Travel Forum / Travel Types / RV Travel / July 2004

This weekend I had the opportunity to use the XM while traveling. Went
to Marble Creek in the North Cascades for a nice 5 day weekend. I
thought I'd post my experience with my new XM radio.
Early Thursday morning I installed the antenna on the top of my RV. I

Well this next week will be the first real trip with our new *used*
TT, 1994 26' Shasta bunkhouse (4,260 lbs. dry) — driving 2-1/2 hours
to a buddy's property.  Everything is set except for proper tire
pressure on the trailer and that's where I'd could use your help.

The Washington Attorney General's office has published the list of
approved reciprocity states as a result of Washington's recently passed
reciprocity law for CPLs.  Available at:
http://www.atg.wa.gov/firearms/states.shtml

I got an old onan generator out of an RV to use around the house when
needed.  There are four wires capped off coming out of the top of the gen.
When I put a meter on each one to check ac volts this is what I get: one
wire is putting out 120v, one is putting out 94 volts, and the ...

the trailers look similar in their egg shaped shell, and the standard
features and options are similar on the similar legnth models. any thoughts
or comparisons on the two? TIA  Mark S.

I'm looking for a used truck, 3/4 ton or 1 ton diesel, to tow a
gooseneck horse trailer with living quarters.  1990 or newer, under
$10k.  I'd love any hints to which sites have the best listings for
vehicles of this type.

Class 8 (large), highway tractors, actually.
From this Kenworth white paper on improving trucking's bottom line.
http://www.kenworth.com/Kenworth_White_Paper.pdf
"...the amount of energy required to move the air around a truck at 65

My neighbor, WHO THINKS HE KNOWS EVERYTHING !!!, was watching me clean
an excessive amount of corrosion from my trailer batteries terminals. He
commented that, if the trailer tongue-jack was sitting on a block of
wood, instead of a concrete patio block, there would be almost no

Gone only a week and so many posts to read and so little time! (grin)

I paid them almost $2000 for a generator that's too small for my rv &
they won't even answer my calls.

 Hi,Me and my family are planning a vacation in our newly purchased
1967 Airsteam trailer (34 feet long).I will be pulling this with my old
chevy S-10 Pick-up,with a 4 cylindar engine.
 The problem I have is that the bed of the truck almost drags on the

For your trailering buddy who's already got everything,
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/ProductDisplay/s-10101/storeId-10101/p-7563/c
-10101/catalogId-10101
or if that link wrapped, a shorter version:
http://tinyurl.com/324x6

I'm wondering if anyone has had an issue like this solved: I have a
Norcold de-251d dual voltage AC/DC refrigerator that works great while
on DC but doesn't run at all when on AC. It's getting AC current at
the recepticle OK. I have service manual in hand and sleeves rolled up

Sunday June 27, 2004
Tombigbee State Park Tupelo, MS: N34° 13.842' W88° 37.212' $14 full
hookup 30-amp paved pull-thru pads, situated on a large lake.
From Vicksburg we took I-20 east to Jackson, MS where got back on the

We arrived home a week ago after 6+ weeks on the road that left the
coach a lot dirtier than normal. I usually keep up with it at least
reasonably as we travel, but this time it just didn't seem worth it.
Seems like we had rain just about every other day, along with