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RE: Have you replaced slideout seal/gasket yourself?
I was going to tell you that you could probably find a video on Youtube on how to do it, but I just searched Youtube and can't find one. I also have my slide gasket coming out on one of my slides and I need to fix it. So if you figure this one out let us know.
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msmith1199
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06/19/13 11:51am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Oceano Dunes camping
Just remember the budget of the park is largely dependent on people paying the proper fees. That means the ranger's salary depends on it. You can bet they'll be checking very closely whose paid and whose supposed to be there.
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msmith1199
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06/18/13 08:26pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Cell Phones.. did you know??
Repeaters for police and fire will not pick up cell phone signals. If you are meaning their actual communications channels.
They use different frequencies and modulation techniques.
A separate antenna connected to different base unit on the same tower will receive 911 calls. Not too common yet, but increasing in mountainous rural areas.
Can you explain this a bit more please. Some new piece of communications equipment on the market?
Cell phones do not connect to 911 dispatch centers via their towers or radios. They connect via phone lines. The cell towers and vendors send that information via their infrastructure.Inquiring minds also want to know about this too. In my humble opinion, it is going to be routed thru the cell phone intrastructure before it gets to the 911 center, and not the 911 tower. It is possible that the cell phone service has provided a small repeater transceiver, but I know nothing about that. And just less than a year ago things in California's 911 system were not all that wonderful: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/09/08/emergency.numbers/index.html
Also got me curious too so I did some research. I'm retired law enforcement and never heard of a cell phone being able to call 911 while it was in an area with no service. The only thing I could find on this is that if you don't have coverage from your own provider and you dial 911, that your phone should roam and search for any other provider and send the 911 call through them. So your phone may show no service, but if you are in the range of any other cell provider you can still make a 911 call. But this is all within the cell providers and not on the law enforcement network.
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msmith1199
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06/18/13 05:22pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Tiffin or National ??
I also have a National and yes National went under, but there is nothing on my RV that would require National to still be around. Remember the RV builder for the most part is just an assembler. Anything that gets broken down the road can pretty much be fixed by anybody. The people who lost out were those that still had time on their factory warranty when National went under.
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msmith1199
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06/18/13 05:05pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Hand Guns
Every time one of these threads comes up you always see the argument made by some that they've never needed to have a gun in X number of years camping. While that is a valid statement to make, it is a 100% invalid argument to make about whether you need a gun or not. The fact is the vast majority of us who carry guns with us in our RV will never have the occasion to use them. But what happens if after 20 years you've never needed one, then that one night at 2am you do need it and don't have it? It only takes getting killed one time to learn your lesson.
If you don't like guns and don't want to carry one then I'm fine with that. If you don't know for sure you can use it and if you don't practice with it then you are probably more dangerous having it than not having it. But if you want one and you're going to take the time to get trained with it, then by all means get one.
I spent 28 years as a cop and there is one thing I can tell you, in the vast majority of all violent crimes the cops are going to get there in time to put up crime scene tape and conduct an investigation. Very rarely do the police show up in time to prevent a violent crime unless they just happen to be in the right place at the right time. And when you're camping in remote locations, the police may not even be able to show up for an hour or longer.
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msmith1199
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06/18/13 02:38pm |
Full-time RVing
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RE: Sonora Pass
One thing I will add for those of you who haven't been over the Sonora Pass in a while, the road has been improved and widened in most areas. I don't think there are any one lane areas left on it that I remember. It's two lanes the entire way. But those two lanes are very narrow in some points and there is a lot of traffic up there in the summer months. The biggest problem if attempting to take an RV over it is meeting head on traffic. There just isn't enough room in many places for an RV and a car coming in the other direction. And if you were to meet another RV head on up there, especially if both had a toad, you may find yourselves blocking the road for a long time while you unhook toads and try and back up to a place wide enough for both to pass. And you better hope that doesn't happen on the 26% grade section of the road.
