KodiakJack

Our TPMS saved us twice. Once on low pressure and once on high temperature. Totally convinced both alerts saved me many dollars from further damage. Later, J

Thanks all for the suggestions. I liked the noodle idea and had a couple handy so tried it right away. Looks like it would work fine for the doors but not the drawer. The drawer on our Samsung has a rebound like spring but certainly it would not hold it closed on the Alcan. The padded horseshoe was a great idea too. Just was wondering what folks came up with. Thanks again. Later, J a

I just replaced our 4-door Dometic refrigerator with a Samsung RF18. How did you secure the doors and drawer for travel? Later, J

Honda parts and service are available at many locations. Honda generators are quiet and reliable with likely the best history of anything similar on the market. Later, J

Lots of remote locations don't have pink stuff available so folks blow out everything quite successfully. There are many thousands of boats cleared of water this way all the time in Alaska. A plunger works fine for pumping clear a p-trap BTW. I have had good luck with air clearing water from the ice maker and tubing. How's the best way to get the pink stuff to do this? Make some pink slush? Later, J

Glendale, AZ is not far from you. I had a complete teeth cleaning there for $48 (I paid $50 per quadrant in MX) and it was the most extensive cleaning I have ever had. The job is performed by a team of 3rd year dental students at the Midwestern University supervised by one of the staff dentists. Exceptional service and at a lower cost than anywhere I have found. We used to go to Los Algodonnes, MX but not since discovering the MWU. Plus is they will process your insurance claim but I think only for Delta Dental and BCBS. The link below will take you to their clinic page (they have several) where you can follow it to the Dental Institute page for additional details. Later, J https://www.mwuclinics.com/arizona

We usually keep the grey closed and like some use its output to help clean the hose after dumping the blank tank. Read that lot of folks keep their grey open most of the time so decided to try it last summer in Alaska. Well when it came time to roll both grey valve were more difficult to operate and continued to get worse. By the time we landed in Arizona one of the valves was inoperable so I had to drop some of the underbelly cover to access and operate it. Long story short installed electric actuators and new valves on all three tanks and went back to dumping as I used to (i.e. when you get an answer from the John in the form of a burp). Use no additives in any tanks but do the soap water travel-slouch routine every once in awhile. Added a whole 10-pound bag of ice to the black tank slouch mix once (something I saw recommend here) and then drove 400 miles before dumping. Didn't see any ice come out just lots of gunk I don't normally see. I keep telling myself that that worked so well I should do it again but so far I never have. Happy tanks to you. Later, J

We too got a ramp for our dog(s). It was heavy duty fiberglass with a nice non-skid surface and folded in half. When in place it was not so wide that you couldn't walk up the steps along side of it. So you had a choice ramp or stairs. Most of the time if the ramp was in place we just used it. The dogs loved it. Later, J

No I downloaded my avatar (sort of criminal for someone with lots of cute puppy photos on their hard drive). We taught obedience classes for about ten years before pulling that plug and went back to training the dogs individually and then training the owners how to handle them. At this point in time socializing your dogs with everything is most important. Beside taking a obedience class get some books on dog training. With the GSD the second the most popular dog in the US do your homework for advise on traits you want in your dog, how to look for them, and hence how best to take advantage of your "pick". Best in training. Later, J

We full time with 2 German Shepherd Dogs. They are both retired search and rescue dogs and are very well trained (holding several national and international training titles). Its been a bit over 2 years now since we hit on the road and in that time only one park did not want our business due to the "weight" of our dogs. This was at a park in Quartzsite. When I explained their website said dogs were welcome they pointed out that they had a max 25 pound dog policy. I suggested to them that this would be good to specifically state this policy on their website. At any rate the park said they would allow us to stay with our dogs the night. We declined and moved down the road to a park that they recommended that was very happy to have a couple search dogs stay. Moral of the story do your homework before pulling into the park....I usually do but missed this one. Later, J PS At a park while back while walking the dogs on leash (male 110 lbs and female 85+ lbs) a small spaniel attacked. Even though circling the dogs and barking our dogs ignored it. Soon the owner raced in to apologize. I nickname dogs like this "Death Wish".

Wow! I watched both videos looks like quit a hitch. Time to start some serious research on the Anderson hitch. Besides my back will thank me if I get one. Later, J

The only issue I have had with our 4 place Level Up system was the rear stabilized worm drive motor getting a signal that it was time to retract (down always went fine). This left us unable to move until they were up. Unlike you the hydraulics always worked well. Fixed the problem by removing these stabilizer's from the Level Up's control and then just installed a Up/Down switch (in the box with the electric service cord winch). I look forward to the next chapter in this story. Later, J PS Carful with that 555 timer IC....wouldn't want to wakeup the Y2K ghost.

You state that your truck is not a short bed but then go on to describe it as 6' 7" long which most consider a short bed. Any pickup bed that does not allow a full sheet of plywood to be slid in and the tailgate closed is a short bed. I have used both long and short bed pickups with fixed hitches to haul 5th wheels. When I had the short bed I installed a fixed hitch because it was cheap (came with the 5er) and lived with it (even drove it down from Alaska). Anyway long story short I banged the cab on more than one occasion but got fair at making short turns for many normal driving maneuvers (especially in reverse). My advise get a sliding hitch. Later, J