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RE: Secret of Grilling Chicken
As everybody else said, don't overcook. Use a thermometer.
Also, use thighs, not breasts. They're just tastier. ('cause of more fat)
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jeepbluetj
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05/24/12 11:38am |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: Small trailer-some might call a Teardrop
My favorite teardrop site.
They're great for towing behind Jeeps. As a former trailer builder myself, I'd love to build a teardrop for behind my jeep.
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jeepbluetj
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05/24/12 11:21am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Campfire recipes
Baked potatoes in the fire. Wrap a spud in foil, chuck it in the coals, goof off for an hour.
Top with stuff to make it a full meal.
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jeepbluetj
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05/16/12 02:25pm |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: What did you do to your Class C MH today???
Changed the oil and filter
Changed the transmission fluid (well, the half in the pan anyway)
Changed the brake fluid
Replaced the rear-axle ABS sensor and cleared the ABS codes
Replaced the trailer wiring connector for a standard 7-way
Rigged safety chains to the tow bar I welded up awhile back
Hooked up the toad and took it around the block
All in all was quite a productive day.
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jeepbluetj
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05/09/12 12:17pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: I5 OMG
I5 is awful from Sac to LA.
But, when driving south, you _know_ when you hit Orange county. It's when your teeth stop rattling around in your head.
It really is like that. LA county I5 is terrible, potholes, poor repairs, etc.. Then all of a sudden, whoosh...... Nice smooth Orange County.
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jeepbluetj
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05/09/12 12:07pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Mouse/Mice proofing
In before the dryer sheets...
Seriously: Traps and close up the openings they get in from.
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jeepbluetj
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05/03/12 06:47pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: U-Shaped dinette...a necessity?
We've got a standard dinette in our MH - cramped.
Friends have a U shaped dinette in their Wildwood T26TBUD. It's very nice. We've had 6 around it pretty easily (an additional chair on the open end)
Definitely a feature I'd recommend.
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jeepbluetj
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05/03/12 06:45pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Calling all cooks -- I need your help
Pernil in a Dutch oven will feed a crowd (it's fantastic, and cheap too)
Pulled pork is pretty much the same thing. Easy to cook and serve. Big tubs of slaw and buns go with it.
DIY tacos is also cake. You can make a ton of carne or pollo asada, add some tortillas, rice and beans. (And here in SoCal, getting catering trays of rice/beans is easy everywhere)
Baked potatoes are easy too - wrapem in foil and chuck em into a firepit.
Fry 2-3 turkeys.
Burgers and dogs - get a big grill going.
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jeepbluetj
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05/02/12 01:42pm |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: Pests
click BANG!
Then a bit of lysol, and maybe fix the extra hole now in the trailer. Size of hole would be determined by size of BANG.
But that dealer would need another salesman.
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jeepbluetj
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04/25/12 03:19pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: electric hookup for a newbie
Ummm... I'm not an electrician. I'm an engineer, and we all know that means I know nuthin... (Could be true, I'm one of those horrible types that write software even tho I've got that EE thingy)
Yes, there is a very tiny possibility of an overload on a 30A cable that would not trip a 50A breaker. Yes, if it was permanent wiring it would not be accptable, but its not. I'd guess the possibility is about the same as me winning the lottery. Worry about something else. (Like how dangerous the drive to the campground is)
The best analogy here is a lamp. So you've got some chunk of 18g wire plugged into a 15A or 20A circuit. Could it possibly short and only pull 14.9A and burn up the wire? Possibly. But it doesn't happen. Even when you run it over with a vacuum cleaner. Think how many things are wired to an outlet like that.. That's exactly what plugging a 30A cable into a 50A socket is.
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jeepbluetj
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04/19/12 01:29pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: TT's LHS axle spindle castle nut keeps coming off !
3) Take off the axle all together and replace it with one that has cotter pins !!
That's what I would do. Axles aren't too expensive (last 3500lb one I bought was something like $150).
Your brakes should move to the new axle.
Something is wrong, those types of bend-over tabs have been used for a very long time. Swapping the axle will definitely fix it.
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jeepbluetj
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04/05/12 10:39am |
Towing
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RE: Residential fridges and remote camping???
You _can_ run a frost free model. And since this is the class A forum, those with 18cu and 22cu fridges obviously do. You can get 10cu in manual defrost, but I haven't seen anything bigger for awhile.
That 600W is worst case, with the defrost heater on. Typically a defrost cycle is once or twice a day, for 15-30 min. (depends on the fridge) You could easily rewire in a switch to the heater to disable it for a few days to save power. But it's not that much.
Also the specs available are generally way more than what it really pulls - unless you go from the Energy Guide sticker - those seem pretty accurate. So you you look at What John&Angela wrote, a 22cu fridge @ 550KW a year comes out to be 1.5kw a day, or about 150AH @ 12V. Yup, you'd need 4 6v batts and some generator time or 200+w of solar and sunny days.
