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RE: Seeking Simple RV Recipes
We frequently make some of the best vegetable beef soup with barley. This takes about 15 minutes to put together
6 ounce sirloin steak, cut into cubes
1 teaspoon aus juiz base
1 cup water
1 can mixed vegetables
brown gravy packet
1/4 cup barley
1/4 cup chopped onions
1/4 cup chopped celery
brown the steak, onions, and celery in oil or butter
add vegetables
add water
add aus juiz base
bring to a boil
add barley and cook for 10 minutes on low boil
mix 1/2 of gravy mix with water, add to the beef/vegetable mix
let it sit for a couple of minutes before eating
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BarabooBob
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05/21/22 06:54pm |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: Owners manuel
I carry the manuals for all of my appliances that came with the TT. I have used a few of them on occasion. I carry them because we frequently don't have internet service where we camp. If I camped only in commercial campsites, I probably would not carry them.
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BarabooBob
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05/20/22 03:17pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Just give me the bad news.
I agree with putting a dehumidifier in the truck for a few days. Turn it all the way to DRY and empty the pan several times a day.
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BarabooBob
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05/11/22 07:46am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Trailer Brake and Turn Issue
While you are picking up fuses, pick up an assortment of the proper fuse type for your truck. I have given away more fuses over the years to people that did not have any with them than I have replaced in my rig.
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BarabooBob
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05/08/22 05:35pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Trans coolers
If I were towing with a V8 going up grades in the mountains I shift down to keep the rpm's up. This results in more HP and lower tranny temps. Your V8 probably puts out just over 200 HP at 3000 rpm's. Kick it down, rev it up a bit and you are making close to 400 HP and will top grades at whatever speed you want and the tranny will be cooler.
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BarabooBob
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05/08/22 03:40pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: TST 507 TPMS
Make sure that the charger you are using has the correct output. Many old chargers only put out 1.0 amp and the newer ones put out 3.1 amp. I threw all of my old chargers away to avoid using the wrong ones. The 1.0 units worked well for flip phones but not much of anything else.
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BarabooBob
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04/27/22 08:00am |
Tech Issues
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RE: La Veta Pass (Colorado) with old and heavy RV?
I went over La Veta Pass last week with my TT. It is probably the most gradual climb of any of the passes we encountered on this trip. It tops out at 9,426'. There are passing lanes going both directions so people can pass whenever they want.
Make sure to shift down on the way up and down. I would not be surprised to hear that you go up and down in second gear doing 35 mph. Keep the gears low and let the engine work going up and down.
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BarabooBob
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04/25/22 02:53pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Cooking surfaces and tools, What's your favorite to use!
We have about 30 Griswolds and Wagners at home, in the TT, and at the cabin. We carry 3 CI pans in the TT because I love cooking on them. We also carry 2 Coleman white gas stoves when camping. I believe that when you are camping, you deserve to eat food that is just as good as at home. We rarely cook in the TT.
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BarabooBob
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04/25/22 02:45pm |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: Beartooth pass
I have gone over the Beartooth Highway with my current TT/truck combination and with a Class C on a Toyota one ton chassis. The Toyota made it but it was questionable.
My truck never even had to work hard going up and with careful downshifting and going easy on the brakes I never had a problem.
The last time we went over, we saw a guy pulling a very long TT behind a Ford 350 dually. I talked to him at a pulloff and ha said that he would not do it again.
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BarabooBob
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04/25/22 02:35pm |
RV Parks, Campgrounds and Attractions
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RE: Broken Leaf Spring
You TT probably came with springs rated at 3500 with a length of 25 1/4" and a width of 1 3/4". Many TT's have springs that have4 gone flat (no arch) after a few years. I recently replaced mine with item #125213 from Northern Tool. They are 4500 lb springs with the same measurements.
We recently got back from a 4000 miles trip and the TT rode much better than the flat springs that bottomed out. And no, I am not overweight. I weighed the unit before vacation and came in at a gross weight of 3385 lbs.
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BarabooBob
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04/25/22 02:25pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: RV recovery!
We just returned from a trip to Arizona and Utah. Our Garmin wanted us to take a two track dirt road to get to our next destination. On the GPS it looked like a good way to save about one hundred miles of driving. When I saw what the "road" looked like, I informed the wife that I would not drive on it unless I have my UTV with extra winch cable.
