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RE: Fastway "Flip" Automatic Jack Foot
I've been a couple of sites where I've had to drop my tongue down way lower than that device appears to allow the tongue to go. I wonder if it's easy enough to remove in those situations.
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newsomer
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12/05/09 09:22pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: KeePass?
KeePass is invaluable for keeping all my passwords and other information I want to remember but keep confidential. I especially like the portable version that allows you to keep it all secure on an USB drive.
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newsomer
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11/25/09 10:30am |
Technology Corner
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Try these recipies
Pardon me for not having posted in this section before but I thought (humorously) some of us might be a little epicurious. I have tried none of these but certainly see a couple I'd dare to give a whirl.
OPOSSUM AND SWEET POTATOES
Hey, Jimmy Carter ate opossum when he was little, and he became President and won the Nobel Peace Prize! This and the next recipe are from "American Food" by Evan Jones.
1 opossum, about 2 1/2 lb., skinned and cleaned
Salt
Freshly ground pepper
Flour
1/2 C water
4 medium-sized sweet potatoes
2 T. sugar
Preheat oven to 350 F. Wipe opossum with a damp cloth and trim and discard excess fat. Mix salt with pepper and rub thoroughly into opossum, inside and out. Sprinkle inside and out with flour. Put opossum on its back in a roasting pan with a tight-fitting lid. Pour in water, cover, and roast in oven for about 50 minutes. Cut sweet potatoes in half lengthwise and surround opossum with them. If water has evaporated, add enough to cover bottom of pan. Cover and return to oven for about 25 minutes more. Remove cover and sprinkle sweet potatoes with about 1/4 teaspoon salt and the sugar. Continue roasting until meat and potatoes become crisp on the surface. Makes 3 to 4 servings.
SQUIRRELS IN A CLAY POT
If your local A&P has run out of squirrel this week, just come to my porch and bring your shotgun. There is enough for all!
1 t. ground savory
1 t. dried marjoram
1 t. dried thyme
1 T. coarse salt
Freshly ground pepper
2 squirrels (about 1 lb. each), cut into 8 to 10 pieces each
2 large onions, chopped
3 oz. country ham with some fat, cut into strips
1 T. sweet butter
1/3 C. red wine
Preheat oven to 450 F. Crush herbs together along with coarse salt and add about 8 turns of pepper grinder, then rub pieces of squirrel thoroughly with mixture. Place onion in the bottom of a pre-soaked 4-quart clay pot, put squirrel pieces on top, and then strew ham strips over. Dot with butter and cover with the clay top. Bake for 1 hour and 40 minutes. Remove and add wine, then bake, covered, for a final 20 minutes. Makes 3 to 4 servings.
SQUIRREL SUPREME
My squirrel is empty without you, babe...
2 small Squirrels
Seasoned salt
2 sl Salt pork, rendered
1 lg Can Pineapple chunks
1 Lemon (use juice only)
1/2 t Nutmeg
Juice from Pineapple
2 c Chicken stock
1 md Onion
Dredge the cut up squirrels with the seasoned flour. Brown meat well in pork renderings. Set aside, saute onion and nutmeg in pan juices. Add stock and fruit juices and bring to boil. Put meat back in pan and simmer covered for two hours. Add Pineapple chuncks to pan, cover again and cook another 1/2 hour. Serve in a covered casserole with juices poured over.
MOOSE RUMP ROAST
This is starting to get ridiculous. I wonder how large a moose rump really is?
6 lb Moose rump roast
4 T Worcestershire sauce
Vegetable oil
Salt and pepper
1 lg Onion, sliced
1 t.Garlic powder
1/2 c Red wine
1 c Water
Trim off all excess fat and rub roast all over with vegetable oil. Sprinkle on salt, pepper and garlic powder. Slice onion and lay in bottom of roasting pan. Pour two tablespoons of worcestershire over onions. Place roast on onion slices. Pour rest of worcestershire sauce over roast. Add wine and water. Seal roasting pan with aluminum foil and bake at 325 degrees for 3 1/2 to 4 hours, adding water as necessary to keep moist. When roast is done, remove from pan. To make gravy, add 2 cups water to contents of roasting pan. Bring to boil and scrape bottom of pan. Mix 3 tsps corn starch with 1/2 cup water and pour into pan, stirring constantly, until gravy is bubbling. Salt and pepper to taste.
