Second Chance
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1 hour ago, richardbetsey said:
I was hoping that they would be a bit lenient. The JetPack has a 30 GB limit. Fortunately we have 2 phones each with 15 GB of hotspot. It would have been a lot more convenient to just use the Jetpack. It is kind of weird that Verizon bases everything on each individual device. I guess when you have the best coverage you can be a bit arrogant.
VZW lenient? Not a chance. We had a 30GB plan for a long time, though, and could do anything except stream without coming close to using all of our data. (We now have a grandfathered truly unlimited plan on an 8800 Jet Pack.)
Rob
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... and 600kbps will barely load email.
What's your monthly data allowance? VZW has recently come out with some new plans and you might be able to get a lot more data now (though I'm sure you'll pay for it!).
Rob
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In addition to reading the article in the link Kirk provided, you can read the Escapees Florida domicile guide here:
Rob
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We've been on the list for membership at Evergreen Coho for a couple of years. Spent the summer of 2019 up there and loved it. When we get to the point we don't feel like traveling 100% of the time, we'll do summers at Coho and winters in southern NM (I have family there). We'll fly east to see the grandkids when they don't come out our way.
Rob
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40 minutes ago, Chad Heiser said:
Grand Design has trailers in the weight range and floor plan they are looking for. I have done several installations on Grand Designs recently and have a friend who bought one as well. My impressions on the ones I worked on and my friend's impressions from his are all positive so far.
We're in our second Grand Design fifth wheel (full-timers) and have been happy with both of them. The issue I see for the OP is the combination of "bunkhouse" and "2500 diesel." Our 36' Reflection fifth wheel - a "mid-profile" conventional floorplan - put a little over 3,000 lbs. on the pin. GD's lighter Reflection 150 Series doesn't come in a bunkhouse and the smallest/lightest (regular) Reflection bunkhouse, the 31MB, will put about 2,700 lbs. on the pin when loaded. If their Ram 2500 diesel has that kind of payload (hitch, passengers, etc., included), I would recommend looking at the 31MB.
Rob
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I agree with the above. If all the bling stays, though, I would like to see it made right. For example... I've been an Escapee and a member of the forum since 2013 with 593 posts (prior to this one - if that number is correct) - yet my label says "Newbie?" The system appears to have no credibility.
Rob
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56 minutes ago, LindaH said:
We are Dish customers and have a Winegard Trav'ler on the roof with a Hopper 3 receiver. With this setup, we can watch a program while at the same time recording multiple other programs no matter which satellite any of the programs are on. If we brought our Joey along, we could also watch a second TV, but we leave it at home.
We mostly boondock, so sitting under trees that block the satellite dish isn't a problem. However, if we were often blocked by trees, I'd probably get a Winegard Pathway X2 dome satellite dish, even though that would limit what we could do (in our case, we'd have to bring along another receiver such as a Wally to work with the dome since the Hopper 3 doesn't work with domes).
If I were going to stick with just a dome, it would be the Winegard Pathway X2 with the Wally receiver, like this:
Pathway X2 Portable Satellite TV Antenna and DISH Wally HD Receiver Bundle | Winegard Company
I'll second this recommendation. We've used a Pathway X2 with a Wally for six years and are very happy with it. It's possible to add a portable hard drive to the Wally to give it DVR and programming capabilities, too (which we have done). The Pathway X2 will support two receivers, but both sets have to be tuned to channels that are on the same satellite. The portability is why we've stuck with the X2 rather than a Trav'ler on the roof. When we pulled into our current site at a FamCamp on a large Army installation in Georgia, it was obvious the trees were going to be an issue. I had to move the antenna twice to nail the hole in the trees and pick up the satellites - but that would not have been possible with an antenna fixed on the roof. The X2 is superior to the other Dish automatic portable antennas because it has the largest reflector and therefore the strongest signals. The MyDish app for smartphones makes it very easy to change our location as we move around so we get the local channels for whichever market we're in. No more calling customer service and waiting on the phone!
Rob
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1 hour ago, Kirk W said:
One question, about your question... 😊
Since you have a truck and fifth wheel, were you thinking of miles driven towing your RV or total miles driven? For some that includes every mile driven, even to the grocery store, while others tow a second vehicle and so the miles driven given are only those traveling between locations. That was the reason for my second post. Our motorhome typically accrued about 7,000 miles (or less) each year while the towed vehicle would accrue another 20,000 miles or so.
Had we been living in a towable without a second vehicle our annual average would have been approximately 27,000 miles per year.
Good question, Kirk - and I should have clarified. We have a chase car that Laura drives behind on RV travel/moving days, so I'm just thinking of the actual miles on the truck/RV. The truck is a dedicated tow vehicle except for the occasional utilitarian run. The car gets quite a few more miles put on it sightseeing, shopping, and - this past year - running back and forth between Aberdeen, MD, and Richmond, VA, helping with my 90-year-old mother-in-law who just passed away. The fact that she's gone now and the pandemic situation is changing is why we can get back on the road.
