dartmouth01

Hit the playa about a month ago, surprisingly dry for the season. My first time, went in via 12 Mile entrance and it was well tracked. Barely got VZ 4g with an s9+, i have an older weboost booster that only helped marginally. Newer tech may help. Everyone says to stay north and west of 12 mile, it can get muddier as you get closer to Gerlach and toward the east side (there is a seasonal stream that runs north south that we had to cross when we were there). We hit 3 of the hotsprings around there, was super fun! South of Gerlach I saw multiple rigs out in the valleys, lots of places to boondock near the road.

Went to the playa for the first time a couple weekends ago, was a blast! Pretty much dry, visited 3 of the hotsprings around it.

Also, the bigger chain storage locations like Public Storage and Store 4 All have sites that I believe can show you what is available for outdoor parking, and you can reserve online and everything. Thats how I used to find the good deals before my next's month's payment was due, without really having to call around. The smaller places though, you may have to call in to get rates.

I used to live in Oakland and stored at a few places in the area. Trouble remembering the names, but I bounced around as promo rates expired (like 2 months at 50%, etc). Just do a search for storage on Google in the area you're staying, and look at sat view to see who has outdoor parking. I do recall that Martinez and further East Bay was cheaper, but I would use the rig on weekends so I needed it closer to me.

Get some basic chains that fit your tire size from Walmart (they seem to have the least expensive Peerless ones out there), and keep them for that just in case time. I live in the Sierra Nevadas (Tahoe, just outside of Reno) and there are chain control checkpoints on the major highways here (generally on the CA side, the NV side also requires chains often but they don't check). Test mounting them once would also be a good exercise, just to make sure you know how to mount them. Regardless of chain control though, chains can make an immeasurable difference; I came from the East Coast where no one ran chains (closest you would get are the folks running studded tires in the winter), and after putting chains on my FWD passenger car (with dedicated snows), its a night and day difference. I did invest in fancy Thule (Konig) K-Summit chains, which go on and off in literally a minute each once sized so I have no excuse to not use them when the snow flies.

Hoping this signals a steady decrease in prices. I'm also not yet ready to move to lithium as well, but if the price comes down a bit more, I may be!

Thanks for the heads up. I struggle watching Roku's Channel because of the ads though lol.

Hi all, I'm planning on installing a smart battery isolator and upgrade the trailer battery charging line in my 2007.5 LMM Silverado 2500HD, similar to this. The 12V power line was hooked up to the fuse box when I bought my first rig, but by default my RV batteries will drain the truck batteries if I don't disconnect the 7 Pin. I figured I would disconnect the existing 12V power line, connect the isolator to the post, and run the heavier gauge wire all the way to the truck's 7 pin connector from the isolator. However, in thinking further about this, would the battery isolator also cut off power to the trailer brakes? Or do the trailer brakes not utilize the 12V aux power line? Thanks!

Twice as many barrels and capacity tho. 😉 our Mossberg has been perfectly adequate for the times Ive had to fire in danger (0 times), but that doesnt seem to be the decision making value premise used by my gun fanatic friends.

But one of these would save so much space in an RV (thats what im trying to convince the DW lol) https://www.mcarbo.com/dp-12-vs-ksg.aspx

Im now semi permanently fulltime in Nevada so I'll be getting a handgun at some point for our backcountry jeep adventures, but when we were traveling we had a standard Mossberg 500 in the rig. Its not always handy, but was a good compromise of having protection without having to think so much about local laws. Im not a gun nerd but i did tell my wife that for the sake of space savings I'd like to trade in the mossberg for a keltec ksg or even better, the DP12 lol

There are enough alternate routes on the western side of the sierras (ie past Donner, closer to Sac) that you should be able to get around most road closures. Otherwise, plan to sit in your rig until roads open. Donner is a decent pull but there are 3 lanes including a slow one, so take your time. Good luck!

I think you meant GB, not mb? I routinely use 200+GB on both of my Mobleys (each), so far no ill effects. But of course, there's always the risk they cancel the plan.

Most of my plans are grandfathered and no longer available, but I use a VZ Samsung S9+ phone with and older unlimited plan, 2 ATT mobleys on the old car connect plan, and a Tmobile plan in an older Samsung S7. We are long term stationary in a volunteer position with a toddler so we have the TV on quite a bit and it we burn thru almost a TB a month amongst all the devices. I use a Pepwave router to quickly switch between them.

Check the port on your phone as well

Mine sags, and doesnt have tensioning rods to keep it locked out.

A Roku TV or other Smart View enabled TV, and an android phone that supports it, would let you do screen mirroring. I think Samsung owns that name, but other brands may have the same tech under different names. i know my Win 10 laptop will connect to my tv the same way as my samsung phone will. The Roku app may have mirroring capabilities to the tv too, ill have to check.

I ended up having to do the bypass install twice, because of defective parts and that the system and area wasn't designed for a bypass to begin with. The camco valves leaked upon installation, and the plastic check valve I found at the rv store made a horrible humming noise when activated. Also, the pipe going into inlet side has very little give to it and was a tight fit once the additional length of the 3 way valve and check valve were installed. I bought the Valterra bypass kit instead, and those 3 way valves are much beefier feeling and hopefully wont fail. Additionally, i bought a brass check valve and installed it on the inlet side, between the hose and the 3 way valve. Finally, i cut the pex going into the inlet side and put a flexible SS braided adapter and bridged the gap between the pex I cut and the check valve. Now, the pressure doesn't spike on the cold side when the water heater heats the water, and I cant drain the water heater using the cold side low point drain (which protects me from the off chance of a cold side leak, and water draining thru that leak, if city or pump are off)

Hi, I am installing a bypass kit (rig did not come with one) and I noticed there is no check valve on the inlet side. This might explain why I occasionally would have hot water come out the cold side? Any harm if I put one on the inlet side, or choose to leave one out (there may not be enough room)? Thanks!

Never had stepped into an rv or trailer prior to buying my first, at the age of 31, DW at 23. We bought it with the intention of full-timing, and I was very emotionally tied to that rig when we sold it, the memories we made in it were very special. Now on our 3rd rig, and the attachment is lesser and lesser, as I see that within the skin, they are all essentially the same. I will have trouble selling my tow vehicle though, if it ever comes to that: my daughter was born in the passenger seat, my wife delivered her on her own while I was driving to the hospital! If we hadn't left 3 minutes before, she would have been born in our rig!

I make toilet wine! :-)

Ive done, it has worked for for me. Just get a carbon monoxide detector in the bedroom if you're concerned at all.

The technology exists now, might be worthwhile to upgrade to a newer genny. Being a good neighbor isnt a requirement for life, but it makes it alot easier to go thru it if you try.

This looks to be the newer model, as the display has been updated. But basically yes. I purchased more of the temp sensors and added the into the system.

I have the LaCrosse 5 in 1 Weather Station. It was the one sold (and may still be selling) at Costco. Internet connected, so I can check in on the sensors when I'm away, and also get alerts on my phone. You can add more sensors to connect to the base station, though those sensors won't show up on the display, they will show on the app on the phone. So now I have temp/humidity sensors outside, inside (the base station), under the RV (used when I'm skirted for winter), and in the fridge. I also have a rain sensor and a wind sensor. I kind of wish I had a baro sensor and connected to wunderground, but not a huge deal, and the deal I got on the weather station at Costco when it was on sale was great. I think the deal at the time was $50 for the set, about 1.5 years ago.