BANANA WORM BREAD
From the Entomology Department at Iowa State University. Someone's tax dollars went toward the creation of this recipe.
1/2 C shortening
3/4 C sugar
2 bananas, mashed
2 C flour
1 t soda
1 t salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts
2 eggs
1/4 cup dry-roasted army worms
Mix together all ingredients. Bake in greased loaf pan at 350 degrees for about 1 hour.
IGUANA STEW
"I wish I was in, Tijuana, eating barbecued iguana"
1 Iguana
1 lg Onion
2 Cloves Garlic
3 Tomatoes
2 Green Peppers
4 t Achiote Oil
1 pn Pepper
Salt -- To Taste
Make the achiote oil by frying the achiote slowly until the oil is red. Kill the iguana by cutting off its head. Open the belly lengthwise and remove all the entrails. Cook in salted water until the meat is tender (take care not to let it get too soft). Peel and cut in portions. Season with all the above ingredients and cook with about 1 cup water, until almost dry.
FRENCH FRIED SKUNK
I really, really, really hope this is a joke. It is, isn't it?
2 Skunks, skinned and cleaned
1 T Salt
Water to cover
2 c Bear fat or lard
2 Egg yolks, beaten
3 c Milk or cream
1 1/2 c Flour
1/2 ts Salt
2 tb Baking powder
Clean and wash the skunks, making sure that the scent glands are removed. Cut up into small serving pieces. Put a soup kettle on the stove and add the meat. Cover with cold water and bring to a boil over high heat. Lower the heat and boil until the meat is tender, about 40 minues. Remove all the scum that rises to the surface. Make a batter by mixing together the egg yolks, milk, flour, salt and baking ppowder. Mix real good until the batter is about like cake batter. Heat the bear fat or lard in a deep fryer to about 360 degrees. Dip the pieces of skunk in the batter and then fry them in the deep fryer until golden brown. Drain well and serve.
INDIAN BAKED RACCOON
These next two recipes were found on the First Nations Recipe Index, where you can find many yummy recipes from the Native American traditions. I don't think this is one of them.
Remove skin and inner parts of raccoon, singe over fire and wash. Then parboil for 1 hour. Place in roaster in about 3" of hot water. Add 1 carrot, apple, and onion. Bake until tender.
CATTAILS ON THE COB
Owners of Manx cats are exempt from making this recipe!
Young cattail spikes
Water
Butter
This is simple.Gather green cattail spikes of early spring. Clean off in cold water. Place in a pot and cover with water, boil for 10 to 15 minutes. When done, drain and serve with butter. Eat like corn on the cob.
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newsomer
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10/16/09 05:35pm |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: Chevy Silverado/GMC Sierra owners
donn0128 has a good point. I wish I had gone with a 2500HD and 6.0L. But, I have not had an unhappy moment with my current 1500 Silverado understanding I have had the truck for 25 months and have but 15.3K miles on it. Not much of it around town driving and I'd say that near 20% has been towing our TT weighing in at 5,800 lbs. While towing it'll get anywhere between 9 and 11 MPG depending on the terrain (flat to moderately hilly northern prairie). During a short period of commuting 30 miles (about 65% highway speed) one way it would average between 20 and 23 MPG depending on traffic. Top it all off with the fact that I'm stuck with the 3.42 ratio and 4 speed transmission.
I don't think I'd enjoy trailering anything appreciably heavier.
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newsomer
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09/22/09 10:12pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: What is your campfire profile?
