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RE: minnie winnie
If this MH has a clothes closet look inside on the walls. The manufacturer places the information sheet there. This will have all the info you need. Previous owners rarely take this down so it should still be there. Good Luck let us know!
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rockhillmanor
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08/27/10 04:27am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Micro chips
I had my dog AVID chipped but at that time you had to remember to pay a yearly fee. AND it migrated!
I had the AVID dog chipped again with the HomeAgain. My vet switched to HomeAgain 'because' of the migration with the AVID chips. They may have rectified that problem I don't know but the AVID chip migrated all the way down to her leg.
Before I hit the road I had the whole gang chipped with HomeAgain. The vet does all the entry right there in his office and you are done when you walk out the door. No yearly fee.
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rockhillmanor
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08/26/10 09:43pm |
RV Pet Stop
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RE: Have you adopted a pet from a shelter?
Hi,I had to put my 14 yr old cat down, he was in total kidney failure. He was my traveling companion, boy, I miss him. At some point, I will get another cat, and I would like to adopt. But I am wondering if being a fulltimer, with no physical address, will be a problem? Has anyone adopted from a shelter? My address is SD, but I wouldn't adopt from there, what options do I have? I'm not ready yet, and I know that I could find a cat/kitten from some source, but my preference would be adoption, when I am ready for another 4 footed friend.Kathy
Since you are a fulltimer one option would be to go to a Petco where you presently are. Local shelters/local breed rescue's bring their adoptable cats and dogs to the store on designated days. There is usually a list posted at the door re: what dates. In my travels I have noticed that many of the Petco's I have been in now have a permanent cat adoption area in the store.
This would be easier for you to go to and park in your MH and of course if there where a question about your address......you could walk them outside and show them! :B
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rockhillmanor
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08/26/10 07:12am |
RV Pet Stop
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RE: Black tank full?
What causes the black tank gauge to read full when it's not?
I emptied it. My wife put in a half bucket of water / chemicals and it reads full.
The sensors go all the way up to the top of tank, so just putting a half bucket of water I don't think will even hit the lowest sensor.
If you have some gunk on the sensors you need to 'fill' the tank with water and flush. I always buy a bottle of sensor cleaner and fill my tank up with water and a bottle of that at least once a month. My sensors work just fine. You just have to do a little maintenance cleaning regularly.
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rockhillmanor
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08/24/10 11:27pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Dinghy Towing Mid 1990's - Mid 2000's GM Vehicles
Recently, while trying to gain some information on towing our 1994 K2500 Silverado, I came across this GM document #00-00-89-008D-(Apr 8,2004).
It offers a wealth of information on which GM vehicles of that period can be flat (Dinghy) towed.
Clicky
This might interest some forum members as a "file for future reference" document.
It answered all my questions on our Silverado's towing requirements.
Thanks I HAD a real good one that went back to the 90's but when I went to send it to someone the website was taken down. Thanks again for a good current link in pdf that you can copy!
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rockhillmanor
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08/24/10 07:41pm |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: Last Chance Highway
......She has different fenced in areas for different sizes of dogs that get along well together, large, medium and small. Each of these has a place for the dogs to go to get out of the sun or bad weather. There is a separate area for pup rescues. Dogs that don't "play well" with others get their own space. All of these area are cleaned daily. Water and food are checked multiple times during the day. Please feel free to ask if you need anything else answered.
One feeding station is placed in a fenced area with multiple dogs?
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rockhillmanor
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08/24/10 07:34am |
RV Pet Stop
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RE: Bad odor in rest room
Welcome to the wonderful world of RV'ing and all the fun dealing with black tanks!
It's been my experience that it is usually something else other than the vent. I rarely see vents going bad. Your MH should NEVER smell like sewage. You wil find WATER, WATER, WATER is your black tanks best friend!
Do you have water in the toilet bowl at all times?
Do you use AMPLE water when you flush to keep the stuff in the black tank covered with water?
