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RE: Fueling Limits at Pumps, Grrrrrrrrr!
There is another solution that hasn't been mentioned. A lot of Wal-Marts have the option of buying a pre-paid card and giving you .03 cents per gallon off the posted price. In my town Wally world has the lowest price anyway and I get it .03 cents lower than that. When we get ready for a long trip I will go in a buy a gas card and put about $500 on it and then I can pump as much as I want up to that amount without and nozzle shut offs. It sure beats the alternative.
I also second the idea of Flying J. As far as I'm concerned they are the very best for RV'ers. Easy in and out and very competitive prices. I fueled up once a Tulsa Flying J that even had a sewer dump at the fuel island! Only problem is there is not a Flying J in my town! Big T
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BigT
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08/31/09 08:18pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Sliding Closet Door Catch
Thanks for all your help! Big T
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BigT
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08/20/09 09:35pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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Sliding Closet Door Catch
We broke the small plastic catch that keeps the sliding closet door closed when traveling. It is clear plastic, U shaped and about two inches long. Anybody have any idea where we might get a new one? Thanks Big T
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BigT
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08/20/09 03:29pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Toilet not holding water
We have had our rig almost 4 years and replaced the toilet seal in January for the second time. It's not that bad of a job; took about an hour or so. You do have to take the bowl off but you do not have to disturb the base. There is a flexable plastic shroud around the base and there is a drawband that keeps the base and the bowl joined. The new seal seems to be holding fine. On mine the seal looks like a small plate with a thin rubber donut in the middle. Sorry but I don't remember the brand of mine. Hope this helps. Big T
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BigT
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07/02/09 07:47pm |
Tech Issues
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Which route through Canada going to alaska?
We are seriously considering Alaska in 2010. We have flown up twice but we would like to drive it. Anybody care to share their thoughts on the more popular route or the less traveled Cassiar highway route? Thanks in advance, Big T
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BigT
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07/01/09 09:45pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: Blue Ridge Parkway Blowing Rock to Ashville NC. Questions
We plan to drive part of it in a couple of weeks. Here is a site with tunnel information. Tunnel Info
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BigT
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05/11/09 05:20pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: "Please forgive me, I had motorhome thoughts..."
Don't forget NOT being able to back up with the Toad attached as another disadvantage. Gas stations are tricky enough anyway.
But I confess, when I see one of those puppies up close I think "Wouldn't it be nice" and then I think "A new Mercedes would be also be nice but that ain't gonna happen either".
We took a walk through at Albuqueque at "The Rally" and amoung other things saw one with a $691,00 price tag and marble floors and a slide out patio. Now that's roughing it!
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BigT
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05/11/09 08:33am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Finalizing our deal today
I think when anyone purchases their first RV they have some misgivings in the corners of their mind. We ordered our first RV in July of 2005 with a promise of delivery in August. We picked it up just before labor day which was the day that Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and gas went up 50 cents a gallon only to go higher the next few weeks. Talk about a "What have I done?" feeling! We have pulled it from almost in Mexico to almost in Canada and from the Colorado Rockies to North Carolina and we haven't looked back or regreted it for a minute.
Go forth and enjoy each other, the RV and our beautiful country!
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BigT
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05/11/09 08:18am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: i need a new TV!!!
I haven't bought a new TV since 1996 and I bought an RCA 25" and an RCA VCR too and they're both still working fine. If I were to buy a new one, I would first look at RCA, then try to find another American brand, though I'm not sure if there are any more American TV companies...?
I believe in this case "TV" means Tow Vehicle.
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BigT
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04/25/09 08:21pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: The Rally" at Albuquerque getting away
Our Getaway was not too bad either. We left Monday morning because we had run out of water Saturday evening and they promised to get us water Sunday morning. So much for promises. We also lost power on 2 occasions during the night. I did enjoy the rally as a whole but a little more concern on organization. Wonder who is going to refund the pre payment for water and sewage?? If you happened to be in the north lot you were forgotten about.....
We were in the North lot but in the Dry Camping section. Since we were dry we wacthed our water useage very carefully and we made it fine for 4 days. Probably could have made it another day or so without running out. We had bottled water, did very little cooking and took quickie showers. We were with 12 other rigs from our RV club and nobody ran out and we all had generators.
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BigT
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04/25/09 08:11pm |
Rallies, Shows and Gatherings
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RE: The Rally" at Albuquerque getting away
Our get away from Albuquerque and "The Rally" went really well with very little traffic at the Balloon Fiesta park and very little through Albuquerque.
Oh, did I mention we left at 6:00 am MST?