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msmith1199
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06/18/13 11:51am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Sonora Pass
I took Sonora Pass by mistake with my previous 37 foot gas class A with the Ford V10 and Toyota Corolla toad about 3 years ago.
We were originally set to go over Tioga Pass, but it was closed due to snow, so we found the next open pass so that we could get over the mountains, which happened to be Sonora Pass.
I have never ever been scared on a road before with an RV before, and if you have read any of my previous posts on this site, you will find that I think it is pretty asinine when posters buy any type of RV, and then are afraid to take it off the freeway.
However, even I met my match when going over Sonora Pass with my RV. I WILL NEVER EVER DO THAT AGAIN!!!!!NEVER EVER!!
There is a 26% grade on the pass, as well as many other grades above 15%. I had my foot all the way down to the firewall, the RV was in 1st gear, and I was not going fast enough at the top of the 26% grade for the speedometer needle to move off the rest between 0 and 5 mph. To say I was shaking is an understatement.
If the grade was 27%, I would have had to either turn around or have people get out and walk to lighten the load. I guess the ole 275 HP V10 had its limits.
I am not going to tell you that you can't take an RV up this pass, because thanks to the Good Lord Above, I made it, but if I were you, I would seek an alternate route.
I would second what this person said. Just last week I was telling people Highway 1 between Carmel and San Simeon is not as bad as people were making it out to be. I've done that stretch of 1 in my 35 foot dp with a toad several times. However, no way would I take my 35' DP over Sonora Pass. I did once take a 28' rental class C over Sonora pass and it was not a good drive. I had a lot of close calls with motorcycles coming in the opposite direction going to a rally in Bridgeport.
If you knew there would be no opposing traffic then you could probably do it in a Class A with a toad, but there will be other traffic up there. I would not do it. Both 88 and 120 are better routes. Don't take Highway 4 either as it's worse than 108.
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msmith1199
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06/17/13 09:01pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Swivel mount tv
People have posted photos on here of swivel mounts they have put in for their overhead TV's. Most have used some type of bungee or strap system to make sure it's secure while on the road. The new LED TV's can be very light. I recently bought one for my house and when I first picked the box up I thought it was empty. I couldn't believe how light they make them now.
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msmith1199
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06/17/13 04:41pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: why would you do that?
Who cares?
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I was going to say I don't understand why people don't understand when somebody else does things different than they do.
I personally would never use the campground shower over mine in the RV, but it's fine by me if anybody else wants to use whatever shower they chose for whatever reason they chose.
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msmith1199
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06/17/13 03:20pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: rotten wall, where do I start?
There is no chance of the insurance covering it if you don't file a claim. Can't hurt to at least explain it to your insurance company and see what they say. If you have proof that the wall got worse after you purchased it, there may be some kind of coverage for it. Can't hurt to ask.
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msmith1199
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06/17/13 02:18pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: RV tv/gps theft
They are correct, generally speaking. However, if they made a promise to you that the lot is secure, then you may have a case. But I doubt they would just roll over and pay you and set a precedence. You'd have to go to small claims court.
Generally speaking when your RV gets broken into the only people responsible for the damage are you and the people who stole your stuff. The owner of a storage lot or a repair facility won't be responsible, unless you can prove some type of negligence or a breach of a contract on their part. For example if they left the motorhome unlocked, or they promised you there would be a security guard at the lot 24 hours a day and there wasn't, or if one of their own employees broke into your motorhome or conspired with the people who did. Just saying "the lot is secure" probably won't get you there.
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msmith1199
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06/17/13 10:54am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Leak from windshield
And here's the problem with leaks; they aren't always where you see them. Water stains on the ceiling may be from a leak 15 feet away. Water can run in mysterious ways.
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msmith1199
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06/17/13 10:49am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Replacing Roof Top A/C units
Why not replace the roof with a solid type, instead of another rubber roof that is subject to the same problems you are correcting? There are multiple companies that do this and everyone I know that has had it done is super happy with the results. It is similar to LineX or Rhino. One such company is RV Roof.com in Florida, but there are others.