Did you put blank tank chemicals AND water in your tank after each time you dump?
There should be water in 'all' the p-traps in the sinks and shower.
The bathroom sink dumps into the black tank on some models if the water in the p-trap has evaporated the smell from the black tank can come from there too. If you do not use the sinks and shower regualarly these drains can dry up and allow smells into the MH.
Also if the gray tank is nasty those smells can enter the MH also and can smell just as bad as black tank odor. In that case flushing the gray tank and adding a tank deodorizer/cleaner takes care of that.
Hope some of this info helps you have a fresher smelling MH! :C
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rockhillmanor
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08/24/10 07:18am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Dr. Doug -Dog's arthritis,Rimadyl or aspirin for long term
There are several nSAIDs available for dogs: Rimadyl, Novox (generic rimadyl), metacam, etogesic, previcox, deramaxx to name a few. All of them can be good, all can cause reactions. None is "better" than another. Some will work in one individual and not in another.
I suggest you work with your vet, try one and if you don't see results or you see reactions try another.Doug, DVM
Good advice. Owners 'need' to talk to their vet if there is no improvement on one particular nSAID. Sadly I wonder how many owners put their dog down thinking there was no alternative after what they were given did not work for their dog.
I honestly did not know that one particular 'brand' might not work. When my dog showed no improvement with Rimadyl I thought it was all over for him.:( Went back to the vet and like you stated my vet said some dogs just don't receive relief with one but will with the other. Which I am very glad this was the case for my pet.!
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rockhillmanor
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08/24/10 06:59am |
RV Pet Stop
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Small store charging to use debit card?
I am stayng in a small town right now that has just but one little grocery store. When I use my debit card they charge me an additional dollar for every purchase I make there. 2 years on the road and I have never been charged more 'just for using a card'!
Is this legal to do? Have you run across this in your travels?
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rockhillmanor
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08/24/10 06:48am |
Full-time RVing
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RE: Last Chance Highway
Sorry but this just makes me laugh with irony... from a person who doesn't even put their first name on their profile, or signature, or well anywhere on this site for that matter. To protect your identity for whatever the reason? :h Well said Rock! LOL
I see you've chosen once again to bash forum members instead of the topic at hand.
Makes me laugh too....your 'very strange' incessant need to know my personal information.:R
My suggestion to you would be to block my posts since they seem to appear to bother you so.
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rockhillmanor
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08/23/10 07:49pm |
RV Pet Stop
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RE: Anyone else ever receive the wrong drug for their dog ?
Anyone else ever receive the wrong drug for their dog ?
Not ever at the vets office but once with a prescription for my dog that was filled at a pharmacy.
I was to get heart meds precsription filled for my dog and after waiting for it to be filled I received ulcer meds. The had mixed the names and meds. Thank God we caught the elderly lady leaving the store with my dogs heart meds instead of her own prescription.
My vet fills his own prescriptions and then brings them back into the waiting room and describes what they are and how to dispense them. You then take them up to the desk to pay for them.
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rockhillmanor
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08/23/10 06:11pm |
RV Pet Stop
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RE: Last Chance Highway
If you re-read my post, you will notice that I stated "up to" 70 dogs at one time. These animals are in transition between rescue and adoption. Did you do what I recommended and do a Google search for Clover for Rover to see what she does?
yes and there is no phone or address to be found.
I'm guessing you have been there so could you explain to us, when she has 'up to 70' dogs or less for that matter, how does she house them?
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rockhillmanor
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08/23/10 05:57pm |
RV Pet Stop
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RE: Last Chance Highway
rockhillmanor,
You are correct in that land available has nothing to do with rescuing. However, when you pull a doomed horse, cow, or pig from a bas situation where would you put it, in your living room?.
Not quite sure what this comment means. The post states they had lots of acres as if that somehow would make it ok to have 70 animals. IMHO more land does not mean that having that many dogs makes it ok. Dogs are not pasture animals.
