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RE: Trailer leveling
I've thought about switching to Lynx levelers for the reasons the others have pointed out above. How well do they work on dirt surfaces? We boondock most of the time, so I was worried about them sinking in.
Carry several 12x12 pieces of plywood to go under the levelers on soft surfaces.
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dave54
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10/31/09 10:54pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: which # should we be looking at for weight
Adding a 1000 to the dry weight is a common rule of thumb.
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dave54
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10/31/09 10:50pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Golden Access and Age Passes beginning to shrink
No water, no services?
Why stay there?
Drive down the road a quarter mile and boondock for free.
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dave54
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10/04/09 03:07pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: how often do you shop?
Usually just groceries, specifically perishables like bread and milk. Frequently stop at roadside produce stands to check out the local fare. We have found some delicious local varieties of fruit and vegetables we have never located anywhere else.
The occasional trip to a hardware or RV store for lightbulbs, broken latches, etc. No matter how many spare parts you carry with you, you do not have a replacement for the one that breaks...
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dave54
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10/02/09 08:41pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: What is your campfire profile?
We don't have one.
On our recent trip to Olympic NP I realized I don't even like the smell anymore.
I will sometimes dismantle and bury old campfire rings at remote boondocking sites.
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dave54
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09/20/09 09:58pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Bi-weekly?
Semi-monthly means twice per month.
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dave54
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08/18/09 08:56am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Increased octane for towing?
I get slightly better fuel mileage with higher octane, but not enough improvement to pay for the higher cost. I have not noticed any difference in power while towing.
OTOH -- how many different gas cans are you going to carry? The small 4 cycle engines (i.e. generators) like a higher octane. The owners manual all say you can use 87, but that is because the law says the engine must be able to use 87. Every small engine mechanic I have talked to, and my personal experience, is the generators perform better on 89 or 91 and have fewer problems over time. So, my gas can is filled with 89. If I need to top off the can and vehicle at the same time I use 89. Just not worth the hassle of switching gas grades while sitting at the pump for the few cents difference.
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dave54
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08/05/09 10:27pm |
Towing
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RE: tow vehicle question
OK, here goes. I did a lot of research when I was looking for a TV. I have always been a GM guy. The new redesigned Tundra with the 5.7 drive line and the factory tow package is darn near the equivalent of a Chevy 2500. So I repeat, with the proper hitch, towing a trailer that size will be no problem! As for Steveo35 all I have to say is "Did so!"
Too many people have been out of touch with changes in truck design for too long. The new generation Tundra is a full 3/4 ton in everything but name -- comparable to the F-250/Chev 2500 series but with better fuel mileage and cheaper to own and operate. The new Tundra is not a baby rice wagon. It's a real truck.
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dave54
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08/05/09 10:09pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: This heat is awful!!!!
Northern Sierra weather forecast is 8,000 feet snow level tonight and tomorrow.
And dry lightning...
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dave54
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08/05/09 09:27pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Cigarette Butts
Just curious, but I wonder how many of the posters complaining about butts dump their grey or black water on the ground before leaving their campsite.
Litter comes in liquid form also.
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dave54
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08/05/09 09:25pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Camping without services ...
16 days backpacking with no resupply. But I was younger then and could carry all that food weight.
In the TT I try to top off the water after 5 days max.
We normally carry a couple of 5 gal jugs in the back of the truck and fill them any time we are out and about, and pour them into the fresh tank when we return to camp. If we don't, after 5 days we pretty much have to.
We rarely pass by a farmer's roadside stand without stopping and at least checking to see what is offered. So we tend to replenish food on a regular basis.
Gasoline is also regularly refilled. We always start out with full propane. I can't recall having to refill propane on the road.
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dave54
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08/02/09 10:47pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: New phrases that you just hate!!
whatever...
When I hear that I know the the speaker is not literate enough to articulate an intelligent response.
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dave54
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08/02/09 10:33pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: ut-oh, some folks are going to be upset
There is the misconception that organic vegetables are grown on small family farms, picked daily, and taken to the back of the grocery in the farmers 1949 Chevy pickup...
aw c'mon...
