RE: 26L
Since your Jayco is a 2007, it may be still under warranty, or at least not far out of the 2 year warranty. Contact Jayco with the VIN number and ask them if they can help. If you bought it from a Jayco dealer used, contact them also. It may be a known issue, and perhaps Jayco will deal with it. Keep us updated!
RE: New (to us) Jayco 31BHDS
Congratulations! Almost the same floor plan as our JayFlight 5er...we love it! looks like it was well cared for, something that is not easy to do when they likely had kids! Best of luck and have lots of great family time! And welcome to the Jayco family!
RE: A good inexpensive tent?
Some big box stores like WalMart and Target have already sold at big discounts their summer tent stock, but you may be able to still find good prices on line at Cabella's, Target and WalMart. Coleman is always good, Wenzel, get an easy to set up dome tent, 10x10 or a bit bigger. Same air matresses and sleeping bags and you're good to go! Thats the way we started our outdoor experiences!
WalMart on line has free shipping to your store a Wenzel 8X10 2 room Ponderosa Dome Tent for $58.00 (this one got great reviews!), and an Ozark Trail 9x8 for $32.00! Have fun!
RE: Have you got your H1N1 or seasonal flu shot yet?
The H1N1 according to current info from the CDC, has peaked (the CDC didn't exactly use that particular phrase, but alluded to it!) and is winding down, with no more deaths than in a normal flue season! (Per Reuters News Service 2 days ago)
RE: Bolsa Chico campers
Bolsa Cica State Beach and Lifeguard Headquarters Info-Telephone: 714.846.3460, 800.444.7275, (714) 846-4808,(714) 536-1454,(714) 536-1455. They give you a sticker for your truck, but it is supposed to be parked next to your trailer. You may have to park on the street at a metered parking space, or pay for a day pass parking permit for your truck.
RE: Suburban Water Heater Anode Replacement
All Suburban water heaters have steel tanks lined with ceramic, and are protected by a magnesium or aluminum anode to prolong the life of the tank. Under normal use, the anode rod will deteriorate. Try to remove the anode when the tank is very cold, it will make it easier to break it free, and use some Liquid Wrench or PB Blaster.
RE: Sure like my new F 150-!~!
First, thanks for stimulating the ecomomy...second thanks for buying a Ford and contributing to Ford's 1 billion dollar profit, (all without any tax dollars), and third thanks for keeping Ford F series the #1 selling truck in the United States for 36 years! And as far as the tires, let a little air out of those things! You must have the limited slip rear diff, just think of the burn outs you can do!
RE: Lumpy
Pet cremation services are available widely in the USA, you should have no problems with that. Our Goldie was much the same at 12 years, with the non-cancerous tumors, then hip problems and lastly kidney failure. Gotta do what you have to do...but having had 6 fur pals so far, and all having lived full lives shared with us, and it never gets any easier to let them go. When the time comes, he'll be met at the Gate by my little guys! Best of luck.
Jayco Owners-RV.Net 1st Annual Southern California Rally?
Important info-Southern California Rally for RV.Net Jayco Owners tentative date of October 2010...Halloweenish?
Hey, I've been here on RV.Net for going on 6 years, and have met a only a few of you members. It's always nice to match a face and personality with the RV.Net moniker on this site. And meet with other Jayco Owners, too!
So I just wanted to get a feel for how many folks here, that also own Jayco's would like to get together sometime next year (at a date yet to be determined) in the SoCal area. I have in mind a RV Park near Disneyland in Anaheim, we can get us some good rates, and we can do a day at DDland Park if ya wanna also at a discount!
Or we've had some Jayco Owners get togethers in San Dimas at Puddingstone Eastshore RV Park also! 519 spaces! Clubhouse, lake!
Open to other thoughts and ideas. Maybe 4 days including a Saturday and Sunday so if you can't get off work you can still hang out for the weekend. I'm thinking about at the end of summer 2010, October maybe, when the tourists go back home and leave things to us! I might be able to get a local Jayco Dealer throw in some raffle items.
We'll have the usual games, BBQ's, fishing, breakfasts, a chili cookoff, cards, raffles, skits, costume contest, trick-n-treat and a comedy show, etc!
If you are in the least bit interested, feel free to contact me by private message or here on this post. I'll ask the Moderator to make it a sticky..IF we get enough interested folks respond!
Give me a holler!
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RE: water heater anode?
All Suburban water heaters have steel tanks lined with ceramic, and are protected by a magnesium or aluminum anode to prolong the life of the tank. Under normal use, the anode rod will deteriorate. I you bought your rv used, check to see if it is an Atwood or a Suburban WH. If it's a Atwood, it doesn't need an anode as it has a Aluminum water tank that doesn't rust out. Sometimes folks will stick a anode rod in an Atwood, not realizing that it actually doesn't need one!
