Travel Forum / Travel Types / RV Travel / January 2006

Hey, my brother is heading down I-5 this weekend, and is planning to cut
over on CA 89 to CA 44, then down to US 395 to Reno. From there down US 95
to Las Vegas.
Question. What's the weather and road conditions in Reno, and close in areas

What is considered high hours for a 4,000 watt Onan? I recently bought a
class C and the generator has 400 hours of service is this excessive? What
is average life before overhaul? Thanks Don

I have a 93 flair w/ 78k miles
I am considering a newer used one but the flair has a lot of
new parts and appliances I put in
please provide some advice

Going to spend 4 days in Orlando in mid February with wife and 11 year
old Grandson in a 32 ft class A - no slides.  Two days at Disney World.
 Is Fort Wilderness the best place to stay?  Or would it be better to
stay elsewhere and rent a car?

Looking at going to South Padre Island Tx in mid July. Since the national
park seems to have most of the coastline what RV parks are excellent along
there that are beachfront or very close to it? Stayed at Mustang Island
State Park couple of years ago and that was fine but we ...

Can anyone recommend an RV park in Dumas, Tx.?

I posted this before but a couple of people said that they did not
want to think about buying it at that time but ask if I would repost
later on, so here goes.
I have a 32 x 60 stainless steel Taylor Wing for sale you can see new

What's the latest on RV parks in Baja California?  Looking for someplace on
the west coast not too far south of the border.  Something clean, friendly,
safe, and trailer friendly.  Kids want nice beach.  My son found photos of
me and some surf buddies from the early 80's (I think ...

Does anyone know of a salvage yard for RV's?  My rear tail light assembly
fell off somewhere in Tennessee so I'll be needing to replace it...
It's a long story on how it fell off...  Don't  lend your RV to my
Brother-in-Law.

Planning my annual 5 to 6 week trip from Denver to Mexico driving solo
in a camper van and camping 10-20% of the time.  My wife will fly down
to be with me for a week or so somewhere along the way.  In the past I
have always visited the west coast, central area and Baja.    Never

After one of the rough sections of the road we pulled off for gas at
Lafayette, LA and I heard something dragging. The strap holdining the
dump valves had broken which caused a separation where the pipe joins
the black water tank. So there I am in a Walmart parking lot with

This morning, I read a post from someone stupid enough to claim that the
Montana fifth wheels have gel coat fiberglass. Since I hadn't seen the
2006 Montana fifth wheels, I figured that maybe things have changed.
They haven't. Not even a little bit. There are just as many ignorant ...

I have a Vector 1092A charger.  Smart.  Fully automatic.  2/10/20/35 amp.
You all (ya'll) have referred to putting your batteries on a trickle charge
for the winter.
Is that what my 2 amp setting is?

G'day all;
I have (had?) a Dometic Americana RM2551 fridge.  On our last outing
the fridge quit.  Worked okay (on AC) the night before we left as we
loaded it up.  But, going by the water I found on things below the

Wife and I are both newbies. We have a 1997 Damon Challenger MH 33'
w/454.
We are planning a trip in July with the kid (13yo girl and a friend)
from Hampton, VA west on US-58 to the Blue Ridge Parkway then down BRP