justRich

Glad you made it okay. Due to emergency health issues I had to make the northbound route decision - California 5 vs Nevada 93 vs Utah. I went with Cal I5 to avoid potential weather delays. California, especially southern California highways, are a rig-beater. But the roads were clear and traffic was light. I covered 1510 miles in three days towing the Jeep. Only the roadside rest areas were open - lots of truckers and noisy at night. Next time I'll wear my Bose noise cancellation headphones to bed.

Wow! That was fast and easy.

Amazon packages and their contents. . . Postal mail too?

If worse comes to worse: Washable cloth diapers - available on Amazon. And if you see the Covid-19 map outside of the link posted by _RV - then be careful - it is embedded and may be used maliciously. See Krebs on Security warning post: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/03/live-coronavirus-map-used-to-spread-malware/

This is a pretty good video but I was hoping to learn about adding battery acid to adjust the specific gravity. Now wondering if that is possible?

It's an F350 Lariat - the steering wheel appears to be wrapped/sewn with leather or some kind of imitation product. Washing hands at roadside rest stops leaves my hands feeling really dry. So I use a hand lotion and I think that lotion residue has made the steering wheel become sticky. I can't stand the sticky wheel. Have tried soap and water to wash the wheel - resulting is a minor reduction in stickiness. Has anyone experiencing this found a good method or product that will cure the problem?

You may have to look into making it a "permanent" change of address. A few years back, the USPS website worked that way but they seem to have changed it. Last fall the website would only allow a temporary change - how can that be if one choose a permanent move? Prior to that I would make permanent changes and then just change back at the end of travels.

Limit Order: if you buy with a limit price, you can price it lower than the current market price and "usually" get it for below market price - but not usually very much, if at all.

If you think that motor home with a toad is going to hijack you're truck. . . .well. . . CR England trucks are the most law abiding trucks on the road. They hug the speed limit and are very safe. If you're a no-hurry driver, hang back a few hundred feet / yards from a CR England truck and enjoy the drive.

Blame it on the lawyers. . . My brother had an office in a light industrial business building. A guy claiming to just get out of jail came into the office stating that he needed to make bus money - could he do any odd jobs for cash? My brother hired him to clean up weeds growing along the outside cinder block wall. After a short time my brother confided to me that he made a mistake - insurance would probably be a big problem if that undocumented worker was somehow injured. (this event was more than 25 years ago) It was the last time either of us hired off the street.

There are people everywhere that will accept the lowest method of "getting by". In the past, "fear" kept people working - there were no social nets for those not wanting to work. Today, one can sleep on a park bench, in a business doorway or under a bridge - and find like-minded folk to socialize with. What more does one need?

tractorbynet.net might have the answer. . .

I read somewhere that they had made that crossing during flash floods in the past. Perhaps the engine died at the wrong moment. . .

And there it is. The "news" - that distorted presentation that mongers fear to the public. We refer to the five o'clock news as "The Crime Report" - or who-killed-who. . .or who molested who. . .ad nauseam. . . Thanks for the warning.

Kids walk to school in Mexico - just like the use to in the old days in America. Americans are gripped in fear. It's the media.

Sad. . .and a tragedy for sure - yet not uncommon in Arizona - the state with the "Stupid Motorist Law".

Run the tire pressure at the maximum for which the tire is rated on the truck. The trailer, I don't know. I run my TC (truck camper) at 80 psi and have for years. Current TC weight is 14,000 pounds and towing a 5,500 tow vehicle. What you may notice at high vs low tire pressures is vehicle handling. Remember that, tire pressure recommendations are good even for tires that are near completely worn out. There is a wide safety margin built in. The very common Dana 80 axle, as used on many 350/3500 products, direct from the axle manufacturer (not Ford, Dodge, GM, etc) is for 11,500 pounds. Vehicle manufacturers de-rate the axle rating (GAWR) to conform more to the tire maximum load capacity. Thus, you will find that an vehicle's tag will rate the axle load to within a few hundred pounds of the tire load capacities. I've made the Dana Axle Spec Sheet available here: https://www.eaglecapowners.com/owners/showthread.php?tid=224

I just did all the laptop manufacturer's updates a couple of weeks ago. And forgot to check them before doing the MS update. Fortunately, no problems. Be sure to check the computer maker's updates first. I'll bet that some did not, thus reports of problems.

Thanks. I did the update. It was very quick and everything seems fine.

It changed in the last couple of years. You can get the permit on line and print it out - no more sending in a check and waiting for the mail. As for signage, I've seen simple "State Trust Land" signs on site and nothing about usage on the property. In general, it permits one to use the land for hiking, camping, ATV'ing, biking, etc. (And probably shooting -given the amount of shells I've found on the ground in one particular site - though I've seen "no shooting" signs near the Cave Creek county park.) For the twenty bucks, the permit is for one year. I stayed at one site and the road was graded with high banks - I could traverse the banks with a truck camper but probably not with lower ground clearance vehicles. I think it's cheap, for twenty bucks.

There's Arizona Trust Land in that area. You need a permit ($20 family). More info here: https://land.az.gov/natural-resources/recreational-permits

We carry an "autosock" and try to stay away from weather that might required. I chose this safety backup because we have limited space and weight in a truck camper. Autosock video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtBzXVbE3Rc

It was not a used motor home as one might assume. The article states it was a 2013 model purchased in 2015. The article is poorly written and leads a reader to make assumptions. Was it new off the dealer's lot? It doesn't say. We can only assume that it was.

I think that many laptops have their own proprietary performance systems - such as Dell and Lenovo come with built-in optimization "health" systems. I read that the Lenovo optimization system (called "Vantage") needed to be upgrade first before the Windows update - otherwise problems would occur. I did the Lenovo proprietary system upgrade first, then let Windows do it's upgrade (several weeks ago) and no problems so far. YMMV