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November trip and water lines freezing
My aunt asked me this question earlier and I thought it would be better to post it here and see what more experienced people might have to say. She will be leaving from the Eastern Shore of Maryland and returning at the end of the trip. Normally in November we experience some cold temps but rarely any long time periods of freezing to below freezing weather at that time. Any help is appreciated!! I am planning a 3 week RV trip on 11/28. Going down to pan handle of Florida across Louisiana to Texas stopping into Glenn's Uncle's place, then back up to Duck Dynasty, over to Christmas in Nashville and then back home. ? Is should I turn on the heat to about 60 degrees. I have fresh water in the tank about 12 in. Deep. Of course I have water in the lines. Will the water freeze if heat is on. I could prop bed open.(sorry for added details of her stops)1.4KViews0likes4CommentsRe: First trip out.......
Well I guess our camping season is going to be a very short lived one. Going to save up our money for next year. Repairs to my truck and other situations just have things way to tight on the finance side of things. Everyone else have a great season camping.412Views0likes0CommentsRe: First trip out.......
ken07734 wrote: I have read a fdw stories about blown tires on TT and 5vers and TV's out here and it gives me pause to understand why would tires just blow like that? I can only think that maybe these people are over weight by a bit or driving a bit aggressive or are not keeping up with regular maintenance? thoughts? If not then we should all be concerned about blowing tires..... For one the truck is a 2002 F350 DRW pulling a 6,200 lb. fifth wheel. Safe to say it is far from overloaded. Two...the tread on both front tires is about 75 to 80%, so keeping an eye on tires and maintenance is probably not the blame. Third thing is I was only running around 60 mph on a straight road when it blew. That means I wasn't taking turns too fast or traveling at a high rate of speed. My thoughts are....things happen that we can't explain. Could of been a number of other things too. Maybe instead of replying with this type of comment you just say "Man I'm glad no one was hurt. Hope their next trip is better" Oh another thing, I drive a tuck for a living hauling large excavation equipment, I know a few things about weights and how to check my equipment.412Views0likes0CommentsFirst trip out.......
Well our first trip started out with a few glitches and went great as far as the camping went. We overloaded the fridge which hindered the cooling. Then it took a few minutes to get the water heater working. Once we realized the drain plug was out it worked great(go figure). Overall we had a nice weekend of camping. The trip home, well that is a whole other story. We had a tail light our when we got hooked up and ready to leave for home. Stopped by Walmart, replaced the bulb and back on the road. About a half hour or so into the journey home, I blew a tire on the front right side of my F350. I was in the left lane and preparing to move back into the right lane. Well when it blew it jerked the truck towards the shoulder....clipping another truck fifth wheel. This forced him off the road and into a deep ditch. No one was hurt. Minor damage to my rig, his 5ver has a decent amount of damage from what he has said. Now it is in the hands of our insurance companies. Hoping for quick repairs for all involved so we can get camping again.4.4KViews0likes20Comments
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