RV Tips & Tricks

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 ?

Dump Station Story.

I'm not one of the germ phobia type people. And, I usually try to mind my own business. But, I've been on this site for to long and I've become slightly corrupted. So, last weekend, at my favorite park, I drive by the dump station and see someone dum...

Thank you

I would like to thank all the Moderators for all the work they do. I have done the job on other sites and would not do it again. It is a hard job.For your enjoyment, this site has a feature so you don't have to endure post from all members. Just go t...

Replacing Black Tank Valve

I noticed on our last outing that the handle on the black tank valve was getting difficult to pull open. I was afraid if I didn't get it fixed, and it stuck in the closed position, I'd be in a major jam when we leave again in a few days. Now, I'm t...

Loneliness and the solo RVer

Not a topic I have seen much talk about. What do folks do?I like a lot of time to myself. I actually never felt a feeling that I could identify as 'lonely' until I was quite a long way into adulthood. But even I have limits.It's this, rather than ...

Health Insurance for Full timers

Hi,we are looking at changing our residency to SD and are wondering how our health insurance will work. we are both under 65 do not collect SS and are to young for Medicare. We have gotten our insurance through the health care market place. We live i...

Camping lag

We just finished our longest camping trip / longest distance traveled and I have to go back to work tomorrow. I can't get back in the normal routine after having crossed back and forth from different time zones a number of times recently for days at...

fm antenna for indoors

Did a couple searches but didn't find the answer.I have an automotive type am fm cd player in my TT.It didn't come with one from the factory.I would like to be able to pick up fm radio, but don't like the idea of drilling holes through an otherwise l...

Don't Do This!!!!

Check that toad again before heading down the road, or you could end up like this unfortunate fellow...Here is the story that goes with the picture... Car front end damaged after dragged in ‘park’ - PV Times

Wife did it

Ok. I'm fairly controlling when it comes to the truck and trailer and towing it. I want to do everything. Well my wife has been saying she wants to learn all about it as she might want to take it something with her girlfriends without me. Ya'll didn'...

50 Campfires Magazine

We are new to the RV lifestyle, former lifelong tent campers. Will begin our Full Time adventure later this year. Keeping an eye out for helpful resources, sharing with Forum in case others had not heard of it. Yummy sounding Recipes to try, good ...

Getting back in after a 5 year break

As retirement looms SWMBO and I are considering getting back into the RV lifestyle after about a 5 year break. We sold our gas class A in the spring of 2010 when we realized we were not using it enough to justify the cost. An RV is a “toy” and if yo...

Questioning hitch setup, help

We just bought a "new" TT, a 2013 Passport 3220BH it came with a Reese Straight Line WD hitch with sway control, the bars are 1200 lb round bar. My TV is a 2004 F150 FX4 SC 6.5' box, 5.4L with 3.73 gears. We picked the Passport up from the dealer o...

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