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  1. Unfortunately, these two themes things are incompatible. That location is about a thousand miles away. While I could arrange to buy from them, doing my usual RV testing (get in the shower, "preparing" a meal, sitting and imagining, and other daily activities) is unlikely to be feasible. Thank you. I will definitely keep you and others here in mind as this process wends its way to a new home. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  2. It depends upon what you mean by "using" an address in TX. The real issue for licensing is your domicile. Domicile is your legal state of residency. Your mailing address may not be the same as your domicile. I am domiciled at the Escapees park in Bushnell, FL. I have a Florida license and health insurance. The only mail that goes to my domicile is official mail from the State of Florida. The park forwards it to my mailing address. My mailing address is the Escapees mail service in Livingston, TX. The domicile controls my driver license requirements. My mailing address has no effect on licensing. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  3. Sure thing! We've decided to look beyond the length limits we discussed. We will be more open minded about the dinette. We particularly like the 2004 Monaco you posted. We made a list of things to look for (tag axle, kitchen space, diesel, floorplan, etc.) Now Jinx is looking at RV's for models and years that she likes. She shows me an occasional picture or floor plan. Once her initial list is compiled we will go over them together, I will start researching those models, we will talk about them some more, and then we will start looking. She likes the culling process and her judgment is usually pretty sound. I expect we will have more questions to post here as that process evolves. Right now we are getting ready to get on the road for the travel season. Both the truck and RV need some work and we are coordinating that. Travel begins at the end of this month. I will start my personal education on the care and feeding of Class A's at the Escapade. Thank you for your help and to others for theirs. I will be back for more. Your tag line triggered tickled me.. I once was called upon to get a cat down from a tree. Having read "Tom Sawyer Abroad" I was mindful of Tom's uncle's advice that "a person that started in to carry a cat home by the tail was gitting knowledge that was always going to be useful to him, and warn't ever going to grow dim or doubtful." What I learned initially was that welding gloves are several inches too short. Had I thought more about it beforehand I would have realized that the lack of cat skeletons in trees indicates that they are quite capable of getting down under their own power. That insight would have saved me from a large number of perforations that occurred when I became a ladder. Wisdom is the product of experience. Experience is the product of exercising poor judgment. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  4. Since they are taking public resources that we pay for with tax dollars, I think thieves describes them than freeloaders. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  5. Rick, Unvx'd travel to the US is currently unlawful. Check out the Department of Homeland Security website. Folks advising you how to evade this law risk federal criminal conspiracy charges. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  6. Guy in the site behind me last month had a F-250 pulling a 43' toyhauler with a UTV inside. He mentioned that he blew a tire doing 80. It is pretty hard to overestimate people's ability to exercise bad judgment. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  7. I've been driving a 2017 F-350 dually diesel longbed Supercab 4x4 since Dec 2017. That is the 6.7 turbo diesel. I have 74K miles on it and pull a 37', 16k fiver. When we first bought the truck I was white-knuckle every time I was in close quarters. After a short time I became familiar with how it turns and where the corners are located. After that handling and maneuvering was not a problem. You do need to recognize that it is less maneuverable than smaller/shorter vehicles. Planning when in confined areas is important. When I park in a lot I consider whether the space provides room to get out - I try to park where there is more room. This means I often park further out in a lot where there are fewer vehicles. Another option is to park in spaces lanes meet and there is room to back straight out. I've never had the traction problems described by others. Once a road washout and our GPS took us down a dirt road. I came to a hill that suddenly turned to sand. I was able to shift into 4WD on the fly and get through it pretty easily. There wasn't any way I was backing up. Towing I get between 9.5 and 11.5, depending upon terrain. Average is 10.5. Not towing I get 10-12 mpg in town, 16-18 on the highway, and about 14-15 overall. The fuel tank on the Supercab is only 34 gal so I put in a 50 gal aux in the bed. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  8. Thanks to all who have responded. I'm sorry it has taken so long to get back to you. We went the the Armadillo Races as the Swamp Cabbage festival on Saturday and were wiped out yesterday. You've given us things to think about and consider. We will look at longer rigs and reconsider the dinette. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  9. That puts that model out of my price range. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  10. Third time is the charm🌶️ Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  11. We've decided to stay on the road full time for a few more years. That will include a two-year swing out west. Part of that process will be getting a new (to us) RV. Since 2017 in a 37' fiver that is 16 years old; one year part time and the rest full time. It is reasonably solid, but maintenance is increasing and will likely get higher with longer trips. Carriage went out of business in 2011, so parts are getting harder to find. I do not relish the idea of sitting for weeks outside of Boise or Nogales, waiting for parts. We are also under the impression that a newish and somewhat smaller Class A will involve less work setting up and tearing down (auto leveling, power awnings, hoses on reels, etc) and still provide nice living space. We want to boondock some of the time so a generator or solar would be very helpful. My area of knowledge is mostly limited to what I have learned about fivers in the last few years. I am going to have lots of questions. Here is a start. I need to figure out what to to buy. We want to stay under 35', not counting the toad. I am partial to diesel having towed with one since 2017. Budget is under 160k. The captain's and navigator's chairs should swivel (and recline?) so that the cab area is not dead space when stopped. A queen bed or bigger is a must. NO DINETTE is a high priority. Counter space in the kitchen that doesn't involve the need to cover the stove and sink to chop veggies would be nice. Tanks that will support more than a week of boondocking with reasonable water conservation are necessary. We've been looking at the Tiffin Breeze 31 BR. If you have comments on that model, suggestions for other models or brands, questions or any other input, it is welcome. If you have ideas for boondocking (batteries, charging systems, etc) is is particularly welcome. