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RE: Underground 250ft run
Given the likely material costs and work, if it was me I'd find a qualified electrician that does industrial wiring and have him come and do a calculation for wire run, and what conduit to use if you run underground.
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ktmrfs
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03/30/23 06:52pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Water saver for shower.
John:
Looks like watersticks has discontinued the larger RV water softeners and only sells the shower kit. I shot them an email and they said they are having trouble keeping up with shower demand and RV filters have been discontinued. But the shower one is just a smaller version of the RV and likely could be used as a small RV unit, just would need more often recharging. I like the waterstick versions because they are small and so easy to recharge, fill with salt water, roll around on the ground and let sit, flush.
Thanks for checking; bummer on being discontinued.
The "On the Go" unit I bought is good, just larger. It also uses table salt for regeneration. These fit more on full hook-ups as they are larger and last longer, but they are good units. They just take up more room in the truck bed, heavier but still manageable, and due to the size and weight, a little more to deal with to fill 34-gallon fresh water for onboard tank camping. https://www.portablewatersoftener.com
When we were looking, it was a choice between the "on the go" and "waterstick". Waterstick was smaller and lighter and easier to handle, On the go higher capacity and heavier. Wanting something that would easily lay down in the pass through the water stick won. Glad my brother and I got them a few years ago before they were discontinued. IIRC the larger waterstick and on the go were comparabily priced so on softening capacity the on the go also wins.
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ktmrfs
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03/28/23 05:50pm |
Do It Yourself Modifications and Upgrades (DIY)
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RE: Water saver for shower.
John:
Looks like watersticks has discontinued the larger RV water softeners and only sells the shower kit. I shot them an email and they said they are having trouble keeping up with shower demand and RV filters have been discontinued. But the shower one is just a smaller version of the RV and likely could be used as a small RV unit, just would need more often recharging. I like the waterstick versions because they are small and so easy to recharge, fill with salt water, roll around on the ground and let sit, flush.
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ktmrfs
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03/28/23 12:40pm |
Do It Yourself Modifications and Upgrades (DIY)
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RE: Water saver for shower.
At Great Basin NP, the water system was shut off due to some sort of emergency repair. All of that happened on the same camping trip.Lotta bad luck there!
It's common for almost any RV park or campground to have water problems.. much more than any other utility. Old rotten pipes, shifting ground, dry wells, pollution...
For that reason I always keep my tank well-filled and use it exclusively.
I've known quite a few campers who thought we were out of our minds traveling with a full fresh water tank, and never filled even at a campground. for all of them that ended when they were at a campground that (a) lost power and water, (b) at a campground that didn't have water for some reason when they got their (c) had potable water, but being potable doesn't necessarily mean you want to use it for anything. T
We just plan on leaving home with a full water tank, and then fill as needed. Carry along a portable "water stick" water softener for those places with water as hard as nails.
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ktmrfs
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03/27/23 07:33pm |
Do It Yourself Modifications and Upgrades (DIY)
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RE: Water saver for shower.
Looks like John and I have similar approach to water when boondocking. As mentioned, dish washing is a once a day at most, sometimes even go another 1/2 day, We have two 32 gallon grey and a 32 gallon black tank and DW and I can easily go 10+ days before those fill up. Our fresh tank is shy of 40 gallons, but I carry the 7 gallon blue jugs with us. Fresh water lasts us about 5 days, then I either pull out 4 full 7 gallon jugs, or fill at the campground. I have an extra onboard water pump with outlet plumbed into fresh water fill, inlet is a SS dip tube on hose, stuff the dip tube into the jug, flip the "fill" switch on the extra pump and fill fresh tank.
John's ball valves on bath sink is now on my "to do" list.
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ktmrfs
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03/26/23 09:49am |
Do It Yourself Modifications and Upgrades (DIY)
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
For me what is missing today is any info that would lead one to believe that the truck mfg are looking at any form of a mild hybrid for 3/4 and 1 ton pickups. IMHO it's something that I'd go for in a heartbeat. If you could recover the energy from just stopping a large truck in city driving you'd see a big fuel economy gain, and If you could have a battery pack large enough to recover energy from a 1-2 mile 6% downgrade towing a trailer we'd see noticeable fuel economy gains when towing. And reduce load on the friction brakes as well.
Our Acura MDX mild hybrid, which will only go a few miles on it's battery, is good enough to boost city MPG from 16ish to a real world 26MPG for us.
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ktmrfs
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03/26/23 09:38am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
"becoming"? They already have!
We were native Californians who moved out when we retired. We moved to Washington State, which was Californicated in only 7 years. Now we're in Arizona and hope it doesn't happen here.
Me, too. If it happens here in AZ, we'll move to TX. We spent 2 weeks at Cotton Lane RV Park in Feb. Now we're boondocking near Bouse, AZ. Planning on going to the Lassen area for DW, but will travel in NV as far as we can before entering _____.
LOL when we travel the very very very LAST thing on our mind is carrying about state "color", it's about enjoying the best states have to offer for and RV experience, travel experience etc.
Staying in AZ till you can get the shortest "shot" to Lassen means your likely to miss some great CA campgrounds and places to see, Hat creek, Burney Falls, some of the old gold mining towns.