Rob
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Laura and I are talking about what our patterns and travels might look like over the next few years. As part of a discussion about whether or not it made sense to fly or to pull the rig across the continent for a relatively short stay (two months or less) to visit grandkids twice a year, she wanted to know how many miles the average full-timers tow their trailer or drive their motorhome each year. I told her that asking that question probably wasn't going to yield much useable information because there are so many ways people full-time: travel/change locations regularly, move regularly for work (if still working), snowbird, settle into an SKP co-op park (or similar) with occasional forays (or not), do volunteer gigs where they stay a month or longer in several places, etc. So, with all that said, consider the question asked, please. How many miles per year do you average?
Rob (please don't shoot the messenger)
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I just did a test run without any issues. I noticed on the home page that the page was updated today... perhaps they had an issue that they fixed.
Rob
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1 hour ago, Dapperdan said:
Yes, Insignia has residential style ranges that will fit in an RV. Not sure what RV manufactures offer them other than DRV. We were just at a rally in Sevierville TN and DRV had several of their new units on display, most had the "residential" style ranges!
Dan
Grand Design is starting to use Insignia in their units, too.
Rob
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I have used it a number of times over the years with very good results. I try to write reviews to keep the site current.
Rob
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58 minutes ago, JimK said:
The original issue was about buying an RV for extended use and then reselling that same RV and returning home. A great many foreign visits do this even for relatively short trips. It can be way cheaper to buy and sell as opposed to the high rental costs.
Some RV rental companies, such as Cruise America, handle the logistics and make this easy for a foreign visitor. You might pay a bit more but the logistics will be easy for both buying and reselling.
Our daughter and her family flew to California from Maryland and rented a Cruise America class C in April. It may have just been that particular franchise (Sacramento), but they had a horrible experience with the RV. It was dumpster filthy. When they showered, the water ran across the floor and out the main door. The city water fill fitting was cracked and sprayed all over the place and the stinky slinky had cracks in it and leaked. The brakes were very soft and the steering very loose (our son-in-law is a commercial pilot and quite capable of assessing these things).The owner of the franchise couldn't have cared less and was extremely ugly and rude.
Rob
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I'll second (third?) the Mountain Directory. Have both east and west editions and use them all the time. It's not the grades that scare me, though - it's cliffs and big drop-offs. Ever meet an acrophobic pilot? (Doesn't bother me in an aircraft.)
Rob
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If you search this (or any other RV) forum, you'll find lots of threads on mattresses. This business has an excellent reputation in the RV community, as well:
Rob
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There is a piece of equipment called the Automated Safety Hitch that does just what you describe. However, as mentioned, you would be over the legal length in many states and that bus won't have the power to pull a fifth wheel of any size up any kind of a grade.
Rob
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On 3/24/2021 at 1:00 PM, Darryl&Rita said:
Corvair?
I'm sure you're right... but 50+ years is a long time!😄
Rob
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43 minutes ago, usbusin said:
Looks pretty flat to me. Used to drive one of these when I worked for Hannig and Olbreicht around 1956-57.
You're right! I thought I remembered a raised engine box at the back.
Rob
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12 hours ago, HiWay-OurWay said:
Gosh, what a unique idea. I can't recall it ever having being done before . . .
Oh, wait, VW did it from 1950's until well into the 1970's:
Yes - but there was limited "flat" space with the engine rise in the rear.
Rob
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In 1969 my grandparents lived in a small house up Cedar Creek Canyon just outside Ruidoso, NM. My parents, sisters and I were visiting them that summer along with an old friend of theirs, Felicitas Duarte. Felicitas happened to be the secretary to our senior senator who, a few years later, would become a member of the Senate Watergate Committee. Several of us were sitting at a picnic table on the breezeway between the house and guest house after supper while my younger sisters made s'mores on the coals left on the grille.
My grandparents had been telling Felicitas about the problems they'd been having with the bears knocking over the trash cans, tearing up the cushions on the glider and chairs out front, and generally making messes. Felicitas wasn't believing it. All of a sudden, I looked to my right to see a bear's nose on the picnic table between my right elbow and Felicitas (she was seated at the end of the table and I was on the corner). I guess the bear had smelled the hamburgers or s'mores and, in the darkness, had come up the steep creek bed behind the house. Felicitas immediately started saying - rather loudly - "I believe! I believe" and crossing herself. My grandfather, who was suffering from arthritis and cancer that had metastasized to his lower spine, came out of the kitchen door and chased the bear away with a flyswatter. Afterward we joked about not being sure whether Felicitas was re-professing her faith in Jesus or finally believed the bear stories... perhaps both.🙂
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We have also used an external hard drive on a Wally for over 5-1/2 years and 40K miles without any issues at all. I hadn't thought about unplugging the receiver since our entertainment center is also on the inverter... thanks, Ken!
Rob
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Try a campground locator like RVParky and then your carrier's coverage map. The close you are to a town and not up in the mountains, the better your chances are. We have Verizon and their map/locator is here (you can enter the specific address of the park you're considering): Verizon coverage map/locator.
Rob
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Thanks for posting, Gary.
Rob
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Hdt pulling 5th wheel wreck in Clarksville TN
in HDT
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This link says the tractor "overturned." The damage could very well be from that and not from hitting something.
Rob