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RE: Dual rear tire valves
I would not use extensions. Too many experiences with them leaking. I got new, metal valve stems from Tire-Man. They work great. Tire-Man
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PenMan
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05/24/13 10:47am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Campfires...good in moderation
I was on the burning end of some charcoal starter fluid when I was a kid but it was my younger brother who shot it into the already burning fire. It splashed up on me and burned my hair and eyebrows off before I could make it into the nearby creek. No real damage (did not need medical attention) but it sure smelled bad. Come to think of it, I got the bad end of a lot of my younger brother's mistakes when we were growing up!
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PenMan
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05/20/13 03:47pm |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: Trailer Life Magazine
The way I understand it, the Hiways magazine will now be an insert in the Trailer Life or Motorhome Life magazines. Hiways as an independent magazine will no longer exist. A Good Sam membership will get you four issues of the magazine you choose. It was not clear if there will be more than 4 issues of each magazine per year which is why I'm thinking I am losing something in the deal.
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PenMan
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05/20/13 03:36pm |
Good Sam Club
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RE: Trailer Life Magazine
If I read Mike Siemens posting about the Highways magazine, Good Sam members will receive 4 issues of trailer life or motorhome magazine (you choose one or the other) each year while they are a member. Those issues will be the ones with the Highways insertion in them.
At least that is how I understood it.
That's what I read too. Wonder how it will work since I have already paid for Trailer Life for a year and am a lifetime member of Good Sam. Seems like I am losing something instead of gaining on this deal.
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PenMan
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05/20/13 10:15am |
Good Sam Club
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RE: What's in your tool box?
What to carry can end up being a shoe box sized box with pliers and a crescent wrench to a half a roll-a-way tool box.
I have a canvas bag (BTW: canvas bags take up a lot less space than a box) with a drill motor and bits, a 4" disc grinder and the drill motor charger and batterys.
I have another canvas bag with wrenches, sockets, breaker bar and ratchet, various slip joint pliers. Electrical and duct tape, bailing wire and on the bottom various sized hose clamps all same brand so they can be used together and two handfuls of nuts and bolts loose on the bottom of the bag.
We New Mexicans think alike but I still use a metal toolbox. I add some fuses and a couple of foam pads for when I need to get down on my poor old knees. :B And of course the always needed flashlight.
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PenMan
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05/18/13 10:21am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: McGyver stories
ON our returning trip from Alaska, our slide room no longer operated via the motor. The problem with a deep slide is that when it's CLOSED, it takes up MOST of the room inside the RV. We found that it took 200 revolutions when hand cranking the slide open or closed so getting it to work as it was supposed to was high on my list. We had been hand cranking it since leaving Tok a couple of days earlier. Stayed in our overnight boondocking site north of Whitehorse on the Klondyke highway, for a couple of extra hours the next morning, to try and solve the problem but there was NOWHERE to get any help or even purchase parts. Pulled the inspection opening in the belly pan down and found that the top of the motor operating the slide room had simply vibrated loose and was lying inside the belly pan. With the help of a magnet on a stick, lots of stretching and muttering some bad words, I was able to retrieve MOST of the parts. The one thing I was missing was the little springs that hold the brushes in contact with the armature of the motor and without those springs it wasn't going to work. After searching through all of the misc. stuff that accumulates in the bottom of my tool box and parts drawer in the pass through, I found nothing that looked like it would work.
Finally I found an old ball point pen and took it apart to find that the spring was pretty close to the right size. It was also long enough that I could cut it in half and make a spring for the other set of brushes. Put it all back together and the motor worked perfectly (and still does today after three more years of use).
Best thing of all was that DW gave me some "points" as she was both impressed (and relieved) that she didn't have to take her turn at cranking the slide in or out. Not exactly a McGyver story but about as close as I can come.
All I can say is that's using your head. Good job. :)
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PenMan
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05/18/13 10:01am |
Tech Issues
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RE: PVC Lamp/Name Board Post
Go to the Handy Hints, Gadgets, Projects and Gizmos thread and there are examples in it. They are not for a solar light but could be easily adapted. Basically they use a 3" Toilet Flange and then an adapter to go to 2" PVC pipe. At the level where you want the wood sign you put in a 2" Tee and reducer to 1" for the sign holder and add a 1" cap on the end. You would need to adapt to whatever fitting you have on the solar light on the top of the 2" PVC. Paint it to suit yourself. If you end up making one, please post what light you end up using. I have been thinking about making one but was planning to use a 12 volt bulb in a regular outdoor fixture mounted on a PVC pole as described above.
