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    Spare Tire Carrier Recommendation

    Today while at our storage space, I noticed our spare tire seemed a little low to the ground. Got out the crank and tried to raise it, only to discover two of four mounting welds had broken. The metal use on the OEM set up is barely thicker than a beer can in some places😡 Thinking about the BAL...
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    Ford electronic tailgates

    One more thing I won’t have to worry about with my ‘06 Freightliner 🤔🤠
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    West Virginia HWY 48 / HWY 50

    This October we will be travelling to the Inwood, WV area and I was wondering if anyone has any info on taking highway 48 East and then highway 50 from I79 into Winchester, VA? Is this route suitable for a 5th wheel towed with a Freightliner? Any information would be appreciated ....... Travel...
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    Route Planning Height Limits

    I have used Low Clearances for the past few years and really like it. The data is available for Garmin, Microsoft Streets & Trips, Google Earth,TomTom, MapSource, and Rand McNally. You can access all of the formats that you require for your personal use. For a small yearly subscription this data...
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    New Name Sign

    We have been looking at various designs for RV signs that would introduce us to fellow campers. Last year we finally decided we would like a carved sign that depicted our truck and trailer on the road. Thought we had someone that would do the sign, but after a year of hemming and hawing she...
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    Flag Pole Question

    I am interested in purchasing a Flag Pole Buddy for our BC and I’m trying to decide wether I should buy the fiberglass or aluminum pole. Concern with the fiberglass is that it would flex too much and bounce back and forth more than the aluminum. If anyone has first hand experience with either...
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    Furnace Acting Up

    Need some advice on our furnace.....sometimes I turn it on and it will fire right up .... other times I need to cycle it 4 - 5 times before it will kick on. Last night could not get it to fire, but this morning it kicked right on. Let it run for awhile, turned it off, went back thirty minutes...
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    Black Tank Level Sensors

    My holding tank sensors have never been accurate in our BC from the day we bought it. I have to replace the black tank valve and while I have the belly open I was thinking about replacing the sensors with Horst Mircacle Probes Has anyone tried these? How have they worked for you? Decided this...
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    Added a Step

    Our BC had the factory fold down steps ( 3 ) and usually they work fine ...... but over Spring break, camping with our Grandsons they fell short. We were staying in a TX State Park that had concrete slabs to park your trailer on. Our site had trees on two sides and that caused us to need to be...
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    Gray Water Tank Overflow

    Recently we were camping without sewer connections and filled the gray water tanks to the top. Dumped the tanks into our Barker Tote so I took 42 gallons out of system. When we went to leave a couple of days later, lowered the front of the trailer to hitch up and had gray water coming out of...
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    Rolled the Dice on Portable Washing Machine

    It is a Best Choice Products Portable Compact Mini Twin Tub machine that can be found on Amazon. At the top of the machine there are two plastic nipples that you can attach a hose to. There is one on the wash tub and one on the spin tub. I tried 1/2" id hose and it was too small....5/8" id fit...
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    Rolled the Dice on Portable Washing Machine

    In preparation for our multi month trip, we decided to purchase a washing machine for the trailer. We met a couple in Abilene that were full time RVers and they were using one ..... so we thought we would role the dice and give one a try. These are what people living in many areas of Japan &...
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    Best Route Around St. Louis1

    We will be travelling from Springfield, MO to Springfield, IL and I am looking for a little route advice from someone familiar with the city, traffic and road conditions around St. Louis. Google Maps shows taking I44 to St. Louis but then it routes me North on S Kings Highway to Hwy 40 then...
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    EVENT: Heartland Chapter Rally: TX, Alpine - 3/17/2017 to 3/19/2017

    Erika .... I cancelled our reservation with Lost Alaskan at the beginning of the week. Mary & I have an opportunity to serve as work campers next year at our favorite Branson, MO RV Park. Due to the conflict we will not be able to join all of you at the Rally. I am sure you will all have a...
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    Grand Design purchased by Winnebego

    I have been very impressed with the Grand Design coaches that we have looked at. Quality and craftsmanship was some of the best out there today and if I were looking to purchase another coach they would be on the top of my list.
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