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RE: 1998 Holiday Rambler Endeaver D/P Price and Value ?
chastho,
I called NADA and they said that they are and association set up to provide information concerning vehicles of all types,including the prices thereof, as determined through the purchase and sale of those vehicles by "independant dealerships" through out the United States.
It's always best to know what your talking about before you make false statements.
You can donate the imaginary fifty to my favorite charity, The Salvation Army.
Goodbye, Les
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Les Curren
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11/06/08 10:44pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: 1998 Holiday Rambler Endeaver D/P Price and Value ?
Thanks for the info fellas. That is except Chastho. If you believe NADA does not get all there info from dealers than what do you think the letters NADA stand for? I'm positive they stand for National Auto Dealers Association. And there prices represent what the dealers would like to get for vehicles. Ten to fifty percent higher than there actual value.
Even Kelly uses dealer info.
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Les Curren
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11/06/08 05:48pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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1998 Holiday Rambler Endeaver D/P Price and Value ?
I am looking at possibly buying this unit. It has about 60,000 miles and all the normal amenities that come with it. The asking price is $40,000. So taking into consideration todays fuel costs and economy would you say this is a good buy? Great buy or perhaps not a good buy at all?
I might add that the interior of this unit has been quite well taken care of but the exterior not so much.
And yes I have checked the NADA quotes but I set very little value on them because NADA gets it's info from dealers only.
I come to the people who own these units because this is where a person can get and honest answer. Both Pro and Con. Thanks.
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Les Curren
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11/03/08 09:08am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Adapter between fifth wheel disc and receiver hitch ball?
OK, the adapter is finished and operating. Finished it a couple days ago and parked my trailer with it using my Astro van. Here's what I did; Bought a 48" piece or 2" square tubing with a !/2 wall. First drilled 3/4 hole in side of one end that goes into receiver on rear of van. This is for the pin. On the bottom of the other end I welded a steel plate to bolt a aircraft nose wheel onto. And on the top side of the 2" tube I drilled and tapped a 1" hole to receive the 2 5/16 ball, to receive the goose neck connecter adapter. I also screwed a nut onto the threaded bolt of the ball on the inside of the tube. Than I drilled and tapped the end plate's of the vans receiver bar for a 1/2 eye bolt on each end of the bar. I than connected a 1/2 turnbuckle to each eye bolt and a 3/8 inch chain to the other end of the turnbuckle's and used a S hook on the far end of the chains to connect to the open end of the 2"x48" extention bar. I felt the chain would be much better than the ratchett strap. This took me about four hours labor and cost $413.12.
The best part of the whole thing is the guy who raised his rate's to $250 each way to move the trailer was there and seen me park my trailer. He never said a thing just drove away. But other's in the park did and the adapter has now been used three times.
Thanks again for the help, people.
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Les Curren
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11/01/08 03:50pm |
Towing
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RE: WiFi antenna's
OK, I have looked very seriously at all these recomendations and have come to the conclusion that I would be very foolish to pursue this challenge on my own. There for I have decided that the best and cheapest way to go is to hire a professional who guarantees to be able to set up a system that will work because he has already done it successfully.
I want to thank you each for your contribution even though I realize you didn't do it for me. You voiced your opinions and demonstrated your immense knowledge on the subject in competition with each other and did it in a most gentlemanly manner.
Damn, I do love these forums.
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Les Curren
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10/31/08 08:07pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: WiFi antenna's
Hwybnb,
Ok, both of you guys just talked right over my head.
But I will look further into the Hawking HWU8DD.
The set up at the campground to the casino's is line of sight. and the casino's are definately the highest points around with there antenna's on their roofs. The one casino has a campground of sorts that has the most distant camp spaces at least 1000 feet away from their antenna and guarantee's wifi signals to all there spaces.
What I don't know is if their sending antenna is directional. If it is it would be pointed in the wrong direction for me.
What sort of range can I expect out of that Hawking antenna?
