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Seems odd to have a will-call facility but they won't deliver to it.   Isn't there a shipping place or mailbox service anywhere in this town?

19 hours ago, Dutch_12078 said:

 Satellite TV service does not, nor are the satellites equipped to support it. (internet)

Yeah, I didn't think so.

22 minutes ago, Zulu said:

Officially, not yet, but that hasn't stopped some people.

I've seen that, but nowhere in that vid could I find anything about traveling.  I would think DTV may be able to rescue its failing business if they could offer internet service with their existing dishes.  I know  I'd sign up.

Starlink does not service traveling RVs.

You have a dishwasher in your RV?

On 9/7/2021 at 1:54 PM, spindrift said:

 You'd be surprised how many TopKat blocks I've put out that always get eaten; both inside the RV and outside around the wheel wells.  

Spring traps are effective, but not infallible.  I've found where the critters have eaten the PB but not sprung the trap!

It's a pretty rare occurrence to a) be refused entry for age  b) have absolutely nowhere else to go, including blacktop parking.

Learn to boondock.

Spring traps with peanut butter

No problem with me.

HD has many RV supplies and ships every bit as fast as Amazon.

Paragraphs might be nice

The interstates in the west all are pretty horrible with the truck traffic beating the hell out of the right lane.  I find myself in the left lane quite often until approaching traffic comes.  Either that or straddling the white line to stay out of the ruts.  

I live in NW New Mexico, and the Navajo 'red' roads are some of the worst I've ever been on.  It's hard to get to Gallup from the north in one piece.

10 hours ago, JimK said:

Be careful about the post office mail forwarding to begin with!....   Instead of relying on the post office request address changes with every place that sends you first class mail.

Boy I'll say.  Trusting the PO to get this right is a crap shoot.  In my experience they will keep forwarding mail even after you specifically tell them to stop.  Whether online or in  person.. it doesn't matter. 

If you want a separate mailing address then change it at the source.  Do not trust the post office.

On 7/11/2021 at 5:59 PM, j_mobile said:

We need a solution for this ASAP!!!!

I believe it's working now.  I guess the best answer is just waiting it out, because Verizon "help" was no help at all.

On 7/1/2021 at 10:25 AM, Steven@146 said:

Someone just the other day told me that if you have an RV, and are concerned about fuel mileage and or the cost of fuel you are missing the point of having an RV. While there might be some truth to that, keeping your fuel cost down is also important. 

I drive a big truck and almost without fail the first question out of anyone's mouth is "what kind of fuel mileage do you get?"  I answer politely, but what I really want to say is "I am comfortably retired and don't pay attention to fuel prices. I fuel up where it's convenient, not cheap.  If I cared about fuel mileage I wouldn't be driving this, but just the same I am happy you get better mileage."

I've been messing around with the cap on tank 2, and I think things are ok now.

On 7/1/2021 at 6:58 PM, TD1 said:

another thing you can check is just go around and snug up all the fuel line connections that you can get a wrench on. 

The tanks aren't always equalizing either. 

On 6/25/2021 at 11:42 AM, RV_ said:

One more thing. T-Mobile and Dell have customer service reps that have heavy accents and talk in sing song inflections that I have real difficulty understanding. T-Mobile is the worst accents followed by Dell. Both terrible when you get a heavy accent. 

 

As far as I'm concerned the 'customer service reps' are just salespeople.  Been having a problem with Verizon, but trying to get it solved has proven impossible.  

I love V's service coverage (my T mobile camping neighbors had to go to town for service) but other than that, not real pleased. 

2 hours ago, Lou Schneider said:

 I'm surprised a Honda 1000 contributed useful power to a pair of EU2000s. 

It seems to work fine.  And they're 2200s.

If you need some data, the voltage with a/c running on 2 2200s is 122.  With the a/c and micro running with the same 2, the voltage is 116, and the surge is noticeable as they spool up to start the micro.

With all 3 gens running, the voltage with both a/c and MW is 118, and there's little if any surge dip.

I'm finding every search parameter under the sun, but have not yet found how to search a particular user's posts for a keyword.

4 hours ago, Kirk W said:

. I would love to hear more about the device you came up with. Was the additional 1000 parallel capable already? 

Just 3 extension cords with hots and neutrals connected at at 30a socket.  The 1000 is parallel ready.

Added a 1000 to my two Honda 2200s today.  Parallel just fine (with homemade wires). 

Why did I do this?  The 2200s weren't quite enough to run air and MW at the same time without surging, but adding the 1k is just the antidote.  And the 1000 is SO quiet and light and cute, I may use it for occasional charging when the sun is away. 

So why do I need to run MW and air at the same time?   Dinner time is usually hot in the summer, and I often need MW for that, and I don't want to lose AC.

Thanks.. I'll see what SC has to say.  They may be getting tired of hearing about my problems.

The problems with this truck just never end.

2008 FL Sportchassis Cummins 8.3L

When the truck is parked on a slope, facing uphill, it takes a lot of cranking to start.  Anyone know why?

On 6/28/2021 at 5:10 PM, Ray,IN said:

. I agree the scripted questions seem dumb and immaterial to my problem too.

What's dumb and immaterial is when there's 6 pages of a thread with the questions already asked and answered, but each new 'customer service' rep doesn't read any of it, and only responds to the last person reporting the same trouble.  That gets very annoying.  I call it the "thoughts and prayers" response, because it's obvious they don't know how to help.