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RE: Fuel Availability
My thoughts are that some of the smaller stations may stop filling there diesel tanks simply because they don't have the capitol to pay for thousands of gallons at that price.
This makes 0 sense in time of rising prices. You buy 10,000 gallons, expecting to sell for $4.00 a gallon. But the price goes up, and you sell that fuel for average price of $5, you have $10,000.00 extra to pay for the next tank full.
Dropping price is more likely to hurt a station that pays for fuel up front.
I agree there is money to be made. But the old adage that it takes money to make money is still true. They need to have $60,000 to fill that 10,000 gallon tank.
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schlep1967
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05/24/22 07:59am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Fuel Availability
I haven't seen any shortages of diesel in PA. And I drove from PA to Florida last week and Diesel was available the whole length.
I don't see it running out when nobody can afford it. Over $6.50 a gallon here in PA.
My thoughts are that some of the smaller stations may stop filling there diesel tanks simply because they don't have the capitol to pay for thousands of gallons at that price.
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schlep1967
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05/24/22 06:42am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Removing Shower Doors
I would use a vacuum and a brush to clean the tracks. My first camper had a curtain. It had a tendency to suck in against you when you were showering.
Most sliding doors have adjustment screws top and bottom near the rollers. By loosening the screws you should gain enough space to take the door out.
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schlep1967
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05/11/22 12:14pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: No water pressure
Your symptoms act like a failed check valve. Why a check valve would affect both hot and cold for only the sinks (assuming when you say both you mean bathroom and kitchen) is a head scratcher. If it is just the hot water it would be the check valve at the water heater out line.
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schlep1967
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05/11/22 12:07pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Black tank not draining!
After you get things moving a little bit, use your flush to put about 1/4 tank of water in and drive around making plenty of turns. The water sloshing around can help break thing up.
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schlep1967
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05/11/22 05:07am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Black tank not draining!
Two words. Poop Pyramid. A snake. A stick. Anything you can get in there from the top or bottom to break up the pile.
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schlep1967
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05/10/22 11:25am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Electric bikes !!
I would like to see Electric vehicles (Golf Cars, Bikes, Scooters) with a user settable "Max speed" Governor.
The campground I frequent has a 5MPH speed limit. they don't enforce for Bicycles but it would be nice if I could dial in say 10MPH and not worry about going 20.
Bigger issue is an unrealistic speed limit. Most cars will do more than 5mph just idling on level ground. Realistically, people aren't going to drive around dragging the brakes to keep the speed at 5mph...and there really isn't much need.
Yeah, people can go too fast for conditions but it sounds more like an enforcement issue.
Looping back to the topic...any ideas for an electric bike for a big guy (6'2" - 300lb) without getting crazy expensive.
The Lectric XP 2.0 has a 330lb carrying capacity. You may need a longer seat post and maybe a longer steering neck. Depending on how much of your height is in your legs.
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schlep1967
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05/10/22 06:15am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Leveling Issues
Most "level" concrete driveways have some slope in them so water doesn't just lay on them. Borrow a 6 foot level from somebody and check the driveway before you fret too much.
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schlep1967
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05/09/22 06:29am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: receptacles not working
Find the outlet that has the test/reset buttons on it. They are always hooked to the outlets by the sink and outside. Press the reset button.
If it resets and then kicks off again right away unplug everything plugged into that circuit and try again. If it resets, one at a time plug in the items you have unplugged. One of them will likely cause the ground fault and need to be replaced.
If it won't reset at all you do not have electric to the circuit and need to start at the breaker box.
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schlep1967
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05/05/22 12:31pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Microwave kaput and poor lights be with no battery
The other thing is some of the lights are not very bright while I am plugged in at home, and I have the two 12V batteries out, is this normal, or is this a sign the power supply is not producing enough power?
The missing batteries are likely your problem with the dim lights. But until you hook them up and get them charged you likely won't know for sure.
