Traveled to Alaska
- dougb
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- B190 Year: 1993
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- Location: Hot Springs Village,Arkansas
Traveled to Alaska
On June 17th we departed Arkansas and drove Baby Huey through 8 states, canada and up the AlCan highway to Alaska. It took us 7 days because we made a side trip to Dawson city.
The B190 did a fine job, the only major issues we had the entire was a missing hub cap and broken alternator belt in Omaha Nebraska.
We averaged 600 miles a day and the little motor coach got 13 miles to the gallon. Overall we drove 6000 miles in 3 weeks.
Baby Huey, our B-190 resides in Alaska. We will fly to Alaska every year
and travel in our B-190 until we find somewhere else to go.
The B190 did a fine job, the only major issues we had the entire was a missing hub cap and broken alternator belt in Omaha Nebraska.
We averaged 600 miles a day and the little motor coach got 13 miles to the gallon. Overall we drove 6000 miles in 3 weeks.
Baby Huey, our B-190 resides in Alaska. We will fly to Alaska every year
and travel in our B-190 until we find somewhere else to go.
- Alaskan
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- B190 Year: 1999
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- Location: Alaska and Washington
Doug.... better get your tape out out check, I think I remember the fronts and rears being slightly different in center-cap depth
Full-floating rear axle, like we have, uses a deeper center hubcap (pictures below)
This is a rear, I can't measure a front as this is a 4x4 F350 so the fronts on this rig have the hubs sticking through.
I though I remember skater mentioning he has 3 of this style hubcap as he replaced his with the newer style...??
Laying a straight edge across this measures 3 1/8 inches
Full-floating rear axle, like we have, uses a deeper center hubcap (pictures below)
This is a rear, I can't measure a front as this is a 4x4 F350 so the fronts on this rig have the hubs sticking through.
I though I remember skater mentioning he has 3 of this style hubcap as he replaced his with the newer style...??
Laying a straight edge across this measures 3 1/8 inches
Last edited by Alaskan on Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:38 pm, edited 2 times in total.
- skater
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The rear has a deeper bowl (dish?) due to the insanely large hub.
The cheap Ford replica hubcaps I got off eBay are identical but deep enough to cover the hubs in the rear without a problem. They don't look out of place to me, and they've held on pretty well for a couple years now (including through the accident).
The cheap Ford replica hubcaps I got off eBay are identical but deep enough to cover the hubs in the rear without a problem. They don't look out of place to me, and they've held on pretty well for a couple years now (including through the accident).
1991 Airstream B190 - bought, 2005; sold, 2011; bought 2017
1995 Airstream Excella 30' trailer
WBCCI #13270, Washington, DC Unit
1995 Airstream Excella 30' trailer
WBCCI #13270, Washington, DC Unit
- skater
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- B190 Year: 1991
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I only have 1 rear, which is what prompted the purchase of the eBay ones. I was in talks with mustangman for him to buy it but I haven't heard anything from him recently on it. Let me make sure he isn't still interested.Alaskan wrote:ya....I was sure the rears were different depth..
ya got an extra original rear one for Doug...??
1991 Airstream B190 - bought, 2005; sold, 2011; bought 2017
1995 Airstream Excella 30' trailer
WBCCI #13270, Washington, DC Unit
1995 Airstream Excella 30' trailer
WBCCI #13270, Washington, DC Unit