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Re: Dangerous Campgrounds
This quote, here. AAaannnndd done. Ron3rd wrote: Attorney in So Cal here; Those are called "exculpation clauses" and don't work if they are negligent in any way. You can't "contract away" your own negligence. Assumption of risk is another issue, but still does not work if the other party is negligent.633Views0likes0CommentsRe: Cost of your hobby
pitch wrote: I am constantly asked by non Rv'ing friends and family how expensive this hobby is. I did not figure the cost of the truck as I have always had one,I spread the cost of the trailer out over a guessstimated life of ten years. Nor did I depreciate either the truck or trailer as I tend to keep things till the wheels fall off. Any way I came up with a ballpark of 1.25 per traveled mile of outing. More if it is a destination trip much lower for simple short camping. If any of you have figured it out where do you come in at? Shoot, I dunno, Never been asked that. But, everything is paid off and working fine w' maintenance. But, it cost me about $65,0000 for the rig and trailer. And, I have gone about 100,000 miles. so... about $.65 a mile plus gas/sites and slowly decreasing with additional miles. With gas and sites... wild guessing $1.20 a mile and decreasing.416Views0likes0CommentsRe: easy way to winterize?
I have always blown out my lines. 8 years of no problems. Recently tho, when dewinterizing, until my toilet is good and primed (run a lot of water thru) it leaks. I suspect this is due to the valve system somehow losing it's water seal/prime. Anybody else experience this? On edit: Pink stuff into the traps. ...so I do have a jug on hand.529Views0likes0CommentsRe: Privacy?
Ok, I can see I wasn't exactly clear. Let me make it simple... People camp right next to other people in an otherwise open campground because it is human nature. It is not 'normal' to hike off into the woods and rough it. A team approach has been typically more successful in survival and making babies. I know, I know, silly baffling humans,,, always doing stuff subconsciously based on thousands of years of success. ...yea.. I watch a LOT of the History and Discovery Channel.395Views0likes0CommentsRe: Privacy?
0rion wrote: Jloucks wrote: 2gypsies wrote: Let's put it another way to try and get a definite answer. If there's a 200 site campground and all the sites are alike - no rivers, lakes, mountains, etc. They're all the same length of site and are all in the forest - no views. Say it's off season and there are only a handful of campers there. So the question is, why would someone in the above circumstances, park right next door to another RV? If they did, I think the real answer is because they need the security of people. People nowdays are used to being connected to others - all the social sites, Facebook, etc. and many constantly hold their phone in their hands checking their texts and waiting for it to ring. Folks seem to need ready access to people. That's my theory. I think it is pretty much a known fact that humans are social creatures. Funny thing is.. camping humans, on average, sway the other way. ...sometimes. Other times, they park right next to you. It really is just that simple. So, technically, the anti-people people are the exception. ...there are just more of this exception when camping. Look where most people work - Jammed in with other people Look where most people live - Right next door to other people ...school... ...sports... ...movies... So camping is a surprise?! to explain the anti's I think you need to look at the actual act of camping. When people camp they like to think they're bonding with nature or somehow making do with less than they normally would. Of course this is after they've spent 30 minutes setting up their $40k rig and putting out all the tiki torches, entrance rugs, folding gravity chairs, awning lights, hooking up to 30amp shore power, water line, and sewer. After that though....it's all about roughing it. Hehe,, good freakin' point! Not tenters we are talking about here. =)397Views0likes0CommentsRe: Privacy?