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schlep1967
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05/04/22 07:43am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Camping Courtesies
Dogs.... I like dogs. Most dogs like me. Irresponsible dog owners, that's another thing. We got to our sight last week, got backed in and set up. All's well. Then I notice the dozen or so piles of excrement along the edge of the site. I let the owner know about it and he came out and cleaned it all up. And he apologized for the situation. He said the site was occupied by one family all week and they just left before we got there. They do have in their rules that charges will be applied for things like not cleaning up after your animals and leaving trash in the fire pit.
The is the second year of ownership and he seems like a fair but firm type of owner. Hopefully those guests will not be welcome back. As that seems to be the only way to stop poor behavior.
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schlep1967
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05/02/22 08:47am |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: Electric bikes !!
I'd be afraid if we had E-bikes, we wouldn't get as much exercise riding. Temptation would be to get lazy and let the motor do a lot of the work.
We only have 114 miles on ours so we are fairly new to riding them. But as a 54 year old that hasn't really done any riding since I was a kid, I can tell you we are pedaling unless drifting down a hill. And when we get done .... I need to be holding the handrail when walking down the steps out of the camper. Seems my legs turn to jelly in no time on that bike.
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schlep1967
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04/27/22 05:13am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Electric bikes !!
I would like to see Electric vehicles (Golf Cars, Bikes, Scooters) with a user settable "Max speed" Governor.
The campground I frequent has a 5MPH speed limit. they don't enforce for Bicycles but it would be nice if I could dial in say 10MPH and not worry about going 20.
Bigger issue is an unrealistic speed limit. Most cars will do more than 5mph just idling on level ground. Realistically, people aren't going to drive around dragging the brakes to keep the speed at 5mph...and there really isn't much need.
As the campground owner said to me this week, "We post it at 5 knowing people will be going faster." They want people keeping it under 10. If it was posted at 10 people would be doing 15+. Just get on a highway posted at 65, that means 75-80 for many.
I'm in the business of setting speed limits...what you describe is an old myth that's been disproven decades ago.
People drive what is reasonable for conditions and they are amazingly good at determining that speed is. Higher or lower speeds on the sign do nothing to change that. Enforcement should be focused on the outliers who are actually a risk.
Industry standard is to measure traffic speeds and set based on that. You will probably find in an RV park it's somewhere around 10-15mph.
Fellow traffic engineer here. And in the interest of not derailing this thread, I just repeated what the campground owner said. I've seen speed limits of 7 1/2 in campgrounds. The odd Limit serves the purpose of getting someone's attention on the fact there is a speed limit.
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schlep1967
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04/26/22 09:47am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Electric bikes !!
I would like to see Electric vehicles (Golf Cars, Bikes, Scooters) with a user settable "Max speed" Governor.
The campground I frequent has a 5MPH speed limit. they don't enforce for Bicycles but it would be nice if I could dial in say 10MPH and not worry about going 20.
Bigger issue is an unrealistic speed limit. Most cars will do more than 5mph just idling on level ground. Realistically, people aren't going to drive around dragging the brakes to keep the speed at 5mph...and there really isn't much need.
As the campground owner said to me this week, "We post it at 5 knowing people will be going faster." They want people keeping it under 10. If it was posted at 10 people would be doing 15+. Just get on a highway posted at 65, that means 75-80 for many.
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schlep1967
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04/26/22 05:22am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Electric bikes !!
Waking up the e-bike thread.
We just went on our first camping trip of the year with our Lectric bikes. We were in a pretty hilly campground and since we don't have a toy hauler, the bikes are our "golf cart". One thing to keep in mind is the campground speed limit. Especially on the downhills. We had the owner stop in our site at one point. He was looking for two kids on Lectric bikes. One black and one white. Which we just happen to have sitting on our site. But we don't have any kids. We did see the others flying around the campground and other campers rightly complained to the owners.
