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RE: Chinese tires
Biggest trouble with Michelin XPS Ribs is they only fit on BIG trailers. Can't seem to find them in 207/75R15's.
That's why all the 15" --> 16" upgrades.....
I wouldn't call ours "big", but big enough.
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pritch272
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10/12/08 01:37pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Dish Network. Any tips for new customer?
I find all these comments interesting as I just called DISH to have a new receiver sent that I was willing to purchase to use in our RV and they told me I couldn't do this that I have to set up a whole new account to use in an RV, pay the monthly fees and cancel and reinstate when I don't want it. I didn't really want to pay two cable bills. I am not very savvy when it comes to these things but I thought I would just purchase a receiver and be able to hook it up through my home account and have the same channels basically on the road. We do have two receivers and we could use one but a lot of extra work to disconnect all the time. Can you have two TV's hooked up and be able to watch different channels if thats what you can do on the one at home? We have a VuQube, does any one have any experience with that? Does anyone have a reliable internet that they use on the road. I work from home (or the RV for the winter) and I need reliable fast internet and a lot of parks look like they have spotty internet at the sites. We are all new to using an RV for winter travel and summer seasonal camping. Thanks
We have the standard 2 boxes for 4 rooms with Dish in the stick house, and we bought an extra 322 receiver (not from Dish). Dish told us we did not need a waiver or any other form, that all we need to do was to call to activate and deactivate for each trip, the only cost would be $5 per month for programming access fee and $5 for receiver. So if we activated for a 7 day trip, it would only be an extra $2.50 on the bill. We can call to activate and deactivate as many times as we want as we own that receiver, unlike the 2 provided by Dish which are leased and cannot be activated and deactivated at will.
Works fine for us. We are upgrading to HD next week, so they will swap out the dish at home. I wonder if they'll let us keep the old dish and lnb for a spare?
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pritch272
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10/11/08 04:40am |
Technology Corner
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RE: 3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
Professor- are you implying you can run the Champ in the Petbarns?
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pritch272
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10/11/08 04:05am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Fifth Wheel / Travel Trailer Insurance
We just renewed with Progressive for $400 (for the year), replacement coverage.
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pritch272
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10/10/08 03:50pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Another New Set of Dumb Questions
$70k ? WOW. As Jayco-noslide says, $20k-$30k new.... We paid a hair over $21k for new, 31'10" ...
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pritch272
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10/10/08 03:44pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Inverter Mounting.
I'd fix the sealing on the battery boxes ....
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pritch272
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10/10/08 02:22am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Towing with 2008 Ford F250 Super Duty diesel
Ours adds about 250# on the front axle of our shortbed.
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pritch272
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10/07/08 02:52am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Thinking of putting tool box in my F450
We had a chest type in the F250 short bed, the top was just a hair under the top edge of the rails, kept having leaks for over a year with it, finally got TSC to swap it out with a low profile over the rail box.
Like the previous poster said, you have more box space with the chest than the low profile, but I like the low profile better as I can slide items under it when I have something to haul, for example 8' landscape timbers. I have about 8" clearance, so the low profile has worked well.
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pritch272
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10/05/08 05:20am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Extended Warranties
Consumer Reports did all the work on researching this subject. Save your money.
IMHO, Consumer Reports is not always right, take input from them with a grain of salt....
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pritch272
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10/05/08 05:14am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Extended Warranties
We opted for a 7 year on the FW for < $100 per year- if we don't use it we should get our money back-
FWIW, we have 2 brand new LCD HD televisions as a result of having extended warranties...
the 1st was the 17" we bought in Nov, 2005 for the FW bedroom which stopped playing DVD's in June 2008. Circuit City refunded the full purchase price, and we were able to get a 19" LCD with DVD player with 720p HD, plus another extended warranty with money left over to boot.
the 2nd was the 26" LCD we bought in Nov 2006 for the FW living room, and when we couldn't get the HDMI port to work, Best Buy refunded the total purchase price for that- we ended up getting a 32" 720p that fit in the same area as the old 26", we had to pay another $130 for the upgrade, but it was worth it.
We've had our dishwasher and refrigerator in the stick home serviced under extended warranties as well.
We bought the Champion at TSC just so we could get the extended warranty...
So, we're a fan of extended warranties-
To each their own...
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pritch272
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10/05/08 05:12am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Eternabond as preventive maintenance?
Great work Larry-
I like the chopstick thought, I've been using clothes pins (wooden) in a similar manner. When I wax the truck, I'll pull apart a clothes pin and use the end with the rag to help me wax the detail areas, works good.
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pritch272
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10/05/08 04:55am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Switch it up,,,good exp. with Chinese Tires
We had good experience with the Milestars on our FW, until the manufacture recalled them- we had towed 1,706 miles on them.
We now have 4,069 miles on the replacements, Michelin XPS Ribs....
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pritch272
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10/03/08 03:15am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Sewer hose storage
Here's my solution.
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pritch272
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10/03/08 02:57am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Michelin or B.F. Goodrich tires for travel trailer
Hmmm, I have the LTX M/S on the truck, and the Ribs on the trailer. I didn't consider putting the LTX M/S on the trailer, as I was thinking that it wouldn't be a good idea due to sidewall strength.... Maybe I'm off base with that thought...
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pritch272
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10/02/08 10:47am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Feedback wanted on RVdirect.com
As davelinde stated, you do not pick up the unit *at* the factory, but at the dealer coordinated place where the unit is prepped and ready for you. It was located in an enclosed facility.
Also, service is not a problem for us, the local RV dealer said they would gladly service it.
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pritch272
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10/02/08 10:30am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Feedback wanted on RVdirect.com
We have been happy with our purchase from RV Direct, well worth the trip to pick up the unit in Elkhart, Indiana, everything went exactly as stated.
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pritch272
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10/01/08 01:40am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: 2008 Keystone Challenger 33DBB
We've been happy with our Keystone- other than the tires. At least they recalled them, and gave us $ on them which allowed us to get what we wanted.
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pritch272
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09/30/08 03:18am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Next camping trip
Only 19 here... Planning local trips (21 miles from home to the campgrounds at the lake (Thurmond)) each month- leave after work on Friday, come home Sunday. One of the benefits of being in Georgia. Now, if they could get some more water in that lake...
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pritch272
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09/28/08 04:24am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: My portable low profile satellite dish mount
I cheated. I bought the bullseye mount.
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pritch272
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09/27/08 04:28pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Which Banks system?
FWIW, I'd leave well enough alone....
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pritch272
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09/27/08 04:23pm |
Tech Issues
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