| |
Subject |
Author |
Date Posted |
Forum
|
 |
RE: leveling jacks
Which is better, electric or hydraulic leveling jacks?
Heartland Big Horn 5th wheel hydraulic jacks for 5 years , no problems. Had to change the hydraulic fluid to resolve popping noise but problem was solved with no further issues.
|
MarkTwain
|
04/05/20 07:39pm |
Class A Motorhomes
|
|
RE: Hot Spot
You might try calling your cellular carrier. It could be the plan you are on has a restriction of some kind. Or maybe Apple has made a change on the phone that is causing a problem. Either way your cell providers tech support line should be able to figure it out.
My cell provider (AT&T) informed me that the data base plan I had would have down load restrictions after I reached my current data plan limits. I would have to upgrade my plan to get faster speed and avoid problems with using hot spot connections.
|
MarkTwain
|
04/05/20 05:58pm |
Technology Corner
|
|
RE: Hot Spot
I’ve often had to play games to get some devices connected.
Like going into settings and turning wifi off then back on. Rebooting the laptop, etc.
Esp. after it’s been sitting idle.
Ditto! Ditto! I also called my service carrier and up graded my data plan. Part of issue can be related to with your location from the nearest signal tower.
|
MarkTwain
|
04/05/20 10:41am |
Technology Corner
|
|
RE: Want to drive through Mexico, looking for truck advice
It will be VERY hard to find a diesel truck with under 150,000 miles for less than $10,000. You can find plenty of gassers for that, with under 100,000 miles. Campers on mini-trucks do not preform well. Too top heavy and not enough power.
What do you mean "mini-trucks" I am looking for a 3/4 to 1 ton truck.
Why are the diesels so expensive? I imagine they have just as many issues as the gassers and are more expensive to fix, no?
The diesel engine is about $6K more than a gas engine but the diesel engine will give you 300K miles with no major issues. I'm guessing cause I don't own one that the gas engine might give you 160K.
|
MarkTwain
|
04/03/20 03:22pm |
Truck Campers
|
|
RE: Want to drive through Mexico, looking for truck advice
Go with a Dodge diesel!!!
|
MarkTwain
|
04/03/20 01:43pm |
Truck Campers
|
|
RE: Emergency Travel - Texas to South Georgia?
1. Book your campgrounds in advance by calling each of them. That way you will know for certain but understand it may change.
2. Check with each individual state you will be crossing through to see if they have checkpoints when you go in. Some states are requiring you "check in" and give them personal info as to your plans. If you aren't staying in that state you should have no issue. GA, however, now has a shelter-in-place order as of 4/1.
3. If you think you may have to boondock or be there for a while it might not be a bad idea to get a generator. If you can stay at established campgrounds you shouldn't need one.
4. Snafus? Yes-check with the hospice center to ensure they are allowing visitors. You are adding additional risks to yourself if you stop to get gas, groceries, etc. You can mitigate that risk by following CDC protocols and wearing gloves when you get gas.
Good luck!
Good advice! Has your family member been tested for the virus? what were the results? If they positive , they may have to
be quarantined.
|
MarkTwain
|
04/02/20 05:22pm |
RV Parks, Campgrounds and Attractions
|
|
RE: RV GPS
How many of you have/use a GPS for RVs? We currently have a Garmin Drive Smart 61, which is a basic auto GPS, but we're thinking of upgrading to one designed for RVs to add such features like tunnel/bridge height, various length issues, etc.
Particularly the height issue.
What's available that won't cost and arm & leg?
Garmin Delz 770 made for RV. 5 inch screen and can be operated with voice command. Well worth the $$$$.
|
MarkTwain
|
03/30/20 02:46pm |
General RVing Issues
|
|
RE: What is MISSING from your RV Park?
Don't use the "SARDINE " MODEL when designing the location of RV sites. Many RV parks are physically designed based on economic profits V.S. designing the RV parks to maximize the pleasure and enjoyment of RVers.
|
MarkTwain
|
03/29/20 11:46am |
RV Parks, Campgrounds and Attractions
|
|
RE: RV living and registering child for 1st grade.
I am wondering if this is possible and if so, how people do this?
I am pretty sure I saw kids getting picked up and dropped off by the school bus at our last campground..
If you have a house with no wheels, you’re good.
If you’re deemed homeless, you’re good.
In between those two, you’re a non-resident and must be rejected!
