Install CB radio or not?
I have a nice CB radio from a few years back from our last RV. With cell phones, GPS with traffic/etc., and FRS radios, does CB still have a place under the dash? I don't just want to throw it away...
Forum Discussion
My two cents...
The new bred of truck driver has a smart phone attached to one ear, I-tunes blasting in the other. They are guided by GPS and drive trucks that the insurance industry has demananded be tuned down to 65,68,70 mph...they have no need of a BEAR REPORT because they can't even do the speed limit. Many that have CB's only turn them on AFTER they are stuck in a trafic jam...asking "what's going on?"
Being a bit older...I have a CB in my truck & I run one in my pick-up as well when pulling the mini-home.
Modern technology can give me a detour to the upcoming traffic jam, but it has never warned me of the broke-down truck that didn't quite make the shoulder. It has never warned me of the alligator sitting on the zipper or the muffler that fell off some kids 1st ride...or to watch for the evil-kneivel that is doing a wheel-stand at 80mph and will be beside me before I see him coming.
Those of us with CB's, laugh when a truck comes screaming over a knoll, trying to get stopped because they had no idea an accident just accured. We PRAY the get stopped, before they hit someone.
We watch the idiot in the right lane JERK the wheel as they round a bend to find a camper on the shoulder changing a tire. Hope they miss the guy....and others, as they sway into the other lane.
We shake our head as we try to warn them of a danger, only to hear silence in return. The self-absorbed new bred of trucker is so wrapped in their own world, they have no idea of their surroundings or what is upcoming....4 weeks of school, cut loose on the world...they are dangerous.
Can a CB get to be a pain in the @$$....Yes, I turn it down OFTEN, listen with one ear. Would I remove it from the BIG truck or the little truck? No way, not as long as I am pulling a trailer that requires considerable distance to stop and/or change lanes (both the big trailer and the travel trailer).
It is a TOOL that keeps my travels SAFER...as a professional and a vacationer.
If you do put a CB in the camper. Talk to US, we welcome ALL. We will, do, can help you negotiate the fuel island or truck stop parking lot. I have seen many of "campers" get in a pickle---if they had a radio, I would have gladly been their EYES behind them.
The new bred of truck driver has a smart phone attached to one ear, I-tunes blasting in the other. They are guided by GPS and drive trucks that the insurance industry has demananded be tuned down to 65,68,70 mph...they have no need of a BEAR REPORT because they can't even do the speed limit. Many that have CB's only turn them on AFTER they are stuck in a trafic jam...asking "what's going on?"
Being a bit older...I have a CB in my truck & I run one in my pick-up as well when pulling the mini-home.
Modern technology can give me a detour to the upcoming traffic jam, but it has never warned me of the broke-down truck that didn't quite make the shoulder. It has never warned me of the alligator sitting on the zipper or the muffler that fell off some kids 1st ride...or to watch for the evil-kneivel that is doing a wheel-stand at 80mph and will be beside me before I see him coming.
Those of us with CB's, laugh when a truck comes screaming over a knoll, trying to get stopped because they had no idea an accident just accured. We PRAY the get stopped, before they hit someone.
We watch the idiot in the right lane JERK the wheel as they round a bend to find a camper on the shoulder changing a tire. Hope they miss the guy....and others, as they sway into the other lane.
We shake our head as we try to warn them of a danger, only to hear silence in return. The self-absorbed new bred of trucker is so wrapped in their own world, they have no idea of their surroundings or what is upcoming....4 weeks of school, cut loose on the world...they are dangerous.
Can a CB get to be a pain in the @$$....Yes, I turn it down OFTEN, listen with one ear. Would I remove it from the BIG truck or the little truck? No way, not as long as I am pulling a trailer that requires considerable distance to stop and/or change lanes (both the big trailer and the travel trailer).
It is a TOOL that keeps my travels SAFER...as a professional and a vacationer.
If you do put a CB in the camper. Talk to US, we welcome ALL. We will, do, can help you negotiate the fuel island or truck stop parking lot. I have seen many of "campers" get in a pickle---if they had a radio, I would have gladly been their EYES behind them.
