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"Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh" (andymcbradleigh) 02/12/2016 at 11:54 • Filed to: None

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CounterTorqueSteer > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 02/12/2016 at 12:00

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Nice Focus RS

Urambo Tauro > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 02/12/2016 at 12:45

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Pretty brave, doing that in a company vehicle. Clearly, the driver has been practicing.

That’s the thing, though. Sometimes you log more miles in a work vehicle than in your own car. A construction company I used to work for had a handful of trucks that I got really familiar with. Sometimes fully loaded, sometimes empty. You can really develop a feel for how they’ll behave.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Urambo Tauro 02/12/2016 at 12:51

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When I drove a lorry (truck) I did stuff like that, you kinda get a feel for the vehicle when you drive hundreds of miles every day :)

Urambo Tauro > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 02/12/2016 at 13:04

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I had a fun/educational experience when working for an RV dealership that rented motorhomes/caravans. They would often be scheduled to return and be prepped for the next customer to go right back out in the same day.

RV holding tanks often have sensor probes in the holding tank walls. The liquid contents of the tank complete the circuit(s), allowing the user to read the tank levels at the press of a button. But wet pieces of solid waste often cling to these probes (particularly in the “black tank”), resulting in false positives and fooling the user into thinking they need to be emptied.

There are many chemicals and hose attachments you can buy to try to clean the probes, but the fastest/most effective method I found was to empty the tank and refill it halfway with plain water. This gives the water opportunity to slosh around. Next is the fun part...

In a safe area, I’d swerve the RV around in a rhythm that makes the water splash around in the tank. After doing this, The tank would get emptied again. This would often work on the first try, but can take multiple attempts if shit-paper or other nastiness had an opportunity to dry onto the probes. A fun side effect of this practice was getting a feel for the driving dynamics of the RV. :)