|
09-18-2013, 07:59 PM
|
#1
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Ding Dong, TX
Posts: 10
|
Hello from Texas!
My wife and I are fairly new RVers (2 years) but are enthusiastic. We live in our RV Mon-Thurs while I work (125 miles north of our home) and then spend weekends on our small ranch (just north of Ding Dong, TX). Yes, really. I spend my spare time (what little I have) improving our retirement home. In the last two years, I have added a fourth bedroom and a 900 sq. ft elevated deck around the pool. We love having the grandkids visit (we have 5).
This Sunday, we are leaving for Keswick, ONT, CAN. Three days up, 6 days there with family, and 5 days back sightseeing. 3,200 miles, at 12 miles per gallon and $3.80 for diesel is ~$1,000. But it beats hotels.
Great to be here!
2013 FR Cardinal
2012 F250 King Ranch
|
|
|
09-18-2013, 08:05 PM
|
#2
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Franklin County, MO
Posts: 2,652
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Schnooks56
My wife and I are fairly new RVers (2 years) but are enthusiastic. We live in our RV Mon-Thurs while I work (125 miles north of our home) and then spend weekends on our small ranch (just north of Ding Dong, TX). Yes, really. I spend my spare time (what little I have) improving our retirement home. In the last two years, I have added a fourth bedroom and a 900 sq. ft elevated deck around the pool. We love having the grandkids visit (we have 5).
This Sunday, we are leaving for Keswick, ONT, CAN. Three days up, 6 days there with family, and 5 days back sightseeing. 3,200 miles, at 12 miles per gallon and $3.80 for diesel is ~$1,000. But it beats hotels.
Great to be here!
2013 FR Cardinal
2012 F250 King Ranch
|
Great to have you. Welcome to the forum. Your trip to Ontario sounds great. Gotta' ask - where is Ding Dong, Texas?
__________________
Mike and Yvonne
and Sophie, the little white dog
2017 Columbus 320RSC
2021 Chevy Silverado 3500HD DRW 4X4 Duramax
“It's not how old you are, it's how you are old.” ― Jules Renard
"It's not the years...it's the mileage." - Indiana Jones
|
|
|
09-18-2013, 08:12 PM
|
#3
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Ding Dong, TX
Posts: 10
|
Thanks, Mike. Ding Dong, TX is about 10 miles south of Killeen, 45 miles north of Austin. Every time the state of Texas posts a "Ding Dong" sign, it is stolen within 3 days. The Ding Dong Volunteer Fire Department is where we vote, but mostly people line up next to the Ding Dong fire truck for pix.
|
|
|
09-18-2013, 08:23 PM
|
#4
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 110
|
Welcome to the forum, from your far North friends in Alaska! We had our first snow today, but it didn't stick long.
|
|
|
09-18-2013, 09:04 PM
|
#5
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Keller, Texas
Posts: 6,090
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Schnooks56
Thanks, Mike. Ding Dong, TX is about 10 miles south of Killeen, 45 miles north of Austin. Every time the state of Texas posts a "Ding Dong" sign, it is stolen within 3 days. The Ding Dong Volunteer Fire Department is where we vote, but mostly people line up next to the Ding Dong fire truck for pix.
|
I had to Goggle Ding Dong, Texas to see if there really was such a place.
I wonder if Bob Phillips of the Texas Country Reporter show has ever done an espisode on DD?
|
|
|
09-18-2013, 09:16 PM
|
#6
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 270
|
Just another Texan unaware of a town with such a cool name! Day Tripper, here we come!
|
|
|
09-18-2013, 09:21 PM
|
#7
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 7,916
|
Born raised Texas... Had to move to Arkansas.
Welcome!!!
__________________
2017 Puma 297RLSS
2005 Ram 2500 4X4 diesel SMOKER!!
I love puns, irony and tasteless jokes...
born in Texas.... live in Arkansas
|
|
|
09-19-2013, 05:40 AM
|
#8
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Idaho
Posts: 9,839
|
Welcome to FRF.
