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RE: Extended Warranty
From a strictly financial point of view an extended warranty is never a good idea. Of course, if you are unlucky enough to have a whole bunch of problems within a short time it might be in your favor but statistically speaking you're much better off puting that money in an interest bearing account to use later for repairs. They generate much more money for the seller that the buyer.
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Jayco-noslide
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07/19/08 09:34pm |
Travel Trailers
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This Is Pretty Good
Well, We're working for the 2nd summer at a job at a store, just outside Glacier NP in Montana and its a pretty nice deal I think. The weather is great, dry, moderately warm, cool nights, full pay for 40 hrs/wk. and the employer offers a choice of a company RV site within 4 minutes of the store or a private RV park, 5 miles away. Of course its on your feet a solid 8 hours with only a half hour meal break and the work can get hard.
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Jayco-noslide
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07/19/08 09:29pm |
Workamping Forum
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RE: future workcamper question
Short answer to a fairly complex question. We have only used Workamper as a guide as to some potential employers for us to contact on our own. That is, we see their ad, and we go ahead and contact them with a sort of "feeler e-mail"; giving them a very brief summary about us. If they respond positively, we carry the process on. It has not been difficult at all to get jobs of the type we have worked at(fully paid, 40 hr/week jobs at retail business serving the large western national parks). Once you get a job and live in the area you will also learn of many other jobs.
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Jayco-noslide
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06/20/08 01:29pm |
Workamping Forum
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RE: Expected Campground Compensation?
Just to give you an idea- We will be starting work for our 6th summer at 40 hr/wk jobs for about 11 weeks at about $7.50/hr. and the employer will charge us about $5/day for our site. I have found that we can extimate an approximate weekly take-home income of $500. That's both of us working a total of 80 hours and that figure hasn't varied too much over the years and with different jobs. However, many workamper jobs have very different arrangements. Some are more volunteer positions than paying jobs and may pay little if any more than a free site.
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Jayco-noslide
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06/20/08 01:21pm |
Workamping Forum
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RE: pulling with ford f-150
Well, we tow a 25 ft. 5th wheel(5200 lb. dry wt.)a lot with a half-ton Chevy which should have similiar towing capability as your Ford. It does an adequate job, even in the Rockies, however, I personally would not want to add any more significant weight and I have replaced the trans(at 130,000 miles). So, if the unloaded wt of the trailer is much over 5000, I wouldn't.
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Jayco-noslide
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06/09/08 10:21am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: "Dangerous" Yellowstone Roads
We have with our 26 ft 5th wheel and not a big problem.
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Jayco-noslide
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06/09/08 10:16am |
Campgrounds, Resorts and Attractions
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RE: first time workamper experience
Don't give up. We have had 6 jobs with 4 different employers and 5 of the 6 I would rate either satisfactory or very enjoyable. One was terrible and only lasted 3 weeks but that's pretty good average. However, we have always been paid for a full 40 hours.
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Jayco-noslide
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06/09/08 10:13am |
Workamping Forum
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RE: Assistance with Backing
If you had a little trouble with the much shorter hybrid, then I'm afraid you have cause to worry. We have a similiar situation going from a 17 ft. hybrid to just a 25 ft 5th wheel. 1st few times I thought we had made a terrible mistake. Now, after several years of practice, it is manageable but never easy. Staying near the middle of the street seems best but I have the drive-way on my right. Place hands at bottom of steering wheel and turn the same direction you want the back of the trailer to go but don't over turn. To correct, pull forward often but not very far. That's about all i can help.
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Jayco-noslide
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06/03/08 03:40pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Bad experience-sign contract
Most of the documents are not really legally binding contracts but are "work agreements" and are a good thing but do not in any way guarantee a heck of a lot except that they are planing to give you a job for a certain amount of pay for a certain time period. But the employer can still change just about everything else about the situation and I don't know what one could really do about it. But,then do we really want to sign a "contract", which might mean if we couldn't show up we would be financially liable to the employer?
