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RE: slides and levelers.
Level first, then stabilize, then extend the slides. You do NOT want to jack a slide out and jamb it simply because you were not level.
I totally agree.
This is the way we have always done it, the way our manual suggests we do it, and the way that common sense dictates that you OUGHT to do it.
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Skip and Norine
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03/08/10 04:38pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: What did you do your first year as Fulltimers?
We spent too much money on items and services and more expensive RV parks and traveling to often.
Same here.
We stayed in vacation mode until about the 7th month and thousands of dollars later.
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Skip and Norine
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03/08/10 04:35pm |
Full-time RVing
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RE: Back Up Alarm
All the buzzers; lights and horns in the world arent half as good as a person....a ground guide...behind to assist you
I agree with Sully (mark your calendars, folks, it doesn't happen often :)).
So many little things can go wrong when backing a motorcoach and for that reason it is ALWAYS a wise move to have someone back there to help (preferably with a walkie-talkie).
I honestly don't think that spending the time and money on a backup alarm will have the effect the OP is hoping for.
The thinking seems to be that people will hear the alarm, know someone is backing up, and get out of the way. If most people had a brain capable of processing those data, there might be some merit in this thinking.
Alas, they don't.
So there's not.
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Skip and Norine
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03/08/10 04:30pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: First timer, silly questions?
We just purchased a Winnebago Adventurer 38N. It's so exciting! I have 3 questions, if anyone can give me advice. We will be traveling with 3 small terriers. Do I have to be overly concerned about dog hair getting into the floor vents?
Not "overly concerned", but just keep an eye on that, yes.
Do I have to do more that vacuum every few days?
Usually not, but that would depend on how bad they shed.
Can I put a thin mesh under the vent cover?
If you mean the floor vents, yes - unless the mesh is so thick it impedes the furnace air flow.
The second question is about the washer/dryer. If it hadn't been there already I probably wouldn't have included one, but it's there. So, is it as useless as I've heard from some people? I realize there load would be incredibly small but it might help out with light things...keep me away from the laundromat a few days longer.
We're of the opinion that the benefit of a washer & dryer (doing laundry in the RV instead of at a laudromat) does not offset the disadvantages (more weight, more water usage, less storage, more cost and more chance of a leak). But they will help with small loads....VERY small loads.
And lastly, does a convection oven really brown? Or will food taste microwaved?
Yes, it really browns. We love ours!!!
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Skip and Norine
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03/07/10 10:43am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Keeping the outdoor carpet down on concrete
Yeah...get a new mat from J&J Sunshades. I've had mine for 5 years...looks like new and NEVER blows up in the wind, and I spend my winters in the RGV...best mat we've ever found!
Some clarification is in order here.
While the J&J mats are awesome (we have one, too), they WILL blow in the wind UNLESS you tie them down; and their mats come with grommet holes to make tying down or "staking down" easier.
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Skip and Norine
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03/06/10 07:00am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Is it Towed or Toad?
If you're asking because you just want to know, that's cool.
However, if you're asking (as you say) to be "technically correct" in order to avoid flaming, there are a couple of things you (as a new member) should know about this forum:
First, no one in this forum (at least to my knowledge) has ever been flamed for using the words "towed" and "toad" interchangeably. The fact that you (as you intimated) believe this flaming to be possible leads me to the conclusion that either you've visited some very hostile forums or you didn't do your research about this forum ... or maybe both.
Secondly, only a very small number of people here (with a lot of time to spare, it would seem) are preoccupied with labels. In this small minority, there seems to be much wailing and gnashing of teeth over whether we (as fulltimers) live in a "motorhome", a "motorcoach", or (simply) an "RV". This same group has also originated threads wherein they seek to define the TYPE of fulltimers in the world (yes, that's actually true, believe it or not!).
As to your post, we "tow" a vehicle behind our coach. As noted by a previous respondent, that vehicle is "towed" via it's Four wheels Rolling On the Ground (i.e., "frog", which is referred to as a "toad" to more closely correlate to {and rhyme with} the manner in which it travels - being "towed").
This cute little play on words also serves to distinguish those of us towing "four down" (which is yet another variation of "toad") from those of use using a tow dolly or trailer.
ps: If you truly seek to be "technically correct", you may wish to know that truck campers generally (but not always) do NOT tow another vehicle.
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Skip and Norine
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03/06/10 06:40am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: refrigerator on propane
IMHO, the effect that being level has on the efficient operation of RV refrigerators is substantially overstated.
There is a "happy medium" at a point somewhere between the RV being perpendicular to the ground (i.e., standing on it's end) where the refrigerator will NOT work, to being perfectly level (where it will ALWAYS work).
Generally speaking, if the RV is level enough to be comfortable for it's occupants, the refrigerator will be just fine.
Like the previous respondent, we leave ours on ALL THE TIME and in our almost 4 years of fulltiming, we have NEVER had a problem with it.
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Skip and Norine
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03/06/10 06:13am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Camping club USA or Passport America
Camping Club is just another Passport America "Want-a-be". Stick with the original and proven,Passport America. You won't have any regrets.
I agree.
Camping Club is Camping World's attempt to eat Passport America's lunch, and so far they're starving.
Stick with PA.
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Skip and Norine
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03/05/10 08:10pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Etrailer on facebook
Wow....
Ten whole percent!!??
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Skip and Norine
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03/05/10 08:08pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Finding Campsites?
On the rare occasions when we make reservations, we use the internet (Woodall's online, Passport America, etc.), Microsoft Streets and Trips, and our GPS unit to find the RV Parks.
