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Re: To Junk Or Not To Junk My Truck
haha ya I get why people do it, they are a dime a dozen and cheep and easy to make run. when I was young I used to like that loud stuff, one of the best days I can remember is the day I traded in my 7.3 power stroke (still not anywhere near as loud as a 12V or 24V) on my 6.7 powerstroke. I was amazed that a diesel could be quieter than the gas engine. no more waking up the campground because I want to get an early start, I had a tear in my eye haha12Views2likes0CommentsRe: What’s Your Favorite Community Board and Why?
thats because the posts were 100% about nothing but truck repair or maintenance and were posted in a different area of the board and moved to an appropriate forum where it fit the best. I wouldn't say that is all that truck area is about. people just are not posting in it right now so all you see is the couple that have been moved laity.19Views0likes0CommentsRe: What’s Your Favorite Community Board and Why?
it used to cover anything DIY. so both Maintenace and improvements. usually the cosmetic stuff is normal maintenance, so we would have a thread going about how to add your own solar panels at the same time as how to repack your bearings18Views1like0CommentsRe: What’s Your Favorite Community Board and Why?
My two favorite community boards were dropped during the software migration, they used to be "DIY" and Tecnology (Tech for short). I tend to like doing my own work, weather it be maintenance, which is what they changed DIY to, but I also like to build things that do not fall under the DIY Maintenance umbrella like adding features such as solar. Now the "Tech" was great because it is where we could discuss different new products coming on the market and even changes in old products to hep a person decide what to buy for his DIY projects, or even designs for replacement parts or "special" adaptors you could print with a 3d printer. probably used to be the two most consistent forums all year around for posts.31Views1like2CommentsRe: Tire temps on dual axel TT
I don't know how much I would be worried about 10 degrees (I am assuming F and not C) if the pressure increase was way out of line then maybe I would be checking it, but a 10F is a small difference and depending on the accuracy of the sensor it could be well with in the margin of error. for example if the margin of error is 5F then one tire could be 110 and the other could read 100 and they could be the exact same and it is just reading off on each one or they could be different by up to 10 degrees and read the same. so with out knowing the accuracy and precision of the unit its hard to say if it is a concern or not. now as for the others, before you start flipping weight around what is the total weight of the rv, and do you have between 10 to 15% of that weight on your hitch? that is more important thing for your set up. Also when was the last time the wheel Berrings were done. if the grease is a little lower/less clean in the front axel it will run hotter and that will transfer heat to the tires. my hubs are cold to the touch (well luke warm but, I over service mine by redoing the grease every 3rd year, we don't use the 5th much anymore, one 1000 mile trip per year type thing.) the next thing I would look at is, is your rv level when being towed. if its riding nose down then you can increase the friction on the front axel which could explain a difference in temp. that means you have to lift the front end till it is level. you can try moving the weight around, but I would set up the proper hitch weight first, you say it is 650lbs then general convention you should scall around 6500lbs for the total trailer weight, then I would make sure the hitch height is set so it rides level, then go from there if it isn't closer.5Views1like0CommentsRe: Alaska bound from Calif
yes you can cross the ferry with the 5th wheel from Vancouver Canada to Victoria, I don't know if the one out of Bellingham I think it is allows rv's or not. just look up the ferries and cheek it out. it does get very expensive taking a trailer on bc ferries though. I lived in Victoria for 20 years and never took the trailer off the island until I retired from the navy and they paid the bill for my final move. prices have gone up yet again, so my truck and 5th wheel is 56 feet long. it costs 19.10/persona over the age of 12, it is 67.40 for the first 20 feet of car/truck and then 7.50/foot over that so for myself the wife and my setup it is 443.1 each way on the ferry. Oh and add 20 bucks for the reservation. its smart to get one in the summers or if you can't afford to wait a few sailings or even till the next day when it is real busy. now on the BC ferries they do have fare savers and specials on the lesser used routes where you can save some money. in the summer they usually have a "size up the savings" or something like that where the excess length on certain sailings is about 50% of the regular 7.50/foot. you just got to go on the web page and look as it gets closer. you could take a ferry to the island from Tsawwassen (Vancouver) to Swartz bay (Victoria) then when you leave you could go from Nanaimo to horseshoe bay (Vancouver).12Views0likes0CommentsRe: Alternative satellite option?
would never work up here unless you stay close to major HI ways or city's. I was going to look into star link but I will have to wait until the currant spat is over before I can. I do have a IPTV box, so if I can get internet I can watch anything I want and we usually take it in the 5th wheel just incase there is Wi-Fi I can log into, but we don't even have a TV in the truck camper so instead of watching the morning news with my coffee, I am forced to start a campfire and watch it instead haha2Views0likes0CommentsRe: Camping at National parks
ya I wish we had the same boondocking rules up here as you guys have. we can only boon dock in designated areas and there are none in national parks, or provincial parks and they take up anything that is accessible pretty much. if we are doing the US style of boondocking you're looking for a remote area where you don't have to worry about a cop seeing you and waking you up and making you move on. what we do have is in conjunction with the provincial park campground a second string we call rec sites or forestry sites. they are usually deal between logging companies and the Provence where while they are logging in a area when they move out they establish rustic campgrounds on lakes or rivers that you could never get to before they went there. these sites range from free to 15 bucks per night in the summer depending how improved they are. if they just opened 5 or 10 sites by the lake with a dozer and no other improvements other than a fire pit. they are usually free, if they put in gravel pads have outhouses and a maintainer who cleans the toilets and collects fees and sells firewood, then it is usually 15 bucks. the one place we found last summer the guy stays at one of the campground all season but actually looks after 3 different ones that are about 10 to 15 miles apart. they are quite often in clusters, so if you go to one, and it is full you keep driving to the next and so on, but for some people the issue is the road gets a little worse for each one haha. and the sites are generally not large enough for big units, there are some I can get my 5th wheel in but most I would not be able to, and they are first come first serve so we just use the truck camper3Views1like0Comments
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