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ktmrfs
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03/26/23 09:31am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Water saver for shower.
This is what probably saves us more water than anything when showering.
It's easy peasy to turn water on/off AND keep the same water temp, and adjust the flow from a trickle to as much as you want.
the IMHO ideal shower water control with seperate temp and flow control
thermostaticallly controlled shower valve
It's pretty easy to mount to replace an existing shower control valve assy with a bit of plastic to cover the exisiting hole and some right angle fittings to couple to exisiting pex fittings
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ktmrfs
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03/25/23 12:34pm |
Do It Yourself Modifications and Upgrades (DIY)
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
Just out: Ford projects it will lose 3 billion dollars on its electrical vehicle production in 2023.
Margins on Rivian's products are at negative sixty-two percent.
It has been three years since Tesla teased their Cybertruck - no trucks yet. Word is market viability is a large concern.
Those that tow may be forced into EVs by a certain date in certain states. However, there may not be anyone manufacturing product for them to buy. Companies cannot eat losses like these and remain viable. .
Yet Tesla makes bilions on their EVs.
Ford just doesnt have the know how to build at profit,why is that?
Check Munro live chanel for answers
Cybrtrk is delayed bc of batery shortage.
1) It took tesla 10 years before they turned a profit. And it's not clear to me if one looks at Teslas net lossed during startup and net profits if the number is yet positive.
2) Ford and other mfg have developed Mfg lines to support volume production, until they hit those volumes profit suffers, not unusual just like early tesla
3) I big part of Tesla profits in the past wasn't from selling cars but from selling the energy credits for the cars to other companies. Even in 2022 Carbon credits were 20% of Tesla profits.
Interesting. So why don’t other companies sell those credits?
companies that HAVE carbon credits sell them to companies that NEED carbon credits to offset carbon emissions. Tesla gets the credits based on the EV's they sell..... and those more than offset the carbon emissions so they have a net positive carbon credit they can sell.
Companies that run solar arrays sell carbon credits, etc.
Ah ok. Wondered how that works. So why don’t other car companies make EV’s and sell credits? Sounds like it’s a profitable business.
since they are also selling cars with ICE they are probably just using the credits internally to offset carbon emissions. In the end, similar net effect on the bottom line
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ktmrfs
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03/24/23 05:03pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Decals/Graphics
Unless you plenty of time & muscle don't even try to remove them...find someone that does this for a living...
Depends. If you can remove them before they become brittle a hair dryer makes taking them off pretty easy. heat a corner, once it warm start lifting and pulling, carefull on the tension as you continue to heat. On my Outback I removed both front decals this way took maybe 30 minutes for both. Once the decals start to crack, another story, even with a heat gun can take a long time, then it is on to the 3M rubber abrasive decal removal, which is time consuming to say the least.
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ktmrfs
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03/24/23 04:03pm |
Do It Yourself Modifications and Upgrades (DIY)
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
Just out: Ford projects it will lose 3 billion dollars on its electrical vehicle production in 2023.
Margins on Rivian's products are at negative sixty-two percent.
It has been three years since Tesla teased their Cybertruck - no trucks yet. Word is market viability is a large concern.
Those that tow may be forced into EVs by a certain date in certain states. However, there may not be anyone manufacturing product for them to buy. Companies cannot eat losses like these and remain viable. .
Yet Tesla makes bilions on their EVs.
Ford just doesnt have the know how to build at profit,why is that?
Check Munro live chanel for answers
Cybrtrk is delayed bc of batery shortage.
1) It took tesla 10 years before they turned a profit. And it's not clear to me if one looks at Teslas net lossed during startup and net profits if the number is yet positive.
2) Ford and other mfg have developed Mfg lines to support volume production, until they hit those volumes profit suffers, not unusual just like early tesla
3) I big part of Tesla profits in the past wasn't from selling cars but from selling the energy credits for the cars to other companies. Even in 2022 Carbon credits were 20% of Tesla profits.
Interesting. So why don’t other companies sell those credits?
companies that HAVE carbon credits sell them to companies that NEED carbon credits to offset carbon emissions. Tesla gets the credits based on the EV's they sell..... and those more than offset the carbon emissions so they have a net positive carbon credit they can sell.
Companies that run solar arrays sell carbon credits, etc.
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ktmrfs
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03/24/23 04:00pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Bike Rack for Trailer hitch?
For any still following this, I'm thinking about this one:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007EA6JMM
with the forces a bike sees on the back of a trailer I would not use a carrier that doesn't cradle the tires.
And looking at the one in question, while Curt does make good stuff, relying on a clamp around the shank concept on the back of the trailer with strong vertical, horizontal and lateral forces just doesn't seem very good to me.
And the reciever you bought puts all the forces on the sheet metal bumper on the trailer. Don't rely on it.
Most hitches rated for use on a trailer state explicitly they are NOT warranted if you use that kind of reciever.
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ktmrfs
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03/24/23 02:54pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
Just out: Ford projects it will lose 3 billion dollars on its electrical vehicle production in 2023.
Margins on Rivian's products are at negative sixty-two percent.
