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Come help us hang Christmas Lights this fall!

Christmas Decor of Knoxville, now in it's ninth season, needs your help hanging Christmas lights and decorations this fall! Workampers needed to work in the metropolitan Knoxville, Tennessee area, mid October 2013 - Jan 25, 2014 (with a 2-3 week br...

janree by • Explorer
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Air bed question

Are any of you who have air beds in your RVs concerned about what you would do if the bed started leaking air? (I mean losing enough air to go flat overnight.)I bought a used Sleep Number bed (RV short queen) from a friend. I used it in my house to t...

Janss by • Explorer II
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Unified Tow Brake - Review

I want to review US Gear's Unified Tow Brake(UTB)because it gets badmouthed for being "complicated" and causing problems, often by folks that don't have one, and never have... one fellow on here adamantly states he doesn't like electronic controlled ...

Sleep Number bed air in mountains?

Does anyone know how much air needs to be let out from a Sleep Number bed when traveling in altitudes of 10,000 ft? We're headed for Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons later this month and September. The bed is in our 5th wheel of course.:Z

TDiddy51 by • Explorer
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Lessons from the road...

C'mon, you know you've learned some. I have a few recent ones, such as:The navigator should navigate. DH driving:"Why are we in SC?" Eep.Carry at least 2 of those critical items DH:"hand me the WDH tool so I can put these bars on?" Me:"What tool?...

Chocks or lack of ??

We have been camping since last Saturday. I noticed almost 50% of the travel trailers and fivers without chocks being used. OK the sites were mostly level and paved, but I would have never considered it. Too many things can go wrong in my opinion, le...

et2 by • Explorer
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Question for the towing experts

Hi, my question is - what is easier to tow or would they tow the same: see below.An all aluminum 20 foot flat bed trailer with dual axles that weighs 1400 pounds loaded with an 800 pound ATV and a 3500 pound SUV. Total weight - around 5700 pounds - g...

harmsal by • Explorer
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Cymbalta??

Has anyone had experience with this drug? My dh who has diabetes and neuropathy was prescribed this yesterday by the neurosurgeon. He said to give it a try and see if it helps with his neuropathy pain. Anyone had results with this medicine?

emzee by • Explorer
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Equalizer hitch and Airbags

I've got a 2011 F250 diesel 6.7L TV and pull a 8,000 lb. TT. I typically I raise the back end of TV pretty high with an electric tongue jack, as much as 4-6" to set the bars on my equalizer hitch. If I install Firestone airbags, will I damage the bag...

Sink Condensation

Anyone ever have sink condensation from having the /c set too cold?Last week while camping, I noticed the shelf under the kitchen sink had a strong dampness, just short of what I would call being really wet. Upon closer inspection, noticed that the b...

CincyGus by • Explorer II
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Just Venting

I had the most awesome trip planned for this year. We were going to leave in Feb and head south and then west and then make a big loop. Well, life happened and we couldn't go. Now my husband is saying maybe in a couple of years. I know what that mean...

Trial run at this fulltimin' workkamp stuff

Well, a year and half into our fulltime RVing adventures in retirement and we tested the waters of.......sorta workkamping. We spent last winter building our nest in Rockport, Tx becoming "Winter Texans" after five attempts at procuring our Texas DLs...

Remove odor

I am getting a strong bad odor when I flush the toilet. I have filled and flushed the tank then put a couple of extra chemical packets in. Still have the odor. Have had a unit for 4 years and never had this problem. Would welcome any suggestions....

bgant4 by • Explorer
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HELP! Cargo door lift arm

HELP! One of my lift arms on my cargo door ripped off from the door. I went and bought a new one, but it will not compress down. I was able to get it on the door and camper, but the cargo door will not shut. The arm will not compress. What am i d...

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