At least one campfire every trip. It's a bit of a pain around here as I cannot haul my own but have to purchase within 50 miles of the park. The hosts usually sell about six to seven moderate pieces of wood for six bucks. If you explore around the surrounding countryside you might be able to get a better deal.
I enjoy all aspects of the campfire, splitting off kindling, preparing the pit, building the start fire, feeding the fire and cooking on it, and watching it die down to embers. I do cheat and use some easy starting sticks but have been known to bypass that and whittle some shavings.
I'm really looking forward to moving down to south of Atlanta. I'm pretty sure we'll be able to buy a good lot of wood at home and haul what we need for a quarter of the cost up here in the near frozen north.
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newsomer
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09/20/09 03:02pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Will this work for flat screen TV?
We have something similar but bought two for about $17 apiece and $7 shipping on eBay. The TV mounting plate that slides out of the wall mount is affixed to the television semi permanently. One wall mount is in the front bedroom and the other will be in the middle living area. I reversed the screws used to secure the TV mounting plate on the wall mount and use two nuts on them to keep it from sliding up. Now we can easily move the TV from one area to the other.
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newsomer
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08/17/09 11:09am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Drill Pump
I set up my on board pump to let me do just that.
I added a three way valve in the pump suction. It allows me to pump from the on board tank or from an external tote. I added a valve that allows the pressurized side of the plumbing to discharge to the tank.
Throw both valves and then I can pump into the on board tank. One more benefit of this is that I can fill using the city water connection instead of the gravity fill. This method is a LOT faster than the gravity fill.
Write up hereI've done something similar although not as elaborate. I installed a hose fitting on the end of my winterizing inlet and connect that to a full 30 gallon Valterra fresh water tank in the TV via one of our potable water hoses. I also installed a hose connector to a low point drain just below the fresh water fill port. I connect a short piece of fresh water hose to the drain and put the loose end into the fresh water port. Set up the valves for winterizing, open the low point drain, switch on the fresh water pump, and 15 minutes later we have a full load of water in the trailer. Not rocket science but it works like a charm.
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newsomer
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07/16/09 09:54pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Dump station etiquette?
I have two Water Thiefs:
http://images.campingworld.com/is/image/CWI/4000/4690A.JPG?wid=230&hei=230&op_sharpen=1&layer=1&src=CWI/logo.gif&sizeN=0.3,0.3&posN=.32,.3&opac=20
available at Camping World.
One for potable water and the other for the dump station. If I have no one waiting I'll hook up a short "black" hose using the Water Thief to run the Tornado a short bit if the park hose doesn't have a fitting on the end. I don't have to fool around with disconnecting/reconnecting the park line.
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newsomer
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07/02/09 11:20pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Tornado Rotary Tank Flush ??
It's not the pressure of the water entering the tanks that makes the FK work, it is the fast dumping of the water once their filled that get's all the stuff out. . . . I know I get a lot of ruffeled feathers when I preach this, but I am telling you it is true, but hey their your tanks do what you want!!No ruffled feathers here, just relating experience as you were.
Our Tornado in combination with the Sewer Solution I can back-fill the black tank nearly as fast as I could with an FK and get the same rapid evacuation effect and effectively jet down all the sides (including the sensors) as it drains. I have no problems with the Tornado head sticking I think because we use adequate water while using the commode. I say use whatever works.
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newsomer
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06/27/09 10:10am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Tornado Rotary Tank Flush ??
. . . hooked up the Flush King and back filled one time . . .Flush Kings are great if the drain line goes straight into the black/gray tank. If that's the case I can see no need for an internal flush device. But, if as in our case the line has a 90 degree elbow before entering the tank all you'll get is a fast fill with greatly decreased agitation and no direct spray on the sensors. Each solution has its merits.
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newsomer
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06/26/09 04:57pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Tornado Rotary Tank Flush ??
