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RE: Dry Camping Questions
I really don't know why dry camping would be so much fun but it does open up possibilities that folks who have to have all the ammenities will miss. National Park campgrounds are a great example as few have hook-ups and many are awesome campgrounds. Also, this winter we plan to go and camp right on the beach in National Gulf Islands camping areas near South Padre Island, Texas; more dry camping. If you do a lot of it, a small generator is great, as your trailer battery will run down in 1 or 2 days.
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Jayco-noslide
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08/12/10 09:48pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Tips for Selling Our Trailer
Not much advice really except to be very realistic and modest in what you expect it to bring. I'm always looking at used 5th wheels and trailers and seems to me I see a lot really overpriced, I'm talking thousands more than I would pay. You kind of expect that with dealers but not private parties. Those units will just sit there for months, then eventually the owner may get a much lower offer and sell. RV's really depreciate so whatever you think it might be "worth" by the book, subtract a lot from that for a price to start with. It needs to be way way below a comparable new one because the dealer will sharply discount the new one.
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Jayco-noslide
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08/11/10 09:38pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Slow Shower Drain
Remove the screen or cover and make sure it isn't half plugged with hair as our was.
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Jayco-noslide
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08/10/10 08:13pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: What would you do....
Well, anytime you sell or trade an RV you are going to eat some depreciation; that is, the difference between what you paid and what you will truly get. What you really paid and will get is tricky to know if you trade because they will inflate the trade-in on paper but be assured that the depreciation will be a lot and it is worse when you trade in a practically new unit, no time to spread the depreciation over a long time. Don't know if you should but just be aware of what it will cost.
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Jayco-noslide
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08/07/10 09:16pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Best time to buy
I don't know. My theory whether RV's or a vehicle is that they aren't ever going to give one away or sell it and not make a profit but you can always get a substantial discount off of sticker price. Often, special sales or discounts are just marketing to get you interested and the price might be the same without the sale if you bargain. So, I wouldn't necessarily wait for a show or sale.
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Jayco-noslide
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08/07/10 09:09pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Priced out of the market
Good idea to keep them but what about the pre-owned option; always the way to go in my opinion. Just bought a 2007 Chevy Silverado half-ton for about $25,000 with just 26,000 miles. Not cheap but way better than new and it seems like new to me. When we replace our 1999 25 ft. 5th wheel we will find one for under $15,000 I have no doubt.
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Jayco-noslide
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08/06/10 10:32pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Help with financeing!
You won't like the answer but try to forget the financing. Scale down what you want to buy (I assume some sort of RV) to something used and modest and either pay cash or very close to it now or save up until you can. We went debt free several years ago and it is great. But we sure can't go out and buy a big fancy RV. We have a 1999 5th wheel. We did save up and pay cash for a 2007 Chevy truck.I don't mean to lecture but if lenders don't want to loan you money there are reasons and they may be doing you a favor.
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Jayco-noslide
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08/05/10 09:12pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: ...and one more 1/2 ton question
In my opinion you need the bigger 5.3 V-8. Here's why. We tow a 25 ft. 5th wheel with a 2007 Silverado with same axle ratio as yours and the 5.3 V-8, rated at 315 HP and our trailer dry wt. is almost identical to your trailer. We do OK, even climbing the Rockies, yet driving into a really strong head wind is a challenge; might even downshift to 2nd if much of a grade plus wind. My point is that we are close to our comfortable limit in some situations and you will have a lot fewer cubic inches of motor. Yes you will be able to pull the trailer and do OK in most situations but I think you will be overloaded for the motor or very close to it. And, by the way, don't listen to the salesmen. Make your own decision.
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Jayco-noslide
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08/04/10 10:12pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: List of questions to ask employers
I could give you a list and it is essential to ask questions but let me just say that there really isn't any way to guarantee that there won't be problems and things come up after you get there that no question would cover or reveal. We have had 1 job out of 8 years go ugly even though every thing sounded great over the phone, we signed an agreement, etc. For starters, the site was terrible. To get full hook-ups as promised, everything had to be jerry rigged into the the neighbor's site. The other workers, who had been there a month or so, seemed to dislike us from minute one. Hours very late at night, etc. etc. The young man we dealt with over the phone was nice right up to the end(3 weeks) but it was out of his control.
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Jayco-noslide
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08/04/10 10:52am |
Workamping Forum
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Which light bulb?
We have a 1999 Jayco 5th wheel and are having a problem replacing interior light bulbs. According to the manual it takes 1 of 2 bulbs; 1 number for "round lights"(912) and the other for "square lights"(921). All of our lenses that cover the bulbs are rectangular and, on the fixture it says to use #921 not #912. Here's the problem. When we use 921, the bulbs burn out quickly, or dim or turn black and even discolor the lense cover. However, the 921 clicks right into the socket as expected. But, the 912 doesn't really fit or click into place but if I sort of force it in, it works fine, doesn't burn out or turn black but may fall out. What the heck is going on? Maybe try another brand of 921? Or am I missing something? I'm pretty sure it says 921 on the fixture but very difficult to see.
