Kirk W

You may also have been using the brakes wrong as you should brake hard enough to slow sharply to 10 mph or more below your comfortable speed, then stay off of the brakes to let it slowly increase in speed and brake again. But you didn't downshift far enough for the speed you wanted to maintain.

Am I correct that you do not plan to keep the RV once your house has been renovated? How long do you expect to be living in the RV? If you aren't going to use any water in it then you must also plan to use the toilet in the house and not the travel trailer? I currently own one of the lower priced RVs and have no major problems with it after 7 years of use, but did have 2 warranty trips to the dealer. We use ours for several months each year so we put quite a bit of wear on it and like any lower cost RV it has had maintenance issues at times but the only major item was the power converter failed and had to be replaced. If you do not plan to travel with it but just sit in one place it shouldn't require a really expensive RV but keep in mind that the cheaper ones are more difficult to keep warm in cold weather and to cool in hot weather as they aren't as well insulated. Where are you located, as you will need more if in really cold climate.

Do you keep a log of laundromats? I couldn't begin to give so detailed a list of other then a few that were either notably unique or that we visit somewhat regularly. I do remember Council Grove KS where a parrot startled Pam by landing on her shoulder. Her jump frightened it away but when she sat down it came back to greet her with "Hello... I love you!" The laundromat now has a new owner and the parrot is gone. I also remember one in Washburn, ND where the attendant returned our money one morning because the dryer didn't get things quite dry. While I do recall quite a few other places that we have visited laundromats but most of them left no lasting impressions.

Only at Smith's, or at Smith's and at Foods Co?

We travel in an RV too small for laundry equipment and do emphasize with you on these problems. I don't believe that we consider this to happen every time we visit a laundromat, but we have had that experience too frequently. We find that laundrys in the RV parks are usually nicer but they often cost more as well, probably due to a limited customer base. We also find that laundromats in small towns tend to be better cared for and more likely to have an attendant, which almost always means cleaner conditions. We also do a drive-by before we make a choice if there are 2 or more laundromats to choose from. We try to find someone local to get opinions from but sometimes we just have to deal with it, even though it may be annoying.

I might point out that jgilliam1955 has not been back to sign in so it would seem he was just a passing agitatior. Think about it just a little bit, why would the IRS call a park owner to ask about fulltimers? This post should have been in the fiction section of the forums.

It has always amazed me that in many cases bases allow their use by nonmilitary employees of the DOD but do not allow their use by veterans who didn't stay to retire.

We owned 2 different motorhomes for a total of 23 years and never owned chains for either. If roads were at all bad we just stayed in an RV park until the road had improved. Once we were retired we rarely traveled on other than dry roads, except when the weather changed abruptly while traveling.

Our experience is much the same. None of the insurance plans that we have had ever paid for "Silver Sneakers" programs, which we would not have paid extra to get. Most of the people who we know in the RV community are more active than the average person of their same age. For most of us it is a lifestyle that encourages physical activity with hiking, biking, and many other types of activity being a part of seeing and experiencing new areas of the country.

Does that mean that you will be putting the cover on each time you return, then removing it again a short time later to travel again? Unless yours is more easily installed & removed than ours was you will be spending a lot of time with it. I don't believe that I have ever known an RV owner who put the cover back on more than once a month for very many months. Putting mine on for only a week or two was just too much trouble. A very wise decision. Leaving a large estate to my kids isn't mine either.

Are you saying that it is never chilly there? I didn't say it was cold. 🙄 With an offshore breeze and temperatures in the 40's most people would agree it is chilly.

Anywhere that is popular with snowbirds will be busy once they flock south but most of the parks are not busy until around Thanksgiving or later. We spent a winter in the Rockport/Fulton area of TX and really liked it there but it can get chilly. You might want to spend some time in CO to see the fall colors, then head to San Antonio, where there is much to see and do, then work south to Rockport (near Corpus Christi) and then go farther south to South Padre or Brownsville and then move up the valley to the west. You probably will need reservations to stay a month after Thanksgiving, but we used to spend a week in those places without reservations.I haven't been there in late winter in several years so hopefully others will join in and advise on the reservation issue.

My old stomping grounds! If you want something to see while in Kansas, check out the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, home of the only 3 story, stone barn that I have ever seen. In Kansas City the Arabia Steamboat Museum is also well worth a visit.