Les
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Les Curren
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10/30/08 10:46pm |
Technology Corner
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WiFi antenna's
I have a new note book that is wifi ready, but the campground that I want to stay at in Bullhead City Arizona does not have wifi. However right across the Colorado river in Laughlin Nevada there are a great number of Gambling casino's who have free wifi. I would like to be able to use there wifi but obviously they are out of reach due to distance.
Now I am hearing about wifi antenna's.
If a person bought one of these how far away would you be able to pick up a signal?
And how much do these antenna's cost?
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Les Curren
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10/30/08 07:20pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Adapter between fifth wheel disc and receiver hitch ball?
SoCalDesertRider,
The nose wheels have a sort of knee action that absorbs road shock. But this will never go out onto any road. It will only be used on a paved street inside the park and never at more than and idle speed.
BarneyS,
Thanks for those links, I think the second one is the one for me. It will reduce the operation to a single pivot point.
I want to thank every one for the help. Now it's time to go to work.
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Les Curren
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10/27/08 09:55pm |
Towing
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RE: Adapter between fifth wheel disc and receiver hitch ball?
BarneyS,
Well, yes and no. I made something similar to that 30 years ago to carry my motorcycle but a lot more heavy duty and bolted to the receiver cross bar by way of u-bolt spring hangers and a 10,000 pound rated airplane nose wheel.
What I have in mind now would be a single heavy duty 2" bar extending four feet from the receiver port on the TV with the nose wheel supporting the entire weight. One of the guys suggested using some ratchet straps to reinforce the single bar from side ways stress. By connecting the strap from the nose wheel end to the receiver bar ends. There by making it somewhat of and A frame. Can't hurt. Talking to you guys is helping it come together in my head. I'm somewhat inventive but I don't always think of everything.
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Les Curren
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10/27/08 04:50pm |
Towing
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RE: Adapter between fifth wheel disc and receiver hitch ball?
Can the plate from the fifth wheel and the plate from the gooseneck be locked in a manner that would not allow them to be a pivot point?
If this can be done than one pivot point would be eliminated.
Now if I were to use a thick wall 2" by 4' square extention from the receiver hitch out to a aircraft nose wheel support with a ball to connect the gooseneck, that should work and eliminate the need for the extra axle and wheels. In other words the nose wheel would be mounted on the bottom of the extention at the end and the ball would be mounted on the top. There for putting the gooseneck and fifth wheel four feet behind the tow vehicle and having only one pivot point. True it would have to be operated slowly and gently. But it only has to be moved two blocks and every foot of the distance is level and paved.
OK, please pick this idea apart anywhere you can find a possible problem. And make suggestions to improve it. Constructive critizism is more then welcome.
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Les Curren
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10/27/08 09:29am |
Towing
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RE: Adapter between fifth wheel disc and receiver hitch ball?
79time,
Thanks for telling me how to change my preferences. Now I can look at your picture's. It looks like what has been done here would only allow you to tow straight ahead and posible make very slight turns.
I did something similar a few years back. I bolted a three foot by seven foot steel platform to my receiver hitch and mounted a nose wheel from a airplane under the rear of it.Centered of coarse. This was made in order to be able to carry a Indian Chief motor cycle that weighed 600 hundred pounds. I doubt that there was ever more than 200 pounds on that nose wheel but it did take some weight off of the MH. And made it easier to get in and out of gas stations.
All nose wheels swivel so it was no problem when turning or backing.
I suppose I could do the same thing again and mount the ball mount on the rear of the platform. Sounds simple enough since it will not be taken out on the public streets.
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Les Curren
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10/26/08 06:31pm |
Towing
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RE: Adapter between fifth wheel disc and receiver hitch ball?
79time,
I would like to look at your picture but Rv.Net will not allow it. Sometime back they started giving me this notice and I have never been able to change it. *image not shown due to your preference setting* What preference setting? I have no preference setting. If I had a preference setting I would change it. Gave up trying to get them to change it. Sorry for your wasted effort.
Les
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Les Curren
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10/26/08 12:43pm |
Towing
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RE: Adapter between fifth wheel disc and receiver hitch ball?