My opinion is not directed specifically at this person. In 20 years of going out on investigations of a complaints I have YET to see a home rescue operation that has more than 10 dogs be able to care for them individually and properly and in all the cases that I have worked on, when the numbers start to exceed 10 the conditions are usually deplorable and the animals need to be removed 'from' the rescue. When numbers start reaching 20 I don't even have to do anything the courts will issue a warrant because from their past experience they know we need to go in and investigate the conditions.
Youtube has hundreds of videos of licensed investigators going out to nonprofit rescue homes with large numbers of animals and it is not a pretty site. Here's is a video of a seizure of cats of a person who also had a non-profit status, which by the way non-profit status means absolutely nothing as to how the pets are taken care of or housed.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9FD5D5rDY0&feature=related
And whether anyone wants to hear it or not. The new money making scam with animals is getting special needs dogs out of kill shelters under the guise of a legit non-profit rescue and then selling them on petfinders for a profit, because these types of pets usually tug on our heart strings. Yes many of these dogs find good homes, and thankfully that's a good thing but it is lining the pockets of these types of people who usually do not have the facilities to take care of them properly. When I see a petfinder list from 'one' rescue of 24 dogs per page times 4 pages all sold/adopted for between 200.00 and 400.00.....some one is in the business of making money not saving pets. Another BIG red flag is if they ONLY use petfinders and do not provide a contact name, phone number and address of the rescue org. That way they do NOT have to reveal who and where they really are. You will not find phone numbers or addresses on these types of petfinder/rescue sites that are in it for the sole purpose of turning a profit.
We now have investigators following these pet finder ads which when glaringly a rescue org is turning over hundreds of so-called rescues that allows investigators to get a warrant. I can only hope the government would be doing this to investigate their so-called non profit status also.
If a person is a successful rescue org they do NOT have that many animals.
If they can not rehome the pets they take in something is wrong with their rescue practices and when the number of pets reach numbers of 70 then there is a hoarding problem within.
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rockhillmanor
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08/23/10 03:51pm |
RV Pet Stop
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RE: Last Chance Highway
After looking at the warm fuzzy part of saving pets IMHO, JMHO (and the fact that it does affect statutes) we have to look at the whole picture on what this affects.
I am against transporting shelter dogs to other states or from other countries to the states. This exagerates the actual number of dogs found 'in' a specific area in shelters and per county and state. Too many city, county, and state laws are being shoved down owners throats based on these eroneous shelter numbers, where these animals are acquired from other areas.
She has 10 acres and at anytime she will have up to 70 dogs at one time
70 dogs and adoption fees of $200.00 to $400.00 and tons of revenue generated ads? Nope, sorry can't buy that they are 'rescueing' animals.:R
I have been involved in equine and canine rescue for years. Animals should be rescued, health care provided and adopted, period. Don't care how much land a person has.
The term Rescue should NEVER be confused or be used in the same breath as hoard in anyway shape of form. People who have 'hoards' of animals and try and tell you they are part of rescue.....well THEIR animals NEED to be rescued asap.:(
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rockhillmanor
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08/23/10 11:23am |
RV Pet Stop
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RE: Need to buy a Tow Bar
Well I guess there is no hurry to purchase a tow bar if you haven't selected a toad yet. I haven't heard of any problems with any tow bar from the lower priced steel units to the higher priced aluminum ones. My first tow bar was a Demco Aluminator (fine tow bar) is my back up as I later decided on the Readybrute with the built in brake.
I am also a good reference for the Readybrute as it is a multitasker.
I probably would have just purchased that model first but I didn't do any home work before purchasing the Demco.
In laymans terms how does the readybrute tow bar automatically stop the toad without wiring? From what I read it ONLY works going down hill if you are on the straight away it will not apply the brakes??
Do you have to have a matching base plate?
