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Re: New Day Use Fees & Increase Existing Fees, Public Lands
I agree with Prof. Certainly, those of us who use the NF and SF lads heavily ought to pay something more for the privilege. My gripe is that as currently implemented in OR/WA, there is no easy way to figure out which of the myriad of passes you need for which potential public lands you're planning to hike/camp on. So I'm currently hoping our elected govt leaders get around to a revenue-sharing agreement that will let me by ONE pass for WA sno parks, OR sno parks, NW NFS lands, WA state parks, and OR state parks--simply for entry and parking, to say nothing of overnight camping. As far as the potential death of free boondocking, take a look at the vast areas of open lands in the SW, we will NEVER run out of great placeds to camp, unless the criminal Bundys and the no-fee freeloaders get their way.512Views0likes0CommentsRe: How to rig a rain tarp without trees -- poles, maybe??
Prof-- The tent poles I'm talking about are VERY cheap two-piece mild steel tubular extendables, typically four feet long extending up to eight feet intended for awning use. Not the kind of tent poles (shock-corded, bendy, etc) you may be used to. REI sells a very expensive kind that IS shock-corded, 1-inch diameter alu tubing, but I can't remember how high they go, even though I have two of them sitting in a storage cabinet right now. Look on the Cabelas site or similar for reasonably-priced steel poles. I assumed you'd guy it out like crazy. Go to Wally to find cheap 3/8 X 12 inch spikes for tent pegs. I have a huge collection of tent pegs of all kinds, and the (heavy) spikes work best unless you're in deep sand dunes. FWIW, I did pretty mush the same when I first got my TT and eventually gave up because it became such a whopping bother to set up.740Views0likes0CommentsRe: How to rig a rain tarp without trees -- poles, maybe??
I had no idea prussiks could be used for tarps. How about Jumars? I'm wondering why a tarp can't be flown using your TT roof as the high point, and then cheap extendable tent poles at the edges and corners. Walmart sells a VERY high-quality 40X 20 tarp fairly cheap, and this will work fine for you. Question is where you will stow it when not flying it. And ORbiker thinks he knows about rain growing up in western Oregon? HA!! We used to drive to Oregon to get OUT of the rain!740Views0likes0CommentsRe: 31 Concorde Lifeline. Tax & Shipping. A Good Buy?
Mex, I've bought from BatteryStuff and they are legit, FWIW. Personally I'd go with the LIfelines. Don't be scared away by a clearance price, that's how BatteryStuff prices everything--against their historical highest and/or theoretical retail price, and then offers a "discount". I always just compare current prices and they're usually the best.732Views0likes0CommentsRe: Dish tailgater users
I've done it both ways. Not paying is easier, but you do pay for the remainder of the month you're in, which you presumably don't want. Calling will get your service stopped that day if you say "CANCEL". If you say "SUSPEND", you will begin paying five bucks or so per month that you don't need to. CANCEL is the way to do it. Either way, for the next thrity days Dish will pretend you're actually a deliquent customer. If you call them back they will assure you it's OK, but if you restart your service within that 30 day period, you will pay for all the previous days your service was off, as if you had never cancelled. After 30 days, you're fine.562Views0likes0CommentsRe: Anyone here usiing 12 volt UV Water filter
Rover Bill-- I believe Berkey makes a white (standard) Ceramic filter as well as their black one. Is the black one a ceramic filter impregnated with GAC? Because removing the dissolved solids you describe is something that a good GAC (charcoal) filter can do, but a (white) ceramic cannot. That's why I use both! Otherwise I want to echo Rover's comments. A little triage, please. The very first thing that's going to harm you are water-borne pathogens which can be quickly and easily filtered out by a ceramic filter, with no fuss or electricity required--and no concerns about dwell time, etc. As said, charcoal does a great job of filtering out the overwhelming majority of dissolved solids (lead, etc) which can lurk in public water systems. The 97% removal math that is of no value when talking about virii or bacteria is plenty good to save your family's health where lead or other contaminants are concerned. This is why I filter ALL my drinking water, at home or on the road. Why be some municipal buraucrat's guineau pig?609Views0likes0CommentsRe: Anyone here usiing 12 volt UV Water filter
Once again a certain esteemed forum member climbs a mountain of nonsense and dares anyone to knock him off of it. Yes, we're always told to use a coarse sediment filter, but they're not very cleanable and they're almost as expensive as an actual ceramic filter, which is EASILY cleaned with a brillo pad and ten extra seconds, and will outlast the sediment filter by a factor of DECADES. I bought a high-end sterilight 120v and it cooked my water like it thought I was going to make coffee. I'd be more interested in a UVc unit that could be threaded into a 3/4 inch port in the water tank, where I could periodically blast any critters treading water in there. Factors like dwell time ought to give sentient users the shivers. Who would want to rely soley on a device that comes with built-in excuses?370Views0likes0Comments
