Tulecreeper
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We are about to contact an estate attorney in the next few months as soon as, #1- we sell this house and property, and, #2- my wife's brother finishes settling her parent's estate and puts everything in the trust fund her parent's set up for her and her siblings. Then with all the proceeds from both in one trust we will set up the same kind of trust her parent's did. One that we can draw from as we see fit - which probably won't be at all as we are quite financial stable - but then my wife's two kids will get it when we both go, which hopefully will be many years in the future.
Before everything else, though, we're buying our new RV outright and buying a new vehicle for the wife.
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On 6/29/2023 at 6:51 PM, 2gypsies said:
I wonder what the outcome would be if a non-RVer resident was on a vacation and got called. Would he have to appear?
No, they would be given a deferral. In other words, they would tell the court that they will not be back from vacation until, say, Aug 12th. Then the court would defer them being called until after that time.
I was a Reservist. When 9-1-1 went down I got recalled to Active Duty. I had a friend pick up my mail for the 1st month and hold it for me until I knew where I would be for the duration, then he sent it all at once. At the same time I sent in a Change of Address to my home post office. Several months later, I received a notice to appear in federal court in a city about 50 miles from my home.
I called the court on the phone and told them I would not be able to make it because I was out of the country at the moment. The gal on the other end asked, "And when do you plan on being back?" A said, "I don't know exactly, at the earliest it will be next September." She then said, " Being out of the country does not excuse you from jury duty. You will have to find a way to return for the voir dire. And how can you be out of the country but not know when you will return?" I replied, "Because when Uncle Sam issued my travel orders, he explicitly told me that I would be gone for 1 year, with the possibility of a 12-month extension."
There was this real long silence on the other end, and finally I think I heard the sound of a lightbulb flickering on, "Are you in the military and currently overseas?" "Yes." "Then I believe you are qualified for a deferral." "I said, "That's a good thing. Because I wouldn't be there anyway." Never heard anything more about it. And never got another summons.
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I'm pretty sure that if you have a utility bill, a local bank account, or whatever no one is going to check to see how long you have actually been in the state. When we moved from CA to AR, I provided the street address of our property, but since we had no mailbox out here in the sticks I also gave a PO Box as a mailing address. Your physical address and your mailing address does not have to be the same.
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And here I am, spending the first week after I bought my new RAM trying to figure out how to turn off or disable mine because it's irritating. 😁
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On 7/7/2023 at 1:14 PM, trvlbug2 said:
We are looking into domiciling in Nevada, but according to their DMV handbook, one must have a Class A license for any rig (truck & towable) with a GVWR over 26,000 lb. Our rig will definitely exceed that by about 2-3K lb. Anyone out there with a rig that heavy and is registered with the Nevada DMV who has run into this issue?
The term you're looking for is GCWR (Gross Combined Wheel Rating), not GVWR (Gross Vehicle Wheel Rating). GCWR is for the total allowed weight of the trailer/5th-wheel + the tow vehicle together. GVWR is for the total allowed weight of either one by itself.
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On 7/14/2023 at 2:57 AM, Chad Heiser said:
I am retired and still have a valid California commercial drivers license. Having a job is not a requirement to get a commercial class A in California. If you can’t pass the medical or the driving/written test then they can pull your license.
^^^ That ^^^
I kept mine when I retired from the state of CA. I only gave it up later because I didn't need it anymore.
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As retired Navy, I can tell you that I have never saved enough money at any Exchange or Commissary to make it worth the drive to the base. And that includes all the way back to the 1980's when I was first on Active Duty and the base was only 10 minutes away. It was cheaper to go to Safeway 2 blocks from me, or the local hardware store or Radio Shack.
The only thing that made it worth my time was when I was in the Reserves and had to have my uniforms cleaned and pressed. I could get it done for $5 a set, whereas in town it was $15. That is also the only time I shopped at the Exchange, but only because I was already there.
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I full-timed in a 1976 Ideal TT for a couple years. Very well built and 20 years old when I bought it. Got my money back when I sold it 4 years later.
