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07-20-2016, 05:11 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ependydad
I got what I hoped for- 2 bad batteries. But, holy flipping expensive. $185/each!
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Not quite the same, but that's about what I paid for a new Trojan deep cycle for the trailer a couple of weeks ago.....in Canadian. 
Hope those are some nice batteries you're getting for that dollar.
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07-20-2016, 05:16 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ependydad
I got what I hoped for- 2 bad batteries. But, holy flipping expensive. $185/each!
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Doug, at least you did not have to do what I did when I replaced them in my Ford, it needed a alternator replaced also.
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07-20-2016, 05:52 PM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
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Originally Posted by Oakman
Whoa, I failed to read the "each" the first time around. I guess they knew they had you behind the eight ball. Yikes!
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Believe it or not- we did some searching and for batteries thy are identified as fitting the truck, these were the 2nd least expensive!
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07-20-2016, 08:18 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Warsaw,NC
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I had to install two batteries on my Silverado, the service department told me one was bad and the other one was weak. So two new batteries, it wasn't cheap
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07-20-2016, 09:09 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Southern NM
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I just did the same thing for my 2007 Duramax 2500hd. I only use AGM batteries which start at about $200 a piece. Ouch..... But they sure work well and last as long as they are advertised for...... So far😀
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07-26-2016, 09:29 PM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
Posts: 21,891
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This happened!
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07-27-2016, 05:30 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Central Indiana
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Think of the $$ you just saved on Disney season passes!!! I feel a fiver and/or truck upgrade in your future!!!
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07-27-2016, 08:20 AM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by purduepete97
Think of the $$ you just saved on Disney season passes!!! I feel a fiver and/or truck upgrade in your future!!!
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Ha! That's funny because we go into Disney tonight with our season passes.... 
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07-27-2016, 08:53 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ependydad
Ha! That's funny because we go into Disney tonight with our season passes.... |
Ah. Disney in July.
We did that once. I kept getting back in line for " its a small world " ... Just cause it was cool in there!!
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07-27-2016, 08:55 AM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenny kustom
Ah. Disney in July.
We did that once. I kept getting back in line for " its a small world " ... Just cause it was cool in there!!
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LOL! Annual passes make all of the difference- we will just go for a couple hours. If the heat gets too bad, we'll bail. In both cases, the AP helps us not feel like we "wasted" a ticketed day.
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07-27-2016, 09:05 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eastern North Carolina
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ependydad
LOL! Annual passes make all of the difference- we will just go for a couple hours. If the heat gets too bad, we'll bail. In both cases, the AP helps us not feel like we "wasted" a ticketed day.
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When I was a kid we used to always go early then take a lunch/nap break during the worst heat and come back late afternoon and stay till they chased us out! 
And we lived in South FL but that Orlando heat can be NAAAASTAY!
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07-27-2016, 09:17 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: GA
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Well all I can say about Disy world been there once and never again. Way over priced and no senior discounts. You think I' going to ride a bunch of rides at my age. Took grand kids.  Later RJD
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08-04-2016, 02:01 PM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
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My family was 1 of 3 families who were written about in a Baltimore, MD newspaper article for this week's paper about "Families ditch traditional homes, make road trips a way of life":
Families ditch traditional homes, make road trips a way of life - Baltimore Sun
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08-04-2016, 02:07 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2015
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Originally Posted by ependydad
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Loved the story. How cool.
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08-04-2016, 04:26 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Southern Arizona
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Other than calling your 5th wheel a trailer (yes, I know it technically is...) it's a great article.
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01-04-2018, 11:52 PM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
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I haven't posted on this thread in quite a long time. I ran out of time for blogging, but I thought I'd post a 2017 Year in Review for us. Here's what the past year looked like:
Now Or Never - an RV Tale: 2017 In Review
Hope you enjoy it! (Caution: it's really, really long! but has a lot of pictures. )
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01-05-2018, 08:22 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Western Connecticut
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Happy New Year Doug. Thanks for letting us follow your life for the year. Seemed like a fantastic Opportunity!
Mike
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01-14-2018, 11:23 PM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
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Originally Posted by rattleNsmoke
Happy New Year Doug. Thanks for letting us follow your life for the year. Seemed like a fantastic Opportunity!
Mike
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Thanks for the kind words, Mike!
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01-15-2018, 12:12 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Where the wheels get parked
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love your adventures. keep the updates coming.  hopefully our fulltime rving starts in 2020/2021. 
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06-27-2018, 07:45 PM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
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Man, it's funny to look back at this thread title and think we were supposed to just go for a year.
On June 19th, we just crossed our 3rd anniversary on the road. It also just so happened to be 3 days before our yardsale to sell almost everything we kept in storage. It helped me shrink a rather large storage bill to something decently affordable (though, ask me again in 3 years if it was worth it!).
We just spent 1 month back in our hometown to take care of selling everything off via online sales and a huge 2-day yard sale.
I wrote about it on the blog:
Now Or Never - an RV Tale: A Yardsale of Everything
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