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RE: Purchasing a MH using an escrow service & insurance ques
Many scams to remove dollars from your pocket. How did you find this bargain? EBay, Craigslist, some other online sales. There are many cases of high priced merchandise, cars, RV's being offered at bargain prices that don't exist, at least by the person offering it for sale. It's easy to copy a picture of a vehicle and offer it for sale. Best to find a buyer out of state and ask for a deposit to hold it till they can come and check it out. Once the money is transferred it's gone, gone gone.
You feeling lucky?
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stickdog
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03/02/15 09:56pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: 5th wheel tongue safety
I hit my noggin once on the pin and have been inoculated from it ever happening again.
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stickdog
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03/01/15 08:45pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Left over 2014
I was still referring to my 98 Ford as my new truck shortly before buying our 09 F350.
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stickdog
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02/28/15 09:16pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Adding Washer & Dryer
We added one when we purchased our fifthwheel. It had a closet for one but only had 120AC receptacle, plumbing and venting had to be installed.
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stickdog
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02/28/15 09:08pm |
Do It Yourself Modifications and Upgrades (DIY)
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RE: ? "Best" Bird ID Book?
Wife is been birding last 5 years her favorite is "Peterson" Field Guide to Birds of North America. We have besides Peterson, Sibley Guide to Birds, Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America, and Golden Field Guide, From St. Martin Press, Birds of North America.
She also has the I-Bird app on her Android phone, which is also a very good resource auto updates with photographs and also has bird calls and bird songs. Good because often you have a better chance identifying birds by song or call than visual.
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stickdog
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02/28/15 03:11pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Washer/Dryer Combo??
Splendidi here as well, DW loves it.
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stickdog
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02/27/15 07:08pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: looking for summer workamping in MONTANA
Hi there, we own a bar called the Halfway House Bar and Grill (www.hwhmt.com) and are looking for a camper/worker. We are located on Bull Lake, which is about 15 miles outside of Troy (about 160 miles from Missoula). The bar sits on 10.5 acres and hosts a whole line-up of events over the summer. We do have full RV hook-ups. The position we are looking to fill will be primarily for a short order cook. If interested, please pm me -thanks
HWHMT, you might want to start your own thread instead of adding your offer in an existing one which has more or less run its course.
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stickdog
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02/27/15 06:58pm |
Workamping Forum
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RE: Strict schedule or flexible travel out west
We're fulltimers the last 5 years. We thought reservations were necessary, there not. If you want to ensure that the park you want absolutely has a site for you, you may want to make them.
We volunteer during the "season" so our site is provided. Our travel is during the off season, after Labor Day and before Memorial Day.
Since you plan on August-October travels I would say if there's someplace you really want to be before Labor Day make a reservation. After Labor Day play it day by day.
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stickdog
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02/26/15 04:34pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: What do you do with your time while full-timing
We volunteer 9 mos of the year mostly for USF&W refuges though we have volunteered at state parks, USACE parks and USFS. We usually work 20-24 hrs each per week same schedules. Although some work is mundane and more so as camp hosts our work with FWS has been interesting and educational. We have led canoe and kayak trips, been interpretive hosts at tidepools on the Oregon coast. DW setup and ran tour for handicapped on a 8 passenger golf cart.
Other volunteers we have met have banded birds, tagged horseshoe crabs, assisted with other biological surveys. There really are so many opportunities to keep occupied while fulltiming and so much to see and do in the various regions of the country we'll have to keep doing it for a long long time.
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stickdog
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02/26/15 12:12pm |
Full-time RVing
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RE: Issue Backing into Camping Spot
Five years fulltiming sometimes I look like a pro others like a newbie.
Some days are diamonds and some days are stone.
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stickdog
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02/25/15 06:52pm |
Towing
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RE: sub freezing travel
Put them in the fridge but don't turn it on.
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stickdog
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02/24/15 05:17pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: honda eu 3000is
The nice part of using 2 EU2000i's instead of a EU3000iS is the weight difference. 2 EU2000i's dry weight is 98 pounds whereas the EU3000iS is 134 pounds. I hate to say it but I ain't the man I once was. I can carry the 2000's one in each hand to balance the load with no problem.
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stickdog
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02/23/15 12:50pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Favorite Camping Location
Our favorite is Ecola SP Oregon which is a day use park but we were volunteers in one of the two sites for volunteers. Besides a site overlooking the ocean with elk munching DW's flowers, there's Haystack Rock, and the town of Cannon Beach, which has retained it's charm.
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stickdog
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02/23/15 12:15pm |
RV Parks, Campgrounds and Attractions
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RE: Michigan to Mt Rushmore, South Dakota
When we made the trip we took I80 out to I380 in Iowa City North to US218 a four lane divided road to Charles City IA then US18 West to I29 and North to I90. We did overnights in Charles City IA and Mitchell SD to check out the "World's Only Corn Palace".
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stickdog
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02/23/15 11:56am |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Battery Converters
Offhand I'd say your batteries were bad.
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stickdog
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02/22/15 08:21pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Traveling With the Propane On
I travel with the propane on all the time, and there is very little danger beyond what traveling with a tank of gasoline, or diesel fuel.
Do what you want if you are worried about it.
Fred.
X2.
Also, either the author doesn't know how a PP system works or he's misleading people for his own agenda.
If you suddenly have a large leak, the tank's valve will shut off flow. That's why we see so many posts here where someone filled up with PP but now has no flow. You have to open the valve slowly or it thinks there's a massive leak.
Really your in more danger just driving, or flying and there's a better chance you'll be hit by lightening. While winning the lottery.
Been hit by lightning I'm still here and towing with propane on.
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stickdog
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02/22/15 01:34pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Ford F-350 PS DRW Towing
What year Ford are you looking at?
Here is a place to get the towing guides for each year.
http://www.fleet.ford.com/towing-guides/
Why are you specific about the 3.73:1 rear axle, while not specific about the model year? If you will be buying used, you will get what they ordered, not what you want, unless it is the same as the installed several years ago.
Good luck!
Fred.
I was looking for preowned prior to 2011 but their towing capacities aren't as much as the 2011 and up. 3:73's for a little economy.
Forget about economy, there isn't any towing.
My 09 has 3.73 and as far a capacity are you talking GVW or GCVW? I'm under on all axles truck and trailer, under truck GVW by 500# but over Fords recommended GCVW.
If your really concerned look for a pre 2011 F450 with 4:10's and figure that's the cost to play.
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stickdog
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02/22/15 10:26am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Ford F-350 PS DRW Towing
Truck in sig which is fully optioned out has 13,000 gvw. Ready to tow full fuel, hitch, DW and dog it weighs 9,300 which allows 3,700 for pin wt. Actual pin wt. on 5er 3,200.
Without 4x4 you would pickup more payload.
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stickdog
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02/22/15 09:41am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Are you dissatisfied enough to change your hitch?
When I was looking for a hitch it was between Reese elite or B&W. I finally decided on the Reese and went for quotes. Turned out the LineX dealer did all kinds of truck upgrades including hitches. He had the best price, and could do both jobs at the same time so we set a date. He called me a day later and said he couldn't get the Reese for at least a week but his supplier had the B&W in stock for the same quoted price.
5 years and 30,000 miles towing and no reason to change.
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stickdog
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02/21/15 09:59am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: First Trip
We always travel with 1/3 tank about 20 gal. We may pull in a rest stop but DW always uses our facilities.
We have learned to fill the fresh water tank if we're staying in one place for several days. Experience of lost city water or wells do to power outages or broken pipes or maintenance or just too many folks lowering pressure taking showers.
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stickdog
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02/20/15 09:43pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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