Travel Forum / Travel Types / RV Travel / July 2004

I have an Alpine AM/FM/CD unit in my truck.  On the AM, and ONLY on the AM,
I get static.  Now, I am old enough to remember when a small capacitor on
the generator (they used to be called generators) caused this problem.  It
is not as loud as the old type hum, but goes up and down ...

            We are planning our trip to the great lakes. remember the
commotion that caused??
           Anyway, we'd like to take in a Yankee game in Detroit. It's a
night game (7:05pm)either on a Thursday or Friday in mid July. We've never

I am looking at buying either a RAV4, Tracker, or a Saturn.Vue and I want to
make sure I understand this thing about towing.
What is it about 2WDs, 4WDs, and transfer cases, that one needs to know to
tow 4 on the ground?  I do not think I want to buy a dolly so I can tow with

Greetings all...
I'll be going to a site with water hookups but no power for about a
week.
We have one Deep Cell battery, and while we aren't heavy power users,

JCWhitney(and others)sell what is called the 'secret CB antenna'.
It uses the regular radio antenna through a splitter of some sort.
Has anyone used it, and does it really work ?  Can it be tuned for
max CB reception ?  Would sure be nice not to have to use a

Over the weekend, I was driving through Minneapolis just north
of the MSP airport along the Great River Road.  I happened to
spot a Sprinter van.  Since I have been looking at buying one
of these vans, I gave it good look-see as it passed.  In my

Seems I remember from quite a while ago there was a source at
good prices for the add-in electric heater elements for RV
hot water tanks.
Any suggestions ? ? ?

For those who don't know, Charley Reese is a columnist for the King Features
Syndicate.  I didn't.  He turns out three columns a week and is known as a
committed conservative.  I guess that's why this column caused such a stir.
He apparently backed off, took a good look, and then ...

Sleeps 8
10' box
electric brakes
Furnace

I've got a Wal-Mart special 12 x 10' dinning/rain canopy.. Wal-Mart no
longer sales those.  The 12 x 10 works fairly well, but now I'm looking
for a second one for several reasons..  I don't want an instant set up
type since most of those type use too much space when disassembled. ...

How the heck does one remove the aluminum siding from a travel trailer?
There has to be some way to remove the bottom piece from the trailer.
What I really need to do is to remove the bottom skirt from an aluminum
sided trailer.

My wife's cousin in Portugal assures me there are pool tables in some
of the Portuguese bars he frequents but not being a pool player, he
doesn't know what kind of games they play or what rules they use. He
thinks the tables have pockets at least...

I have a 2002 Ford Ranger, 2 wheel drive, 4 door extra cab.  It
has the 3.0L engine with automatic.  Data that I have found rates
this Ranger as having a 3940 pound towing capacity.
I recently became aware of the Scamper series of super lightweight

Any recommendations of campgrounds in the Pittsburg area?  Thanks for the advice!!!

Is it possible to tow a front wheel drive with all four wheels down? 2001
Winstar
                                Kevin