When I asked Chuck Botts what to call his proposed seminar at our Fall 2012 rally to be held in Springville, Utah he gave me a title that didn’t provoke any raised eyebrows so I asked him to spice it up a little. The reason [read more]
Oct 092012
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Oct 092012
I put together a seminar with a Powerpoint presentation (HERE) and some notes (HERE), both derived from a writeup I did on my own web site (HERE). The bottom line is that if you install air deflectors, an air dam or spoiler, and a lighter-duty [read more]
Oct 042012
Manny Trovao came through again and took Frank Condos’ design for vehicle scales and our experiece using them at Casa de Fruta and made some new scale platforms from half-inch thick welded aluminum. Last time we weighed 31 coaches. This time with far fewer coaches [read more]
Sep 292012
Not many pictures today. We spent the morning weighing coaches with our newly reworked scales. The first pass at the scales was done by Frank Condos and they worked but we discovered a couple of problems using them at the Casa de Fruta rally in [read more]
Sep 282012
Spent today hearing from Bill Hubler about both his diesel conversion and his earlier work on the 1-ton front end. Bill is a very interesting guy who has lots of experience building and modifying airplanes and other vehicles. I think that we will be hearing [read more]
Sep 272012
We had a free day today that Carol and I used to tour the area called the Alpine Scenic Loop (SR-92). It is a narrow and windy road that branches off of Provo Canyon above Provo and Springville. The Fall colors here are pretty different [read more]
Sep 262012
It is a small rally but it is still fun and there is lots of enthusiasm as usual. Tonight’s meal and entertainment had a Hawaiian theme and a family act consisting of a Hawaiian Dad, a howley (mainlander) Mom, and a couple of really cute [read more]
Sep 252012
This rally is pretty small in attendance for a variety of reasons – conflicts with other rallies, conflicts with group cruises, gas prices, distance, breakdowns, etc. but it promises to be a fun one. The weather was a little cloudy today and cool but there [read more]
Sep 252012
Joint GMC Cascaders, GMC 49ers, and GMC Western States Fall 2013 Rally The Fall 2013 rally will be held in Coos Bay, Oregon at the Beautiful Mill Casino, Hotel and RV Resort Wednesday, October 2, 2013 through Monday, October 7, 2013. You may read the [read more]
Sep 222012
A PDF file containing the slides from Emery Stora’s seminar presented at the Fall 2010 GMC Motorhomes International rally at DuQuoin, IL is available as a download by clicking HERE. Emery’s presentation covers the pumps needed for a fuel injection setup – if you are [read more]
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Jun 202012
Support the GMC community — Win a FireFight system Here’s a chance to do some good for the GMC community AND to protect your family and coach investment at the same time! You are invited to participate in a drawing we are calling the Summer [read more]
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May 312012
At the Spring 2010 rally in King City we announced that the club would pay entrance fees for GMC coaches if members entered them in local car shows. The purpose was to spread the word about the GMC and to introduce it to “car people” [read more]
May 152012
Below is an article that was written by GMCWS and GMCPC members Jim and Audree Rowe. It was originally published in the FMCA Magazine and is re-published here with their approval. A copy of this article in pdf format is available here. It is a [read more]
May 092012
(Note: at the end of September 2012 FMCA changed this program – for details check the FMCA web site or call them). GMCs and RVs in general are made so that we can be far from home when we want to or need to. Unfortunately, [read more]
May 012012
We had the idea to acquire some vehicle scales so that we could weigh coaches at rallies. Carl P. on the GMCnet suggested a build-it-yourself scale kit from here and Frank Condos volunteered to make them. Frank planned to use materials he had on hand [read more]
Apr 282012
Today we managed to finish the coach weighing project – see the results in a separate post on this site. The afternoon was filled with a “Hollister Hills Wine and Tri-tip Festival” conducted and catered by Manny. The dinner this evening was a grilled salmon [read more]
Apr 272012
Below are notes by Donna Prishmont from Jerry Work’s seminar and then photos by Rebecca Bovee and Armand Minnie. Jim Bounds gave a great presentation this afternoon on fire suppression systems and talked about his and Chuck Botts’ experiments with hydrogen fuel cells for improving [read more]
Apr 262012
Below are notes by Donna Prishmont followed by photos from Rebecca Bovee and Armand Minnie. Dinner tonight was Portugese-style New York Steak by Manny and his family. Tender and tasty – you should have been there. After dinner several groups met to discuss their favorite [read more]
Apr 242012
Arrival day at a rally usually has very little activity but this day was a little different. Be sure to check out the photos at the bottom of this page. Vendors: for a list, photos, and a movie of vendors at the rally check out [read more]
Apr 092012
1. Navigate to S2Member (Pro) on the site “Dashboard” and then click on “Import/Export” below it. 2. click on “User/Member CSV Exportation” 3. click on “Export Now”: This will download a CSV (Comma Separated Values) file that you should “Save” now where you can find [read more]
Apr 052012
GMCWS 2012 Spring Roundup – Casa de Fruta Wine Festival (The Schedule and Registration forms are below – if you don’t see them you probably don’t have Adobe Reader installed – please see the note in red below. If you can’t get it to work [read more]
Feb 292012
The following article was originally written by Armand Minnie on his personal web site (www.minniebiz.com/gmcmotorhome). Byron Songer, with Armand’s OK and encouragement, reformatted the original article and published it on the GMC Eastern States web site. After it was published it was noted by one [read more]
Feb 232012