remoandiris

This thread may (or may not) provide you with some ideas.

First fifthwheel was a used Jayco Designer. GREAT coach. Had a couple issues I fixed on my own or paid someone to fix. Bought a new 2014 Heartland Cyclone and dumped that dog after less than a year. So many issues, it spent more time at a repair facility than on the road. Bought a new Lifestyle Alfa Gold and had a few problems, including one leaking slide that was repaired under warranty. But not really repaired, so I ended up paying to fix it again after the company went out of business. Didn't fix it, so I added a $500 slide topper and that solved the leak, but didn't really fix it. BTW, LOVE the coach. To summarize, new or used, you could have to spend boo koo money on repairs. And you never know when a manufacturer might go out of business.

My wife would not be without our 2100XC. We have friends who sold their 2100XC. It completely boils down to personal preference.

One more option for you to consider...you say you're moving into the 5er. Does that mean you're becoming a fulltimer? Are you going to travel or be stationary? Based on you having an HDT, I'll ASSume you're going to travel. South Dakota does not care if you domicile in another state. You can STILL register your HDT as an RV (if it meets their RV requirements) and 5er there, without having to travel to SD. You can get a FL drivers license and SD reg/ins. There is virtually no way for FL to find out, especially if you're not living there. I looked at this real hard, but we found our dually serves our needs better than an HDT. BTW, I do not think "house car" is a recognized registration in FL. It will either be an RV or private truck.

Re-read what Glenn wrote about registering an HDT in FL. Then read it again. Then call insurance companies in FL about insuring an HDT as an RV. Next call the DMV and ask about registering an HDT as an RV. When I looked into this several years ago, there was no way to legally do it. A few have been successful, though there is no rhyme or reason to how it was done. In the HDT forum there are several threads about FL HDT registration. BTW, the 2 insurance companies that would insure an HDT as an RV (one was in Calif), both stated the truck would only be covered if towing the 5er. In other words, no grocery getting in an HDT regardless of it's RV registration. My insurance carrier at the time I was researching kept telling me I needed "commercial exposure" to insure an HDT, whether as an RV or a "private truck". Though the agent NEVER defined what commercial exposure meant. At least never defined it in a way I understood. Good luck, but I think FL is a dead end if HDT registration is needed.

Then that is what you should be working. As others have said, get it straightened out with your boss now. Or leave. Your home has wheels. When I look at w/k jobs, I only want FHU, unless it is in a state with no income tax. Even then, I do not want a FT job. To determine what "I" believe is a fair exchange of hours, I take the MONTHLY rate, + $100 for electric IF it is not included in the monthly price. Then I divide by the LOCAL minimum wage. That give me the MAXIMUM # of hours PER MONTH I will work. Divide that by 4 and it gives the hours per week. For example, monthly lot rent is $500, electricity is $100 per month, local minimum wage is $10 an hr. ($500+$100)/$10=60. So I will work a maximum of 60 hrs per month or 15 hrs per week. I use minimum wage unless some specialized skills are needed, but usually they are not. And, if there is a "seasonal rate", I use that instead of monthly rent. I look at several different w/k pages. There are A LOT of parks that want A LOT of hours for only FHU. There are also parks that pay for all hours worked, but they usually want a lot of hours. I have seen some parks in AZ that give enough hours to cover site rent. They pay a wage, then you pay the site rent. When tax time comes, you pay tax on the wage that covered the rent. Good deal for the park, bad deal for the worker, IMO. So you have to know what you're signing up for. As always, your home is on wheels. If you're getting the shaft, load up and leave.

Exact same thing I thought after reading the post.

Is it practical to replace a roof top unit with a mini split?

Probably faster and cheaper to add the 3rd A/C than redesign rigs and train new building techniques using better insulation. I would appreciate more insulation though.

You may want to pull off at the top of Monarch Pass and take some pics. It is nice up there. Plenty of room for your rig in the gravel on the west side of the restaurant. If you're going to have any trouble, it would be going down the east side of Monarch if you get stuck behind someone who is clueless about driving down a mountain pass. Lots of tourists in CO.

If you read the post from mptjelgin again, the guidelines he wrote are from 2 feet out from the wall. IDK about you, but I won't be up there with a measuring tape and going back and forth to the switch to make sure I have 2 feet from the coach. Maybe if I had scaffolding, but not with a regular ladder. So I'm going to see what works and go with it.

Thanks guys. I need to wind it 10 times toward me as I am standing on the ladder. I may just do it 8 times, see how it works, and take it from there. When I installed a topper, I had a similar issue with the springs. At least this is only 1 spring.

So I guess the answer to your question as to why residential fridges are not in smaller travel trailers is that the consumer demand is not there.

She's forced to. That doesn't mean she supports buying a new RV just for a residential fridge. If consumer demand is there, you'd think RV manufacturers would install small residential fridges in small RVs.

Anyone have suggestions on where I can find the number and direction of rotation for the spring on a Dometic 9100 power awning? While replacing the awning fabric, the pin I used to hold the spring in place came out and the spring unwound. I checked a lot of vids on Youtube and got nothing. I was on hold so long with Dometic tech support that the call eventually failed. I'll call them back if no one here is able to help. At least the awning is retracted and not a problem.

Like I pondered above, would wives WANT a smaller fridge than they have at home?

Probably due to the size and consumer wants. While a small residential fridge can fit into a conventional RV fridge space, I wonder if wives would want a smaller residential fridge. Or, do they want their french door, freezer on the bottom, water and ice in the door, 22 cu ft monster like they have at home. If the latter, that takes a whole lot of space a small travel trailer kitchen can ill afford to lose.

Thanks for the info. I have not had one of those in any of my three 5ers. They've had converters and this one with a residential fridge has a separate inverter.

Make sure you keep the terminology straight. It is a CONVERTER that takes 120v AC and changes it into 12v DC to charge the batteries and operate the 12v systems. An INVERTER takes the 12v DC power and changes it into 120v AC. AFAIK, every RV with a 12v system has a converter. Not every RV has an inverter.

The 70% ICU capacity in Dallas County you mentioned does not coincide with the link you posted. The link shows less than 50% ICU capacity. Either the data is wrong, the morning news is wrong, or there was a massive influx overnight. And my wife and I wear masks when we are in public.

According to the CDC's own data that I linked above, 10% of Texas' hospitals beds are occupied by Covid patients. Also according to the CDC's own data, Texas is at 64% of hospital capacity. Do you have something showing Dallas and Houston hospitals are overrun with Covid patients, or are your percentages of all patients? And if I thought masks were not needed, I wouldn't have posted a link to a Stanford article on masks.

Where did I say that? Where did I even imply it? Maybe you should go back and read the post I was replying to.

IDK where it's going, but I do know we have months of experience now. And governors know NOT to order Covid patients BACK to senior living facilities. There are more respirators available, too.

Except it's NOT overwhelming hospitals. https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/covid19/report-patient-impact.html

And another. http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/06/stanford-scientists-contribute-to-who-mask-guidelines.html