Travel Forum / Travel Types / RV Travel / September 2004

Well so far so good.  Or I should say at least for those in NE Florida.
Heavy rains, high winds and needless to say lots of damage.  Trees down,
electricity out, motor home supplying our electricity to keep food safe
and our entertainment and information.

I am very new to the whole RV world and am seriously thinking of
buying a class B. I just viewed a '97 Roadtrek that I am very
interested in. One thing that struck me was that the hot water comes
out with a very strong smell of rotten stuff. The owner claims that

would people give their opinion on jacks ordering new motor home
hydraulic more $ just wondering if worth it.  We use blocks of wood with
present motor home.

I have a 2.2kw Onan Generator in my Roadtrek MH. When I try to start it, it
takes about 2 min to get it going. I push the start button for about 15 sec
at a clip and it takes 4-6 tries before it will fire. Once going it runs ok,
but wont take the air conditioner load until it ...

I was in need to some work done that I didn't feel like doing myself and
a friend mentioned "CraigsList". He said it was like eBay except it's
free. They also list jobs and such..  So, what the heck, I figured I'd
list that I needed some general gardening done. Within 10 minutes ...

My wife and I are planning a month in Montana, Wyoming, and possibly Idaho
in June. We are considering Cruise America and in particular, their
"standard RV" (see
http://www.cruiseamerica.com/rv_rentals/available/standard.asp). It is a 23'

We (NAM) have been getting complaints recently that Thousand Trails and the
people who operate them are now aggressively pushing a new "Come in and get
your new photo ID" scheme.
People have been contacted by US mail and by phone urging them to come to a

Received my new SA2005 today and I am generally disappointed.  Lot's of
POI's still on the wrong side of the street and general set-up issues.  The
program was not routing, just drawing straight lines between start and
finish. Delorme site had several workarounds, but I finally ...

These are a few random thoughts of mine that may help some of those who are
making similar types of decisions. I left out the specifics, as these are
just thought processes that I used.
When I was trying to figure out what type of RV I was going to get for full

I had suscribde to go west premium insurance coverage and broke one
window on motorhome. they cahrge me for the full amout (more than 1000
$ can)
Looks very unfair to honest customer. Why paying a premium if you do

I have a fun project I need to get too pretty soon.  The swivel base
broke on the xm car kit in the truck.  The problem is that it is stuck
to the dash pretty good.  It came with some sort of sticky tape on the
bottom and I can't pry the thing loose.  My first thought is to get a

The item in question is a 6 gallon gas/electric Atwood water heater
with electronic ignition. This is installed in a 2000 Wilderness
trailer.
The symptom is: Unit will not light. When the interior switch is

The wife and I are looking seriously at the 2005 model Montana 2980RL. The
floor plan and amenities look like the right match for us. We plan on having
a generator installed on what ever 5ver we get.
This will be our first 5th wheel. (We got a small TT a year ago and

Looking for a R.V. park near Belleville Mi,all I see in the big book is a
fairground camp.

Wednesday September, 8:  Rim Rock Truck GMC, Billings, Montana: N45°
45.340' W108° 34.228' Free boondocking in the repair shops parking lot
with 120V 15amps.
We spent the day hanging around the repair shop that is dropping my