I'm about to purchase a small 5th wheel, a 1998 Nash 21-5r, which has a GVWR of 7000 lbs. It does not have shock absorbers and the seller, who is the original owner, says it never has had any. We plan to take an extended (6 months or so) trip with th...
I'm shopping for a 5th wheel and my wife and I want something on the small and light side so we can get into relatively remote places. Our truck is a 2001 Dodge diesel 3/4 ton 2wd longbed. Would a hitch weight below or around 1,000 pounds cause probl...
I'm considering purchase of this TC to go on my 2001 Dodge 2500 diesel crew cab long bed. Does anybody know the specified dry weight of this camper? I found a 1993 Lance brochure that lists it at 2728 lbs for the extended cabover model, like the one ...
Sorry if this has been asked before. I did a search and came up empty.I'm planning a 6- to 9-month trip around the U.S. with a truck camper and will stay at commercial campgrounds occasionally. But I've heard many of them don't allow truck campers. H...
I'm looking at buying a 1993 Excel fifth wheel. But in my research so far, it seems there are/were two RV manufacturers named Excel, one much more highly rated than the other:http://www.rv-coach.com/rv/rating/rate_your_rv_results.htmlIn looking at ol...
I have used a product called EvapoRust with great success. It works amazingly well and is billed as "nontoxic". It is available at major auto parts stores, including O'Reilly.That said, I used it to treat the insides of a small motorcycle gas tank, w...
If you can wait a bit longer to dump, there is a fabulous Caltrans rest area along Highway 299 that has a free RV dump station. It's the Francis B. Mathews rest area, 3 miles east of Salyer, right on Hwy 299. We were there just a few weeks ago, and I...
Glaucoma is fairly common in certain breeds and it strikes very fast - much faster than in humans. I had a dog who went blind from this and she lost her sight before we even knew what was happening. If you think your pooch is losing her sight, do not...
