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10-03-2018, 12:14 PM
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#14441
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Sooke
Posts: 112
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I modified my trailer with a new tow vehicle
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10-03-2018, 12:22 PM
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#14442
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 164
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Quote:
Originally Posted by itat
If you can't use it enough to justify the time and expense, selling is completely understandable. Unfortunate, though.
If you're interested, most KOAs have "Camping Cabins" you can rent and some state parks and private campgrounds may have yurts or cabins or even rental trailers. That would allow you to camp only occasionally at much less expense than owning a depreciating asset like a trailer.
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We stayed in one 6 years ago in Montana with some friends. Didnt use the trailer becaue the truck was brand new and wanted to break it in first.
We liked it, brought our stuff, had the same kind of fun, and then left.
While we will still camp, it feels like now we are forced to as a vacation because we own the trailer. Now if we want to do something different we can
If we used it more, but work and schedules dont line up. So it summer time only
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10-03-2018, 01:19 PM
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#14443
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: ALASKA (World's Biggest Campground)
Posts: 6,626
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Winterized and buttoned 'er up for the long winter. Pushed it to the edge of the envelope this year! Will shift gears towards winter activities, Thanksgiving, Christmas and short vacations to Vegas & Hawaii. Come Break-Up (April-May 2019) we'll take it out of hibernation and start all over again!
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'07 K3500 Silverado LT Crew Duramax (LBZ)
2016 Salem 27RKSS
1984 CHEV SCOTTSDALE K20 2GCGK24J0E1XXXXXX (Chevrolet Legends-Class of 2019)
"...exhaust fluid? We don't need no stinkin' exhaust fluid"
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10-03-2018, 04:57 PM
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#14444
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Chantilly, VA
Posts: 1,075
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Hard wired an EMS.
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Lee and Anne
2016 F250 2WD CC SB XLT 6.2 3,295 lb payload cap.
2014 Salem Hemisphere 282RK 8k lbs loaded, Equal-i-zer WDH, TST 507 TPMS
2021: 35 nights already booked so far
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10-03-2018, 05:59 PM
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#14445
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Eastampton, NJ
Posts: 466
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwritecode
A simple bottle of blue Dawn dishwashing soap works pretty well too. And probably a lot cheaper.
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Do you condition afterwards?
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2017 Sanibel 3601
2015 F350 - 6.7 Diesel
Retired SMsgt USAF 21 years
6 years weekend camping Class C
2017 camping 20 days and counting
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10-03-2018, 07:38 PM
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NH Maple Maker
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Loudon, New Hampshire
Posts: 395
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Turned on the fridge and put some "camping sodas" in it. Getting ready for our last camping trip of the season this coming weekend.
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2014 V Cross VIBE 822VRBS
2017 Silverado 1500 crew cab 4x4
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10-03-2018, 11:19 PM
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#14447
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: California
Posts: 7,616
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Replaced the crappy fan in the bathroom with a Fan-Tastic Fan. Works great.
I might be adding one to over our bed since it's just a vent right now.
I was tempted to put in one of those Vortex ones until I heard some bad reviews on them.
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10-04-2018, 07:55 AM
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#14448
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 466
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Excellent modification! Congratulations.
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10-04-2018, 08:15 AM
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#14449
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: N. Illinois
Posts: 2,371
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Restrung one of my pleated day/night shades. Not as easy as the videos portray, especially if whomever manufactured it super glued a couple end plugs in and/or you break a couple trying to get them out.
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2016 Flagstaff 27VRL Emerald
14K Equalizer
2020 Silverado 2500HD CC 4X4 6.6L gas 3.73
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10-04-2018, 07:06 PM
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#14450
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Lets go camping!
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: VA
Posts: 259
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Wired up a toggle switch to turn off the heating element in the fridge door.
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2014 Rockwood Mini Lite 2504s
2016 Ram 3500
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10-04-2018, 07:08 PM
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#14451
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Lets go camping!