RE: Good Park near Palm Springs, CA
I don't play golf often, but my Dad stayed here very consistantly and loved it, and the few times we went there as well with him, we had a great time! Sands RV and Golf Resort Palm Springs And the best part, he paid! ;)
RE: anybody have a Casita??
Only you guys know what your needs are. When you talk about a Class B or a tiny Casita/Scamp/Bambi I assume....
#1 That you like what some folks call claustrophobia or "that cozy feel" in a living space. Or #2 you are planning to tow with a small truck whose name rhymes with Boyota or Missan. And you also are newly weds that prefer to be in VERY close proximity to each other for extended periods of a time?
Otherwise you should invest in a real Travel Trailer that has an actual living space, room to spread out. Not somewhere you have to turn sideways to pass by your partner to go to the bathroom. Or sleep on a converted, lumpy, 'steel rod poking into your backside' dinette every night. Or have a bathroom that you have to "assemble" to use the potty.
A trailer can be parked in the campground while you disconnect your vehicle to go shopping or sight seeing, or visiting relatives. A slideout room opens up the floorplan, giving you some needed space after sitting next to each other for a 10 hour road trip. A real, easy to get to and reasonable sized refrigerator and stove, maybe a microwave.
And actual, volumous storage space! Shirts and clothing go in a real wardrobe! You can store blankets and bedding in cupboards. A pantry for food storage. A permanent queen sized bed! Real windows instead of shrunken "gun slits".
As far as quality in smaller trailers, look at Hi-Lo and Trail Manor as well. Light weight, well made and low profile, but all of the ammenities and room of a full sized TT! Good luck!
RE: 5ers and canoes
Don't worry about the blind spot that the roof mounted canoe causes....people love to honk at you if you fail to see the red signal light turn to green! Plus your achieve slightly better fuel mileage by .000012 MPG. ;)
RE: Man Shot in Walmart Parking Lot (rv'er)
More...
"HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A man picking up camping supplies was shot during a botched robbery in a Wal-Mart parking lot last night in north Harris County.
The man pulled his truck and camper into the parking lot of the store on the North Sam Houston Parkway East at Mesa just before 11pm. He was sitting in the truck when a man with a gun approached and demanded money and anything else he had. The victim was getting out of the truck when the robber shot him.
The robber escaped, but surveillance video did record the shooting. The victim was taken to the hospital in serious, but stable condition."
I don't think having an RV in tow had anything to do with this attempted robbery. The moral to the story is to always be aware of your surroundings. In this particular zip code per the local Police violent crime % has doubled over last years rate, in Robberies and Assaults.
RE: 5th Wheeler rubber roof repair
Go to the ETERNABOND website, watch some of the videos, and get a roll of it. Do it one time and you'll never have a problem in that area again. Major RV Manufacturers use it, it will bond and stick like crazy underwater...so it will fix your seam leak with ease! Follow the installation instructions carefully and it will last 20 years or more.
The dealer will lighten your wallet by several hundred dollars, and you'll likely still leak! Do it yourself and do it only once. Your choice....
RE: Considering full-timing with 6 kids... are we nuts?
To answer your questions....sure...you are nuts! But in a good way! Heading out into the great unknown often makes us all stronger and better people. In you're case, not only are you two parents going to benefit from this adventure, but your 6 travel partners will get an education of a lifetime too! Best of luck!
RE: RVing with Livestock?
We tried it once, it just got too far out of control...
Welcome to the RV.Ner Forum Kathleen!
Seriously, there are some small 5th wheels and travel trailers with front or rear animal compartments and RV living quarters in the other half...usually for show horses. Or maybe a small TT toy hauler or small 5th wheel toy hauler could be used to transport your small menagerie! Good Luck!
RE: Any Problem with Insects?
Search in the blue bar on the top of the page RVing FAQ for "Diatomaceous Earth" (Also called Fossil Shell Flour)...safe around pets, a small bag will last a long time and is inexpensive, available at most pharmacies. It will bring most insects to a grinding stop, ants, bed bugs, ticks, cockroaches, fleas...without harming the environment.
The microscopic shells of tiny water creatures gets into the insects joint cracks and causes them to cease moving, drys out the moisture out of their bodies very quickly..period!
Also useful for de-worming pets and livestock, get the "Food Grade" quality, not the Diatomaceous Earth sold by pool supply stores for pool water filtration.
RE: Keeping toilet clean
Keeping this is a family friendly context, I'll use the metaphor of StarTrek and Star Wars.
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If the Klingon's won't voluntarily leave the Nebula Bowl, and if application of anti-Klingon repellent wax doesn't work as it should, then it is perfectly appropriate to use the "light saber" brush to banish the bad guys into the Black Hole Vortex.
You can also use a spray bottle filled with some windex or water to fire off short bursts of high power "Phaser Fire".
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