skp51443
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You also get bumps spread over three axles instead of just two, comparing two similar fivers with about the same weight on each axle the triple was noticeably smoother riding.
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Usually bigger brakes on the 8000 axles too. If your truck is near the maximum rating ordering a step larger brakes might be a good idea if your chosen axle offers them.
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We had rear kitchens on two of our fivers and had no issues with them, the main thing you need is a decent suspension and possibly an air hitch if that isn't enough to keep the bouncing under control with your truck. A spring suspension that isn't overloaded with good shocks should be good enough, a Mor-Ryde would be even better but not essential. An air hitch will reduce the bouncing caused by the truck pounding on the hitch pin with none of the potential issues with an air-ride pinbox.
You can do the defrosting fast and easy, only a few minutes so a second fridge isn't needed, the safest way is to use a spray bottle of hot tap water, no chance of a problem with that or a hair dryer but you need to be careful not to overheat anything. I do recall seeing some past posts on outside or basement fridges, search using the forum or with Google using the site option (site:www.rvnetwork.com) and you might turn something up.
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Here's my excuse, maybe others have this problem too. You know at the top of the page on the forum it says "go to first unread post". Well it doesn't always say that! So I go to the previous page to see what's up and sometimes there is so much going on, I miss some.
Sometimes your browser is keeping a slightly old version of the page and showing you that, you can hit refresh to get current with the site or a slightly faster and less data needed way, you can click the Forums tab (above forums list to the left.) Once the page refreshes you can then click the "View New Content" link on the right side. From the new content page open the blue dot ahead of each topic shown (first unread post) in a new tab. Control-Click or clicking the mouse wheel both work for that.
Still isn't perfect but other than opening each topic individually it seems to be the most bug free.
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Isn't there some rule that parked and non-registered RVs then get taxed as a mobile home? Way too long since I looked at the Texas tax code.
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The little lines likely come from either hitting the
Sbutton above the posting area or something being stuck in your browser.The easy way to be rid of them is to highlight the text and click the
Sbutton.If that doesn't work just use the toggle switch at the far top left to go from pretty text to plain text and your post will look like this:
[s]setting in Spokane weather has been warm here. probably be here a few weeks then no idea where we will go[/s] [s]mike and deb[/s] [s]weird little line thru words hmmm [/s]
Kill all the little bracket combos and you'll be good.setting in Spokane weather has been warm here. probably be here a few weeks then no idea where we will go
mike and deb
weird little line thru words hmmm
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he had to use three separate appointments or Medicare would not pay for all of them.
That is a common thing with insurance, mine not only needs individual appointments but they must be on different days. Many wasted miles and gas not to mention extra days sitting around sick people and reading a germ infested two year old Vogue or Golf Digest waiting my turn to get poked. :-(
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Best thing in Walla Walla is the onions if they are in season, try some and you won't be disappointed.
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Boat tour of the lake is always fun.
Driving tour down the east the lake is pretty nice too, lunch at an interesting looking marina can be fun too.
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While you are at Lowes look for a Hula Ho, they are fantastic for plucking goatheads and you don't need to chop, one swipe and the whole plant is cut off the root and ready to bag all in one piece.
We used one on our acre before we retired and it one swipe to sever the crown from the root. Then you'd pick up the crown and all the arms would come along to be dropped in a trash bag. It saved a whole lot of work and was far easier on our arms than a regular hoe or shovel when going after goatheads or stink-squash.
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A bit of a diversion but since enforcement has been mentioned a couple times I'll toss this in. As I read the new rules they are going to end up with your inspection status in the state registration computer along with all the other information they keep there. Aside from the cross-checking they do before issuing the registration they can provide the inspection status to the enforcement officers when they pull up your information at a traffic stop. That will impact folks that have been out of state as has been noticed above.
An additional thing that could be done, it may or may not be, is to add the inspection status checks to any licence plate scanning systems in use. If that is done any plate scanned inside Texas that didn't have a current inspection in the computer's records would flag that vehicle for a possible stop. It would be possible to have the flag be given a higher priority if the vehicle had been seen earlier and not stopped.
No idea if of how Texas will do something like this but licence plate scanners, both police car mounted and fixed station types are proving very effective in detecting plates they have been programmed to find.
Dallas: http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dallas/Dallas-police-say-new-license-readers-are--248658061.html
The department recently joined a growing number of local agencies that use this crime-fighting technology. It’s equipped 14 vehicles with the cameras and deployed 14 fixed readers throughout the city.
“Trying to do things with less officers, we needed some kind of edge to work smarter and more efficiently,” said Maj. Scott Bratcher, who oversees the program. “In a three month period, we scanned 10 and half million license plates.”