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BarabooBob
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04/19/22 03:31pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Bryce, Zion, Canyonlands, Moab end of April
I totally love the woman that for some crazy reason agreed to spend life with me. She does not wear makeup, hasn't used a hair dryer in 2- years, enjoys boondocking, and is a great motorcycle passenger. And to top it off, she is really easy on the eyes. And she is not available.
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BarabooBob
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03/30/22 07:41pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: What did you do to your Camper Today?
I installed a TPMS on my truck and TT. All 6 tires are now talking to me as I drive down the road. I have not had tire problems with my TT's but I had several blowouts with the pop-up that we had before TT's. Minimal damage from those blowouts but last time my wife and I were in Utah, we stopped to help a woman in distress along the the I with major damage to her A-Liner. The tire took out the wheel well, her electric brake wires, all of the electronics mounted inside the cabinet above the wheel well, and more.
We also are packing for a month long trip to Utah, Arizona and anywhere else we decide to see.
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BarabooBob
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03/28/22 07:23pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Rip off prices from RV Dealers
A business has to make a profit. They have all of employees to pay wages and benefits as well as taxes on the property, interest on all of the product that they have on the shelves, etc.
If I need assistance from the dealer about an issue, I talk to them and use their knowledge to determine what needs to be done, and then I buy the parts FROM THEM because I picked their brain to know how to do the repairs.
If I can research on youtube to get my answers, I will buy on line. I don't expect the dealer to answer my questions and then buy on line.
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BarabooBob
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03/28/22 07:35am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Storage RV lot with GFIC breakers
We recently remodeled our kitchen in our sticks and bricks house. The guy that did the wiring put a GFCI outlet behind the refrigerator. Our new refrigerator arrived and was plugged into that outlet. The next morning, the GFCI had tripped. We reset it and the following day it tripped again.
I contacted Samsung about this and they said that they would set up a service call to check out the fridge.
I called our electrician about another matter and happened to mention the refrigerator issue. He asked if his wiring guy put in a GFCI for that outlet, I responded that he did. The electrician said that modern inverter refrigerators do not like to play well with GFCI's. He said that this is a known problem and that the latest National Electrical Code has a footnote included that indicates that GFCI's SHOULD NOT be installed for refrigerators.
I contacted Samsung about this and ended up talking to one of their engineers that agreed with our electrician.
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BarabooBob
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03/26/22 06:30pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Yellowstone heading east
14 and 16 are both good. 14A is steep heading up the west side. Coming down on the east side you join up with 14 near Burgess Junction.
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BarabooBob
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03/20/22 04:55pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: RVing in 2022
We are getting ready to leave for a month long trip through Utah, Arizona and points beyond in under 2 weeks. My wife asked if we were still going with the gas prices being what they are. I told her that it only adds a couple of hundred dollars to the trip. If I can't afford that, it is time to hand up the truck keys and sell the TT.
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BarabooBob
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03/18/22 04:21pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Time to prepare
It is snowing hard right now but the TT is in the driveway getting ready to leave for a month long trip to Arizona, Utah, and Colorado (on the way home.) We will be getting back at the end of April, which is actually spring in our part of the world (wisconsin.)
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BarabooBob
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03/18/22 03:51pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Yellowstone second thoughts.
Don't miss the opportunity to see Yellowstone. You have reservations. USE THEM. We get up early and get to the fun stuff before most people have finished breakfast. By 11:00, we head back to camp and do it again the next day.
Definitely pack some snacks and bring your own beverages and folding chairs. When you go to Old Faithful, set up your nice comfy chair and let other people fight for the uncomfortable benches. It is a good place to eat your lunch that you brought and watch people.
Please be careful around the critters, they get grumpy when people crowd them. Especially bears and bison.
Try to see Devil's Tower and the Badlands on the way home.
If you drive through the Big Horn Mountains on the way home, I suggest going on either highway 14 or 16 if you have a heavy TT. My TT is light so I go on 14A. They are all beautiful.
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BarabooBob
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03/16/22 11:36pm |
RV Parks, Campgrounds and Attractions
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RE: That hitch is higher off the ground than I remembered!
I stepped over my flat bed trailer hitch while getting gas last year. I caught my toe on the coupler as I was stepping over and ended up doing the most ungracious face plant. I am a certifiable old guy that looks like I have been rode hard and put away wet When my face hit the pavement, I didn't get any prettier. I looked up to see a beautiful young lady coming over to help the senior citizen out. I think back 40 years and would have liked to make a better impression.
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BarabooBob
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03/16/22 08:52pm |
Travel Trailers
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