RV Tips & Tricks

Fresh Water Hose

I am wanting advice for a fresh ware hose that is easy to coil up to store. The one I have now I just bought at Wally Mart and not only is it impossible to coil up neatly, the water coming out has a bad odor and of course taste bad. Yes, it is for p...

WARRANTY WORK

I JUST MOVED TO A CITY WHERE THERE IS NOT A SHADOW CRUISER DEALER IN MY AREA AND I AM TOLD THAT CAMPING WORLD WILL DO THEIR WARRANTY WORK, CAN ANYONE CONFIRM THIS?

Towing With Refrigerator On Propane

I was wondering how many tow with there refrigerators running on propane?

Staying connected overnight

Is it okay to keep the toad connected while overnighting at a campground? I understand the the towbar, safety cables and break away cable are not the issue. My concern is the umbilical cord with its included charge line. Is that line dead with the RV...

Winterizing question

I winterized our TT. I hadn't expected to use it until the winter freeze was over, but that's not gonna happen now. So after I use it, should I winterize it again if there is any threat of freezing. What do people do that camp throughout the winter?...

Richardwise, One legged camping

Hi Richard, As I was catching up on posts I came across your post late so I started the new thread. How are you getting along? I was struck by one of your comments that your wife thought it best if you just stayed out of the way and you really wanted...

Newbies- black tank question

We just bought a TT.... We will camp weekends mostly. Here's the question- we get a site that has sewer, while we are parked, do we leave our tank open, empty it often, or wait until a certain point to empty it?

Electrical Golf Cart -- Tax credit ??????

I need to purchase a golf cart to get around the campgrounds. Do you know if there is a tax credit for an electrical one? . . :hAny other advantages of gas vs electrical?

New Jeep Renagade not flat towable

I had been watching the development of this Fiat based little jeep, and noticing that several Fiat were 4 down towable, had hoped that the new Renegade would be as well. Today I found that the driver's manual says "no" for all of them, manual transm...

Selling Canadain RV in USA after trip?

Hello allthis is my first post and after some advice. I am heading south on a road trip in my RV in may from B.C Canada to Arizona USA and hope to sell the vehicle there after the 6weeks.What issues will i face and is this possible? The vehicle will ...

Help with CCC

Need your help in calculating how much weight I can take with me. I'm looking at buying a 2007 Ford E450 B+ and trying to figure out if I'm correctly calculating the carrying capacity.2007 Ford E450 GVWR = 14,050 lbsUnloaded weight with full tank of...

misc question

On a Ford F-250 Crew Cab 4WD 7.3 TD 13,200d, what does the d mean after 13,200? ThanksRP

Volunteering in Big Bend and Death Valley Nat'l Parks

Has anyone volunteered in either of these parks?What was your experience? Would you do it again?We have been volunteering in various state and national parks for a while. We are not new to volunteering but have never been to either of these places.

furnace freeze?

Guys, had issues last night with regulator freezing up...couldn't get any propane flow at all. Got that resolved. Propane is flowing now but the furnace will NOT fire off. Any ideas, advice, etc????

Class A RV One-Way from Coast to Coast (May-June 2015)

My friends and I decided to implement a bucket list wish of an RV cross-country trip from coast to coast. My friends are coming from Europe, and that part has already been arranged. Disregard for now an otherwise valid argument of whether it's the be...

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