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What's apparent from those replies is that Turbopilot has at least some class. Neal, OTOH, has none.

I'm glad you said that. I've been feeling the same way for months but was reluctant to point a finger at the whole sub-forum. Personally, I think a lot of this "attitude" started a year or so ago when the sub-forum decided to create a list it called "Class A RV Resorts." The list isn't based on any objective criteria nor is it limited to "Class A Only" resorts. It simply is a list that Newmar owners have compiled through their basis of "extensive experience" and "superior knowledge." At one point I asked a question about a particular "resort" that I didn't think belonged on such a list and I was told, in no uncertain terms, that this was a Newmar owners list and they could do what they want with it. I guess we should all be thankful that they've posted it on a public forum where us peasants (non-Newmar) owners can benefit from their expertise! 😁 One thing I found especially amusing was a thread a month or so ago in which a Newwar owner had the audacity to criticize something relating to his MH and how the company did or did not handle specific warranty concerns. The response from the "pack leaders" (Neal and Turbo) was instantaneous and strong...."how dare you say bad things about something we decided was the best brand on the market." What's a shame IMO is that they've almost totally derailed technology discussions on IRV2 because they jump in and dominate nearly every thread. Joel

My personal experience has been that IRV2 is Ok with someone else making a reference to a commercial website as long as the website itself doesn't make the first post. For example, with respect to WiFiRanger I'm allowed to respond to someone else's post and I can make "informative" posts such as the one I made recently about a Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) that recalled some power supplies.

Yes, both the OP and the person making post 15 are of the belief that their role on Earth is to educate the RV community. JMO

There was a link to Technomadia in that IRV2 thread in post 14 on page one. The specific people on IRV2 who started and are controlling the thread aren't the kind who will accede to the fact that anyone knows as much as they do so suggesting Technomadia as a resource doesn't fulfill their need to pontificate.

I think the key point is that for higher end coaches the depreciation rate slows significantly when they get past the ~10-15 year point. A well-cared for premium MH can still command a surprisingly high value if it is kept in excellent condition. For example, I was surprised last year when Progressive Insurance offered me a "declared value" policy on our MH at a level which represented 70% of what we had paid for it ~8 years before. This was without an inspection and the policy was renewable at the level for 10 years Furthermore, the rate was only slightly more than what I had been paying for "cash value" coverage. That got me to thinking that things like the large-block diesel mated to a n Allison 4000 transmission probably retain decent value as long as they're in good working order. Engines of the vintage of our CAT C12 command what I would consider rather high prices on the used engine market. Not all that surprising since we have only ~110,000 miles on an engine with a design life of ~750k miles before first in-frame rebuild!

I sent in the form for "separate home and RV accounts" clearly marked with "you shouldn't need this form, but here it is anyway" and on the form I clearly noted that there were NO receivers in anything other than the RV. To make things very clear I even included a photo of our MH with its Winegard Trav'ler on the roof with the front license plate also clearly visible. Since the MH's registration is in the name of our MT LLC, I included a note to the effect that the use of the MH was non-commercial, therefore, a CDL isn't required. All we can do is hope that they don't screw up our DNS while we are traveling on vacation this summer since the deadline for submission was June 15!

If you already know what State you'd like to be domiciled in, there's no reason to wait until you get there in order to get a mail service. Your email makes it sound as if you are looking for a temporary mail forwarding address to use until you decide on a permanent one. That really is an unnecessary additional step.

This approach can work if your choice of campground and your dates are fairly flexible. However, we will be visiting family in June in the mid-Atlantic and the CG options are limited near their homes. In one case we'll use a nearby State park which had to be booked months ago. As we go north from there we're stopping for a couple of nights at a Canadian national park, the reservations for which had to be made months in advance. Those reservations create additional dates that other stops have to "mate" with. So we don't have the flexibility to stay extra days, but that's Ok, we've built in stops that we think are adequate. I realize that some of you don't like traveling this way, but it works for us. We like to be headed to a particular destination. We'll spend most of the summer on Prince Edward Island with a short excursion (by car, not MH) to Newfoundland. Meandering about without a destination simply doesn't fit our style. If it works for you, that's great. This lifestyle is highly individualistic, each of us can define what works for each of us.