Another welcome is in order! We are happy to have you with us and will do all that we can to help. There is a comment about motorhomes that is far different from my own experience, but since you aren't shopping for a motorhome, I have no idea why it came up? The size of RV that a couple need to live comfortably in is a very subjective thing, just as is the case for sizing a fixed house. They make different sizes of both because people have different desires, needs, and budgets. I would strogly reccommend that your budget be the final rule on both size and quality since you won't be comfortable if you overspend. My wife and I were very happy for nearly 12 years of fulltime travels in a 36' class A with no slides at all. But we have also known people who were not happy with a 42' fifth wheel that had 5 slides. You and your spouse being comfortable is the most important thing to consider after cost. I would also suggest that if budget is limiting, you would probably do better in a high quality RV of 35' than with a 42' RV which requires constant maintenance and repairs. It is true that there are places that the largest RVs can not go, but a major factor in space required to park any RV is the skill level of the driver. There are campgrounds that nobody can get a 40'+ RV into but if you plan ahead and always stop early it usually isn't a major problem. There were a few places that we were not able to take our 36' and that will happen to any RV that is much over 20' in length but it is not common. More and more RV parks and campgrounds are adding sites for the larger RVs so the problem is less than it once was. If you and your spouse will not be satisfied in less than 40' of RV, it would be a mistake to get one but you do pay more for them and you do need to plan more in advance. We all must balance the choice of RV against our own budgets, space requirements, and our travel plans.

A cover would keep the sun off but my experience with a cover was that it was such a chore to put on and take off that I hated to use it and then the wind caused the seams to make wear marks from abraiding the finish. I decided that it faired better not covered. But I was not in AZ so that could make a difference.

We use very little cash nowadays, paying mostly with a card that gives 2% back on all purchases. We have stopped using our debit card to purchase but rarely when we need cash back, because of the security issues. Our cash purchases today probably total no more than 5% of our spending.

If you are still watching this thread, I just conversed with Chris Bryant of Bryant RV Service and he tells me a bunch that I didn't know about these refrigerators. First, on the issue of RM series versus the DM: "Because they just used a single digit for the year, they were making 2015 units with the same serial numbers as 2005 units, so they changed the model number to DM." That left me with questions about the fact that I found several different schematics for those refrigerators and when I asked about that he said "That thermofuse is enclosed in heatshrink, located right next to the burner- part of the recall, which turned in to a redesign. They really have a bunch of different wiring schemes, which are different product numbers, rather than model numbers.

According to a press release, the grocer will continue to accept other forms of payment, including: Mastercard, Discover, and American Express; cash and checks; electronic benefit transfer cards from SNAP and WIC programs; and Mastercard and Visa debit cards both with and without PIN and health savings account cards. The change was originally announced on March 1.

What I didn't see there was any indication of what exactly one needs to take advantage of this change. As far as I can tell from reading the article, vets like myself who have VA healthcare but with a co-pay and are neither disabled nor retired would not be included, but we do have that card. I wonder if the card is the determining factor?

If you mean the old style thermostat for your furnace, they are still quite available. I suspect that you can replace your present one with the one in the picture, only $14.57 from Amazon.

That is it exactly. The link that I posted was for the RM series. I don't recall having dealt with any of the DM series but I did find them listed on the net for sale. I sent an email to Chris Bryant to as about them as there seems to be a big difference. I looked at the fuse in your link and it looks exactly like the one that water heaters have for safety if the burner should flash-back. Is it the same?

If you are referring to the VIN that they as for, yes is is the one for your RV. [Primary Covered Vehicle(RV)] It is good that you got it resolved. With a trailer, the service also covers any tow vehicle which for us is a good thing as we have 2 of them and you do not have to be towing to use the service.

In looking at the schematic that is in my service manual for a 2652, I see a very different schematic than what you have shown.

Green paint must mean it was an Onan. Any idea how many hours it has been run? When we sold our class A at 14 years the Onan had about 300 hours of run time and the Onan still had the origional plugs but the air cleaner, oil, & filter had been changed many times. That is a fact. When I bought my first new car in 1963 they recomended cleaning the spartk plugs every 7,500 miles and replacement every 15,000. My 2009 gas car's manual says to change plugs at 100k miles.

The two of us have spent as long as 5 consecutive months in our 19' Sportsman.