Kirk W

From the US Army Corps of Engineers website: I do not know of any way to find out where you may run into vendor operated campground that do not accept that pass but like others here, we have never found that.

You are correct. Just keep in mind the lower power limit. It is also important to realize that a 50A cord is not just 20A more than a 30A because the 30A cord has 1 hot lead that supplies a maximum of 30A while a 50A cord will have 2 hot leads which can supply 50A each, for a theoretical total of 100A. In the real world you actually can use on the order of 80A of continuous power but I have heard of very few situations where the upper limit was a problem for any RV with 50A service. Correct again. Just keep in mind that the circuit breaker on the power pedestal is not king and will limit your total consumption. Like many others here, I have done that many times as we had a 50a cord on our fulltime motorhome. \ Optimum was changed from 110V to 120V back in 1954. 😊

If you do not have your TX address, the first thing is to get that set up and move things to it. Once you have the address, it isn't all that difficult and the people in he Livingston office are always happy to help so give them a call before you buy as they can save you a lot of grief. A long time ago, we bought our new class A in Oklahoma and then titled and registered it in TX. The only thing that could have been a problem was the fact that we had to pay the sales tax at the time of registration in TX which means that we could not roll that tax into the financing but had to pay it at the time of registration. The reason was that OK waived their sales tax since it was registered and titled in TX. If we had paid sales tax where purchased then we would only have had to pay any excess that TX charged above what we paid in the state where purchased. POLK COUNTY TAX OFFICE (936) 327-6801 OFFICE / (936) 327-6885 FAX HOURS: Monday - Friday - 8:00a.m - 4:30p.m

You could always "spring forward" 12 hours so your clocks will still be correct and then go and replace all of the smoke detector batteries! 🤣 By doing that you won't be left out of the action.

I not only agree with how you are thinking, but I have done that many times over the years. As you mention, make sure that there isn't any penalty for early payoff and I would also verify the manner that they handle extra payments or over sized payments. My spouse was a loan officer for a bank but so long ago that much has changed now and so too have the rules. One thing that I do suggest to anyone before they sign a loan is to ask for a copy of the contract that you will be asked to sign that you can take home to read carefully, several days before you close on the loan. Lenders use a standardized contract so it is very easy for them to supply one that is blank of just faked to allow you the time to read every word of the contract and make sure that you understand exactly what it means. I began doing that after I had a lender get very angry with me for insisting upon reading each word of a 3 page loan contract, some 40 years ago. More than once I have found something in the contract that I either didn't understand or objected to.

I'd not thought of it until you mention the location we met but that was also the summer immediately before her hip experience. Her surgery was about Dec. 1 or so after we were up there.

That is a pretty common problem with inside duals. On our class A's I did use extenders as I believed that tire pressures were something that should be checked every day of travel. When I replaced the tires I had the new ones mounted in a truck shop that put custom shaped valve stems on both inside duals so that I didn't need the extenders any longer. If you have a tire pressure monitor system, that will keep you aware of any loss of tire pressure.

Hope that you are recovering well! Pam had that done 5 years ago and did quite well.

While I do not know anyone involved in the story posted on IRV2, I would caution people to use caution when taking action based upon any posts in a public forum. It isn't that I think many people actually post false stories but keep in mind that "perception is reality" in the mind of the person making the post. It is also important to remember that the financial institutions are required to report all transactions in amounts of $10,000 or more to the IRS. That means that someone will take notice. While the problem of address issues has been around since the Patriot Act was put into law, there are alternatives and financial workers who do business with a lot of RV folks usually know about them, while those who have not dealt with the problem likely will not. This is the very first time that I have heard anyone state that it was done without any warning. I am not sure what would happen if previous warnings were ignored, or possibly not received. I'd need a lot more information from both parties before I repeated this one.

Texas charges a sales tax on automobile (and RV) purchases of 6.25% and they do give credit for tax paid to another state.

