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RE: Sleeping bags
We use the Eddie Bauer (Coleman) dual temp bags that can be zipped together. Got them at Target.
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Ahab
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10/30/09 09:53am |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: Time for a new battery
For spending almost double I don't see what you will be gaining for your use. Get some LED's and easily have power for a weekend with a walley world battery.
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Ahab
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10/30/09 09:35am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Airstream no better than others
Sorry to hear of your bad experience. We bought ours new more than two years ago and have had no problems and consider the money well spent.
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Ahab
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10/27/09 01:49pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: How do I camp this winter?
I have decided to continue to go on short camp trips all through the winter this year. I live in the Sonoran Desert of southern AZ. so it will not be totally miserable camping this winter as the day temps usually get to the 50s or 60s at the coldest time of winter. However I have seen it get as cold as 24 deg. at night so I will still need to blow the lines, drain WH and low point and put the pink stuff in all the drains. I have 7 gal. water containers I could bring with me for washing dishes and such outside. Will use CG toilets or lean against a tree if boondocking. My camper has central heat but is not enclosed belly so tanks will need to remain empty with just some pink stuff in them.
Am I missing anything? Not at all
Am I nuts? (DW thinks I am) No
How do I talk DW into going with me? Go with some buddies first, she'll get the message.
We love winter camping and have been doing it for 40 years or more. We use sleeping bags and only turn on the furnace in the morning to take the chill off. We never had the waterlines freeze. No need for the pink stuff. We mostly boondock or dry camp.
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Ahab
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10/23/09 09:06am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Kingman AZ Boondocking
get a DeLorme Arizona Atlas, tells you anything you want to know.
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Ahab
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10/18/09 12:00pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: Choosing the right size travel trailer.
Great choice, sounds like a super rig.
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Ahab
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10/17/09 09:31am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Single vs dual axle
There is no statistical advantage of dual over single, it's a matter of load carrying capacity. In over 40 years of using both I prefer single where practical. Less rolling resistance makes for better mileage, less alignment problems, and easier to back into tight places. I've never had a blow out with tubeless tires but have had air loss due to screws/nails, and it was gradual and allowed me to pull over without incident or was noticed when stopped for gas, etc. Sway is caused by poor load distribution and or TV inadequacy/ hook up.
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Ahab
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10/17/09 09:03am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: What areas are the most desolate ?
Ahab, isn't that route 77 I see running thru Oracle?
Yes indeedy, if you consider Arizona as part of the southwest, this is where I live. In Az. alone we have the Cabeza Prieta NWR, and the Kofa NWR both of which you can enter with a 4x4 and easily be more than 22mi from a road. And did I mention the Navajo Nation? New Mexico and Nevada also have many remote areas. Just because you live in a crowded part of the nation doesn't mean we all do.;)
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Ahab
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10/14/09 10:17am |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: What areas are the most desolate ?
you know...sounded funky to me also....but I wouldn't of posted it if I could disprove it...can you?
Sure can, I live here. :B
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Ahab
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10/13/09 09:39am |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: trailer lengths
Arizona and New Mexico have a number of mountain roads and campgrounds which limit lenght. I'm sure other states do too. You need to Google where you intend to go.
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Ahab
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10/13/09 09:29am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: What areas are the most desolate ?
According to google, the furthest you can get away from a road in the lower 48 is 22 miles...& that is only achievable in the southeast portion of Yellowstone, & thus, it is the most isolated location in the continental US.
I guess they never heard of the Southwest.:B
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Ahab
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10/12/09 08:33am |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: Public land in TX
Public Land not counting a few small National Forest lands in East TX, as other posters have mentioned, is nonexistent.
I visited Lake Meridith National Recreation Area here in West Texas about 2 months ago and was not impressed/ very disappointed. Too many people there and the lake is down so low that you have to drive down the boat ramp for 1/2 mile to get to water. I did not think the scenery was anything worth seeing either, but everyone is different.
The real place to go for Texans who live from Abilene west is New Mexico. Their state parks are the cream of the crop (They put TX State Parks to SHAME!), priced VERY reasonably, they have TONS of public land, and you can really get off by yourself.
Yes, you are so right!
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Ahab
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10/12/09 08:25am |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: honda ridgeline
A lot of hot air here. Do a google search. The Ridgeline has twice the ridgidity of a body on frame truck and 20 times the torsional resistance. I got more than 65k on mine, much of that towing, with no problems.
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Ahab
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10/09/09 02:00pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Faucets - do you leave open or closed?
When water freezes it expands in all directions, not just toward an opening. Leaving them open for expansion does not make a lot of sense. Want to test it? Buy one of those glass rain guages that is open at the top. Fill it 1/2 full of water one day that it is gonna freeze and watch as the glass bursts all over and ice never even approaches the top.
Hmmm, have had my glass rain gage for more than 10 years now. In the winter have forgotten to empty it. Never has burst. Must be special huh? Fact is, water freezes slowly. While it is crystalizing it is still viscous and will expand in the direction that offers the least resistance. I refuse to put the pink stuff in my water lines. I do put it in my traps and waste tanks. All faucets are left wide open and drains too. The only line that doesn't full drain is the flexible shower hose which I remove. My water tank is the lowest part of my water system.
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Ahab
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10/09/09 01:50pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Camping around Winkelmann or Mammoth, AZ
You can camp in Winkleman along the Gila River, numerous sites. There are campgrounds between Winkleman and Mammoth at Dudleyville and Aravapai.
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Ahab
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10/08/09 08:40am |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Wind while towing
I've towed my ultralight in some pretty bad winds. Never had a sway problem even with my previous short wheelbase TV (I don't believe the short WB is NG for towing garbage).
Proper weight distribution and hitch setup is what does the trick.
Now you are always going to feel "push" from high winds, towing or not, but that is NOT sway and nothing will prevent that. Don't confuse the two.
Sway is a continuing oscillation of the trailer caused by the initial "push". If you just feel a single nudge to the side when hit by a gust of wind, that is not sway.
Same here, and you make a good point.
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Ahab
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10/08/09 08:29am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: honda ridgeline
You may want to review your owners manual on towing. Our Ridge does just fine towing a 22' Airstream without a WDH. We've been towing it for more than two years now mostly mountains (4600' to 10,000') without any problems. Full up the TT weighs in at 4200# with 460# on the ball.
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Ahab
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10/08/09 08:18am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Camping in and around Patagonia Arizona?
There are numerous areas for boondocking at the base of the Santa Ritas off 82 and83. Karchner has a great CG but is quite away from Patagonia. Get yourself a Delorme Topo Arizona Atlas, we never leave home without it. That weekend will be crowded.
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Ahab
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10/04/09 09:18am |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: Boondocking battery life.
With 2 group 27 12V batteries and tring to conserve we normally can go for 5 days. That includes careful use of lights, standard ones not LEDs, and the water pump. If we have to use the furnance we loose about a day out of the 5 at temps down in to the 40s. During the day we are rarely in the TT so everything is shut off then.
About the same with us using one GR29, LED's, and only using the heater in the morning to take the chill off.
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Ahab
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10/04/09 09:00am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: What areas are the most desolate ?
Devils Highway east of Yuma, Az.
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Ahab
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10/02/09 08:23am |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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