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On 7/7/2023 at 11:41 AM, kb0zke said:
I suspect that jules2go has already purchased something, but I thought I'd chime in anyway. Might help someone else.
We weren't planning to buy a new trailer, but that's what we ended up with. We were looking at used Airstreams, somewhat longer than what the OP wanted, and weren't finding much that we liked. I asked for other suggestions, and Grand Design was mentioned. We also looked at some others, but the Grand Design Reflection 315RLTS seemed to meet our needs. We stopped in at a dealer on our way back to The Ranch and looked at one. A few weeks later we bought it.
I'm not sold on slides, even after having this one for several months, but it is what it is. The sink is in an island, so no flexible plumbing to leak. There are only two small windows on the street side and the dinette area is on the curb side, so we have a view of our campsite when eating. We looked at a similar trailer that was pretty much identical to this one, but with the kitchen and living/dining slides reversed, and didn't like that as well.
Grand Design customer service is great. We've had dealings with two dealerships and one was good, the other not. Before you buy do your research on the dealer!
Grand Design is made by Winnebago, and as Kirk said earlier, Winnebago has a solid reputation.
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On 5/31/2023 at 1:23 PM, rynosback said:
Great point, I was thinking the same thing.
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19 hours ago, sandsys said:
My last van was all electric except for the diesel engine and heater. The heater was designed for a semi-truck cab but it worked fine in my van.
Linda
😄 Well, using that definition my current RAM 2500 is all electric except for the 6.4L Hemi.
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20 hours ago, GlennWest said:
13000 watt of inverters and 21kwh of lithium batteries with 4500 watt solar
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15 hours ago, Ray,IN said:
The commercial interstate trucking industry has been doing that for decades already.
reference: https://hbkcpa.com/trucking-companies-adhering-to-a-complex-network-of-state-taxes/
Ray, that's commercial trucking. Apples and oranges compared to tens of millions of POV's traveling helter-skelter all over the country in no particular order. If you travel from TX up through NM into AZ, then north to Canada, then back down the east coast and across the south to TX but in all that driving you were in the far NE corner of AZ for literally 20 minutes before going into CO how much do you owe the state of AZ?
It won't happen because the states will never all get together and agree on a fairness doctrine.
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9 minutes ago, GlennWest said:
microwave will run on the inverter. Everything in our camper does.
You must have a massive battery bank to provide that much 12v dc amperage to convert into 120v ac amperage.
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10 minutes ago, GlennWest said:
Maybe so but charging senior citizens like this that only drive to grocery store and back would be a burden to them and unfair.
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8. Keep track of your whereabouts and log that into a national - non-public - data base so Big Brother can find you at any second of any day...and twice on Sunday.
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1 minute ago, Payroll Person said:
Vagaries of state sovereignty. A great example is OR and WA with sales tax and lack of sales tax. Or filling up with fuel before coming into CA.
When you buy gas in one state you pay whatever tax that state adds to the price, so they already got their tax. If that state doesn't add a fuel tax then that's their fault. But if you get your vehicle inspected in Texas, then immediately drive out of state and don't come back for a year, Texas has no claim on any mileage you put on your vehicle in the past year. That is why a gas tax will never work. No one is going to try to keep track of where you put the most miles on your truck over a 12-month period.
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On 5/24/2023 at 8:26 PM, GeorgiaHybrid said:
Look at his title, It's a magnum 2812 inverter. 2800 watts, 12 volts DC.
👌 Missed that.
The original statement confused me because an inverter changes 12v into 120v, and when he said the microwave clock was running slow, and then something about the inverter not charging the batteries, and because I know that the microwave runs on 120v shore power, it didn't make sense.
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On 5/21/2023 at 8:33 AM, GlennWest said:
We have to get our vechiles inspected each year in Texas. They record mileage. It goes to DMV. Looks like a simple way to regulate mileage for taxes.