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Jayco-noslide
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05/31/08 03:10pm |
Workamping Forum
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RE: Efficiency question
In allmost every case, I would say the slower the better but your's seems to be an exception because of the 6th gear situation so 60 in 6th is probably best for MPG.
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Jayco-noslide
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05/29/08 02:31pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Please Turn Down The Television!
Your objections are quite appropriate in my opinion.
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Jayco-noslide
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05/29/08 02:28pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: What price to pay?
Don't really have an answer but some comments. Is it new or used? Especially if used, I would go to NADA vaules on the internet, then click on the RV section and look up the "book value" of that unit just as you would a car or truck. But, guessing that RV sales might be down right now, I would probably not want to pay the book value but maybe 80 or 90% of book or even less. Also, you can negotiate much better if you do not trade in you present unit but buy the new one outright if possible.
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Jayco-noslide
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05/28/08 02:38pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: GMC Sierra Fuel Gage problem
Exactly same problem with my 2000 Silverado. I've ignored it for a couple of years and doesn't seem to get any worse or quit working entirely.
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Jayco-noslide
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05/23/08 09:38am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Embarresing story / etiquette question
Disgusting indeed but I think you are over-reacting a little.
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Jayco-noslide
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05/23/08 09:33am |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Rving- Financial Aspects and Worries.
Wow, might as well keep this going. No, I'm not saying that financing an RV is bad at all. I've financed stuff all my life and about everyone finances a home. But, I do worry about buyers who go for the extremely long term loans offerred by banks and finance companies which result in upside down loans. Got to thinking about my situation when we were in this situation(mildly) a couple years ago and how, if I died, wife would be stuck with the the 5th wheel and truck worth less than the loan balance. Feel much better debt free. I also notice that many RVers just don't like to talk about the depreciation of their RV as part of the cost- Denial maybe?
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Jayco-noslide
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05/23/08 09:30am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Honda Gen. 2000i
I should get a commission from honda. The 2000 is great and will run everything in our small 5th wheel as well as charge the battery. But $900 is a lot of money. Not sorry I got it at all.
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Jayco-noslide
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05/22/08 01:19pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Rving- Financial Aspects and Worries.
I appreciate that my post did generate a lot of interesting and thoughtful response. I suppose I am being a bit nosey but actually the financial aspect of RVing(which I love) is very interesting to me; sort of a hobby; not so much criticizing any one specific RVer. I do notice some are rather sensitive about any post which seems to cast the slighest bit of "judgement" (or interest) in what others do.
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Jayco-noslide
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05/22/08 01:15pm |
General RVing Issues
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Rving- Financial Aspects and Worries.
This area might be too personal to get too much discussion but, as I pass by and camp next to all those RVs costing in excess of $20,000, I just wonder how many of those folks can really afford them or do they just have a lot more than we do. I wonder how many have gotten into really long term financing and find themselves with an RV worth a lot less than the loan balance? They all depreciate so much and can cost the user hundreds of dollars per nights stay if the unit isn't used very much. We sure enjoy our small 5th wheel that we bought used for about $10,000 4 1/2 years ago. And we did use a home equity loan for awhile to finance it but paid it off and I won't take out another loan to buy one.
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Jayco-noslide
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05/21/08 02:43pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Financing A 5'er
I would definitely use my local bank that I trust and would use for another financial business. Be careful- All RV's depreciate like crazy and you can end up with an "upside loan" real easy if you don't pay much down and finance long-term.
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Jayco-noslide
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05/21/08 02:35pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Using Cruise Control while towing
Yes, I use cruise and tow/haul mode which prevents the trans from ever shifting into overdrive. But, when I approach an upgrade, I tap the break pedal to turn off the cruise to prevent such high-speed downshifts into 2nd gear. Then, hit resume when I'm back on the level. I don't think I could drive long distance any more without cruise.
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Jayco-noslide
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05/21/08 02:32pm |
Hybrid Travel Trailers
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