In response to last year’s concerns from Dallas City Council members, the department implemented a fairly strict retention policy for the license plate data. It keeps the scanned license plates for 90 days. By comparison, Mesquite and Grand Prairie keep the information for about two years. Richardson maintains the data for three years.Highland Village: http://www.texasobserver.org/the-eyes-of-texas-cops-are-upon-you/
License plate readers are a deceptively simple technology: They basically consist of cameras – either in a fixed location or mounted on the top of a car – that are capable of capturing and processing thousands of license plates each hour even at high speeds, low light and bad weather. The plates are then automatically checked against databases of stolen vehicles, warrants, kidnapped children, and more.Whereas before a patrol officer might have been able to check a dozen or so license plates in a shift, the computer can check hundreds a minute. All the cop needs to do is wait for the system to alert him to a match.
“The scanners are fantastic,” said Highland Village Police Chief Ed O’Bara. “It’s amazing how they can process information from the license plates.”Plate scanners can be a political issue so please don't go there on this forum!
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Blues, it doesn't just impact RVers, any business with Texas registered trucks is also impacted and that is probably a lot more money for Texas than the RV community.
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I doubt that this legislation has much to do with money or stupidity. It appears to be a bureaucratic solution to what is perceived to be a problem. I suspect that the legislators are more familiar with the plight of the over 25 million general population of Texas than a few hundred "residents" who never step foot in the State. I would suggest that the oversight is one of ignorance more than stupidity or greed. It does seem like the bureaucrats who administer the system should know better though.
I'm curious, however, about what kind of group would benefit from this new law enough to spend money lobbying for it.
A few hundred? I thought the Escapee mail service alone had thousands, then you have all the companies based in Texas with their trucks out of state and who knows how many others.
SD is very business friendly and has an entire industry in providing business and trusts with a friendly home base, they'd be glad to see folks move there from Texas.
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Actually a big lobby out there buying votes would be better news than what I think the truth is, that the politicians are so stupid and short sighted that they never saw this coming.
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Got the magazine back, the mention is on page 32 at the end of Shawn Loring's "Florida a Place to Call Home" article. Not a lot of info other than telling us it will be based at Sumter Oaks for the domicile address and you can keep using your Escapees Mail Service address. It says if you have questions about mail call the club office and ask about Escapees:Home. If you have domicile questions call his staff at 800-260-1615.
I wouldn't get too excited about it due to all the hassle that will be involved, far better to sit back, relax and see if they fix the problem before it impacts you. If the problem still exists moving your domicile is pretty easy, far easier than having to move your mail service address.
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There is some contact info in this month's magazine on the new Florida mail service, check your mail.
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...and there is ZERO difference between those military folks and many RVers.
Neither the military or the RVers wrote the laws on where you can claim domicile so don't blame them for following the rules. If you are not going to live in your old state there is no legal reason to maintain your domicile there and it is just paying taxes you have no legal reason to pay. If you enlisted from a high tax state many military would request an assignment to a low tax state or move their family to one if they were posted overseas, that allowed them to legally change their military recognized domicile to the low tax state.
Now it has been a while but I was familiar with the military rules for a military type becoming a Texas resident back then which were far stricter than the civilian ones. You had to have a real off-post address and at least three months rent receipts or proof you bought a home. With that in hand you could request a change of domicile for your military records, once that was done you could update everything else much as an RVer does today.
I was a Washington resident so I never bothered to move to Texas although I was stationed there several times, I did help a lot of the folks working for and with me to do the move as it made for a nice take-home pay increase. I didn't recommend it to folks doing just one tour and intending to return to their old state though as that could mess up a lot of potential post-service benefits like tuition and unemployment.
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I had a few pre-emissions Texas inspections done and they were fairly good, my vehicle flunked on headlight alignment and brakes. Cost a fair chunk of change to get it past the brake inspection but they did work better afterwards.
A good safety testing setup is worth the effort but a Mickey Mouse one is of little value to anyone.
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I try to avoid Windows but I remembered seeing something about the HP touchpads, might be what you need:
Open windows Control Panel, open Mouse, slect the ClickPad Settings tab and then click on the ClickPad Settings button - the option you need to enable ( if it's available for your hardware ) is shown in the Image below. Once enabled, double-tapping the top left corner of the touchpad will enable/disable the pad.
Can't post the picture from there, the forum doesn't like it. Hopefully your computer offers this option since it doesn't have a switch.
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Try typing it in notepad and copy/paste into IE once you are done if you must use IE. Easier might be switching to Google's Chrome that seems to work better with these forums.
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Get a picture of the 35 MPH curves next 60 miles at the top of Lolo if you see it and post a copy. :-)
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Yes, Escapees has clout, but not enough to head off this looming problem.
Folks said that before but when the club won their case (voting rights) at the Texas Supreme Court level they had some crow to eat!
Also as others have mentioned this law is going to cost Texas millions of dollars leng term in lost business when folks move their vehicle registrations out of state to get around the silly thing. South Dakota has a pretty nice corporate home base program in Sioux Falls that can set them up in SD and have them moved there with minimal expense and hassle. Not to mention the lower sales tax on new vehicles. You can bet Escapees and others impacted by this law are pointing that out and the Texas government folks are scrambling to fix the problem.
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Call SD DMV and chat with them, they can be flexible on renewal dates, either early or late.
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Snow down to 2000 feet here in Arizona, if you are out tomorrow drive carefully and watch out for folks with AZ plates!