There are many other resources (as others will point out), but these have worked well for us.
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Skip and Norine
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03/05/10 08:06pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Leaky water hoses
I'm surprised no one's mentioned using plummer's tape.
Washer replacements are also a good idea, as it tightening it up with a wrench.
If all of the above fail, I'd be replacing the hose.
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Skip and Norine
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03/05/10 08:02pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Tip or no Tip
I'm probably in the minority on this, but I hate it when I am escorted to my site and helped to park.
Heck, I found my way all over the country many times by myself and my wife and I have a great communication and system for parking the rig.
Your not alone! We (DW and I) have a parking system and we would rather park ourselves. When someone tries to help we have problems.
Agreed!
We would rather NOT have any "help" in doing something we've been doing darn near EVERY DAY (ok, so maybe every WEEK) since 2006.
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Skip and Norine
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03/05/10 07:55pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Making reservations
When we started fulltiming almost 4 years ago, we had no reservations about making reservations (pun intended). However, after a few months on the road the "RV Gods" began to teach us better.
A small park along the gulf coast in Texas was where we first began to "see the light". After making reservations and giving them one of our credit card numbers, we arrived to find that the place was a dump and the site we'd reserved was darn near impossible to get into. We sucked it up, stayed the night and left at first light (which is rare for us as we like to sleep in).
Our second (and final) lesson came in the lovely state of Wisconsin. We arrived (again with reservations) to find that not only was the site very small and the water pressure very low (32 psi as I recall), but that the office had already charged our card for the 2 nights we said we intended to stay. When I told them we did not like the site and wished to move, the nice young lady in the office informed me that they were full (they actually were not full). When I asked for a refund, she said that she was new and didn't know how to use the refund function on the credit card machine. As it was the manager who had taken our reservation, she said we'd have to wait for him to get in on Monday (this was on Saturday).
We got the message and that was the last reservation we ever made at a "non-destination" park.
Unlike a number of our fellow fulltimers, we rarely have a destination per se and we NEVER "plan" our trips in detail (as fulltimers, our whole life is a "trip"). Instead, we just tend to "drift" in a general direction and let the internet, our friends here, and what we see or hear on the road point us toward a certain city, state or attraction.
Also unlike some RV'ers, we *do* enjoy the "adventure" of not having reservations.
That having been said, we ALWAYS make reservations under certain circumstances (during season, on holidays, or when we'll be staying longer than a few days).
It works for us very well.
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Skip and Norine
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03/05/10 07:49pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Sewer hose extension?
I might want to rethink it - having to "walk the hose" every 4 days isn't my idea of fun.
Then again, that's just my opinion.
Does it need to be on a leash??? :B
Use plastic rain gutter and never walk that bugger again…
We use that very same thing if we're going to be somewhere longer than a few days or so, but typically that's not the case.
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Skip and Norine
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03/01/10 06:51pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Dreamin' of Campin' Here
Why are all of you making fun of my trailer park? :?
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Skip and Norine
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02/28/10 07:00pm |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: a little Organization help, please
Ah, yes, the challenge of organizing cabinets designed by crack-smoking RV builders. We remember it well.
Our solution was to put stuff we wouldn't use as often in the very rear of those hard to access cabinets. Sometimes that "stuff" was winter clothing, other times it was "spare stuff" like spare fuses, light bulbs, etc.
Even then, we find ourselves having to "reorganize" darn near the whole coach every 6 to 8 months. I wish I knew why, but I don't. I've talked to other fulltimers and it seems that they do it also.
I don't know about others, but I can't say that we are EVER completely satisfied with where everything is. There always seems to be SOMETHING that I wish I could put somewhere else.
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Skip and Norine
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02/28/10 06:56pm |
RV Lifestyle
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RE: How Far to Tow in a Day
I don't have a "formula" or "rule" or "goal".
I just drive until I get tired or until DW finds something on the internet she wants to stop and see.
It isn't a fancy plan, but it works for us.
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Skip and Norine
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02/28/10 06:44pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Sewer hose extension?
We've been fulltimers for going on 4 years now, rarely stay in one place longer than a week, and have NEVER had to use 30 feet of sewer hose. In fact, we only had to use 20 feet once and that was at a state park in Iowa.
Maybe you guys have a lot more experience than us and have stayed in alot more campgrounds than us, but if I went to a park where I HAD to use 30 feet of hose, I might want to rethink it - having to "walk the hose" every 4 days isn't my idea of fun.
Then again, that's just my opinion.
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Skip and Norine
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02/28/10 06:34pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Surge Protection and the A/C...
Also, if you absolutely just cannot tolerate losing TWO MINUTES, you may want to consider rethinking the entire RV experience. IMHO, if you're in such a hurry that TWO MINUTES is going to ruin your day, maybe you're not ready for a relaxed, care-free lifestyle.
Let's not go overboard here, I have been RV'ing for quite a few years and not ready to give it up just yet. I am just trying to figure out the purpose of and my need for 2 minute delay.
I think I have my answers...
To the best of my knowledge, no one is going overboard.
It's a 2-minute delay that is necessary for the unit to do its job, check the power supply for irregularities, and protect your substantial investment (and maybe your life as well).
Given what may be at stake here (i.e., your RV and maybe your life), maybe I didn't understand why the 2-minute delay was an issue.
My apologies.
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Skip and Norine
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02/28/10 10:17am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: new to this
I agree with the previous respondent.
1976 = Pass
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Skip and Norine
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02/28/10 10:10am |
Class A Motorhomes
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