It has been three years since Tesla teased their Cybertruck - no trucks yet. Word is market viability is a large concern.
Those that tow may be forced into EVs by a certain date in certain states. However, there may not be anyone manufacturing product for them to buy. Companies cannot eat losses like these and remain viable. .
Yet Tesla makes bilions on their EVs.
Ford just doesnt have the know how to build at profit,why is that?
Check Munro live chanel for answers
Cybrtrk is delayed bc of batery shortage.
1) It took tesla 10 years before they turned a profit. And it's not clear to me if one looks at Teslas net lossed during startup and net profits if the number is yet positive.
2) Ford and other mfg have developed Mfg lines to support volume production, until they hit those volumes profit suffers, not unusual just like early tesla
3) I big part of Tesla profits in the past wasn't from selling cars but from selling the energy credits for the cars to other companies. Even in 2022 Carbon credits were 20% of Tesla profits.
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ktmrfs
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03/24/23 02:46pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
Aren't Washington and Oregon becoming clones of Cali-fornicate-ya?
Asking for a friend.
I've never defined someone by where the live, where they come from, what they do. I've meet and developed wonderful friendships with people from all around the world.
Nor do I define any state by anything political, I think of states as what is nice to do, what to visit, what to see, and there are wonderful things everywhere.
all one needs to do is look with an open mind and put preconceptions aside.
That said, if you want to avoid coming to oregon, so be it, sorry for all the great places we have to offer that you will miss. Crater lake a wonder of the world, Steins Mountain, Wallowa lake, The columbia gorge, then to the out of the way places, hole in the ground, crack in the ground,
California Has Lassen, Yosemite, and out of the way places like Julian and Berago sprins with fantastic wildflowers in the spring.
I could go on about every state we have visted, and I'm glad I didn't decide NOT to go because of political reputations.
your loss, my gain
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ktmrfs
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03/23/23 05:51pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Maxxis M8008 still good?
and use a TPMS system. IMHO way to many TT blowouts are due to a SLOW leak causing overheating and the BAM. and you don't feel the tire going down like you do on the TV.
The TPMS twice let me know of a slow leak, nail, long before it caused a flat. Leak was slow, but fast enough that I wouldn't have caught it checking tires at rest stops along the way,
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ktmrfs
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03/23/23 10:26am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Water saver for shower.
and swap out your shower valves for this handy device
shower valve
Most of my camping friends have added this after seeing how well it worked for us. It does a fantastic job of holding the temperature AND quick and easy on/off and flow control with the Navy showers.
I wish we had thought of this when we remodeled our S&B showers.
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ktmrfs
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03/23/23 10:19am |
Do It Yourself Modifications and Upgrades (DIY)
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
Seven States That Are On My Do Not Visit List:
California
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Oregon
Washington
After all, I'm just helping them out. Since they don't want the type of vehicles I drive, then they shouldn't mind losing any potential tourist revenue. I just wonder if they are going to stop jets from flying into their states?
Works for me. CG's are crowded enough as it is.
yes, PLEASE stay out of Oregon Washington and CA, will make it easier for us to find campsites and see the great areas we have and more time to enjoy our great outdoor wonders.
Stay at home and sulk about what is to come.
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ktmrfs
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03/23/23 10:14am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
I assume a bison expels much more gas than a cow??? But the greenies love those bison and say nothing about their gas expelling.
I have never had a bison burger. Maybe someday.
Bison meat is very lean dry. I dont like it.
Btw its cows breath that expels CO2 alegedly the cause of global heating not methane.
cook it rare or medium rare, then it isn't dry. Anything more than medium rare and yup, it's dry. so, if you prefer med well or well done, Bison is NOT for you
and what do you think you expel when you breath? Yup it's CO2 but methane is a way worse for global warming than C02.
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ktmrfs
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03/22/23 08:51pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Seven States to Ban the Sale of Gas Powered Cars in 2035
As for charging time, when we travel long distance I figure refueling time is at least 20 minutes. The time to exit the freeway, get in line at a gas station, fill up and be on my way.
so..... based on the advances in fast charging if the Gov't would change the laws around interstate rest stops and allow comercial activity, good chance I could pull into a rest stop, hook up, use the facilities, get a short rest and be on my way in about the same time it takes today to refuel.
BTW I've been to europe, The rest stops in europe are DECADES AND MILES AHEAD OF US. nice rest stops, restauarants, fuel, and other stuff all in one stop.
I suspect the rules on no comercial activity on US. interstate rest stops was just a way to placate cities that were being bypassed by interstate to get people to stop in the city.
Just like when unleaded fuel became a requirement, all the sudden it happens and "fueling" will be as easy or easier than today AND I'll be able to avoid trips to the "gas" station most of the time by recharging at home.
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ktmrfs
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03/22/23 07:01pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Maxxis M8008 still good?
I've had both. Next time I'll be going back to Maxxis only because Endurance doesn't have enough tread depth to last long enough for me.
Based on my experience it looks like the endurance is going to give me tread life at least as good as I was getting on my Maxxis.
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ktmrfs
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03/22/23 03:57pm |
Tech Issues
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