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RE: DEF, even dumber and blind too.
I dunno. I never seem to hear gasser owners complaining because they put diesel in their tank by mistake. Maybe people should just pay more attention. In my part of Canada, most diesel handles are yellow.
Size does matter.
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RedRocket204
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05/17/13 12:25pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Travel Trailer creaks and cracks when moving?
Grease the trunion ends on the weight distribution bars.
Yup. I make it a habit of new grease on the spring bar connections to the hitch as well as the ball every time I hook up. Then a couple of paper towels to wipe off the grease when I unhitch. Wiping off the grease avoids making a mess as well as always having fresh grease the next hitch-up.
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RedRocket204
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05/06/13 09:57am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: A month in the great northwest. What would you do?
All this talk of Oregon and not a single mention of John Day Fossil Beds NP Painted Hills Unit. That should be a crime.
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/_RedRocket_/PaintedHills_NefEdit_640.jpg
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/_RedRocket_/DSC_0400_600.jpg
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii301/_RedRocket_/DSC_0462_crop.jpg
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RedRocket204
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05/05/13 10:01pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Beachfront Camping
Keep in mind that RVs are not made of materials that stand up well being near salt water. Being next to the beach is fine for a few days but one day of onshore wind carrying salt spray will do damage in places you can't see, that you will be dealing with for years to come.
Best to find a CG at least a block or so from the beach.
Kidding right? Hundreds of thousands of RVs stay on the ocean Every year with no harmful effects. It's not like it's going to rust away on the way home. Well any more than the TV will.
Absolutely agree Terryallan. I would add...what about the people who live near the ocean? Maybe like myself before just moving away from the Oregon coast. My cars have not rusted away... actually, my TT was stored less than 3 blocks from the OR coast and talk about wind and salt spray. No ill effects from living there for 9 years. Certainly, a few weeks is nothing.
Being a block away from the beach will be no different than being on the beach.
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RedRocket204
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05/05/13 09:57pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: 2013 Ram brake controller..how do i know if working?
Maybe it is just me....but why do you want the brakes to lock up?
It's just a very short test to know the brakes are functional before you properly set the appropriate voltage.
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RedRocket204
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05/04/13 08:04pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Opinion on TV for my TT - Ecoboost Towing?
Question for those that have the Max Tow/Payload with the tow mirrors. I read of many people who say the mirrors stick out too far. Do those mirrors come with electronic fold-in? If I were buying an Eco-Beast, I would want those tow mirrors.
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RedRocket204
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05/04/13 08:38am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Is our summer trip out West too ambitious?
hey jaws - you may change your name to back breaker
LOL!
Hate to say it OP but your itinerary sounds more like a military drill than a vacation. Personally, I would pick one of those states for the majority of your time in two different locations within one of those states...WY, UT or CO. There is plenty to see in each of those states.
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RedRocket204
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05/03/13 07:47pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: 2013 Ram brake controller..how do i know if working?
Is the trailer new or used? If used, have you had the hubs inspected and re-greased? Certainly, having them re-greased will not affect your brakes but the brakes will/should be inspected at the same time.
At full voltage, my TT brakes will lock up. You may want to have yours inspected.
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RedRocket204
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05/03/13 12:11am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Newbie doing some research. Puma 30DBSS
Congratulations and welcome to the wonderful world of land yachting. Your truck will be well suited to towing that trailer.
Based on your initial inquiry in this thread, you sound like someone who might end up tinkering, so you may want to look into locations dedicated towards RV modding or handy ideas:
RV.net - Do It Yourself Modifications and Upgrades (DIY)
RV.net - Handy Hints, Gadgets, Products & Gizmos
http://www.modmyrv.com/forums
There are lots of ideas off just those three links that should keep you plenty busy. Nice thing is on those links, not everything will end up costing you lots of coin but some projects can. Enjoy...but be warned, once the modding bug bites, it may be a hard habit to quite.
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RedRocket204
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04/28/13 06:58am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: TV Mounting help or suggestions
Mine is 12v so I can watch it while dry camping.
Very valid point and probably the only one for buying a RV TV.