__________________
2016 F350 6.7L LB CC Reese 28K 2014 Chaparral Lite 266sab
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." 2014 19 days camping 2015 17 days camping201620 days camping
|
|
|
09-19-2013, 07:13 AM
|
#9
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 13,709
|
Welcome to the forum!
|
|
|
09-22-2013, 09:30 AM
|
#10
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,183
|
Hello fero Texas
Greetings from central Texas, Cleburne to be exact. We now have a 08 Keystone Cougar that we are selling, If it doesn't sell it will be traded. It's a clean unit, nothing wrong but found a Rockwood 8289WS on the internet at RV Wholesalers. We fell in love with the floor plan and after several weeks of decision making we pulled the trigger and ordered the Rockwood. Looks like it will be late November or early December before we get our new Rockwood and will need to travel to Orlando, FL to pick it up. After taking delivery we plan on at least two weeks of camping in the southern states, in the spring we will head north and west. We don't full time in the rv but spend as much time out as we can. I hope that the Rockwood will give us as many trouble free miles as the Cougar has. In all the time we had the Cougar we put one set of tires on it and had one flat on the old set, pretty much trouble free I would say. Maintaining one is the key to many happy miles.
|
|
|
09-22-2013, 12:36 PM
|
#11
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Keller, Texas
Posts: 6,090
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by presley01
Greetings from central Texas, Cleburne to be exact. We now have a 08 Keystone Cougar that we are selling, If it doesn't sell it will be traded. It's a clean unit, nothing wrong but found a Rockwood 8289WS on the internet at RV Wholesalers. We fell in love with the floor plan and after several weeks of decision making we pulled the trigger and ordered the Rockwood. Looks like it will be late November or early December before we get our new Rockwood and will need to travel to Orlando, FL to pick it up. After taking delivery we plan on at least two weeks of camping in the southern states, in the spring we will head north and west. We don't full time in the rv but spend as much time out as we can. I hope that the Rockwood will give us as many trouble free miles as the Cougar has. In all the time we had the Cougar we put one set of tires on it and had one flat on the old set, pretty much trouble free I would say. Maintaining one is the key to many happy miles.
|
Welcome from Keller. we brought our Silverback FW from Fun Town RV in Cleburne.
|
|
|
09-22-2013, 07:02 PM
|
#12
|
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Corvallis, Oregon
Posts: 415
|
hidee ho
Hello neighbor from northern Arizona!
Sounds like you're living the good life and enjoying it!
__________________
2013 Forest River Surveyor SP220 Sport 25'
2012 Ram 1500 4X4, 5.7L Hemi quad cab
|
|
|
09-22-2013, 07:29 PM
|
#13
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,183
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by B47
Welcome from Keller. we brought our Silverback FW from Fun Town RV in Cleburne.
|
That was the first place we looked at the rockwoods. Got a quote from them, they were $4.2k too high. for that much money we will drive to FL and take our time returning home. They are good people and have an excellent staff
|
|
|
09-22-2013, 07:39 PM
|
#14
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Keller, Texas
Posts: 6,090
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by presley01
That was the first place we looked at the rockwoods. Got a quote from them, they were $4.2k too high. for that much money we will drive to FL and take our time returning home. They are good people and have an excellent staff
|
Will FT do any warranty work you might need? Send me a PM if you need any service work recommendations.
|
|
|
09-27-2013, 08:42 PM
|
#15
|
Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 34
|
hi B47, glad to see another member here in the Metroplex. We're in Plano. If you have recommendations, would appreciate them here too. Our deposit is on a trailer at Mays RV in Lewisville. Only dealer in area with the Surveyors
Welcome to the forums presley01. Love your story. Have criss crossed texas more times than I can count and just moved north from the Cedar Park area this year.
__________________
Mom (me) DH (44) plus three girls: 9, 12, 14 and two mutts
2014 Surveyor SPT295
|
|
|
09-27-2013, 09:33 PM
|
#16
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Keller, Texas
Posts: 6,090
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Texasblue
hi B47, glad to see another member here in the Metroplex. We're in Plano. If you have recommendations, would appreciate them here too. Our deposit is on a trailer at Mays RV in Lewisville. Only dealer in area with the Surveyors
Welcome to the forums presley01. Love your story. Have criss crossed texas more times than I can count and just moved north from the Cedar Park area this year.
|
I just sent you a PM.
|
|
|
|
Thread Tools |
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|