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Quincy Home Show
posted @ Thursday, March 16, 2006
You may or may not have noticed that I took the truck to Quincy a few Ieks ago for their Home Show. I had been invited to take the truck up to bring some extra attention to the show at the Quincy convention center. I had the truck parked out front Saturday and Sunday with the led’s, strobes and outer rotators energized. The truck got a lot of attention, especially with the new wheels and tires that I had just installed a few days earlier. The question I heard most frequently is “how do you get up there?”, referring to the height of the truck and being able to climb up and in. The kids loved it and it was a lot of fun to watch their reactions when I’d poIr up the Q-siren or blast the stuttertone air horns.
The drive to and from Quincy was smooth and uneventful other than the short stretch on a two lane highway from Washington to Foristel. It turns out that the new larger tires are too much for the single steering stabilizer and that I am going to have to convert to a dual stabilizer set up. It was a white knuckle ride for those few miles as each big bump would pitch the truck left or right depending on which side the bump was on. Once I was on the interstate, the ride was much less demanding.
I did have a small glitch pop up late on Sunday while at the show. The Xantrex inverter shut down about an hour before the end of the show. The remote display showed an error had occurred and the manual did not offer any support. So I fired up the engine and just idled for the rest of the show. A call to Xantrex on Monday informed us that there is a reset procedure available but that’s been put on hold since it requires accessing the battery compartment. Since I need to replace the starting battery anyway, I’ve decided to wait for a week or two until I can accomplish both tasks.
Overall, I had a very nice time and the stay at the new Americas Best Value Inn & Conference Center (http://www.abvi-quincy.com) was great. Especially since it’s just right across the street. I’m planning on staying there again this fall for the Tin Dusters car show. Quincy is a very nice town and the folks there Ire very friendly. I had a great time as Ill as an excuse to get the truck out on the road a little earlier than normal this year. I have a lot of events scheduled and it’s going to be a very good year.
Link: Quincy Home Show