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RE: Drill Holster (tip)
I always put the jacks down before I let my wife enter , but then you guys do not know how heavy my wife is !
I hope your health insurance is paid up if she reads this! :B
Ha, life insurance is more likely to be used here than health insurance!!!
I was going to post for him to tell her to let me know when the funeral will be. I will attend.
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Bobbo
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01/17/21 08:08pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Tire went flat in the driveay. Damage?
Bobby I call B S on that!
Your refusal to believe does not make it false. Try it sometime.
I agree with the follow on post that says once the ratchet strap has the bead seated, you must put in some air before removing the strap.
Can of starting fluid works better than strap, but likely to send old women screaming and waving hands.
I've seen that done too, but wasn't about to recommend it.
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Bobbo
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01/17/21 07:58am |
Towing
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RE: Drill Holster (tip)
We haven't put down our stabilizers in years.
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Bobbo
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01/17/21 07:52am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Tire went flat in the driveay. Damage?
A strap around the center of the tire with a ratcheting clamp will seat the bead without using air.
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Bobbo
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01/16/21 07:45pm |
Towing
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RE: Honda 2000i tips and tricks for changing oil.
more expensive, but more useful for other things Form-a-funnel
Years ago I bought a 3 pack of flexible cutting boards. I am still using them to make ad-hoc funnels or protective shields. Dirt cheap. They cut quite easily with ordinary scissors.
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Bobbo
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01/16/21 07:43pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: 12 volt DC problem
Happy to be of service.
After the battery is fully charged, get it load tested. Taking a battery down that low can kill it.
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Bobbo
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01/16/21 07:40pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: 12 volt DC problem
No 12v power. If you are not plugged in to shore power, your battery is dead. If you are plugged in to shore power, your converter is not putting out 12v and your battery is dead.
Could be no power from pedestal. (Power outage or breaker tripped.)
Could be breaker tripped in your RV. (Main breaker or breaker to converter.)
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Bobbo
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01/16/21 07:13am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Honda 2000i tips and tricks for changing oil.
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Bobbo
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01/15/21 07:38pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Trailer hitch pin
Kip :: In the English system, we use pounds to describe weight and feet or inches to describe distance. You may remember that 2000 pounds is called a "ton", but did you know that 1000 pounds is called a "kip"? (It was most likely shortened from "Kilo-Pound") So, when you see a notation like "kpf", think "kips per foot". 0.48 kpf would be equal to 480 pounds per foot. Engineers use kips since it makes the numbers much easier to work with (especially in the days of slide rules) and reduces errors caused by lost zeros.
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Bobbo
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01/12/21 07:28am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Anyone rent out their camper?
When my son was 20, he asked if he could borrow my RV to stay in at Bonnaroo (a relatively local music festival). He QUICKLY added that I could drive it up (towing my car) and set it up, then afterwards I could come back and break camp and drive it home.
I said "yes, absolutely." Then I said I would even give him the choice of the bed or the jackknife sofa bed. He asked what I meant. I told him I was staying in the RV while it was up there. But, not to worry, I wouldn't bother him at the music festival. I would stay in the RV and read.
That was the absolute last I heard of him borrowing the RV.Which tells you exactly how your RV would have been treated had you simply let him use it without you there!!!:B
I knew better. I watched him growing up. ;)
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Bobbo
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01/11/21 07:37pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Chipmunks
You should have a well stocked freezer by now. I’m jealous, squirrel gravy and squirrel stew makings right at your fingertips.
Squirrel and dumplings is our favorite. However, you have to add chicken broth because they are so lean there is no broth otherwise. Squirrel pot pie is good too. When we get 3 to 4 squirrels, we have enough for a very good meal.
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Bobbo
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01/10/21 08:10pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Leaving breakers in the camper on while away?
we leave trailer plugged up
What in tarnation?!?
I though this was an electrical discussion, not plumbing.
I thought more along the lines of needing a laxative. It is the Pharmacist in me.
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Bobbo
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01/10/21 08:07pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Chipmunks
When we bought our current house 11 years ago, squirrels had been living in the attic for YEARS. I finally bought a very high quality pellet rifle. (I wanted accuracy.) I am up to over 500 squirrels now. No squirrels in the attic for years now. (I am now down to less than $1 per squirrel.) But, I still have squirrels in the yard. You will never eliminate them.