One thing that I don't think was mentioned in this thread, is that the 7730l will ruin its battery if charged 24/7. New batteries are inexpensive (~$20 on Amazon) but I was concerned that the swollen lithium battery could have been a fire hazard. So my Jetpack is now being charged through a wifi enabled outlet that I'm using as a timer to turn the charging on and off every couple of hours.

I'm not sure why there's so much concern about whether or not 5G will eventually make equipment obsolete. The time scales for that happening outside of the major cities are IMO so long that most of us will probably have left the road entirely before we ever see 5G. According to my son, who works for Verizon, the 5G roll-out for 2019 are Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Des Moines, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Little Rock, Memphis, Phoenix, Providence, San Diego, Salt Lake City, and Washington DC. Those aren't places where I spend much of my summer time! When it will get to Corpus Christi (or Rockport) where we spend the winter is going to be a long way in the future.

IMHO the weather forecasts I can get off the internet are far more detailed than the typical kind you get from most TV stations, particularly in smaller towns. Similarly, if one wants to know what's going on in an area, that's usually easily obtainable online. Normally, we have little interest in news from cities we're just passing through. JMO

The forms seemed pretty straightforward to me but I did have to write some "margin notes" with respect to the fact that Montana provides permanent vehicle registration for motorhomes over 10 years old. Our registration card reads "permanent" and the expiration year is given as "9999". I included a screenshot taken from a State web page that detailed what vehicles are eligible for permanent registration. I can't wait to see how the AT&T bureaucracy deals with that!😁

We do very much the same thing with a lot we own in south TX where we stay 6-7 months of the year. But our motorhome is our only "home" other than the sewing room/TV room casita we have built on our lot. We very much consider ourselves full-time RVers. I agree with the OP that there are some outspoken RVers, not all of whom are Escapees members, who would content that you can't claim to be a full-timer unless you are on the road truly "full time." People like that I simply ignore. 😀

We received the same email today. We've already responded.

To add yet another thought to this discussion, we purchased a 3" thick pure latex topper through Amazon, in a short queen length, and have been thrilled with it. Natural latex often gets overlooked as an option and it is more expensive than most memory foams, but it is an entirely different feel than memory foam. It compresses to conform to your body but then it bounces back as soon as you move. As a result it cradles you no matter how you lie on it.

To each his own. Sending snail mail is soooooooooo 20th century! 😀

Yes, that is exactly what usually happens. In the case of MyDakotaAddress going out of business an exception was made and the USPS did provide forwarding service. However, from a conversation I had recently with someone wanting to mail me a tax form, I was told that the address no longer shows on whatever mailing system they were using as a valid address.

Who actually sends physical pieces of mail between friends and family these days? We sure don't. My wife's 85-year old sister is the only person who ever sends us a holiday greeting card on occasion. We've long ago stopped exchanging actual Christmas cards with anyone.

I think automotive recalls are sent to registered owner of vehicles directly from their manufacturers, not from the auto dealerships. The address used is the one you received your license plates at. I doubt that many of our family or friends even have our "mail service" address. There's no particular reason to need it; if they send us anything it probably won't go there.

"I got some ocean front property in Arizona From my front porch you can see the sea I got some ocean front property in Arizona...." 😁

With respect to changing addresses for full-timers, a number of us had to do it on a moment's notice last summer when MyDakotaAddress suddenly went out of business. It wasn't really all that difficult. As soon as I had my new address information I went online with all of the entities we do business with one-at-a-time and changed our address. It might have taken me a couple of hours and there were those that I didn't remember to do the first time through, but in no case did I have to rely on waiting for pieces of mail to show up.

Current generation US cell phones are "world phones" capable of operation in most countries. A couple of years ago we were using our Verizon phones in London and I can go to my Google location history and see which museums and other places we were at on a minute by minute basis!

Although satellite phones are available all over the world, cell phones in Europe and Asia are tower-based, just like ours.

I can't help but chuckle when I think that Amazon might combine package delivery with its satellites. With a space-based warehouse, packages could be routed to satellites which would "target" them on your home! 😂