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duraduk

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    Photog, RV, and sitting. Duck Football

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  1. You were wise to choose the truck that you did if your hauling a big fiver. Have you looked at Northwood Manufacturing. The make quality built trailers and fifth wheels that may not have as much bling but are well built. SAFE TRAVELS!
  2. I believe that electric vehicles will be PART of our future. I personally like the hybrid concept. If I were commuting that would be the way I would go. At this point it takes a lot of driving to make up for the extra cost of an EV. The problem as I see it is not the vehicles themselves. Their limitations are well known and can be adjusted too if they serve your purpose. I can't tow my trailer with a EV truck for example. Maybe that we change in the future. The problem is infrastructure. I live in a rapidly growing area and a college town. There are huge apartment complexes with large parking lots and very few charging stations. I was visiting a large hospital complex in Austin and in the parking garage where there are 6 floors and hundreds of parking spaces there were only 12 charging location which were usually occupied by a EV that was not hooked up to charging. In Hays county (population 255000) I could find 35 charging stations. There are 215000 vehicle registered in the county. The grids in Calif. and Texas can barely handle peak demand. Private companies should develop what the market demands without govt. interference. The market will and should decide where we are going in the future with EV's.
  3. I use a Haloview system. It is wireless and has a repeater that deals with the length of the travel trailer and RV. The system has a complete set of accessories. Sold on Amazon. https://www.haloview.com/
  4. If you haven't done so you might post this to a FB group that is dedicated to the sale of AF and ORV campers......... https://www.facebook.com/groups/1992714080993698 If I didn't have my own issues with family medical problems I would be interested. This is a very popular model!
  5. Which way are you going after you hit I-5 ? You should have no problem with any of those routes. If going south take 126 and north take 20 or 22.
  6. Spent over a week in So. Cal. in late Feb. with a Texas reg. truck and trailer. No issues other that the terrible roads...........
  7. I have the TST 507 with flow through sensors. I am disappointed in the accuracy of pressure readings. I have confirmed with two pressure gauges that my tire pressure is 80 lbs. I also checked with a gauge at a tire shop and confirmed 80 lbs. My reading is constantly 74 lbs. Yes I can relate the pressure reading to the actual reading but I feel I shouldn't have to. The instructions do say that there can be a variable but at the cost of these things I feels they should do better. At their best they are a alert about blow outs or rapid loss of air.
  8. Thanks for the recommendations. I am researching the recommendations. After being out of the RV market for a long time I am surprised at the prices. New is not in the picture. I have a reliable truck that has been modified for our use so as long as i feel comfortable pulling the trailer I think I will stick with that for a while. Spent the past couple of days looking at shorter trailers (mine is 32 ft.) I am liking some of Outdoor RV's offerings. With what is going on with fuel prices and the economy I don't think I'll be making a big change right now. Thanks again for the suggestions.
  9. My concern is not about the chassis and I assume problems that they have are consistent across all manufactures They are pretty standard. The fit, finish, and customer support are the potential issues. I understand that the Mercedes is expensive upfront and according to what I have read their maintenance costs are quite high. That mileage is negated by the high cost of diesel. I like the Thor Compass on the smaller Ford chassis but their seems to be much more negative reviews about problems with slides and terrible customer service through the dealers. I will do some looking into the Chev. chassis as well. I have had a Arctic Fox travel trailer since 2003 and it has been virtually trouble free. That along with my 2012 Ram pu have had few issues on the road. The prices of the smaller motor homes are very high and at my age and fixed income don't want to make a mistake. Thanks for your suggestions.
  10. I have been pulling a travel trailer for the last 40 yrs. At 73 we are taking shorter trips and we are thinking of getting a smaller RV. I have been doing extensive reading and reviewing different Class C and B+ floor plans along with reviews. The negative reviews on quality are concerning. For example I like some of the Thor floor plans but the company has an overwhelming number negative reviews concerning both chassis, build quality and customer service. I would prefer to buy used.
  11. Another line to look at is Northwood. They make the Nash and Arctic Fox. They build their frames in house. A sister company is Outdoor Recreation. They both are manufactured in Oregon and have limited production. Dealers are usually located in the west.
  12. I don't have a problem with EV's. I have a problem with the govt. putting pressure on the free market. Let the consumer decide what they can and want to buy. I have a problem with the lack of infrastructure. Electric power is not abundant especially when there are weather extremes. The grids can barely keep up now. Where is the talk of govt. investment in the infrastructure. On a smaller scale I have stayed at several campgrounds in the summer where the campground grid can't keep up with the RV AC's. Brown outs are common. Not much is mentioned about the effect of heat and cold on these batteries. I would consider a hybrid which would give you a safety margin and mitigate (somewhat) the effect on the grid. We are not ready and can't afford a full EV transition without further investment in the support infrastructure and studying the effect of mining on the environment
  13. Another thing to worry about! DEF Shortage...... https://marketrealist.com/p/def-shortage/
  14. We were planning on a trip from Texas to Nevada via AZ and Utah and then back home through Calif. I computed average diesel fuel prices for the trip and rounded up to $6.00 a gallon. With an estimate of total mileage it will work out traveling will work out to a buck a mile!! A family health problem will cause me to cancel but I was considering canceling due to the price of fuel but I think it would still be cheaper to RV due to the high cost of motels and eating out.
  15. I can't recall the year (probably 30 yrs ago or so) but this park was open to everyone. We used to stay there for a few days over Christmas break so my daughter could swim in the indoor pool taking a break from the winter cold and rain. While we were there a very strong coastal storm hit with gale force winds. We could not evacuate as they closed the Newport bridge and area highways. We hooked the travel trailer to the truck and tied it down to trees and post pulled in the slide and rode out the storm. It was a very rocking night. The next morning several trailers in the park had overturned. That was when they went to exclusive motor homes only. No trailers allowed.
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