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Re: Five years, not sour grapes
I volunteer to do listed duties. I have never volunteered to watch the rangers or full time employees. That was not and never has been part of the job description. I try to keep my hours to the required amount, but I have a low boredom threshold and will seek something to do. I am trying to say-- Do your job to the best of your ability. Do NOT worry about some one else and how they are doing their job. Do not think that workamping is a career position. Do not take the wheels off your RV.593Views0likes0CommentsRe: New at Work Camping!
"I guess my real question should have been, what are some mistakes to look out for or things to avoid, and any tips on saving money on the road. I have read a lot on line, but it is always better to hear from people who live it." Mistakes: dumping your black tanks and then chewing your fingernails. Look at the campgrounds website. Try to avoid new campgrounds or new management. A written agreement is worth the paper it is written on. Don't travel too far for a job, unless you want to go to that area. Communicate enough to get a "feel" for employers and job. Check the surrounding area. Is there shopping within the distance you want to travel for it? Is there something to occupy your off duty time? Check the annual temperature and precipitation averages. We are on our third and probably last "work-for-site" at a commercial campground. We have volunteered at 6 different state or national parks and will stay with that. At public campgrounds, you are seen more as an asset instead of an expense. We have been treated much better at public campgrounds over commercial. As for saving money on the road, I can tell you what has worked for us. Join the Moose, Eagles, Elks, and VFW. Some of them have campgrounds and almost all will let you stay overnight in their lot. Good way to meet the locals and get local information--plus cheap beer and food. Passport America has a 50% off plan that helps. I installed 560 watts of solar panels and 500 amp/hours of batteries. They have paid for themselves many times over because we can boondock until our water runs out or the tanks fill. Fuel and campsites are the two biggest expenses and the most controllable. You have seen how I control campsite costs. As for fuel, it will cost the same to get from A to B no matter how you do it. But, we travel slowly to spread the cost out over a longer time frame. This allows us to see more also. We travel the back roads because it is as Charles Kuralt said, "Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel coast to coast and not see a thing." Welcome to the forum and the lifestyle. I hope you enjoy both as much as we have.334Views0likes0CommentsRe: Hate my john !!!
kakampers wrote: your biggest issue is the holding tank...the only way to use a household toilet, without worrying about the tank clogging, is to remove the tank and plumb toilet straight to the sewer connection. I must be missing something. Please explain why the tank would be more apt to clog with a house type toilet over an RV type.527Views0likes0CommentsRe: 5th wheel brake wiring
The breakaway switch is just that, a switch. It activates the brakes when the pin in the switch is pulled. There should be a hot wire coming from the trailer battery going to one side of the switch and a wire going to the brake wires coming off the other side of the switch. Having a hot wire coming from the truck would do no good as the switch is activated when the truck "breaks away."225Views0likes0CommentsRe: Volunteers and paid employees
Maybe I did not express myself very well. As a volunteer, I do not think that I am as "high on the totem pole" as paid employees. I am afraid that there is resentment when I tell the kids what to do. I am not a pushy person and have never wanted to be a supervisor. I much prefer working by myself. But, as Don said, I always have the option of leaving.201Views0likes0CommentsVolunteers and paid employees
The park I am volunteering at hires part-time summer help and has some college interns. They all get a salary. They are in their late teens or early twenties, whereas I am seventy. I am doing maintenance (painting, building repair, minor electrical, plumbing). Often, the kids are assigned to work with me. The full time staff expects me to supervise and lead the team. Therein lies the problem. I do not feel that as a volunteer I should be telling the paid help what to do. I feel that the paid employees should have the responsibility. Am I wrong?5.9KViews0likes33Comments
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