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RE: Global Warming
It is summer in Austrailia. According to the history on the weather link. that is normal for them.
That's why I like to keep this link handy.
Forecast for Punta Arenas, Chile
When we're having hot weather and the global warming folks are out in force, I like to show this link.
Since it's news to some that it's hot in the summer in hot climates, I figure it also must be news that it's cold in cold climates in the winter. Looks like it's chilly in chile: :B:B:B
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Lar114
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11/24/08 06:50pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: TV shows pre 1990?
Johnny Quest, Land of the Giants, Dennis the Mennace, and there was another show Jay North starred in either the late 60's or early 70's, I think it was called Maya? It took place in India where Jay and another Indian Boy rode around the country on an Elephant.
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Lar114
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11/24/08 03:57pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Slide out weather seal (Dutchmen)
Hey Jerry was looking at your webshots. The photo that shows your slide open looks exactly like mine did. It looks like you have the one piece seal that I was talking about. You may want to cut that seal at the top corners on a angle like I did, and put a whole new seal on top, overlaping the side seal so that water stays on the outside. All other campers I looked at had three seperate seals, one on each side and one on top that overlaps the sides on top. This time of year is hard to find an open camper. Maybe somebody you know can open their's up, so you can have a look at what I mean. Mines put to bed for the winter, otherwise I'd show you mine seeing we live in the same town.
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Lar114
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11/23/08 03:55pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Slide out weather seal (Dutchmen)
That's one of the spots that was leaking on mine. I bought some foam seal at Home Depot, and put it on the corner of the slide itself, that seemed to help. With the weather getting colder you may run into problems with getting anything to stick. If you find it's still leaking, you need to fix the problem before it gets to late and things start to rot. I replaced mine when the weather was warm, don't think it would work in the cold. If you find it doesn't work, maybe take it to an RV repair place where they can do it inside. I recommend Pete's camping near Port Huron. They have reasonable rates and the do a good job. Good Luck
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Lar114
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11/23/08 03:06pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Locking down propane tanks
Good idea, but all one needs is a hacksaw, and they have themselves a propane tank.
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Lar114
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11/15/08 12:04pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: New PUMA is junk
Permit me to insert my two cents worth in here if you will. Assuming most of the manufacturers are similar in production as Fleetwood, I am convinced they have little, if any quality control or final inspection; and if they say they do, then it is seriously lacking, in my opinion.
It's been a week now since I mailed my "letter of gripe" off to Fleetwood Customer Service with a copy to the plant manager where my new Prowler 280FK was assembled and I have yet to receive a response from either.
Without boring you with specifics I will simply say this: Considering what I had to pay for this last NEW unit I feel that I'm simply not getting my money's worth - and perhaps that's an indication of what I believe is a very serious problem with a lot of manufacturing in this country today.
I don't think I should have to put up with this kind of******considering what I had to pay for it, plain and simple! If I detailed all of the things I found wrong with my "new" unit, I'm confident many of you would think I'm making a mountain out of a mole hill, but that's not the way I feel, having just spent over 32 grand for shoddy assembly and no inspection - if it was built right before it left the plant I wouldn't feel the need to sit here and rant.
I don't have to be told that I should have inspected it before taking delivery - I did inspect it but many of the problems I discovered several weeks after I brought it home. I am not an rv inspector, I am an rv customer, and it takes me awhile to go over a unit front to back, inside and out completely. Even after doing so, there are other problems that appeared after the first outing.
I feel like I'm doing my part to support an American industry - I just don't feel, this American industry is giving me my money's worth. With the economy in the shape it's in today, one would think many of these companies would slow down and emphasize quality a little more and quantity a little less.
I believe I may have given a little more than two cents worth here - sorry. Thats because there is a lack of competition here, where a few others really care. As long as they all get their pay checks, thats all they care about. I've also been around a few auto workers who said the same thing. Bet they aren't feeling that way now.
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Lar114
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11/15/08 09:37am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Indoors for the winter
You may want to try some Damp-Rid. I put a large container in, usually in March when the temps start to swing up and down. Works good for me.
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Lar114
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11/15/08 09:10am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: We got robbed!
I can't believe they didn't call you when this happened. My TT was broken into four years ago. I was notified the very next day. Nothing was taken out of my unit because there were to many others around that had more to offer than mine. Only had to replace broken glass on entrance door.
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Lar114
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11/10/08 05:17pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: DTV conversion
With the Feb 09 digital conversion for TV antennae, has anyone hooked up the required converter yet? I have (most do) an amplifier between the external antenna and the TV. Does it need to be connected before the amp?Just came back from a week of camping up in Frankenmuth. Decided to give my converter box a try, as you usually only get about three tv stations and somewhat of a crappy picture. Boy what a surprise. Picture quality was as sharp as could be. All I did was hook up RF cable from amp connection to ant. in on converter, then another RF cable to out connection on converter to tv. Follow your directions on set up from your manual and your good to go. Found about six channels and a few sub channels, including four sub channels from PBS.
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Lar114
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11/10/08 04:40pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Fuel Issues & Prices - Post 'Em Here!