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BigT
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04/24/09 09:24am |
Rallies, Shows and Gatherings
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RE: Automatic Sliding Hitch
The new Everest is 37 feet. I am leaning to the Superglide for peice of mind but still hate to spend the extra 1500 dollars.
There is an old saying about spending extra money to get something better. "By what you know is better and cry once when you write the check or go the cheap route and cry every time you use it." Or in your case cry when you are wondering "can I make this turn or not without hitting my cab". Years from now you will have forgotten the extra dollars in difference and will have enjoyed it all that time.
We had the same experience as one of the posts above. Came through the east side on Nashville and hit some unexpected road construction and were forced to make a u-turn to stay on route. Others in our group could not make the U turn, had to go on through and hunt for a large empty parking lot (not always easy to find) to turn around and try to catch up on busy I-40.
Just my humble opinion but It's your nickel.
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BigT
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03/10/09 08:51am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Monaco Goes Under
Sad when you see the well established long time companies go away. Besides Hitchiker and Teton I wonder who else has bit the dust.
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BigT
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03/06/09 10:55am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Geocaching
Once I realized the potential fun we could have I bought a new GPS unit that has a geocaching program built in. It makes it almost too easy because you can download all the Geocache's directly into the GPS from the website and you can geocache completely paperless. No printouts of anything needed. Nice!!
We are caching with the cheapest Garmin Nuvi 200 and it works well, but I like your plan. May I ask what kind of GPS did you get?
I narrowed my search for a paperless geocaching GPS down to Garmin Colorado 400t or a Garmin Oregon 400t. The Oregon is a newer model and has a touch screen but also has a reputation for very poor screen visibility. The Colorado has been out a year or two and has better screen visibility and uses a thumbwheel and a couple of buttons to bring up what you want. I went with the Colorado because of the better screen visibility issue and I like it a lot. The GPS reviews are here.
The paperless geocaching is easy easy easy! You just go to the website and pull up the caches in your area, click on the ones you want to find and hit "send to GPS" and you are done. It then shows them on a map, draws a line to them with an arrow, shows the distance, shows the difficulity and terrian, the description and hints. When you find it you can check it off as found and it puts it in a seperate folder. How easy is that? I don't know how many it will hold: for about $14 I ordered an 8 gig memory chip, so I assume you can put in thousands with that much memory. Hope this helps.
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BigT
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03/06/09 08:42am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Geocaching
We started geocaching in January when we got a little bored one day down on the Texas coast. All we had was an automotive gps but we found about 20 caches just going out 4 or 5 times, and we are hooked. It gives us a reason to get out and see the surrounding area and we really enjoy it.
Another BIG plus is that I have been looking for something I could do with my only grandson (age 11) that would interest him and be a lot of fun, and geocaching is it. I have taken him out after school a couple of times and we have a ball. We went out yesterday and in an hour he found 4 and one of them had a $5.00 off coupon to a local resturant in it. By the way, I got my registration information today from "The Rally" at Albuquerque and they have included a geocaching competition event.
Once I realized the potential fun we could have I bought a new GPS unit that has a geocaching program built in. It makes it almost too easy because you can download all the Geocache's directly into the GPS from the website and you can geocache completely paperless. No printouts of anything needed. Nice!!
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BigT
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03/05/09 09:58pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Winter in Texas
We are currently in Lagoons RV Resort in Rockport and we like the area a lot.
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BigT
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01/22/09 04:35am |
Class A Motorhomes
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Central Vac Auto dust pan
I stepped on and broke off the auto dust pan on the central vac. Anybody ever repaired or replaced the on/off control on the floor? Any advice would be appreciated. Big T
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BigT
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01/20/09 08:15am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Michigan KOA
We stayed in Petosky KOA in July of 2007 and I don't see how it could have been much better. It is a great park but get a good grip on you wallet. $56.00 a night as I recall. Prety tough when you can stay just 25 miles down the road at a great park at Indian River RV Resort & Campground(non-KOA) for about 1/2 that price. All depends on what you want.
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BigT
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12/17/08 09:03pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Anyone have the Superglide 16K owners manual?
I have the dissassembly, cleaning and slip plate appilcation instructions for a 16K from Pullrite. If you need them send me a PM. Big T
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BigT
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12/06/08 09:36pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: You Might Be An RVer If. . . . .
...you are driving in your car through a unfamilar city and have the urge to pull into the first state park you see.
...while driving your car you pull in for fuel a look up to check the height of the pull through.
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BigT
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11/27/08 07:26pm |
RV Lifestyle
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