxy patch to my radiator. I mentioned yesterday that I still found a very slight seepage after my first repair. But after our 3 hours of driving around Vegas yesterday, the coolant in the radiator wasn’t down to any noticeable amount. But I added a little more epoxy just to try and complete the repair
Later, after helping Nick hook up his new printer to his new computer, Jan and I headed out to have dinner at another Vegas favorite of ours, Claim Jumper. We’ve eaten here on every Las Vegas visit, and it’s our go-to place for steak here.
As Jan and I looked over the menu, I noticed that Claim Jumper is now part of the Landry’s restaurant chain. Entirely owned by Tilman Fertitta, Claim Jumper is just one of over 55 chains and 500 locations, making Landry’s one of the nation’s largest restaurant corporations.
I was surprised to learn all the other places that Tilman owns, like the Golden Nugget Hotel/Casinos in Atlantic City, NJ, Biloxi, MS, Las Vegas, NV, Laughlin, NV, and Lake Charles, LA. And he also owns the Tower of the Americas in San Antonio. Wow!
But what really caught my eye was all the high-end steak places that are part of the Landry group, including Morton’s, Vic & Anthony’s, Simm’s, Mitchell’s, McCormick’s & Schmick’s, and on a slightly lower level, one of our favorites, Saltgrass.
When I mentioned this to our waiter, Greg, (easy to remember) he said all the Landry’s restaurants get their meat from the same supplier, and the same quality. So that by getting a steak at Claim Jumper, you’re paying a third to a half of what you would pay for exactly the same steak at Morton’s or Vic & Anthony’s a few miles away on the Strip. And boy was he right. My Ribeye was one of the best pieces of meat I’ve ever had, so very tender and juicy. Just great!
During our meal, the manager came by our table to see how our meal was, and we got to talking about our RV travels, and all the different Landry’s restaurants we’ve eaten at. Very nice man.
Tomorrow will probably be another nice stay-at-the-rig day. Looking forward to it.
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Thought for the Day:
“I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap.” – – Rodney Dangerfield
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