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Jayco-noslide
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08/04/10 10:43am |
Tech Issues
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RE: I don't think I will ever get good at backing my 5th wheel!
Yep. Sometimes I think I'm really good; then, next time I back in the driveway I feel like I'm starting over. But, on the whole, much better than 7 yrs ago when we got the 5er.
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Jayco-noslide
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08/01/10 09:48pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Turn off propane to travel ?
I don't know how one would travel with the propane off with a fully stocked frig that will only run on propane when not hooked to elec.Do some actually do that or just not take any food or what. We certainly don't.
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Jayco-noslide
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07/29/10 09:35pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: RPM's on '02 Chevy 1500 HD
I think you could safely go to 5000 or so for short periods, no problem. But really , I don't see the need to rev nearly that high in the great majority of situations. I tow a 25 ft. 5th wheel with my Chevy half ton, 5.2 motor and never exceed about 4000 RPM's. 4000 in 2nd gear pulling a grade is pretty fast, probably 50 MPH or more.
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Jayco-noslide
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07/25/10 10:16pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Does Size Matter?
A lot depends on where you want to camp and other factors. If you plan to stay at only private RV parks, size isn't a problem but if you like the more natural state, national parks and out of the way nat'l forest campgrounds then smaller is better. There are simply more sites available for shorter rigs. Personally, I think small is better for lots of other reasons but I am in a decreasing minority. More size, more weight, more energy required. Bigger tow vehicle required, more difficulty maneuvering around parking lots, gas stations, etc. etc.If you need to pull a house around, better to stay home?
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Jayco-noslide
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07/24/10 11:11pm |
Full-time RVing
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RE: Height above truck sides?
You need 4 to 6 in. between bottom of trailer and top of truck bed rails and for the trailer to be close to level when hitched. Just been through this. Traded 2000 Chevy truck for 2007; major problem with clearance. Had to flip the trailer axles(about $500) plus buy a taller 5th wheel slider hitch (about $900). Good Luck.
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Jayco-noslide
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07/24/10 11:04pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Questions about Workamping
That's a lot of questions. We look at workamping as a way to stay somewhere we really like (in our case Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks)for a long period of time; yet go home with money in our pockets instead of credit card travel bills. For 8 summers we have worked near or in these parks, 40 hrs/wk, all hours paid plus a campsite for a small charge. We have learned new skills and met a lot of people. But, not all fun and games. Work is still work and we get really tired and our backs hurt and sometimes we miss our social life at home.
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Jayco-noslide
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07/24/10 10:58pm |
Workamping Forum
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Aging Rubber Roof
OK, I'm confused about what to do about rubber roof care. We have a 1999 Jayco 5th wheel and the roof is no longer pure white but has some of the black showing. I'm told that this is really the black bottom layer because the outer layer has worn. I know they have a life span. Question is what to do to help delay total failure. Also, what will happen when it fails; leaking or what? I know there are various treatments one can do but do they really do anything. An independent RV repairman I've been to says the treatments won't do anything and to just clean it with soft soap. The Jayco manual likewise only recommends cleaning. Is there really anything that "renews" the roof or is it just replace it or trade it?
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Jayco-noslide
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07/24/10 10:51pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Gardiner, Montana
For 3 summers, we worked at the Mammoth General Store and lived at the Yellowstone RV park in Gardiner. It is a pretty nice location and a nice campground, right by the Yellowstone River; although, dusty with gravel roads and pads. I thought it was pricey but not sure as our site was subsidized by the employer. It would put you a long ways from the center and southern parts of the Park.
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Jayco-noslide
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07/23/10 10:46pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Question Regarding Travel Trailers and Generators
You simply take a portable generator with you and plug the trailer cord into the generator when you don't have electricity. The only concern is that it takes a pretty big generator to run your AC plus anything else. On board generators in motor homes are usually big enough for this but we have a 2000 watt Honda portable for our 5th wheel; not really enough amps to run the AC safely and a bigger one would be heavier, etc.
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Jayco-noslide
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07/23/10 10:39pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Towing your 5th Wheel
Wouldn't make sense to me but then we are entirely different; small 5th wheel, half-ton truck which is our only transportation and we travel around a lot as well as workamp in summer. To me, you would be better off renting an apt. or condo and forget the RV for your plans. Any RV, or trailer as well as the tow vehicle will depreciate fast and a lot which will make you lodging per night probably higher than renting or moteling. And if you aren't going to move around, why RV.
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Jayco-noslide
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07/20/10 09:06pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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