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Bobbo
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01/10/21 08:16am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Anyone rent out their camper?
When my son was 20, he asked if he could borrow my RV to stay in at Bonnaroo (a relatively local music festival). He QUICKLY added that I could drive it up (towing my car) and set it up, then afterwards I could come back and break camp and drive it home.
I said "yes, absolutely." Then I said I would even give him the choice of the bed or the jackknife sofa bed. He asked what I meant. I told him I was staying in the RV while it was up there. But, not to worry, I wouldn't bother him at the music festival. I would stay in the RV and read.
That was the absolute last I heard of him borrowing the RV.
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Bobbo
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01/09/21 08:28pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Charging issues?
Getting 12.3 volts shows a mostly depleted battery, and that is under no load. Fully charge the battery and get it load tested. Without load testing you have no idea how good that battery is.
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Bobbo
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01/07/21 07:26am |
Tech Issues
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RE: WINDOWS 10 MICROSOFT OFFICE
He doesn't want to uninstall Outlook, he only wants Thunderbird to be the default email client.
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Bobbo
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01/06/21 08:28pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Dometic Fridge stopped working in cold weather? Ideas?
I don't think that the GFI outlet tripped......I still had power to the control panel, and the door light inside the fridge worked when I opened the door.
The control panel and door light are both 12v. They will work without 120v power.
As soon as I hit the "GAS" button, it started cooling again.
If it cools on gas but not electric, you have a 120v problem. The GFCI would be the first thing I checked.
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Bobbo
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12/28/20 08:36pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: GFIC tripping
GFIs are very sensitive. They trip all the time.
Many MHs and TTs have a 30 amp system but are plugged into a barn or garage with a 20 amp circuit.
Sometimes your rig with a GFI is plugged into a garage circuit with GFI. They fight each other and trip.
uh.... how many times has your hair dryer, electric pressure washer etcl with GFI tripped and faught with the breaker panel GFI????
IMHO pure BS. Downstream GFI's work well with an breaker panel or upstream GFI.
I've got literally dozens of downstream GFI devices used in the house and trailer along with breaker panel GFCI/AFCI on all my circuits and NEVER have had an issue with a downstream GFCI causing conflict or tripping with a breaker panel GFI or vice versa.
Same with our son in his house.
any time one or the other tripped it was a FAULT, pure and simple. They did what they were supposed to do.
True. GFCI's fighting each other and tripping is a myth. But it is a commonly believed myth.
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Bobbo
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12/28/20 08:32pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: No hot water during a freeze
I agree that hot water does not freeze faster than cold water, however, I know the theory as to why they think it happens.
They think that the heat from the water sets up a convection current of air above the hot water, you know, heat rises, therefore creating its own wind current to carry away the heat, thereby cooling down the water faster.
Even if that actually occurred, which I doubt, what they fail to realize is that when the hot water gets to the same temperature at which the cold water started (which takes a period of time), the convection current of air stops, thereby freezing the water at the same rate as the cold water did from the start.
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Bobbo
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12/27/20 08:07am |
Tech Issues
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RE: GFIC tripping
I posted this in another thread a few days ago, but it applies here as well. Plugging into a non-GFCI circuit doesn't solve a problem that you have, it only fails to detect it.
It takes some serious diagnosing to find GFCI problems sometimes.
1. Turn off all breakers in the RV. If the problem goes away, it is one of the hot wires leaking to ground. Turn the breakers on one at a time to identify the wire, then trace it. If the problem persists with all breakers off, it is not a hot wire leaking to ground.
2. Disconnect all neutral wires in RV breaker box. If the problem goes away, one of the neutral wires is touching ground. Reconnect each neutral one at a time to identify the wire, then trace it. If the problem persists with all neutral wires disconnected, it is not a neutral touching ground.
3. If the problem persists after #1 and #2, the problem is either the outlet, or between the outlet and the breaker box. That means one of the adapters, the plug on the RV, the point where the RV power cord is connected to the RV, or the ATS (if you have one).
It should go without saying, but I will say it anyway, UNPLUG THE RV BEFORE WORKING IN THE BREAKER BOX!
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Bobbo
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12/27/20 07:57am |
Tech Issues
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