Lol
When you take your daughter to enroll in school, just give them the address of your RV Park. It is not the schools business that you live in an RV. 2nd. choice just ask school to enroll your child in "Independent Study" where you can home school or just enroll your child in the "Home School Program".
|
MarkTwain
|
03/25/20 12:16am |
General RVing Issues
|
|
RE: New DISH equipment to sell, husband died
Last fall my husband and I switched from DirecTv to DISH because DirecTv was making changes to their RV programming. We also use satellite in our home in FL so we have been using that since October. When we signed up with DISH, we were talked into buying the equipment for the RV because it was on sale. We could turn it on when we traveled in the summer. It was a great plan except that he died suddenly in February. I was the driver but I cannot go RVing by myself. He was my navigator. I would appreciate suggestions of how to sell this new equipment, boxes never opened. It is a Wally and an HDTV Indoor Over the Air Antenna with Dual USB adapter. DISH will not take them back because it has been so many months since we purchased them. They said the warranty would not be activated until the equipment was installed in the RV.
Check around with some of your local RV shops. Call Dish customer service and ask to speak a manager/supervisor.
|
MarkTwain
|
03/24/20 03:54pm |
Technology Corner
|
|
RE: Any hints about why my tire leaking?
Trailer has been in storage lot in Florida for 3 months, want to leave the state tomorrow so yesterday I checked systems out and was pleased to learn that all 4 trailer tires were still at 50# as required and didn’t need inflation. When I was putting the plastic valve cap back on it seemed like I turned it too far and popped the top of the cap...I did not move the trailer at all yesterday. When I went down this am to hook up, that tire was flat. (Just wanted to emphasize that the trailer and tire was NOT moved yesterday). I have reinflated the tire twice and it slowly leaks. I have done the soap suds routine and there is no evidence of leaking (bubbling air) through the valve stem. I don’t have the jack to change the tire myself and haven’t been able to get any road service to come out...needless to say we won’t be leaving Florida tomorrow morning as planned. Just wondering if any readers can help me diagnose the likely source of the air leak.Thanks.
Make sure you have metal stems in your tires.
|
MarkTwain
|
03/22/20 02:51pm |
General RVing Issues
|
|
RE: Newbie looking for advice!
Price would be OK for a garage kept trailer, but they are rare. Since it has a few years on it, and likely stored outdoors, there will be some degradation of exterior surfaces. You need to inspect the roof, caulking and all soft parts for aging. Water intrusion is common and will destroy a trailer quickly, so check everywhere for stains and soft spots. If you find anything that is suspect, do not buy. Appliances and most everything that can be easily removed can be repaired, but rot in the roof, floor and walls should be thought of as terminal cancer.
The one thing that I don't like about that particular trailer is that it is big with small water tanks.
X1, Small tanks especially the gray tank(shower and dish water) can be negatively effecting your trips. Black should be at least 40 gallons, you can always bring extra 1 gallon plastic containers of fresh water. I always carry two 1 gallon containers of water in the shower to use to flush the toilet when you are on the road.
|
MarkTwain
|
03/16/20 07:40pm |
Travel Trailers
|
 |
RE: Very disappointed with Good Sam
Thank you for the post Mark Twain.
As with other social media forums Good Sam does its best to respond to complaints or concerns and obtain the information necessary to contact the member and address their concerns. Good Sam posts when a resolution has been made and thanks the member for advising us of the issues in addition to giving Good Sam the opportunity to correct the them and attempt to resolve them to the members satisfaction. In the interest of the members privacy we do not post the resolution but the OP/member can post the details of their resolution if they choose to.
Thank you again and I hope this provides some clarity.
Zach
Good Sam Roadside Assistance
Really?? I have NEVER seen a post on what happened. All we ever see is please PM me, Ella
X1, I agree 100% with your comment!!!!!!!
|
MarkTwain
|
03/15/20 05:00pm |
Good Sam Roadside Assistance
|
|
RE: Very disappointed with Good Sam
Thank you for the post Mark Twain.
As with other social media forums Good Sam does its best to respond to complaints or concerns and obtain the information necessary to contact the member and address their concerns. Good Sam posts when a resolution has been made and thanks the member for advising us of the issues in addition to giving Good Sam the opportunity to correct the them and attempt to resolve them to the members satisfaction. In the interest of the members privacy we do not post the resolution but the OP/member can post the details of their resolution if they choose to.
Thank you again and I hope this provides some clarity.
Zach
Good Sam Roadside Assistance
Zach,
Thank you for responding so promptly. I understand the privacy issues. The posted resolution does not need to have names or any identifying information.
|
MarkTwain
|
03/14/20 10:13am |
Good Sam Roadside Assistance
|
|
RE: Very disappointed with Good Sam
Central Lake RV'er,
Thank you for your time and posting. I would first like to apologize for the problems and experience received with your recent request for service. If able will you please send a PM with your contact information. The information and post will be shared with our leadership Team for review and follow up.
