Travel Forum / Travel Types / RV Travel / February 2006

I found this paper interesting reading.  The specific examples are for over
the road truck configurations but the basics are applicable to diesel
powered RVs.
http://www.everytime.cummins.com/every/pdf/MPG_Secrets_Whitepaper.pdf

    I've very recently (yesterday)  noticed that after a night of 35-40
degree weather running the furnace with the thermostat set at 64 degrees, we
were unable to start the genset due to lack of juice. The indicator bars
indicated lack of charge. We've  done one night stops ...

first of all..I concur with Wilder..it should be free or nominal.
Second: Nationwide has terrible pricing for overnighters...$10 for 24
hours? $5 for one hour!!...GIVE ME A BREAK!.
I got a land line at my site at Silverton Las Vegas for a $1 per day.

The liar who loved me
New York Times
Feb. 25, 2006
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dating/articles/0225webdate0225.html

I saw a ad in a rv magazine some time ago about a device to move the tt
without the truck. We have a very dificult driveway & currently i back
the 28.5' tt up our 500' driveway with a turn @ the top. If i drive the
rv in frontword we can not turn the tt arround. The device i saw had ...

I live in the area cited in the subject title and need to put tie-downs
on my double-wide 60-ft. MH to secure against what I have been told can
be very high winds. Need to buy the equipment needed, but have never
done this before, so would prefer to talk to a live person before

creating a sharable, downloadable, browsable and embeddable web based
photo album
Here are the easy steps to create your own browsable photoalbum (which
you can share with your friends and they can download back full res

Irony - folks -  is when someone who claims to have "plonked" Harry
responds to his every post in nanoseconds usually saying Harry is the
king of all liars.

TS
Bush Fails To Prevent East Coast Blizzard Minorities Hit Hardest
by Boring Williams NBC 02/12/06
As President Bush and his staff cowered in the White House, the snow

Huh.  I see lots of familiar names here...  Hi, all.  Once upon a time I was
a frequent poster/lurker here but time/job/blah/blah/blah.  Anyhow, sitting
here at home for February vaca (teaching schedules are so rough) it's cold
and rainy and I drifted back to the group out of ...

Feb 24, 3:09 AM EST
Gas station chain fined for selling gas too cheaply
ST. PAUL (AP) -- The Minnesota Department of Commerce plans to fine a gas
station chain for repeatedly selling gas below the state's legal minimum

Just watched the press conference of Harry whittington.  He looked and
spoke well for someone that is on their death bed according to some
here.  Whittington will be released later today.
Maybe the press/political left will let this incident retreat to the

I havea 22 ft E350 Ford based motorhome. It has a harsh ride and I
would like it to not bounce up and down so much especially in the rear.
The constant vibration must be hell on the plumbing and everything else
too! I wondered if anyone has first hand experience trying to damp out

   Theodore Roosevelt on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN
(1907).
"In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant
who comes here

I don't think this idea is quite ready for prime time yet - or
not ready for me to shell out for one.  But as so called
broadband cellular expands, it might be.
In the mean time, if anyone wants to set one of these up in a