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  12. We've been full time for just short of four years. All of our travel has been the eastern half of the US with longer stays in Maine and Florida most years, and family in Maryland. We start travel in the spring (this year end of March) with 1-3 week stops until the end of July. August and September we spend in one place in Maine. October finds us traveling south, arriving in Florida in December. Here's what we found. We haven't found a lot of boondocking to be widely available in our travel area, particularly for a moderately large fiver. We plan on getting a smaller Class A next year and swinging west for a couple of years, so that should change for us with more areas available out there. We had PA, TT and GS. The major problem we found with TT was that their park locations did not match with the things we wanted to see. The membership just barely paid for itself. PA discounts did not help much because we stay 1-3 weeks on most stops. Their discounts do not apply to weekly rates at most places we visited and they are not as common as GS parks. GS spots are more frequent, especially along larger highways. Since we usually travel two days in a row, we use GS frequently on the road night. We also have a KOA membership. We use it almost exclusively when visiting grandchildren in the DC and Charleston areas. it pays for itself by a bit. We rarely plan the one-night road stops further ahead than a day or two. Longer stays, however, we find require reservations. Our travel model is to make a list of places/things we want to see and people we want to visit around the country. We then cobble together an itinerary and make reservations. Right now I have all long stays reserved through next spring with the exception of two campgrounds that do not start taking reservations until March 1 and April 15, respectively. If we made our itinerary based on park locations instead of want-to-sees TT would probably be worth the money for us. As for what to expect from here, your guess is as good or better than mine. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  13. This is also my method except that I prefer the unused dryer sheets and I in a "bug scrubber" sponge instead of a regular sponge. I wet the a section of the surface with water and then rub that area with a dryer sheet. I then scrub the area with the bug scrubber. I found that the chemicals in the unused dryer sheet makes the bugs come off much more easily - it is a softening agent. After the bugs are clear I rinse the area with clear water and wipe with a wet cloth to remove the film griffy noted. Usually I talk to the CG staff at check in, about cleaning the front of the 5er. I stress that I am not washing the entire rig. No one has said no in four years. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  14. Sorry to hear of your misfortune. Please let us know what you learn. I have a 2017 6.7 TD, too. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  15. I built mine the same way. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  16. Already did so. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  17. OK. You talked us into it. See you there in June. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  18. Trailer4Two was absolutely correct. The BoF has moved to Facebook. Against my better judgment I reactivated my Facebook account to access it. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  19. No, just Coordinated Universal Time which is several hours ahead of our time zone. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  20. Here, south of Frostproof, FL, we were "cold" for a few days - 30's at night and mid-50 to 70's. Yesterday was 82 and sunny. Last night was 58 with low humidity. Yesterday we went to Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales. We prepared by making a picnic lunch and remembering the sunscreen. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  21. I have a Bak-Flip mx4 on a F-350 8' longbed. Five years old and running strong. Very happy with it. It folds forward into a single, two-foot section stack and anchors for 5er towing. You can also fold it completely out of the way but it will block the back window. I do that only when fueling (aux tank below tonneau level). Pics and video at the website. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  22. If I want to wait I might be able to get one. I want this done. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  23. Last January I installed a Fan-tastic vent with rain sensor and remote. In October the motor quit. It took two months for the factory to send me the wrong part, and another month to send another wrong part. It looks like I am just going to have to buy a new one and put it in. Does anyone know of a good rain sensor vent/fan with remote other than Dometic? Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  24. The scenery there is fantastic. Good shooting! I highly recommend The Great Courses, Fundamentals of Photography. Its a series of 24, half-hour lectures by a NatGeo photographer. The course retails for about $250 but it is often on sale for $40-$50 if you keep watching. You can find it for less, used, on Amazon. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
  25. Kirk, The 22' model has a dry bath! The pics look nice. Storage looks limited but I bet they will cope. Wayne & Jinx 2017 F-350 diesel, dually 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite 36KSQ
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