Almost $5,000 for a 35 foot motorhome? Quite expensive.Just used that website as a demo of what can be done with the roof type spray on hard liners. There are others and the prevailing prices that friends have paid, have been UNDER $3000 for a complete job.
$3k may be more reasonable. I have a one piece fiberglass roof on my motorhome and the only places I've had issues have been at the seams and around the skylight over the shower. I wonder if it would help any (and be a lot cheaper) just to put this stuff over the seams in the front and back and around the other problem areas, instead of coating the entire roof.
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msmith1199
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06/17/13 09:59am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Really -- $1,500 for PDI ! Seriously???
There is something fundamentally wrong with charging for a PDI... The dealer and manufacturer should be on the same page " the unit is in perfect working order... So we have no warranty issues"
And as a token of out belief in the product we carry and sell. I will go over every inch with you and make sure it is right..
This is similar to the trick airlines are currently playing on people. They want to give the illusion that their ticket prices are lower than the next guys so they lower ticket prices but charge you extra for all the other stuff; checked bags, meals, a pillow, etc. RV dealers want to give you the illusion of a lower price and then tack on these extra charges. When people shop around they generally don't ask about all those extra fees.
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msmith1199
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06/17/13 09:54am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Caterpillar Diesel
Mine has a Cat and I've done nothing to it other than regular service. Never had a single problem.
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msmith1199
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06/17/13 09:45am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Does Length Matter?
Can't comment on ride since my 35' is the longest I've ever driven, but I can say we limited ourselves to 35' on purpose just for access to campgrounds. It may be a geographic thing, but here in California in the mountains and along the there are a lot of places that have length restrictions in the campgrounds, especially state parks. And even the campgrounds that can accommodate the larger motorhomes may only have 5 out of 100 spaces available for a 40' or larger motorhome. Sounds like this may not be as big of an issue back on the eastern side of the Country.
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msmith1199
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06/17/13 09:37am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot"
It's fascinating reading this thread. I just got back from a trip to Germany and our (USA) definition of "high density housing" is completely different than theirs. I think the people here in the USA are a different breed than those in Europe. Even the small villages there are "cramped" by US standards. And when the town ends, it ENDS. Goes from apartments and/or row housing to farm land in a single step. No apartments, to row houses, to single houses, to bigger houses on large lots, to VERY large house/lots, THEN to farm land.
Not a different breed, just used to different things. In Europe they grew up with the cramped conditions so it's what they're used to. In New York City many people have no cars and take public transportation every place. In California everybody has a car and most rarely use public transportation. It's all about what you're used to.
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msmith1199
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06/13/13 11:10am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: BUY AN EXT. WARRANTY??
Are the warranties always transferable? My experience (at least with cars) is you can't transfer them. In California, since it's an insurance policy, if you sell the car while there is still time left on the extended warranty, you can cancel the warranty and get a refund on part of what you paid for it.
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msmith1199
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06/13/13 11:07am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: BUY AN EXT. WARRANTY??
I know people who always buy the warranties on all the products they buy too. Now that is a huge waste of money. I wish that for the last 10 years or so every time somebody offered me a warranty on some item I bought from a store I would have asked how much and then kept track all these years. That number would be in the thousands of dollars if not over ten thousand by now. And to the best of my memory, I've never had anything break that would have ever been covered by one of those extended warranties.
I used to buy the warranties on cars and like I already said I bought it on my motorhome too. I have used the extended warranty several times on cars mostly for minor repairs. So if I added up all the extended warranties on cars, I'm many thousands of dollars in the hole on those.
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msmith1199
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06/13/13 10:44am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Metal Detector owners
I can tell you exactly why you need a permit in most state parks. It is kind of the reverse of dog walking.....
Lots of people get a hit and dig and then leave the hole for someone else to deal with.
Matt
maybe you could combine the two. walk the dog, dig a hole, park the dog over hole, fill in hole.
bumpy
Combine all three and get the dog to dig the hole.
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msmith1199
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06/13/13 10:05am |
RV Lifestyle
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