Part of the issue of places to stay is dependant on how long you wish to stay. If you want to stay for a month or longer then you will need reservations in any of the popular snowbird areas. If you wish to visit the Bureau of Land Management's camping in Long Term Visitor Areas(LTVA) you can't make a reservation but just buy your permit and find a spot to park when you get there. We have found that if stopping for a few nights we can find a place but it may take several phone calls, in the areas that we have visited recently. We have also found that many of the most popular RV parks in those areas will not take a reservation for a period of less than 1 month.

It would seem that this has some connection with Best Pass Multi-protocol tolling transponder introduced for RV owners

Post them to the Travel Logs forum as that is what it is for and no comments can be made there!

The answer is, absolutely yes. Many people own more than one home and spend time in all of them. Others do not own any real estate of any kind, yet both of a domicile, and only one domicile. Perhaps this article by attorney Susie Adams will help. Domicile for Full-Time RVers

Any thoughtful & frugal person is going to hesitate before closing on a major purchase. You were wise to leave the premises and discuss this away from the RV. Far too often we allow emotions to overrule good judgment. It is always good to move slowly and not allow the sales people to rush you into a purchase. It sounds to me like you have pushed them hard, which is good.

I suggest you check with either COSTCO or Sam's Club for batteries, particularly of the 6V golf cart type as they both sell them which are manufactured by Interstate Battery and for a pretty good price.

Years ago, batteries were shipped dry, with both acid and distilled water added either at the battery shop or in some cases by the end user. There are, or have been products sold that are supposed to bring an old battery back (not sure what is in those products) but of the people who I know to try them, the products did very little or nothing to help the battery.

Usually it isn't as most of the acid that goes is chemically into a coating of the lead plates that fails to release as it does when new. The chemical change that takes place with discharging and charging of wet cell batteries is one that eventually fails to work.

There could be many reasons. The first that I think of is that I don't recall ever seeing a lift that would handle a trike. Another major one could be the weight limit of the rear axle or the GVWR.

My comment was intended as a caution that most RV sales people are very good at manipulating the numbers to mislead us customers to think that we are getting a better price than is actually true. If you are careful and sure that the price is that good, then in my opinion you have done very well and are getting a much better price than most buyers get. That being the case, your dealer may not have enough margin left for him to justify adding in his cost to supply you the hitch that you want. I base my strong distrust of commissioned sales people on many years of buying cars & RVs as well as having worked with some in a different business, but who were commissioned sales people. You may well be one of those few who get the very best price a dealer can give. It isn't you that I don't have faith in. I didn't intend this to be a "stinky" response but one of caution. Sometimes the dealer refuses to do more because you have driven such a good price that he can't afford to do any more. That would seem to be the case here.

Where did I say that it wasn't? As I said, if you really are getting a good enough price then the dealer won't have enough margin to buy you a hitch without losing money on the deal.

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The important thing is that they have to make sell for some amount above the cost to the dealer, the expenses of making it ready, the sales commission, and a share of the dealership operating costs. If they "give" you a hitch, the cost of that also must come from the amount that you pay above those expenses. If you really do have the very bottom price that can be given, there is no additional money to supply an expensive hitch unless they raise the price that you pay. Now I personally doubt that your price is actually that good, but if it is then there may not be enough margin left to pay for that hitch. Remember that the dealer has to pay for everything that he sells or gives to his customers. Perhaps that outstanding price you are getting is the extra given to a returning customer?

If you really have that great a deal then why quibble with them? But be very careful as sales people are very good at manipulating the numbers to mislead. Remember that even an RV dealer has to make enough to pay his bills and make a living.

I absolutely agree! If you allow them to push you around you can be sure that the deal you get will be a great one for them, with a very high profit margin and a minimal allowance for your trade-in. My advice is to leave there and shop somewhere else. You are being taken advantage of, only if you allow it. Leave and if they want your business, they will call you. Contact the RV manufacturer to see where there are other dealers who sell the same one that you want and start calling them.