With some creative rework - selective defrost, not running the evap fan, running the lights on 12v, maybe some freeze plates (like sailboats use) - you could really optimize the "when" of power draw. But I doubt it's worth it with solar under $2 a watt.
Can't wait for my POS 6cu dometic to finally go out completely so I can take the $1300 and buy more solar, some batteries and a cheap fridge from Home Depot.
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jeepbluetj
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03/25/12 01:19pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Residential fridges and remote camping???
Lots of "that'll never work without hookups/24 hour gen run times" responses.
That could be false, it could be true. Math will tell us.
So, lets take a typical 10cu fridge.
Current draw @ 120v is ~1A after startup surge. That's pulling 120w if it's on all the time or almost 3KW a day. Typical duty cycle is around 33%, so lets guess at 1Kw a day (and this jives with most folks that have actually measured theirs)
Inverter current draw comes out to about 10A (@12v) when the fridge is running. You've got to be able to supply the startup surge, but from then on the inverter isn't working hard.
So you need to supply 1KW/h a day to the fridge. Lets fudge a bit and add in some inverter losses/extra load/etc... and you get: 100 AH per day.
Sure - you need a battery bank that can supply 100AH per day. A pair of 6V's would do it, but it'd be hard on em. 4 6v's would be fine for the inverter + the other house loads.
How much generator run time is that? For me, maybe 3 hours or so. + the fact that while the gen runs, it's powering the fridge on 110.
Solar? You could easily get that with 200W worth of panels where I live. 400W would likely provide months of generator-free existence.
In no way do you need to run the genset 24/7 unless you don't have a decent battery bank. And with a reasonable investment in solar and batteries, you can boondock forever. I'll argue that solar and a residential fridge is cheaper than a LPG fridge - I can't wait for mine to finally die.
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jeepbluetj
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03/23/12 03:09pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Jeep Wrangler Power Convertible Top
I would not use it.
Heck, to me, a short-wheelbase jeep is pretty much a pre-assembled Jeep construction kit. No need for power tops.
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jeepbluetj
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02/24/12 12:49pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: SPAMalicious Recipes Wanted!
Friends saw the travel channel show on Hawaii and they had Spam sushi on it. So they made some. Got the nori sheets and everything. Actually it was damn good although the folks put way to much vinegar in the short grain rice.
It's called Musubi. RandomMusubiRecipe
It's fantastic. Does require you to make pretty good sushi rice, and have a musubi maker (or use the spam can).
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jeepbluetj
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02/10/12 12:56pm |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: Best options for good coffee while dry camping
We use a french press, and a stovetop expresso maker. ClickieHere The stovetop expresso maker makes totally fantastic coffee, and is easy to clean. It's also wicked fast.
Only tough part is heating and frothing the milk for the cafe con leche.
And if y'all haven't had a cafe con leche, you're missing the reason coffee exists :)
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jeepbluetj
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02/09/12 01:59pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: barbeque-ing salmon...HELP!
Of _course_ you can cook salmon on the grill. I plank em all the time.
Soak plank
Season fish
Put fish on plank skin side down (some folks remove the skin, I don't)
Stick on the grill, indirect heat (must be covered, of course), for about 20 min.
It's done when it flakes with a fork - salmon doesn't need to be well-done, just cooked. (I do mine a bit underdone)
Serve on the plank. Toss the plank in the fire when done.
BobbyFlaySalmonRecipie
If you burnt a planked salmon you either left it on waaaay too long, or had it on direct heat (typically catches the plank on fire), or had waaaaaay too much heat in the grill. Planking works great at medium-high indirect heat.
I've just grilled salmon before too, skin side to the grill, indirect heat.
I've wrapped the fillets in foil and tossed them on direct heat. Flippem once or twice, cook about 10 min an inch of thickness.
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jeepbluetj
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02/02/12 03:29pm |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: A cat at the campground
We've commonly left our cats alone and nobody checking on them for 4 days. Just a big bowl of food and water available. They're ticked at us when we get back (for leaving) but they're just fine otherwise.
I'd be tempted to go for 7 days. But in my case they do have a cat door to go out if they want - so if they get _real_ hungry it's birds, mice, or the neighbor that likes to give em treats.
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jeepbluetj
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01/20/12 01:22pm |
Hybrid Travel Trailers
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RE: State Park in Dana Point California
IMHO, if you don't surf, I'd avoid San Onofre bluffs. It's basically a long parking lot right next to the train tracks and the freeway.
(Well, almost ALL of socal beach campsites are right next the tracks - you gotta love the trains goin by)
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jeepbluetj
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12/05/11 12:46pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Sleeping In Our MH
Memory foam mattress topper and a few glasses of wine. (Then maybe a few more)
We sleep better in the MH than at home.
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jeepbluetj
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11/16/11 12:58pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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