So, in 2023 you get your vehicle inspected and they record your mileage at 35,000 miles. Then you come back next year in 2024 for the inspection and they record your mileage at 46,000 miles and the state of Texas charges you for 11,000 miles. BUT...you were on extended vacation during the past 12 months and 9,500 of those miles were driven outside the state of Texas. Why should Texas get the mileage tax for the entire 11,000 miles? Shouldn't the 24 states you drove through during those 6 months of vacation and 9,500 miles get their share? Yes, yes they should, but who is going to keep track of all that? It would be a logistical nightmare.
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On 5/18/2023 at 9:50 AM, ms60ocb said:
I'm one of the fellows that leave there Inverters on 24/7 so one day I noted the microwave clock running slow. and that supplying inverter was not charging batteries. I reset the Inverter 30 amp circuit breaker. Maybe after resetting the breaker a couple times in maybe 6 weeks, I reset the breaker but turned the inverter off. A couple nights later, my wife was preparing Supper (yes we are an older couple), she was using the convection oven and started the Electric Fry pan. The breaker tripped again but with the inverter turned off, everything stopped. Turned the inverter on remotely and DW was happy.
So now I knew the problem, the 30 amp circuit breaker must be bad if the 2800 watt inverter can continue to supply the load. But then again the I noted that inverter was not charging. and resetting the circuit breaker did not help. I checked connections and everything appears OK, but yet the 120V wasn't getting it job done inside the box. Bad circuit breaker or transfer relay? I called Magnum Customer service explaining the problem. He told me a list of things to do check which I had done all but one and that was checking the inverter setting. For further info and repair I should call "Inverter Service Center, Whitehouse TN". The people at TN were the most helpful I told the fellow the suspected part problem and he told the relays were mounted on a card but the circuit breaker was a serviceable part.( good news I was suspecting a part soldered to a board.)
I removed the inverter and removed the cover. Next I lifted a few circuit cards to see where a piece of wire had been attached to the circuit breaker. The Circuit Breaker-Wire connection was by a spade terminal. The wire crimp had failed but hung in there to make charcoal of plastic and melt a few copper strands. My thoughts are the hot connector changed the properties of circuit breaker thus tripping at less than 25 amps. I still have to determine the wire size but observation is 12 but external AC wiring is to be 10. Something I want to check when going back. Inverter Service Center is sending the circuit breaker today today.
The 55 pound inverter is mounted to the ceiling of the basement. It will be a job to replace laying on your back in a space varying between 16 to 29 inch high. I always wanted a job I could lay down on and now I can mark that of my Bucket list.
Clay
Are you talking about an inverter, or a converter?
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6 hours ago, lgehring said:
I have the same concerns. If I need pain meds or something else that can't be transferred out of state, I hope my son can pick up the prescription for me and mail it to me. I've talked to my doctor, and there doesn't seem to be a good way to solve this dilemma.
Your son cannot legally mail opioids through the mail.
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An unoccupied space is unoccupied. It's not like your walking through someone's empty house.
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Apparently, different strokes for different folks. In our 60's and we prefer RV parks with minimal amenities. A laundry room is nice, but not necessary if there is one in town not too far away. A pool would never be used. Neither would a pickle ball court, a dance hall, or a shuffleboard court. Yes, a laundry room is all that we would need. If we relied on any more than that, we may as well stay in a hotel. And if you stay for several months at a time and pay more than $40 per night for full hook-ups, they're ripping you off.
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Why isn't this website on the list? And I belong to a forum that is for US Navy Chief Petty Officers only. Why isn't that website on the list? Both are social media sites. As for the others...I don't participate in any of them.
New FT puchase pending. Timing and Resarch Tips?
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I don't necessarily agree. I have a friend who has a Keystone Montana (not sure which model, but it's about 38-feet), and he and his wife travel from MN where they live, to AZ from April through October every year so they're full-timing 6 months out of the year. He told me they take a lot of stuff with them, including all his wife's sewing stuff, and he weighed before and after a a CAT scale and they have 1360# of cargo...and that includes a full water tank. It's amazing how much stuff it takes to make 2000 pounds of cargo.