Thank you in advance,
Mark
Good Sam Customer Care
Mark
Good Sam Care Team,
In order to present and demonstrate that Good Sam is a business whose primary goal is to provide and meet the GS Road Assistance needs of all RVers, I suggest that GS post the resolutions to the RV.net forum. The resolution should give a complete description of how the issue was resolved. The above post by GS Customer Care is an appreciated PR response but is incomplete. Just reading the above GS post leaves all RVers negatively questioning the quality of the GSRA services.
|
MarkTwain
|
03/14/20 08:58am |
Good Sam Roadside Assistance
|
|
RE: Very disappointed with Good Sam
We were on our way south for a quick breath of warm air on Saturday, Feb. 29 at 9 p.m. or so when the serpentine belt on our truck broke just 5 miles short of our destination for that night.
We managed to coast into the Cherry Blossoms Pilot Travel Center at Exit 129 on I-75 south in Georgetown, KY, before totally losing power, where I called Good Sam.
After giving the call center a great deal of information, it was determined that it would take several hours, if not all night, to get our truck and RV towed to a repair center, where because the next day was Sunday, we would have sat like chickens until the repair center opened up on Monday.
An effort was made by Good Same to get a mobile mechanic to us that night, but after talking to the mechanic myself it was determined that the mechanic was 80 miles away and would not come out at all until Monday.
And no, Good Sam would not tow us to a nearby motel-only to a repair center. And the call center operator said she could not locate a motel near a repair center, she wasn't authorized to do that. But she wouldn't tell us which repair shop Good Sam wanted to send us to, either, so we could look it up ourselves.
I hung up the phone.
We spent the night, which was cold, in our RV in the travel center and turned on the propane on the RV stove to keep warm. In the morning we were VERY fortunate to talk to an employee who was kind enough to contact another mobile mechanic who was right in the area, who went out of his way to get us back on the road and on schedule later that day. We will always be grateful to Shawn DeVaughn, the employee at that Pilot Travel Center. Without him we could very possibly still be there.
I am very disappointed in Good Sam, to say the least, and will NOT be renewing my insurance next year...I had JUST renewed it for this year before this event occurred, if it had occurred a few weeks earlier, I would have saved myself $120.
I recommend you call Good Sam customer service and ask to speak to a supervisor. Share your story and give the name of GS operator who did not help you. Your call was recorded and the supervision can go back and listen to the full discussion with the operator. Ask for some reimbursement for your time lost or any costs.
|
MarkTwain
|
03/13/20 09:38pm |
Good Sam Roadside Assistance
|
|
RE: Montana 294RL for Single person fulltiming
Does anyone have any experience with Montana 5th Wheels? I'm looking at the subject model as the first time full-time situation for myself. My primary RV Spot will be at my ranch. I plan on possibly going south during winter. I'm retired at 47 so I might struggle to meet people my age in this lifestyle I'm assuming. I'd appreciate any insight any of you all can give me on Montana. Part of me still thinks I'm crazy to do this lol. I think I'm gonna love it.
Heartland makes the Montana 5th wheel. My experience with Heartland has been positive with my 5th. wheel Big Horn since 2004. Are you going to buy new or used? If used, take the RV to a good Rv shop and have it fully checked out, before you buy it, to make sure there are no mechanical issues and have all systems fully checked to be functional. The $200 cost could save you future headaches. If tires are 5 years old, throw them away and replace them with a good "G" rated 10ply. Don't try to save money on tires. Repack all the bearings. Buy a Road Side Assistance plan. Cheap insurance when you break down and need a tow. I have Good Sam for the last 20 years. There are other plans. Join some local and national RV clubs to meet people and have the opportunity to travel with some other RV people
|
MarkTwain
|
03/12/20 10:13pm |
Fifth-Wheels
|
|
RE: Another Problem with new computer
On a Mac computer, I go to SETTINGS then GENERAL then Reset your "net work settings. should work!
|
MarkTwain
|
03/05/20 03:32pm |
Technology Corner
|
|
RE: Thoughts on the 'need' factor of a main line surge protector
Folks who have them, have already convinced themselves that you must get one.
Meanwhile, by my estimate the other 90% if us are getting along just fine without one.
90% of you are high risk gamblers Las Vegas loves gamblers like you:), because you trust that all RV parks owners/companies keep their parks 100% maintained all times i.e. electrical connections. If you believe that, I've got some property on this beautiful island, real cheap:). You have every thing to gain and nothing to loose buying a surge protector.
|
MarkTwain
|
03/04/20 03:20pm |
Travel Trailers
|
|
RE: Thoughts on the 'need' factor of a main line surge protector
I believe a surge protector is mandatory equipment. I used a pedestal type that has some diagnostics on it. It saved us several times from miswired pedestals. I now have a hardwired EMS and really like the info it displays.
Both are Progressive Industries, made in the U.S.
Progressive Industries surge protectors provide the greatest protection for your RV. A side by side comparison of various Surge Protectors from different companies will reveal the greater protection by P I surge protectors. Always plug your surge protector into your electric source BEFORE you connect to your RV.
|
MarkTwain
|
03/04/20 09:42am |
Travel Trailers
|