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RedRocket204
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04/27/13 03:36pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: TV Mounting help or suggestions
Just noticed that mounting a LCD, where it is slightly outside your TV cabinet area, will interfere with your slideout when the slideout is moved in. The nice thing is the MorRyde mount from my first post can have the entire upper 1/2 of the mount slide completely out, disconnecting it and then you would store the LCD for travel while the slideout was in. There is a "lock" screw that normally prevents it from coming all of the way out. Just remove that "lock" screw and it slides completely out without much effort.
I would be 1/2 tempted to re-do that cabinet space, allowing for your 26" LCD so it could be nested in that area. Unfortunately, you would loose valuable storage space doing that.
Other alternative is to buy a LCD that fits the space using the same MorRyde mount.
Also agree with donn0128 that buying a specific RV TV is a huge waste of money. Our standard LCD has not experienced any issues. I do have it mounted using the MorRyde mount, just put it into its lock position and travel down the road worry free.
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RedRocket204
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04/27/13 10:12am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: TV Mounting help or suggestions
We use this mount and do like it. I suppose you could use this mount, just bolt it where the LCD is slightly outside the cabinet area. Nice thing about the mount is when you unlock it, it will slide out and then you can angle to LCD in the direction you want.
Not cheap though.
MorRyde - TV Base Mount - Slide-Out/Swivel w/ 7" Extension - TV40-001H
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RedRocket204
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04/27/13 07:04am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: F350 6.0 -- help!
Won't solve all of your problems but...
$5 PART WILL SAVE YOUR POWERSTROKE FROM SELF DESTRUCTION
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RedRocket204
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04/25/13 05:57pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Hard drive disposal
If the HDD platters are bent up, scratched up, good luck recovering data. No need to burn it. If you leave the HDD, specifically platters, intact, yes, data can be recovered for someone hellbent on recovering that data but it is not exactly an easy task.
Same thing with a crashed HDD, if you want to recover the data. There are services you can pay who will remove the disks and then use a device to read them while spinning..although costly to do it.
So, remove platters and bend them, drill holes, scratch them and you are good.
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RedRocket204
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04/24/13 07:36pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Hard drive disposal
Burn it with fire....
data can be recovered from any small pc left from destroying with a hammer. I'll say it again. Burn it...with fire.
This is simply not true...unless you are out trying to uncover the number 1. Good luck hacking away with the number 1 at your disposal. Kind of the same paranoia about hand scanners and credit card chips.
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RedRocket204
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04/24/13 07:15pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Another Air Filter Question
Thanks again to everyone, just looking to boost the fuel mileage....
Best thing to do there is drive reasonable and stay out of boost as much as you can. More air = more fuel.
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RedRocket204
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04/24/13 07:16am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Misdirected Search
Just an additional option for those who feel uneasy trying to figure out computers...if you know what I mean.
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RedRocket204
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04/21/13 06:20am |
Technology Corner
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RE: Misdirected Search
Did you fix the issue? It sounds like a search engine hijack, and many times caused by a Firefox addon extension. Go to Firefox's Tools>Addons and disable any search related extensions. If you're not sure, just disable all your extensions and see if that is indeed the issue. You can then selectively re-enable them until you find the offending extension.
Though less likely, some malware could have written to Firefox's configuration file which would take a little more of a search for the culprit. System Restore would not likely correct the issue.
Easier would just be to uninstall Firefox, reboot and re-install. Or install Chrome and use that.
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RedRocket204
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04/20/13 08:59pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Ram Hemi fuel mileage
Here's a link with owner feedback on earlier Rams, some Hemi and some Cummins. But you can weed through their comments and get an over-all sense of what you are probably expecting out of that salesman.
http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.ef4b10c/322
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RedRocket204
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04/18/13 07:16am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Inserting 'Snips' into MS Word
Here is a M$ link that specifically addresses pictures or other objects not appearing in a Word 2003 doc. It's been a long time since I have used 2003 but from the link it sounds like you must have a saved file to embed that file within the doc.
Maybe follow some of the directions on the link to see if you can get it to work but I would tend to agree with some of the previous posters in this thread that you will have to save to file your snip first.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/285957
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RedRocket204
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04/14/13 12:38pm |
Technology Corner
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