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Re: Parking on Slopped Drivery
If you are going with a pop-up or something similar you could chock it real well. If you are looking at a travel trailer it would probably be worth finding storage somewhere close. (Just to clarify) The reason you wouldn't want to try parking a travel trailer on that drive is the it would definitely scrape at best backing in, but I would be nervous taking it off the hitch at that angle. But the more I look at the pictures I have seen worse (and they were able to get it leveled)...184Views0likes0CommentsRe: Yet another tow/weight question...
Sounds like you are doing the right thing doing your homework first. My thoughts are you should be fine with the trailers you are looking at, it might not tow as well as a smaller TT but you will enjoy more room when you are camping (which is the whole point). FWIW, our first rig besides our popup was very similar size truck & trailer (chevy 4.8L 3.42gears, 4500ish dry). The good: The numbers were good, they were barely good but good. It felt safe pulling, stopping and avoiding and it always got us where we were going except for the last time when it didn't. The bad: The towing was not fun. We would get sucked into every semi that passed. Like APT stated, we spent a lot of time in 2nd gear. The ugly: The towing made going on longer distance trips exhausting, to the point we didn't really want to go too far.473Views0likes0CommentsRe: What do you want in a campground?
RobWNY wrote: Bert Ackerman wrote: I'd like the next site to be so close my awning rubs the occupants trailer when the wind blows, lots of lights left on all night including jumpers in 7 ways to turn on running lights, lots of concrete, and maybe a few dogs left alone all day in rigs that bark continuously at every noise they hear, or everything they see. That would be perfect. Perhaps a golf cart screaming by every 15 seconds too, but don't want to get greedy. Could I also get 4 or 5 bucket lights strung up in the only tree on the property? HAHAHAHA I have experienced all of those things on more than one occasion. I'd like to add that I'm quite fond of campground roads that are no wider than your rv and lined with trucks and cars so you can't possibly back into your site. Another nice touch is the neighbor that invites 50 people for a party, a dozen vehicles show up and park all over the place and kegs of beer roll out of the bed of a couple of the pickups that arrive. Oh how much we love that. We always hope we get to camp next to where these things are occurring. AWESOME experiences! If they roll out kegs on the site next to us, the family and I are coming over with a couple of solo cups!!457Views0likes0CommentsRe: using a 2012 ridgeline for towing
I don't have a ridgeline and I am late seeing this post, but I thought it was really interesting so I had to run numbers for myself. Assuming you have an AWD ridgeline, and you fill the TT to it's full 4740# limit. You could put 1003# worth of people and cargo in the truck and still be within every weight rating. Sounds like a pretty good combo553Views0likes0CommentsRe: Generator AC question
Thanks for all the quick responses, PNW_Steve - we have been using this particular generator with this AC about 12 times per year for 2-3 years now, before that we were using a champion 3500. theoldwizard1 - I am going to check the gas tank, I am hesitent to try to tear down the carb before the weekend, do you think I could use something like gumout without taking the carb all the way apart? CavemanCharlie - I agree, I have been looking at inverter generators for a while but cant see getting rid of something that gets the job done.399Views0likes0CommentsGenerator AC question
We spend many of our Saturdays dry camping/Tailgating at ballparks. We currently have a 5000w Home Depot contractor type generator that we have been using for 2-3 years. On our last outing our generator sputtered and the voltage quickly dropped to about 75v (read through our plug-in voltmeter). This happened a 3-4 times that day, each time the AC would shut off and then the generator came back up to speed. Question #1: Will the generator dropping voltage quickly and the AC shutting off ruin the AC? Question #2: I have been looking at the HF predator 3500w inverter generator, will this inverter style generator allow voltage drops like this? note - We have a hard start kit on our AC that has been on for several years. (could it go bad?)1.4KViews0likes9CommentsRe: Winter camping
Welcome to Rv'ing and welcome to the forum. I may not be as much help as someone from a colder state, but I can tell you we love winter camping and do it every year. I wouldn't be too worried about your fridge but you will of course have to worry about your other systems that need to be winterized.50Views0likes0Comments
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