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I noticed that there is a high voltage battery equalizer charge that occurs every 30 days by the solar panel charge controller. The extra high voltage triggers the LP detector. (I'm 90 percent sure - but haven't verified it yet - only recently noticed it.) (hope that make sense)

Wow! That made me sit up straight. How's your back and legs feel now? How long's it been since surgery?

I'm no guru and can't tell the future. Given that 10,000 people are said to retire everyday and very few have saved for retirement, I think the chances are good that a demand for low cost housing will continue. They were probably undervalued to begin with - sort of like storage companies were undervalued about seven or so years ago. During the 2008 recession, I found that many of the mobile homes were bank owned. When tenants bailed out, banks owned the mobile home but still had to pay rent to the park ownership! Boy, did the banks ever cut prices to unload mobile homes at that time. (We had a broker that sold vacant repossessed mobile homes for the banks - which is a long story for another time.) At any rate, I have a certain amount of respect for mobile home living and parks. At the same time believe that there is room for the organized purchase of parks to continue and eventually become abusive and probably detrimental to investors.

ELS, SUI - I visited one of their holdings in Arizona - I was not impressed. But people have to live somewhere.

The MJ ETF has tanked. However, the two trailer park stocks (which were already expensive when purchased) have climbed continuously.

I'm not sure that it has anything to do with fuel economy. The purpose of a lubricity additive is to reduce the "wear scar" scratches on engine components. From the (pdf) white paper Lubricity Additive Study Results: And the topic was originally posted and discussed ad infinitium here: https://www.dieselplace.com/forum/76-speciality-forums/64-maintenance-fluids/177728-lubricity-additive-study-results.html I'm assuming that big rig engines are usually fueled up at stations that reliably provide fuel with the appropriate additives added at the refinery.

Thanks, I edited the original post to include the word "fuel". (thou I am interested in oil additives as well). Professional Boat Builder carried an article that claimed 40-percent of fuels do not meet specifications for lubricity. It should be noted that was 2010 and the article was published in 2018- perhaps things have improved.

I ask this question here because I believe that HDT owners are more closely aligned with commercial big rig operators AND may have information that is not readily apparent to small diesel engine trucks. Do you use a lubricity fuel additive or not? Why? (citation sources appreciated)

It's very frightening when water on the slide topper freezes overnight and smashes into the ground when the slide is retracted the next morning. Make sure no one is standing there. Also, if ice forms on the roof and you plan on driving - beware that the ice can slide off into someone's windshield.

Whether your rig needs a slide topper depends a lot on where you park it. Pine cones, twigs and needles? Not in the open paved areas. Probably never need it.

Installation instructions on my last slideout topper (that I installed) stated that it is best to have a 3-inch slope. Meaning, from where the topper is attached to the wall to the outside edge of the slideout, there should be an incline difference of 3-inches. (I hope that I explained that right) Using personal observation, I've noticed that some RV manufacturers build the slide out box opening in the wall right at the roof line. That is a poor design for a slide topper to work properly because it doesn't allow enough slide topper slope incline. (If the slide topper is nearly level, then it tends to collect water and eventually gets a belly sag. After Which, the stretched belly sag fabric tends to "flap" in a high wind. The RV slide out box opening should be a few inches, preferably 3-inches, below the RV roof line. That will allow the upper side of the slide topper to be mounted at the roof line - and the lower edge of the slide topper on the slide out to be low enough for water to quickly run off.

No. Not logically, mathematically or philosophically. . .it's not worth it. But the moral satisfaction that I'm not letting the insurance company do a rip-off by triple billing is priceless. Additionally, the insurance company now does not know what drugs I'm taking. 😊

Okay. . .I got the 90-day script refill without insurance for $6.00 The 30-day script cost 75-cents going through insurance.

Hope it's not too off topic, but. . . I checked with a pharmacist at CVS Target yesterday. She will fill my prescription for 90 days (as it is prescribed) if I pay cash - no insurance. While at the Costco pharmacy, they will only fill for 30 days as prescribed by the insurance company. (Triple the billing and handling costs but I can get the drug cheaper). Funny thing was, when the CVS pharmacist entered my information into her computer, the insurance popped up as the "payer". The "payer" can be over-ridden so that billing is cash (and cost to me is much more). How much more? The pharmacist said she can apply any number of "coupons" via her computer so that I get the discount. I'll go back today to pay for it - and see how much "coupon" discount I can get. Why? Cause' I want a 90 day prescription on upcoming international trips.

I cannot confirm or deny that I have knowledge of secret campgrounds. 😊

The biggest complaint I hear is "losing muscle mass". This occurs from guys who have a home and workout routine and occurs on their first long RV travel trip (90 days to six months). Most campers don't carry workout weights. Our travel experience is less weight training but more walking and biking. However, we start each day with a 2.5 mile walk. I wouldn't go anywhere without it.

I think I saw a cellphone recycling machine in Walmart this week. Similar to a Redbox.

The scripts are generic and simple - $4.00 at Target if I paid for it myself with no insurance - this was 10+ years ago. Now, Costco can't give me 90 days 'cause insurance won't allow for it. Last time I checked, they would not sell it to me without insurance! I'll ask again. Think about it. Every time money changes hands, somebody makes money. If the government is paying, then the more the merrier. $$$

I think there may be something else going on here too. . . My doctor prescribes two drugs with a fill for 90 days - but the pharmacy will only fill them 30 days at a time. Which of course means that I have to make three trips to the pharmacy, triple the paperwork, triple the human and triple everything! Just a few months ago, I could get a 90 day refill. But it just recently changed. Wonder why. . .? My suspicion is that the pill pushers get a fee for each prescription filled. Yes, bilking the "government" is what I'm thinking. With all the politicians telling us how much better they are, why don't they tackle the really simple problems. Like pharmaceutical corruption?

I don't like leaving money on the table. It's a big pile of money not in your pocket if you wait.

Back in my working day, I was out in my shop (a stand alone building that shows on the county tax assessors office as a garage/warehouse) and a census taker came a-visitin one day. She had climbed up the heavily forested hill out back to reach our place. And she insisted that her records showed that this was a habitation. I directed her to our nearby house, but no, that was not the case. The shop building was shown on the federal records has a dwelling. I don't know. . .I simply just don't know. . .

The way that's done is you go to HIS bank and at the teller window he has the bank cut you a check for the amount required. This is done with both of you at the teller window along with a quick explanation of what your doing. The bank teller will verify the money is there before cutting a check. Not every buyer is bogus. We had a guy on the east coast send a check for a rowing shell without his even seeing it. A few weeks later he had a guy come to our house towing a huge trailer full of rowing shells - he picked up the rowing shell and that was it.

I'm sticking with my marijuana farm: MJ and my trailer parks: SUI and ELS Invest in what you know? 😉

I'm suffering from "upgrade fatigue".

Sometimes people write using stream of consciousness and don't use a thoughtful filter on what they write or how it might be interpreted. That would be me only speaking after a few drinks. Fortunately, I haven't been punched out yet.