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rockhillmanor
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08/23/10 08:05am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: CB's
I've been wondering this for a long time, but wasn't sure who to ask. Duh, it just dawned on me to ask the folks at RV.netSo, my question is. Does anyone use a CB (Citizen Band) radio anymore in their RV? It seems to me that usage of this device stopped easily 15 years ago.Anyone still using them out there?Brian
Nope. I bought a handheld one last year to help with traffic where I was traveling to because of construction and all it is now is garbage talk and REAL foul language. I'm not a prude by anymeans but there is not one civil or usefull word spoken on the CB nowadays.
I sadly was stuck in the middle of a horrific accident on 65 with my MH that killed 5 people. I had to stop quick and the CB went flying on the floor so I could not get to it to shut it off....well the foul and sickening words these truckers were spewing about the dead people on the CB went on and on for 15 minutes it was just shocking. Makes me wonder of the caliper of people who drive trucks today compared to 15 years ago.:R
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rockhillmanor
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08/22/10 08:22pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Need to buy a Tow Bar
Look at Blue Ox as well.
ditto x2. Except I disagree with buying a tow bar rated 'over' the weight of what you plan on towing. Most are not going to change their toad to one that weighs twice as much down the road. IMHO overkill and wasted money.JMHO
blueox.com
Seemed like an easy way to go for me. BlueOx tow bar and matching baseplate. If I could do it all over again I would get an automatic braking system. Putting in and taking out the Brake Buddy well....gets REAL old real fast!
Do yourself a favor and pay the extra $$ and get the automatic brake system one you won't regret it.
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rockhillmanor
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08/22/10 08:05pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Pulling a toad w/ V-10
..... ... Heres a picture of us pulling our little v10 ford based moho behind our Revolution. :) It tows great but watch those turns. :0
Beautiful rig you have!
Just have to ask you....why? :B
Well. We are full timers and love to explore. We especially enjoy travelling in Mexico and more specifically Mexican historical cities. The reality is the places we go in Mexico (as well as the US and Canada sometimes) are not conducive to our fourty footer. About five years back we picked up this little rig as it was light enough to tow and yet big enough to spend a few months in. We leave our big rig on our RV lot in Palm Springs and take the little rig to Mexico. We have seen a lot of places in her and hope to see many more. We have visited 27 Mexican states in her and have plans for more travels in central America. This year she will be staying home and we will pull our smart car down as we intend to make a fairly comprehensive tour of the south west US states in the Revolution. Next year though we will hitch her back up and take a three month break on the Baja. Haven't been there in a few years and looking forward to seeing a few old and a few more new spots. We look at the big rig as our house and our little rig as our cabin. :) Works good for us and adds a huge dimension to our travel life style.
"We look at the big rig as our house and our little rig as our cabin."
I like that description, good one! :B
I full time also and can relate, just haven't attempted the Mexico part of my travels yet. I'll bet there are some tight ones that your coach can't go. I've experienced some of them with mine. Happy RV'ing!
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rockhillmanor
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08/22/10 07:17pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: External drive interferes with broadband!?
Sure, lots of RF noise possible in the motor and electronics of an external drive, and in a USB cable.
If you must use the drive at the same time, move it further away from your Sprint radio, using a well shielded USB cord (e.g. grounded metallic cover) or one with a RF choke. The drives usually ship with a short, cheap cable; better cables are available for a price.
I'm using a hub so it plugged in right next to it and yes I'm using the cheap cord it came with. Is there a brand name shielded cord you could recommend to me to make it easier for me to find in the big yellow box store?
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rockhillmanor
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08/22/10 07:02pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Smog Check for License Renewal
Just got off the phone with my friend in CA whose car failed!
He took it to his usual smog place and they said he needed a whole new carb to get it to pass.
He found out CA offers assistance for smog repairs and they gave him a $500.00 voucher and "a list of CA approved smog stations" to take it to, that would honor the voucher, and repair the vehicle. He took the car there and low and behold, before any repairs where done, when they hooked it up it passed.
So my suggestion would be is to get a copy of that list! Sounds like they would be under a microscope of the CA smog people, so no funny stuff.
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rockhillmanor
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08/22/10 03:51pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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