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just wondering, Is this forum still relevant?
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Been an Rv.net TC forum member since 2002.
Sadly it has succumbed to the Social Media, quick answer and no feedback, as has many of the other forums I belong to. Suzuki Samurai's, Vintage VW, "Thesamba and many others.
One thing for sure, the Converter, battery, heating in winter and many TC issues have been pretty much resolved. Fixing things though is another subject. The RV.net TC forum had a lot of expertise and skill and Ideas that would flow for days and at times over 100 posts on just one subject. Most posts would reach a resolution or conclude with a good ending. Not so with Social Media.
Tech on RV.net was great too. Very spirited at times.
Same kind of Topics but into deeper theory. A combination of TC, Big Rigs, Trailers etc.
The solar evolution, MPPT v/s PWM, Converters. Battery chemistry.
100% do miss those folks that use to participate in discussions.
I remember all of you that have posted here that are the vintage members.
Jim
Tech on RV.net was great too. Very spirited at times.
Same kind of Topics but into deeper theory. A combination of TC, Big Rigs, Trailers etc.
The solar evolution, MPPT v/s PWM, Converters. Battery chemistry.
I credit a lot of the other old times for pushing me to lear as much as I have about battery chemistry, charging solar and all that likd of stuff. if it wasn't for the people that posted stuff that didn't sound right to me, I would have never taken the time to do the deep dives and testing into thoes kind of topics.
The forum is relevant if and whenever you use it. Sadly, the forum is a shadow of it's former self. The well known names and posters are mostly gone. There isn't participation like there used to be. It's at the point of why bother. Diehards are still here. Stick it out, see what happens. RV.NET was the flagship truck camper forum for years.
RV.NET was the flagship truck camper forum for years.
you know even with the issues, I still haven't found one with half as much knowage or anything. I thought I found one and a few members are on it but it gets just as few posts as there are here, and it doesnt have the previous knowlage to support it.
The biggest problem with forums is there are a lot of people asking questions, but few giving correct and proper answers. Soon as someone gets their answer, they're gone leaving no detail of how the answer worked or if they figured something else. There is a lot of competition from other web entities. It's a wait and see for how things evolve.
It was busier back in the 99-2000 time frame with 5-10K total members registered..... I've been here to long!
Marty
one of the few active people that have been here longer than myself
This forum so needs a laughing emoji.
A lot of TCers have gone to Instagram to do their posting, I'm there.
ya instagram, youtube and such all suck, I guet the alure of social media, I am on a bunch of platforms, but they are not a comunity like we had going here. they are good for entertainment but there is no discussion about if the info your getting is right, wrong, or in between thats why I prefer the forums for most stuff, the active discussion, and bringing forth new information when it becomes available. facebook groups just totaly suck, just toxic enviorments.
the biggest thing this forum needs is new, and old people posting new topics and encouraging that discussion again.
RV.net used to be a great site for TCers, but the powers that be decided to "make" it better. The old website was the better one, and so much was lost during the transformation to this new website. I thoroughly enjoyed our fellow TCers' postings about their wide range of travels. A few of the old TCTRs still connect at this link, but not many: https://www.coastresorts.com/boards/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/[########]/srt/pa/pging/1/page/1.cfm I went way back under the old forum and managed to download some of my old TCTR through the above link.
Absolutely! Just ask a question and you’ll get many informed opinions. Mention a brand or model and hear many comments good and bad. Got a question?
There's only about 5 people left from the old forum. Most posts are newbie hit and run comments on decades old posts. Occasionally we'll get a decent topic but for the most part this forum is on life support with about 1% of the activity we used to see.
haha there is a lot more than 5. but yes people don't post like they used to. traditionaly the rv groups die over the winter while everyone was doing other things, but the technology and diy forums would pick up. we don't have a technology forum anymore, and we don't have a real DIY fourm like we used to.
Not really, and when they went to the current format, we lost a lot of the old forum.
To some yes. To others no. Depends on you.
as far as truck campers go, ya still probably abut the best information you can find.
