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profdant139
Explorer II
Feb 11, 2014

Do you equip your "backup spotter" with a walkie-talkie?

I often see posts about folks who damage the trailer when backing up, and I often see responses about using a spotter. I do that -- DW is an amazingly good spotter, with very clear hand signals. So f...
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Bumpyroad
Explorer
Feb 18, 2014
profdant139 wrote:
OP here -- so I looked into buying the walkie talkies, just out of curiosity. According to the reviews, they work well BUT they run through batteries very quickly -- these are the little AAA batteries. So just when you really need them to work, they don't.


I would predict that if you got a cheap set of walkie talkies, and only used them for maneuvering a RV, the batteries would last until they died of old age, not from using them up.
bumpy

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