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: VA
Posts: 259
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwritecode
A simple bottle of blue Dawn dishwashing soap works pretty well too. And probably a lot cheaper.
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But that will also strip the wax off the sides of the rv.
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2014 Rockwood Mini Lite 2504s
2016 Ram 3500
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10-04-2018, 07:19 PM
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#14452
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Baraboo, WI
Posts: 605
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Today I replaced the small bathroom fan with a Vortex II fan. It was an easy job that took about 15 minutes. I hope it lasts.
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10-04-2018, 07:28 PM
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#14453
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 621
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Installed a surge protector on my power pedestal
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10-04-2018, 08:01 PM
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#14454
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Virginia, USA
Posts: 425
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jeff64
Restrung one of my pleated day/night shades. Not as easy as the videos portray, especially if whomever manufactured it super glued a couple end plugs in and/or you break a couple trying to get them out.
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Had to deal with the super glued end plugs on one of my blinds. That definitely makes the process a lot harder and 10000x more frustrating.
Congrats on getting it restrung. Hope that you treated yourself to a few beer after that job. [emoji481][emoji481][emoji481]
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2013 Rockwood Freedom2381G
2011 Dodge Ram 3500 Laramie 6.7L
B&W Turnover Ball w/Companion Hitch
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10-05-2018, 12:05 AM
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#14455
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: California
Posts: 7,616
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Quote:
Originally Posted by str8t six
Wired up a toggle switch to turn off the heating element in the fridge door.
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I was going to do that but decided just to cut the wire and leave out the switch. Not very humid where we camp typically.
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10-05-2018, 05:21 AM
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#14456
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NH Maple Maker
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Loudon, New Hampshire
Posts: 395
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Finished packing and then closed it up last evening. Heading out to Cape Neddick ME when I get out of work this afternoon.
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Russ
2014 V Cross VIBE 822VRBS
2017 Silverado 1500 crew cab 4x4
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10-05-2018, 03:55 PM
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#14457
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Granbury, Texas
Posts: 176
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Put on clean sheets,
Restocked towels, washcloths etc, for next trip
Put a portable electric heater in the trailer
Took a power strip for under the dinette, easier to plug stuff in
Washed 'Reds' windows
Repacked our dog fence
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"There comes a time in every man's life, and I've seen plenty of them." Casey Stengel
"Red" my 2018 Ford Lariat F-150 4X4 W/ Max Tow pkg
"Rover" our 2018 Forest River Wildwood X-Lite 241qbxl
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10-05-2018, 05:10 PM
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#14458
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Fort Peck Lake, MT
Posts: 168
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Finished loading the travel trailer today for tomorrow's departure for the winter. Going to take a look at southern Idaho and eastern Oregon, and then drop down into Nevada and end up in Phoenix for two months visiting our grand kids. Then, off to Desert Hot Springs for 6 weeks to see good friends from Alaska. My oncologist has told me I have a clean bill of health from my prostate cancer, so, we aren't going to waste any time.
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10-05-2018, 07:23 PM
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#14459
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Boise National Forest
Posts: 166
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beechjet16mf
Finished loading the travel trailer today for tomorrow's departure for the winter. Going to take a look at southern Idaho and eastern Oregon, and then drop down into Nevada and end up in Phoenix for two months visiting our grand kids. Then, off to Desert Hot Springs for 6 weeks to see good friends from Alaska. My oncologist has told me I have a clean bill of health from my prostate cancer, so, we aren't going to waste any time.
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GREAT news on your health!!
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9.5 year old FR Cherokee 295 WP 32' toyhauler
2013 Ford F250 SD CC 4X4 4.30 gears
Tuned-- engine, music, and exhaust,
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10-06-2018, 09:26 AM
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#14460
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 15
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After 2 weeks in the Smoky Mountains, I had a Castle Rock (China Bomb) event on the way home. Replaced all 4 with new Goodyear Endurance today!
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