2gypsies wrote: Let's put it another way to try and get a definite answer. If there's a 200 site campground and all the sites are alike - no rivers, lakes, mountains, etc. They're all the same length of site and are all in the forest - no views. Say it's off season and there are only a handful of campers there. So the question is, why would someone in the above circumstances, park right next door to another RV? If they did, I think the real answer is because they need the security of people. People nowdays are used to being connected to others - all the social sites, Facebook, etc. and many constantly hold their phone in their hands checking their texts and waiting for it to ring. Folks seem to need ready access to people. That's my theory. I think it is pretty much a known fact that humans are social creatures. Funny thing is.. camping humans, on average, sway the other way. ...sometimes. Other times, they park right next to you. It really is just that simple. So, technically, the anti-people people are the exception. ...there are just more of this exception when camping. Look where most people work - Jammed in with other people Look where most people live - Right next door to other people ...school... ...sports... ...movies... So camping is a surprise?!250Views0likes0CommentsRe: Breakdown
wny_pat wrote: And now to tell the OP our latest story. MTPockets1 said "If it's not repairable leave it there." We very recently considered that!!! We broke down in Valentine Tx, and Coach-Net towed 125 miles to Cummins Coach Care in El Paso, Tx. My tow would have cost over $1200 had I had to pay the bill. We spent the night hooked up at Coach Care's RV parking area and they got us in the shop the next day. It was determined that our diesel had dropped a valve, doing catastrophic damage to #3 cylinder. Our options were to find a used engine or get a Cummins re-manufactured long block for our 1994 Foretravel Unihome U225. I knew we were looking at a very large bill no matter what route we went. My very first thought was to abandon the coach there with the signed title. Who is going to buy a 1994 DP with a DOA engine and how are we going to handle it when we are over 2000 miles from home??? Rather than jumping into this, we decided to sleep on it. The next day we came to our senses and decided to go with the Cummins long block. A "long block" is a whole engine, minus the turbo, exhaust manifold, air compressor and other items, which are transferred from the old engine. The long block carries a Cummins warranty. I have read that many of todays Cummins re-manufactured 5.9 long blocks are actually brand new engines. Well one was ordered and we moved into La Quinta Inn and Suites with our two traveling cats to wait it out. A week later and with the long block was no where in site...!! Seems it got held up in adverse snowy weather somewhere along the way and was still several hundred miles away. We had seen all the El Paso sites and visited all their many excellent restaurants, including Cattlemans Steakhouse and Carlsbad Caverns, and were very tired of motel living. So we decided to make the 2000+ mile trip home and wait it out there. We loaded the cats and our clothes into the toad and made the 4 day trip home. Anyway the story is not over yet. The engine is in and almost buttoned up, and we are ready to make the return trip to pick up our Foretravel. Now I know that some will question putting a new diesel engine in a 1994 Foretravel. Well, I know the condition of the coach is still solid and has excellent bones, having been built by Foretravel. Has brand new tires and many new parts, like a new air dryer. Basically, we have it the way we like it!!! And it is paid for! So question all you want, cause we are going to continue enjoying it for many more years. Now we are looking forward to making the return trip to El Paso to pick up our 1994 Foretravel with a brand new re-manufactured, warrantied, Cummins 6BT 5.9 mechanical diesel engine. My only regret it that the new engine did not increase the book value of the coach. But it would have had no value if we had walked away from it. Also, I have to thank Coach-Net, Duran Towing, El Paso division of Rocky Mountain Cummins Coach Care, La Quinta Inn and Suites, and Foretravel Motorcoach for all putting up with us and making our trip more pleasant!!! Yes, I can be difficult at times and they deserve that. That is how we dealt with what the OP is worried about. "When life gives you Lemons, make Lemonade" - those are not my words, but we try to live by them. It makes life more fun, even if the saving account is much lighter! Soooo... how much was the new engine?!?0Views0likes0CommentsRe: RVs made in China??
"We live in a global economy" ..well, ya, but that is an unfair statement if used to somehow state that Chinese trade practices are fair and that they are playing by the same rules. They impose huge tariffs on imports. Look at the trouble we have to go they to get cars over there. Didya know we had to have our Cadillacs built there, if we want market share? I think fair is fair. For every unit of trade we import, they have to import a unit of trade. ...but that makes it really hard to blow out U.S. workers with cheap labor. Chinese RV's could happen, but shipping tends to make U.S. built RV's competitive.560Views0likes0CommentsRe: They never told me about this going into the RVPark business
Having such a short finite lifespan is one of the galactic goofs on humanity....in my humble opinion. Why do some tress get to live 4,000 years and we are lucky to make 80? I saw a turtle over the weekend that was supposedly 160. Ticked me off. Stupid turtle, Yea, I am not aging happily, and I am only 43.155Views0likes0Comments
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