Travel Forum / Travel Types / RV Travel / March 2005

Thank you all for your advise on our last post.
It sounds like I need new tires this year for the trailer.  Is there
anything special to look for in tires?  Being you replace tires more  by
years than miles, can I just go with the cheapest car type tire?

Hello group,
My fiancee and I are considering a trip to Letchworth State Park around
Memorial day.   Any good "things-to-do"/site recommendations from
anyone who's stayed there?  We're both avid hikers, but the 66 miles of

   I'm new to the group, and new to pulling a camper, and have a question.
I have a 2001 Dodge Dakota, V6, auto, and I intend to pull a small Coachman
pop-up camper. All my friends tell me I need a transmission cooler. How do
the experts out there feel about this issue? Maybe I ...

Hi Julie,
I hope the flu has gone away by now.  And your new digs are all
straightened out.  Still glad you bought the condo?
Man it's getting hot here.  80 degrees at 11 am.  Almost time to hit

We are new to this RV trailer stuff.  So any help is greatly appreciated.
We bought used and it needs some work that I hope we can do ourselves.  1996
Sportsmaster 208T
1. Our cord for 120 hook up has a standard type plug.  I have read about

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But keep an eye on your calendar.
LZ

Ken, you will be interested to know that your old house on Hallmark
Dr. got a new roof Wednesday.  Our neighborhood got lucky in the last
week or so.  A group of Mexicans working for a big company out of San
Antonio decended on the neighborhood and started replacing roofs.

I have a few questions and descriptions of conditions about my
automatic transmission I'd like to get answers to, in general terms.
I have a Dodge 3/4 ton B250 van, 318 cu. in. engine.  The 3 speed with
overdrive on the column automatic transmission has been rebuilt and

I posted this on the alt.rv & the alt.rv.pop-up news groups a couple of days
ago, and no-one has yet responded.  So:
I used to have a Coleman pop-up camper.  Sometime in about 1995 I installed
a Coleman 13500 Btu A/C unit, and it worked very well.  A few years ago

My wife and I are contimplating a 05 Jayco Designer with a fold out bay
window in the dining room. I am concerned with the durability of such a
concept. You un fold it when parked and fold it back in when on the road.
Does any one have any experience with a window of this type? ...

If you use Microsoft Trip Planner 98 in Windows XP, are you able to see the
descriptions of the campgrounds?
If so, did you have to do any troubleshooting to get to see them?
When I double click a campground, all I see is an Internet-Explorer-looking

OK you can spam me, I can take it. I think
Anyway, My son was restoring a truck, got fed up and sold it to me
cheap. I plan to tow a 29' Newmar 5th wheel. Give me your opinions on
the tow capabilities of the truck and it may save me a breakdown or worse.

Found another problem and it is with my Thetford Aqua -Magic IV Hand
Flush Toilet.
I heard a leak and found the incoming hose was loose, tightened that and
no more water on floor.  Feeling good and conscious of noise then heard

Woodalls and TL only list 3 in this area, but Google Local shows 8+.  Any
hidden gems?
So far, KOA-Kingsport looks the best.
Thanks,

Well, it's another Saturday, and I've got cell phone minutes to waste,
so I've been looking at fivers on the net.  Last week I went looking
in person, and found one that intrigues me.  The Keystone Cougar 254.
You can see one here: