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05-03-2016, 07:01 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Tampa Bay area
Posts: 809
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Always bring extra of the good beer .... easy to get to know your neighbor over a bottle share .... only camping 3 yrs now & have made it a point to cross paths with many of those we have met on a semi regular basis ....
Oh yeah, fixings for smores too .....
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Terri & Joe + Boont & Tasha
Camping a long weekend every month or so since May 2013 in our cute 21FBRS MicroLite to practice for retirement while living here in Florida
Joe is retired.... next camper ordered.... getting ready to change this signature really soon!
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05-03-2016, 07:39 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Athens
Posts: 685
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Odds are your first trailer or motorhome won't be your last. Your needs and wants will change depending on your stage of life.
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Phil, Heather & Olaf the Boxer
Ontario Canada
Lexington 283GTS
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05-03-2016, 09:48 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Novi, MI USA
Posts: 813
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When you can, help someone else. It will make your day (and maybe their week).
When you see that "little" issue with the RV, fix it now!
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05-03-2016, 11:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 259
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Dont forget the DW Cpap on the kitchen table at home.
Extra six hour round trip sucks. Lol
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05-04-2016, 06:26 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Albuquerque
Posts: 1,230
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Read this Forum
I can't believe how much I've learned here.
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05-04-2016, 06:38 AM
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Insert witty title here
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: About 30 miles west of Beantown.
Posts: 4,034
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Buy a lug wrench. Sitting on the side of the road with a flat and having no way to change the tire is a less than ideal time to learn that this new RV you bought doesn't come with one.
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2021 Transcend Xplor 247BH
Husky WDH with Sway Control
2021 Chevy Silverado 2500HD LT 6.6L V8 Duramax
Forever in my memory. Forever in my heart.
Laurie J. Wood 3/22/67 - 8/23/19
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05-04-2016, 07:18 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Yukon, OK
Posts: 39
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G.O.A.L.
Get Out And Look
Get out of the vehicle and look at things yourself. Don't depend on mirrors or "helpers".
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2014 Coachmen Catalina 273DBS
50th Anniversary model
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05-04-2016, 08:56 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Lawrenceville, Georgia
Posts: 57
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BOTH camping partners do a walk-around check before pulling out. Camper #1 can be convinced that everything is good to go and Camper #2 can come behind and find that stabilizers are still on the ground or step has not been stored. Ask me how I know. 
2013 T12SC Flagstaff
2013 Chevrolet Silverado
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2013 Flagstaff T12SC Hardwall Pop-up
2013 Chevrolet Silverado
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05-04-2016, 09:06 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Posts: 3,225
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Flush twice with two full bowls of water. Water is your friend unless you prefer the brown pyramid of death.
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2017 Salem Villa Estate 395RET-
2011 Coachmen Freedom Express 295RLDS- Sold
2015 F-250 FX4
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05-05-2016, 10:57 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Pacific NorthWest
Posts: 12
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Learning a lot from just he TIPS! Thank you!
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05-07-2016, 05:47 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Virginia
Posts: 340
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Never ever ever ever! Flush the toilet with the fan on ��
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2013 Rockwood 2504
2015 Silverado 1500 4x4 Z71 Double Cab
Diablo and Lew Custom tuned
Tony & Catnis, campin' kitties
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05-07-2016, 07:12 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: York, PA
Posts: 253
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobaloo
Never ever ever ever! Flush the toilet with the fan on ��
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Really? I do that all the time and it's never been an "issue." Of course, I never run the fan without a window cracked open somewhere in the camper... these boxes are pretty air tight so you need a source of make up air when running any of the exhaust fans (bath or range hood).
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2016 Coachmen Pursuit 31BD
2015 Jeep Wrangler Sport Toad
Nights camped in 2019: 76
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05-07-2016, 07:39 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Albuquerque
Posts: 1,230
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TST Toilet Treatment
If smell is a problem, it is time to add a tiny bottle of TST treatment, available at Walmart. We've gone two weeks on the houseboat without pumping, and with no odors. It is inexpensive, and works better than any of the more expensive solutions we tried on the houseboat. Oxyclean works too, but wasn't good for our aluminum tank.
I dumped my tank in the fall, and ran some water into it later for some unremembered reason. I was surprised by the large amount of solids still in the tank. I'm going to try the GEO method this year.
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05-09-2016, 06:02 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Hunterdon County, NJ
Posts: 101
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This is excellent reading for a newbie!! Thanks guys!
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05-09-2016, 06:05 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: York, PA
Posts: 253
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mnoland30
If smell is a problem, it is time to add a tiny bottle of TST treatment, available at Walmart. We've gone two weeks on the houseboat without pumping, and with no odors. It is inexpensive, and works better than any of the more expensive solutions we tried on the houseboat. Oxyclean works too, but wasn't good for our aluminum tank.
I dumped my tank in the fall, and ran some water into it later for some unremembered reason. I was surprised by the large amount of solids still in the tank. I'm going to try the GEO method this year.
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GEO method + copious amounts of water via the black tank flush after dumping makes a world of difference.
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2016 Coachmen Pursuit 31BD
2015 Jeep Wrangler Sport Toad
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05-09-2016, 06:11 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 253
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Ditto on the black tank flush. I'll let my run for 15 minutes EVERY time I empty before packing up.
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05-09-2016, 06:32 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Southern Iowa
Posts: 226
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Know your limits.
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2016 Coachman Leprechaun, 319DS, Motorhome, Dodge Durango Toad
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05-09-2016, 07:41 AM
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Member
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 71
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Stuff will happen
Stuff will happen: Where ever you get a flat there will be no Cell service.
Home Depoe will only have 2 of the 3 parts you need.
You will forget how it goes back together.
The storage cabinet you forgot to lock will be the one you can’t see in the mirror, the
door will bounce open, and it will be empty when you get there.
The part you received will not look anything like the part you ordered.
The GPS will be wrong.
When all is said and done, if you can’t find a laugh after it happens, you’ve picked the wrong hobby.
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05-09-2016, 07:46 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: York, PA
Posts: 253
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skip51
Stuff will happen: Where ever you get a flat there will be no Cell service.
Home Depoe will only have 2 of the 3 parts you need.
You will forget how it goes back together.
The storage cabinet you forgot to lock will be the one you can’t see in the mirror, the
door will bounce open, and it will be empty when you get there.
The part you received will not look anything like the part you ordered.
The GPS will be wrong.
When all is said and done, if you can’t find a laugh after it happens, you’ve picked the wrong hobby.
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AMEN!!!
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2016 Coachmen Pursuit 31BD
2015 Jeep Wrangler Sport Toad
Nights camped in 2019: 76
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05-09-2016, 08:04 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Northeast Louisiana
Posts: 33,953
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobaloo
Never ever ever ever! Flush the toilet with the fan on ��
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pashooter
Really? I do that all the time and it's never been an "issue." Of course, I never run the fan without a window cracked open somewhere in the camper... these boxes are pretty air tight so you need a source of make up air when running any of the exhaust fans (bath or range hood).
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It may be more of a southern diet thing as to the smell factor, as I am with Bobaloo there. I made that mistake once............... and only once. 
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 2011 Flagstaff 831 RLBSS
A 72 hour hold in a psych unit is beginning to intrigue me as a potential vacation opportunity.
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