Our bikes in PAS 1 will run about 6 MPH. That is where we keep them in the campground. One plus to having the bikes over a golf cart is we can head out on the local roads to sight see. We rode 5 miles out to see a covered bridge. With the hills we climbed getting there and back, we would have never made it without the electric assistance.
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schlep1967
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04/25/22 10:37am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Best route to Cass, WV from the north
Take a look at 48 west from the Strasburg area. At Moorefield (There are gas and restaurants here) take 220 south to Petersburg. Then 28 down to Seneca Rocks. Stop here for a walk through the visitors center or even a hike up to the top. They have RV parking. Continue following 28 to the south. Yes it is curvy. But it is not curvy while going up or down large mountains. Make a left onto 28/92. Before long you will see a large Radio telescope. That's the Green Bank Observatory. Stop in and take the tour. They have RV parking also.
Continue south and make a right onto Cass Rd.
This will not be the fastest route. I think it will have the least white knuckle driving as you are not going straight up or down any mountains while taking sharp turns. And you will get to see two more attractions along with understanding why you don't have any cell service in the area.
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schlep1967
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04/25/22 08:37am |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Catelitic Convertor protect?
Let all the air out of the tires so they can't fit under the RV to get to it.....
Watch building a cage around it. If you do make sure it has a way to dissipate the heat.
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schlep1967
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04/18/22 12:39pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Finding a 3500 series truck to test drive....
The local Dealer tells me I can order in what I want. It will be here in 7-8 months and I can test drive it then. If I don't want it they will give me my deposit back. So at that point I would either have a truck I want or I've wasted 2/3 of a year.
Maybe I should order one from each of the big 3 brands, test drive them when they get here and then choose the one I want......
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schlep1967
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04/18/22 09:56am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Finding a 3500 series truck to test drive....
Thanks for the replies everyone. Sorry for the no response, I was away from the computer. The older 2500 Dodge's with the diesel are well known for the poor front end. I already spent $3,000 on the front end once and 5 years later I am looking at doing it again. I am also looking at a heavier 5th wheel so I want to go to a 3500/1 ton. The length of my garage dictates it will need to be a short bed so SRW is where I need to be.
I have used the GMC search option and contacted all of the dealerships within 50 miles trying to find a truck to drive. As for Ram's, a search for them found one DRW within 200 miles.
We are getting prepared for retirement and we will be traveling across the country putting many miles on. I want to be comfortable in whatever truck I end up buying.
How many miles on the ole Dodge? "The older 2500 Dodge's with the diesel are well known for the poor front end." is just plain funny. Yes the 2nd Gens with D60 (not kingpin 60s) did wear a bit quicker.
The AAM axles and Dodge components were/are as durable as any solid axle truck out there. A great deal of the "bad" front ends were and still are customers who get suckered by shops telling them a perfectly good setup is "out of spec". I had one of those. It "needed ball joints" according to the shop at like 70k miles. Sold it at 190k with original ball joints, tie rods/ends and pittman etc. Still drove straight good tire wear and fairly tight.
Regardless, have you tried Chevy dealers and used car lots? It's not magical. They are all similar if you are in a similar trim level.
GM seats in the newest model trucks do have short seat bottoms compared to the other 2 brands. Not uncomfortable, but I'd take the 100k mile seats in my 2016 Ram over the new leather seats in my 2020 Silverado, if given the choice.
It's a 2007.5 and has just under 100,000 miles. I have already replaced $3,000 worth of front end parts and I have the early smaller wobbles starting again 2 years later. It's getting so I'm half afraid to run it on the highway because I am one pothole away from the full death wobble again. I need to go to a 3500 for the retirement fifthwheel we want to get and it would be nice to be under warranty when traveling across the country.
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schlep1967
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04/13/22 01:23pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: 2020 F350 6.7 weak start
There is a new battery purchase in your near future. Probably one of the batteries is bad but you can't just replace one.
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schlep1967
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04/12/22 06:40am |
Tow Vehicles
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