RV Tips & Tricks

Fire Extinguishers

I saw in a article once that because our RV's bonce so much going down the road that once a year that we should remove our RV fire extinguisher and pound on the bottom of them to make sure all the stuff inside is loose. This would also be a good time...

Towing a Dinghy - Basic information

I will need to tow a car behind my motor home when I get it. I have no idea what parts of a tow assembly I would need. I also don't know the various manufacturers or what brand is most recommended. Research so far, has not given me much because the...

Write offs on our RV lot (a tax question)

Last year we bought a RV lot in a nice RV park, with the plans to use it ourselves next year, but in the mean time the park has been renting it out for us. We get a certain amount, and the Park gets a certain amount.I know about the standard deductio...

Camping in Ohio

We plan to visit friends in Ahland, Ohio. Do you know of any campgrounds, RV park, etc within a reasonable driving distance of there?

RV parks evacuated in Arizona-California Fire

Fire on California-Arizona border leads RV parks to evacuate""About 100 people were evacuated from Pirate's Cove, a pirate-themed family resort, and RV parks in the Mojave Desert south of Needles, California, Reichling said.Embers slightly damaged a ...

Question for Blue Ox Sway Pro owners

How many of you use the supplied wrench? I towed for the third time this weekend and find the supplied wrench to be too wide and difficult to keep a good grip on it. I went out and bought a 1/2" breaker bar and a socket to unhook when I got home an...

Towing a manual trans Mini Cooper

We just purchased a 2015 Mini Cooper Roadster. I have researched this and although BMW apparently has not ever tested it so can't recommended it, it looks to me as though a car with the 6 speed manual transmission can be towed. Is anyone currently t...

2002 Ford F-150 4X4 Lariat Super Crew

I want to disconnect the drive shaft from the transfer case to the front differential and install the Remco Drive Shaft Coupling on the drive shaft from the transmission to the rear differential.I never use the 4 wheel drive and I can't afford a new ...

steering immoilizing

Does some company make special straps for immobilizing steering wheels?

Towing Calcualtor - Not having to look up truck ratings

Lots of towing calculators on the internet but every one I've seen makes you go look up the numbers for your truck and enter the actual ratings yourself.Once I've looked up the ratings, it's just as easy to calculate it myself, so they aren't of much...

Class "A" MH - Towing a Jeep Summit

My 2015 class "A" V10 MH is equipped with 5000lbs towing capacity, will pull 2014 Grand Cherokee Jeep Summit 5150lbs, will take I15 to I70 from S.Cali to Denver, CO, the Vail pass and Eisenhower Tunnel are both above 10000' should I worry? please not...

Got a new compact 3-in-1 shovel for my birthday...

DW knows I love my gadgets for the ol' RV so she ordered a folding shovel for my birthday.Item description says:Ingenious 3-in-1 design puts a shovel, saw and bottle opener at your fingertips. Sturdy saw teeth cut through branches, roots and undergr...

Honda CRV

I am thinking about buying a 2012-2014 Honda CRV and need to know if 2wd or Awd makes a difference in towing. Can both be towed 4 down. Thanks

Towed van front wheels not turning

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Valley Freightliner Good Service

If you need chassis repairs I can confidently recommend Valley Freightliner in Mt Vernon, Washington. I recently had the dash air on my motor home repaired at Valley Freightliner and the service was excellent. From the time I first called until I d...

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