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Just breaks my heart

The 19 Firefighters that lost their lives on the wildfire in Arizona.And to read that so many others have died this year alone...."Before the 19 deaths in Arizona, 43 firefighters had been killed so far in 2013, according to the U.S. Fire Administrat...

Upsetting experience

We are traveling in our 40 foot motorhome and pulling a Saturn Vue. We stopped for an overnighter near Kansas City, MO the other night. The site they gave us was impossible to level our coach so they moved us to a back in. No big deal. We parked o...

Cable operated dump valves

Do they all stink (mechanically, not physically) like the ones on our RV?We have three tanks, one black and grey tied together, with their own cable/valve each, going to one outlet. And another rear (kitchen) tank on it's own. Even after attempting t...

Convection Microwave

I'm looking at a RV without an oven, it has a convection microwave.Does a convection microwave get hot, like 350, inside?Does it sound like a microwave---loud?I'm thinking if I bake something for an hour and half, I dodn't want to listen to a microwa...

Best grill for RVing?

I have seen just a few comments on the use of grills while camping. I currently use a smokey joe, but with the wind at the beach it is a pain sometimes to start. Thinking of going to a gas grill but I don't know much about them. Any suggestions. Some...

Smoking wheels

Towing my 2012 26 ft. Jayco tt from Pa. to SC. After traveling @150 miles I stopped at a red light and a truck pulled up along side and the driver yells(YOUR WHEELS ARE SMOKING!) To make a long story short, we pull over and called Good Sam & they sen...

eraser marks on Travel Trailer

Last weekend when we returned home from our Northern Michigan trip I noticed silver metallic specs all over the road side of the trailer and front cap just on the road side, well I had to use magic eraser and black streak remover to get if off which ...

Towing Guide

Someone posted a link to a Towing Guide for different vehicles, explaining tongue weight, weight distribution hitches, etc.... Can anyone provide me with that link? Thank you

weight distribution and water

my trailer has front bed with 36 gallon water tank under it.When setting up the weight distribution hitch how will this effect my settings

Forces on frame w/WDH on a grade

I have an Equal-i-zer brand hitch with 1,200/12,000 lb bars. My trailer's tongue is 1000 lbs loaded weighed using the bathroom scale method.I have to back into my driveway when storing the trailer. My driveway has a slight incline from the street and...

RV fiberglass repairs

Does anyone know where to have fiberglass repairs done on an RV around the Cleveland,Tx or Liberty TX area?

Fires in Arizona

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Post A Photo Of Your Hitch, WD & Sway Bars

I thought it would be a fun way to see how everyone has theirs setup. I'll post my photo as soon as I take one!

Looking for a grill

I've done a search on grills, but didn't find the answers I'm looking for. We want to get a grill to carry in the motorhome that is relatively portable, but able to set up semi-permanently and run off the LP tank of the coach. There is already a quic...

washing our travel trailer

when traveling to fla. last winter had a hard time finding a place to wash our trailer after driving down from Mi. any suggestions?Cleojayco

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