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chest freezer in pick up bed questions

Anybody see any problems with a plan wife and sister in law dreamed up?Bring along a household chest type freezer in pick-up bed that's filled with a 1/2 steer to a family member in Virginia and we're on west coast. I read that freezers can keep stu...

Vacuum Sweeper - Neato Robotics

I'm not one to advertise, but when I find a good product, I don't mind sharing. And I found one.My wife has been wanting a robotic vacuum sweeper for some now now. They are a little pricey, which is why we hesitated so long. But a short while ago she...

Anderson No Sway chain WD hitch? Pics added.

To start off I have read through some of the old Anderson hitch posts which are a couple years old and discussing the new hitch in general.What I am wanting is feed back from guys that have ran the hitches for a couple years. I have about 2500 miles ...

rear airbags

I have a 2014 coachman 319ds lepreachan I noticed that last week I had to put air in both air bags so I put 65lbs in both , that was 1 week ago today I have 52 and 58 lbs in them. would this be normal to lose air in 1 week or would I probably have a ...

Ford Focus Baseplate

We have a 2013 Focus SFE. I know there is a Blue Ox plate. What else is out there? What did you put on your 2011-later Focus?I'm up to speed on the transmission, battery disconnect, braking, and other issues for now. Just trying to figure out my ...

Strange price structures

I camped at Button Bay state park the other night. I had a very pleasant time of it, too; got a pretty private site, #18, and had good weather, and was not mired in the mud.However, my main reason for camping was to empty the holding tanks in my RV....

RV Blinds - What are these?

There is a type of blind I've seen, generally on older or more upscale coaches, that are basically the soft fabric honeycomb. But the feature I'm asking about is where the darker (or blackout) is at the top and the light filtering or "sheer" so to sp...

How are these Air conditioning voltage numbers?

My new TT has a 15K BTU A/C. I can reach my garage plug which is on a 15 amp breaker with the TT 30 amp cord and a 10'' pigtail 15 amp adapter. If nothing else in the garage is running, the camper A/C seems to run fine. I checked the voltage at the c...

Mail Forwarding - Short Term

We will be traveling for two months this year. We are FMCA members but they have stopped their mail forwarding service. The other services I see are for full-timers. Does anyone know of a short-term mail forwarding service other than neighbors?

Altering Honda generators for high altitude

Has anyone felt the need, had the urge and/or modified their Honda 2000 generators (or any make/model) for high altitude? At home (7200'), our twin set up with parallel cord seems to power the Coleman Mach 13.5 unit just fine.Are there forum members ...

Use WD setup with 3/4 ton?

I bought my TT about a year and a half ago. TV at that time was a half-ton Suburban. I knew before the purchase I needed a WD hitch, dealer set me up with an EZ-Lift. However the Suburban has since had several problems and I finally bit the bullet...

Amazing things some folks do

I am amazed at the actions of some fellow RV campers do.There's the fellow with blue gloves draining the grey and black tanks with gloves "blue" unhooks the sewer hose and then proceeds to disconnect the white drinking hose from the RV and sticks it ...

Why so close? (CG site assignments)

It keeps happening: a near empty CG but when you get your site, you're cheek and jowl. Where we are now...a great CG: there are really only 3 rigs and the CG has MANY sites open...all in a row. Yet all 3 of us are next to each other..as in awnings al...

Change tire size?

I need to replace all 4 tires on my TT, a 28BH Grey Wolf. The current wheel size is 14". Would I be better to change over to 15" wheels and tires? I have found a couple places that offer tire and wheel combo's. I have got terrible life out of both se...

Refer Fire Extinguisher??

Yep I have one.But after MANY years of owning Motorhomes and boats, and stuff, I've never been presented a example of an actual "save" by one of these. Anyone else ?

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