Feel free to take a look at the post I made about my Tornado installation
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newsomer
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06/26/09 04:48pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Looking for assistance
Looking at that Zinger floor plan I have to guess you wouldn't like anything like ours. It does have the rear bunks and pac-n-play type rear door and it came out of the factory (with options) tilting the scale at just under 4,500 lbs. We haven't towed it up any real steep grades but our 1/2 ton TV fares well on the rolling hills around here. To us it's a mansion compared to our previous 18' HTT.
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newsomer
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06/25/09 08:40pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: What do "you" use Protect All for?
Where is 303 Aerospace sold?Found it at Ace Hardware locally, about $15.00 for 16 oz.
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newsomer
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06/22/09 05:35pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Nice Campground for an overnight near Chicago
I've heard Sycamore RV Resort is a nice place. Granted it's 36 miles south of I90 on 23 but in the morning you can just continue south on 23 for 8 miles to get to I88 which will take you to 355.
kknowlton might be able to tell you better if this is a good plan.
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newsomer
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06/21/09 08:40am |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Yellowing Plastic around door glass
My entry doors plastic trim around the glass has really yellowed. I thought I saw a post a month or two ago on subject but had no luck on search. Any suggestions on replacing molding or painting it?see my thread in my sig.. Use Krylon Fusion plastic paint mask off area and spray light coats the paint is REALLY easy to work with !Haven't done it yet but I plan to use a can of Krylon I bought for just this purpose. I'm going with black to match the frames around all the other windows.
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newsomer
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06/21/09 08:02am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Improper Food Storage citation
This forum is ridiculous. I am leaving. It's a moot point to ask for the advice of people who constantly jump to the conclusion that attitude played a part in the young men getting a citation. Do you people not have children or grandchildren who are actually "good" and "decent" young people? My goodness! What a bunch of curmudgeons! Wow!Talk about jumping to conclusions. Reviewing all the responses I counted 5 that directly supported your position 6 that questioned the OP with maybe a little admonishment and 9 that were decidedly neutral. Oh yeah, one humorous post. That's 6 out of 20 that you might consider curmudgeoneous. If you do leave, I am not in any way suggesting you do, I suggest you take your heart off your sleeve and enjoy the overwhelming majority of the folks that have a lot to offer this RV community.
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newsomer
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06/19/09 08:39am |
Tent Camping
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RE: Tornado hole size
If you'd like to see pictures and description of my Tornado installation, click HERE.
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newsomer
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06/18/09 09:21pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Cub's Game CG?
For full hookups I only know of Fish Lake Beach Resort Campground in Volo (just over 40 miles from Wrigleyville). Still a good distance from Wrigley but you can hop on in to Round Lake or Fox Lake and catch the train then take the El over to the field. Or you can drive across (about 30 min.) to a line that will drop you right at an El station to get to the game.
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newsomer
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06/16/09 09:29pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Gas Milage
Towing a 27' long, 8' wide, and 10' high blunt faced shoe box changes my mileage just a little. Our TV has that active fuel management which provides no help towing at all. With me alone the TV gets about 15 MPG in commuting traffic, 17-19 driving surface streets at other times, and the best it's gotten driving a 30 mile stretch I regularly take (a combination of streets, boulevards, and limited access highway) is around 24 MPG. While towing our TT we'll get about 9.5 to 10.5 MPG when there are some rolling hills and up to 11.5 where there is little undulation. The best we've ever gotten is 14 MPG on one long mostly flat stretch with a regular 10 MPG following wind.
I think your numbers might be a tad optimistic but not extremely so.
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newsomer
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06/12/09 08:38pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Now there's peace and quiet in the trailer (pump mod)
I think there may be a variance between your air pressure gauge and the water gauge you used. If both were calibrated and of sufficient quality I would expect them both to read the same. As it is one may be reading +3 lbs. and the other -2 lbs. giving you the 5 lb. difference.
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newsomer
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06/12/09 08:11pm |
Travel Trailers
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