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PenMan
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05/17/13 03:22pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: What Are The Upsides & Downsides To Driving A DRW Truck?
Parking as others have said and getting teased about having wide hips.
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PenMan
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05/13/13 10:55am |
Truck Campers
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RE: US 550 Albuquerque to Durango
Good roads all the way. In Albuquerque the only campground that would be right on your way is a KOA just off of I-40 just as you enter the city. It's nice but nothing special. If you just want to park overnight the Sandia Casino on I-25 at Tramway exit allows overnight parking. There is also a KOA in Bernalillo close to where you go from I-25 to Hwy. 550. I live in Albuquerque so have not stayed at any of the campgrounds here but I buy my propane from the KOA off of I-40 and they are friendly people. Have a good trip.
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PenMan
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05/12/13 12:04pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Paying for electricity w/ 50 amp
Amperage measures the strength of the current. Volume is generally measured in kilowatts per hour..Both of those statements would appear to be incorrect.
Nope. Both of those statements are basically correct.
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PenMan
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05/12/13 11:58am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Nice little campground in New Mexico mountains
You're staying on the Turquoise Trail. You should take a ride up to Madrid while you're close. Fun little town with a couple of places to eat and some nice shops to visit. Probably 30 minutes from your campground. That's one of my favorite motorcycle rides (live in Albuquerque right in the foothills) up Hwy. 14 thru Madrid and on to Santa Fe. BTW, if you brought the rain showers with you THANK YOU very much.
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PenMan
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05/11/13 02:59pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Vent covers
That would be the very first mod I would make if my new TT did not come with them installed already. I added them to my older HTT after we had it 2 or 3 years. I was very glad I did because one of the original crank up vent covers literally fell apart on the next trip. It left small pieces of plastic just laying on the screen. If I had not installed the new covers I would have had an open hole for rain to enter. It is hot and sunny in NM and the original covers just could not take it. As others have said, you can't crank open the original covers all the way but I can't tell that it affects the air flow much. By the way, I did replace the crank up cover so I could close the vent if desired.
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PenMan
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05/11/13 09:40am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Good Wax ????
Do you use the wax on the trailer decals too? I want to keep the decals from peeling on our new trailer.
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PenMan
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05/10/13 10:58am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Help! We'rein Abq.NM headed to Grand Canyon
I'm in Albuquerque now too (I live here). It is currently 61 deg. and headed to 68 today. Overnight temp of 52 and a high of 75 tomorrow. This is pretty normal for this time of year. It is cloudy (praying for rain) so it does feel cooler. I'd spend the day walking around Old Town or visiting one of the museums and head on over to AZ tomorrow.
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PenMan
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05/06/13 10:44am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: New Member
Go to My Forums on the top right side of this page. You'll want to fill in the My Preferences, My Profile and My RV Details to get everything done at once. BTW, welcome to the forum.
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PenMan
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05/05/13 11:25am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: New Member from Pensacola, FL
I'll be interested in this also. I didn't think it was possible to add enough solar on a TT to be able to run the A/C. That's why I got two Hondas.
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PenMan
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05/04/13 10:13am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Do tires have to be changed at a certain age?
If Maryland requires a trailer inspection, then you could be forced to put on new tires but not necessarily buy from the inspector. Either way you are already running on borrowed time (and rubber).
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PenMan
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05/03/13 04:41pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: TT Mystique
Use of the truck bed and fewer steps make the TT my preferred RV.
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PenMan
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05/03/13 04:31pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Double Towing OUTSIDE of Michigan...
Simple answer, no, you would not be legal. That's like asking can I drive 85mph in Virginia just because I can some places in Texas. Follow the laws of the state you are in.
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PenMan
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05/02/13 09:59am |
Towing
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RE: RV shopping.....loss of deposit?!
I'm not a lawyer (but I am related to one :B) but if you have proof of some type that the salesman either lied or unintentionally gave you wrong information you should be able to get your deposit back. If you have the proof and they still refuse the refund you may need to take them to small claims court.
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PenMan
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04/30/13 01:39pm |
General RVing Issues
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