Down to 2.11 here. So what the hell is going on:h
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Lar114
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11/02/08 05:18pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: battery
I've always brought mine in during winter months. Just bought a new Sears Diehard and want it to last longer than last battery. Also installed cutoff switch so no drain while in my TT.
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Lar114
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11/02/08 09:18am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Light out...any ideas?
I had an outside light that went out on the front as well as the light on the tongue jack. Both of them were corroded and lost ground contact. I cleaned them and coated with LPS3, walla, they now work. I think the TT was pulled through the north with salt on the road from Indiana. I had to clean the bottom when I got it home. Looked like salt spray. One of the main reasons why I'd never use my TT during the winter months, unless I was down south. We've all seen what salt can do to cars, why would you expose your camper to the same elements?
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Lar114
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11/02/08 09:10am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Slide out weather seal (Dutchmen)
www.bontragers.com Their web site also has an ebay link. Paid a $1 per foot for mine. Yes my seal is the same as yours. I'm sure yours is also a one piece seal, as both of ours are 2004 models. Do you check your slideout for leaks on ocassion? If no leaks then your probably OK. Good Luck.
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Lar114
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11/02/08 08:59am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Slide out weather seal (Dutchmen)
Yes I had the same problem you've got, and I also have a 2004 Dutchmen. Mine started to leak bad. Went to a RV parts store in Indiana last summer while on vacation, and talked with a salesman there. He asked me if my slideout seal was all one piece, which it was. He told me there was a lot of known problems on one piece seals. One piece seals meaning that the whole seal starts on one side then curves at the top then curves again and goes down the other side. I also did my own research on other campers at campgrounds with slides open and found all to have three separate pieces. So I went to a place called Bontragers Surplus, and bought 13 feet of slide out seal. Then went to work. I cut the top seal on an angle on each side then pulled the whole top seal off. Then cleaned area and scraped old silicone off. Used two sided tape to hold new seal on then put silicone on the top of seal the entire way down. Also ran new seal about 4 inches beyond both sides. So far everthing has been good, we have had some really heavy rain here this past summer as you know, I see your from Detroit area also, with know leaks at all. Do the same thing I did before you run into problems. Slideout seals need just as much attention as your roof does. The replacement seal and two sided tape cost me 16.96 tax and all. Good luck
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Lar114
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11/01/08 10:26am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Storing TT under power line towers??
All answers are correct but are probably true of just about ANY place you store your RV. I have trees over mine in my own driveway. Power lines go right over it also. A friend stores his in a building with power lines going over it and even THAT had a danger. Life is full of dangers and he ones mentioned here are the reason we have insurance on our RVs to cover those very REMOTE possibilities. And good reasons for insurance companies to raise rates once something happens, or not paying the fair market value of your RV. Why ask for trouble if it can be avoided?
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Lar114
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10/27/08 04:15pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Storing TT under power line towers??
Hello, just wondering if there are any negatives to storing a unit under large power line towers? Thought I'd ask as we may be changing to a different storage facility. Area is basically rural with the gigantic lines running over a row of travel trailers in storage.If it was me I wouldn't do it. Birds aren't the only reason, I'm sure they get storms with high winds, plus there is always the chance for ice storms even down south. Can't believe anybody would store their RV under power lines or trees. Yes there are negatives. What would be the plus?
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Lar114
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10/27/08 02:15pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Eternabond user question
Funny, I just put some on my TT last week. It has the same rubber roof mentioned here and it stuck no problem. The directions say that you do have to use a roller of some kind, and the only thing that I had was a wallpaper roller. I'm also sure the warm sun when it hits it will make it stick even better, or at least whatever warm sun there is left. Here in Michigan it seems the warm air is making a fast exit.
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Lar114
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10/20/08 06:30am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Is it ok not to use the pink stuff?
Been blowing out my water lines and using pink stuff in the traps and what is left over in the holding tanks for six years in a row. Never any problems come spring. Those who have had problems before in the past, have obviously not done it correctly or there would be no problems. However like it was said before to each his own. When you blow out your lines make sure the final time you run air thru, that all that comes out is air, then open low point drains. There might be a little bit of residual water left over I'm sure, but there will be plenty of room for it to expand if it does freeze. What ever you decide good luck.
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Lar114
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10/19/08 07:01am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: 2003 Chevy Silverado 2500, Rear Axle Ratio and Mileage?
I have the same truck you are describing. My owners manual says that all 2500HD trucks for 2003 with the 6.0 have 4:10 gears. Mine had 49,500 miles when I bought it. With miles that low, if the price is right I'd jump on it. You should have no problems towing a 32ft. TT.
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Lar114
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09/30/08 04:38pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Does anybody else use Presto logs???
Just last week at Walmart they had firelogs on sale for 10.00 for I believe 6 in a box. They are a little smaller than the average firelogs but I don't really care. I'm tired of getting lousy firewood from CG's that burn for a few minutes then burn out, with over half of the logs not even touched. I have used firelogs before and they burn well, but burn for a long time. With my recent purchase maybe I'll use one firelog, and maybe one or two of the junk logs I still have left over from previous camping trips.
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Lar114
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09/22/08 07:33am |
RV Lifestyle
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