Everyone knows organic food companies are all small family owned businesses free of corporate greed and corruption. Here's the proof:
* General Mills owns Muir Glen and Cascadian Farm
* Heinz owns Hain, Breadshop, Arrowhead Mills, Garden of Eatin', Farm Foods, Imagine Rice (and Soy) Dream, Casbah, Health Valley, DeBoles, Nile Spice, Celestial Seasonings, Westbrae, Westsoy, Little Bear, Walnut Acres, Shari Ann's, Mountain Sun, and Millina's Finest
* M&M-Mars owns Seeds of Change
* Coca-Cola owns Odwalla
* Kellogg owns Kashi, Morningstar Farms, and Sunrise Organic
* Philip Morris/Kraft owns Boca Foods and Back to Nature
* Tyson owns Nature's Farm Organic
* ConAgra owns LightLife
* Danone owns Stonyfield Farm
* Dean owns White Wave Silk, Alta Dena, Horizon, and The Organic Cow of Vermont
* Unilever owns Ben and Jerry's
The largest organic produce grower in the U.S. is Earthstone Industries, a publicly traded corporation, and has around 40,000 acres under cultivation.
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dave54
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07/30/09 09:08pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Figuring grade of a hill
If you know the degree angle of the grade (many clinometers show degrees, not %), take the tangent of the angle for % slope.
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dave54
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07/30/09 08:55pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Who camps close to home?
We have many boondocking sites within 20 miles. One of our more frequented ones is 3 miles as the crow flies, 5 miles by road.
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dave54
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07/24/09 10:24pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: What would you do?
To those of you who won't let a card leave your sight, you know there are card readers that can read the card while it is still in your pocket, right?
That's why all my credit cards (and my office ID) are stored in a faraday wallet. Remote scanners can't read it.
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dave54
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07/22/09 09:36pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Who locks their propane tanks?
We had tanks stolen in a storage yard, with cameras, fencing, etc. There were several other thefts of propane tanks, and it did not take the local constabulary long to figure out who was guilty. The owner hired a lot helper for the elderly couple that managed the place. The lot boy figured out the camera blind spots, and we were parked right in one. The lot boy took our full tanks and replaced them with empties (so I did not notice until we used it one weekend and found the tanks empty after setting up camp). He was fired immediately, of course, and the owner installed additional vid cameras so there are no longer any blind spots.
We run a bicycle cable lock through the tanks and frame, with a second lock on the plastic cover over the tanks. The plastic cover can be ripped open with just a good pull, but then the thief will see the second lock and hopefully move on to easier pickin's.
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dave54
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07/19/09 10:25pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Crescent City to Redding - 199 vs 299
299 is curvy??????
On a relative scale, like in comparison to I-5 thru the valley, it is curvy. Compared to to all the other mountain roads we drive it is an easy route.
I do not consider 299 to be a difficult road.
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dave54
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07/19/09 02:57pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Do you............?
On trips of a week or more, we try to eat in a local restaurant at least once if possible. Sample the local fare and give DW a break.
Most of the meal planning focuses on quick and easy. Maybe a steak of salmon fillet once or twice, but both of us would rather enjoy outdoor activities other than cooking.
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dave54
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07/13/09 09:53pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Campers are an Interesting Bunch
Well...
There was the time we were boondocking in one of our favorite spots -- a remote spot off a deadend dirt road, off a gravel road, off the main forest arterial gravel road. Even though this particular spot is not that great, we frequent here because it is so remote we seldom even see or hear another vehicle the entire weekend. At 5:00 AM a big A pulls in and parks not 25 feet from us. JEEZ!!! about a million acres of public lands to boondock in and this guy parks 25 feet away! We packed up and left.
And last weekend, we just finished hiking about 5 miles on a fairly rough and rocky trail in Lassen Volcanic NP. It is a popular trail (to the falls), and gets lots of use, so the NPS signs it profusely with admonitions on the difficulty and roughness of the trail. As we were approaching the trailhead ending our trek, we see a family starting out. The mother was wearing flip flops and a dress. The 2 little girls were wearing some cheap plastic sandals. No packs or water bottles seen on any of them. I almost stopped and asked if they knew what they were heading into, but I refrained. I still wonder if they made it, or whether the NPS had to rescue a broken ankle later that day.
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dave54
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07/13/09 09:45pm |
General RVing Issues
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