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Re: First ever RV trip
Welcome to the forums! Not to parrot a famous song, but this could be heaven, or this could be hell. Either way, it'll be an adventure. I cannot claim great expertise either with renting an RV or Arizona at that time of year, but I have done my share of camping and have been in those areas, though not at that time of year. The number one suggestion I'd offer you is to take the adventure slowly, maybe do Sedona and either Flagstaff or the South Rim and leave the other places for another time. The whirlwind tour approach whether by car or RV leaves most of your time in the vehicle driving from one place to another. The great beauty of FV travel lies in being there, rather than getting there. There's enough to do and see in both Sedona and the Grand Canyon to take a week in each. But that's just my humble opinion. Whatever you wind up doing, savor it, make great memories, have fun, and best of luck getting the stars to all align.Re: How to get rid of a few roaches while we live in the RV
Those holes are open invitations to mice, roaches, ants, etc. I would suggest loosely stuffing a little steel wool in the hole, then giving each a shot of spray foam to seal. Easily enough gouged out if you ever need to reopen to make repairs, but not possible for the varmints to chew through.Effing squirrels ate my propane hoses . . .
So I fixed their hides! The varmints ate both tank to regulator hoses as well as the regulator to mainline hose. I found online that various suppliers do make stainless steel braided hoses for the two tank-regulator lines, but none of the nearby sources stocked them. Nobody evidently makes the 4 foot regulator to rig hose in that armored configuration. So I made my own! I went on Amazon and searched for stainless steel braided loom, and came across this supplier: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007TNJDTU?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 I bought a 10 foot piece of 1 inch braid, more than enough to wrap all my propane hoses using UV stabilized zip ties. It expands to go over the hose ends. I would use the 3/4 inch stuff if I had to do it again. I have enough left over to do another 4 foot hose, should the need arise. For what it was worth, we were camped in a state park campground when the little terrors struck. Went out for a bike ride in broad daylight, and came back to hissing as my propane escaped. Cold cut sandwiches for lunch . . . .Re: Fridge Not Staying Lit on Propane
Sounds to me like a classic case of dead thermocouple. Cheap repair, should cost less than $10 and take about 15 minutes. After ignition, the thermocouple is supposed to confirm there's a fire so that raw propane isn't becoming a bomb-squad hazard. If it fails, this very behavior results.Re: new 2024
Well, final verdict is in: The almost-brand-spankin-new truck is a total. The frame is bent badly, and my insurance has picked up where the under insured other driver's insurance called it quits. I took the advice of my insurer to let them total it, accepted the check yesterday, and now begins the search for a new truck. The other driver had the minimum allowable (in Virginia) coverage of $20,000 with Elephant, which took them a whole month to decide they were out on. I'm with Farm Bureau, and they took less than a week to come back saying due to the bent frame, they had to call it a total. I gotta tell y'all, really cheap insurance with a company like Elephant is only cheap, it is not good, nor speedy. It's proof of that old adage, you can only have two of the three: good, fast, cheap. I'm heartened that Virginia evidently raised the minimum coverage to $30K as of July 1 this year. But, still, what sort of cheapskate carries only the minimum when it is that low? le SighRe: Newby
I don't snowbird either, but from what I hear, the combination of warm and affordable is hard to find, if you want hookups. Boondocking is much more available as well as affordable. It is one of the things that attracts folks to BLM lands near Quartzite, Arizona. But I can offer my best wishes finding exactly what suits.Re: new 2024
Well, actually, when I posted that last one, I had only put 4,000 miles on it, but I digress. At 4,260 miles, I got rear ended. The video from my rear facing dash cam shows the little white car Waaaaaaaaay back there as I slowed to a stop on the highway to make a left turn. Speed limit in that area is 55, and driver had at least 10 seconds warning before impact, and did slow down some. The story was saw a stop was needed, put arm out to keep dog in passenger seat from hitting the dash. But then evidently forgot about the stopping part. Anyway, damage to truck is about $14,000. No one was injured, although dog did still hit the dashboard, no doubt with less force than it might have. For a number of reasons, including fighting with insurance, parts availability, and getting scheduled into body shop for repairs, we may not have use of the truck until mid-August. I guess this proves we just can't have nice things, eh?
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