I have come to the conclusion that the best way to go is to sell the fifth wheel and buy a tongue type trailer or one of these large gas engine MH's with slide outs. The market is full of them right now and for pennies on the dollar.
But I want to thank some of you for your help and suggestions. I'll leave the neigh sayers for another time.
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Les Curren
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10/26/08 09:05am |
Towing
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RE: Adapter between fifth wheel disc and receiver hitch ball?
BARNEY S,
This gooseneck you mention, does it project far enough forward to allow enough separation between the front of the fifth wheel and the rear of a class A MH to be able to turn corners?
The hitch and ball on the MH are rated at 12,000 pounds and 1200 pounds tongue weight. I would not even consider taking the operation out on to a city street but only inside of a park. I regularly tow a 28' 10,000 pound boat with this rig so I don't see any problem handleing a 10,000 pound 5'er with it inside of a park
Some times it is necessary to explain further. I keep this 5'er at a park in Arizona and twice a year spring and fall I have to pay to have it moved from the camping pad into the storage area and back again the next fall. The cost used to be $150 each way this fall the price went up to $250 each way.
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Les Curren
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10/25/08 09:17pm |
Towing
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RE: Adapter between fifth wheel disc and receiver hitch ball?
No, I knew about those tow dollies. What I had in mind was a bracket that would go from the fifth wheel disc directly to the receiver ball.
This would not be used on the public streets or highways but strictly inside a park to move a fifth wheel from a camping pad to a storage area. I don't have a pickup so I can not use a regular method. However I do have a small class A MH and a van that can handle the tongue weight.
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Les Curren
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10/25/08 05:58pm |
Towing
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Adapter between fifth wheel disc and receiver hitch ball?
Is there any such devise that will allow a fifth wheel trailer to be towed by a truck or van with a receiver hitch ball?
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Les Curren
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10/25/08 05:29pm |
Towing
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RE: Toshiba Notebook L355D-S78 Pro's and Con's
Thanks people. Bought one two days ago and tried to post that fact here but the people who now run RV.NET refused to post my message simply stating that the message was a "incorrect formatt" what ever that is supposed to mean. And they never answer my e-mails.
I am beginning to get the feeling that I am no longer welcome here any longer.
I feel we need new management in RV.NET. People who are less computer minded and more "RV" minded.
I do appreciate all the help I received here from the members. Your a great bunch.
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Les Curren
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10/23/08 08:36am |
Technology Corner
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Toshiba Notebook L355D-S78 Pro's and Con's
Please bear with me here, this is a completely new experience for me. I know nothing about notebooks. I am looking into buying a Toshiba L355DS78 17.1" Notebook. New for $714.20 at Sam's Club.
I know it will do what I want out of it. Play games, run e-mails and play DVD's. Plus a little search. And that is about all.
What I don't know is how good of a unit is it, quality and endurance wise?
Also, this Wifi system. The unit is supposed to be able to be used on wifi. Do I need a Internet Provider to use Wifi?
Like I said, I'm green as grass here, so any help and advice will be very much appreciated.
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Les Curren
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10/21/08 09:01am |
Technology Corner
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RE: Your Opinions on 2007 34ft. Coachmen Catalina Travel Trailer
Well,Thanks folks but if I could check it out myself I wouldn't need the first hand knowledge from those who have one.
I am 1500 miles away from the trailer. It is a snow bird purchase in Arizona and I am in the Northwest.
I just wanted opinions before I travel all that way to check it out.
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Les Curren
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10/13/08 09:53pm |
Travel Trailers
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Your Opinions on 2007 34ft. Coachmen Catalina Travel Trailer
Looking for opinions on this trailer before I make the purchase.
From the pictures I can't tell if there is any closet space and if there is, how much. Also is the shower roomy with a door or a curtain? On a scale of 1 to 10 where would score it?
Also the builder, Coachmen, what would you score them at?
Your opinions are valued by me, both pro and con!
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Les Curren
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10/13/08 01:13pm |
Travel Trailers
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