Regular readers of this blog have watched us go through this exercise before, and not just once. We first attempted to go from a 40’ Class A diesel motorhome to a 26’ Class B van based RV (original story here). It didn’t go well. A few years later we downsized...Just a quick update from our previous saga of the DPF lamp causing a shutdown: we’ve driven 2000 miles since the “fix” (the fix being removing a piece of paper from inside the engine air filter) and had zero problems. I’ve also noticed the... 
A quick summary: The DPF indicator lamp in our 2020 New Aire (with only 3000 miles on the odometer) had come on twice within 90 miles, indicating a parked regen was needed immediately. The first time we pulled over too late (5 miles after the indicator began blinking)... 
As a recap from our prior shutdown the previous day, our brand new motorhome required an emergency DPF regen, which necessitated an expensive mobile technician call to accomplish. After that we figured we had a clean diesel particulate filter and that we were good to... 
Driving along a narrow canyon road in a big rig, in a one way construction zone with a line of traffic behind you, with no pullouts available…what is the last thing you want to see? A blinking red message on your dash, in all caps, that says STOP ENGINE, with a... 
To travel or not to travel, that was the question. After quarantining at home for three months, we were getting stir crazy. We are fortunate enough to own an RV. We had made reservations at RV parks in Colorado back in January for a June/July seven week trip. In April... 
