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RE: WARNING: Tailgate theft on the rise
The key lock on the tailgate isn't enough?
Only if it is locked. Many don't leave it locked, too much of a pain to lock and unlock all the time. I have a lockable tonneau cover on mine. The cover has to be opened to open the tailgate.It can be a pain too. Especially those times when the lock on the cover freezes in the locked position.
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trailerbikecamper
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01/12/12 05:45am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Deer Whistle
I don't have them myslef but I know alot who do. They all say the same thing. The whistles need clear air flow ahead and BEHIND th ewhistle too. If not in a clear air stream they ar just another decoration on the vehicle. This fact is not on the packaging or advertised, but it is important.
Here we have enough moose the highway dept. actually posts the number of moose/vehicle collisions on signs along the highway to make people aware of where the majority of these accidents take place (500,000people,over 125,000moose, you do the math)
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trailerbikecamper
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01/12/12 05:39am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Fun with words - can you add more ?
Here are few classics:
9. park in a driveway
10. drive on parkway
11. Military Intelligence isn't
12. One moose, two moose
13. One goose, two geese
14. One house two houses
15. One mouse, two mice
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trailerbikecamper
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12/18/11 05:46am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Chase Bank. Grrrrrrrr..........
Even here in Canada with natioanla banks we have problems. I moved from Edmonton to northern Alberta. About 300miles away. There were no branches of the bank I delat with so I had to switch banks. After being off work for about 6weeks I had LOTS of nilld to pay.
So i opened an acount nad specifically asked how soom will have access to my money in my new account? At the time I was told it would be 5business days. A week later I went back and was told that the check had not cleared and it was in fact 10 business days. I asked for my check back. So i could open an account in different bank. Couldn't give it back becaus eit has gone down to Edmonton to be processed. Explained that now due their inexplicable delays I will now have to deal with credit bureaus, and would they be so kind as to explain to my creditors about their delay??? Not our policy. Had to go borrow a few hundred dollars from a friend I had only met a week or 2 before.
Another week later I went back the bank and received all of mymoney and told them I was closing my account. When asked why I told them I don't want to deal with a bank that employes people that don't all follow the same rules and that I would never be back inside there bank. After 17yrs I haven't been back, even to use an ATM. I won't give themthe satisfaction of charging me a service fee to use one of their machines.
Rant Over
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trailerbikecamper
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11/18/11 06:30am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Single malt?
Don't ask me; I drink rum...
Appelton Gold.
I'm with camperpaul, but I prefer Cruzan
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trailerbikecamper
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10/26/11 01:21pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Gulp!!!
I feel for you. I drive mine back and forth to work. It's about 125km round trip. Every 4-5 days I need to fill up the top half of the tank. At $1.39/L it gets expensive.
No, I don't want to drive a small compact car. With about 150,000 moose on the island I feel much safer in my Ram than a sub compact car. Hitting a 1200lb moose in anything is giong to hurt, but I think I may fare better in my TV than a small car.
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trailerbikecamper
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10/23/11 06:16am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Is your home haunted?
about fiftenn years ago myslef an DW looked at buying a certain house. The owner was anxious to sell and make some money as house prices were relatively high at the time.
When we went to look at the house as I walked through the front door every hair on the back of my neck stood up, and a cold chill ran down my spine. It was a beautiful summer day when we looked at it with temps in the 23-25C range. When I walked back out he feeling went away.
It was a great side plit with lots of room. But the whole time I was insode tathouse I had that same cold chill along mt spine.
Needless to say we never bought it.
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trailerbikecamper
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10/22/11 05:37am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Famous Quotes- No political quotes please
Let's get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini -Mae West
Don't waste your time trying to make a good impression because sooner or later you'll spoil it. --Ex GF father.
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trailerbikecamper
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10/22/11 05:27am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Backing in-which is easier a 5th wheel or travel trailer
There is sometimes a lot of differnce between trailers. I have a 27ft TT and 23ft boat that sits on a trailer that is about 27ft long. With the swim platform on the boat it is close to the smae length as the TT. The boat is much harder to back in the driveway.
I don't know if it is the shape of the boat or the fast that the TT has flat sides. But it the first and occoasionally the second trip with the boat each year I find I have to make a second attempt to get the boat safely into my driveway.
The TT on the other hand I can always get into the drivaway on my first approach. Even though the TT is harder to see around when I am backing it seems to be a lot easier for me.
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trailerbikecamper
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10/22/11 05:13am |
Towing
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RE: Anybody heard about caviar?
Here we don't eat cavia but we do eat fish eaggs.In a female cod fish the eggs are in to pouches on each dide fo the fish and joined near the middle of the fish. Wwe call them britches because they resemble a pair of short pants that young boys used to wear.
"experienced" members of the Newfoundland society absolutley love them.
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trailerbikecamper
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10/20/11 01:51pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: resorts accept 5th wheels, but not travel trailers??
Before I knew her my wife anf her the BF encountered thi typw of thing once while on a motorbike trip. They stopped at a campground that only allowed trailers not tenters. They explained that the trailers were in fact pop ups. After they convinced the operators of the park to allow them in they went to their site.
When they parked the bikes and started setting up, that's when the crowd started to gather. First came the coolers off the tongue of the trailer, then came the pots and pans, the camp stove the coffee pot and carafe for keeping it hot. The sleeping bags and air mattresses and portable compressor for blowing up the mattresses. They even had a 4 person folding picnic table in the 2 trailers behind the 2 bikes.
One of the nearby campers even commented that DW and her Bf had more in the 2 bike trailers than she had in her motorhome.
Moral of the story? Don't be offended just move on and enjoy the trip.
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trailerbikecamper
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10/20/11 01:31pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Sold my boat last night and then it died for the new owner.
You said he was laoding it on the trailer and he heard a clunk. Was he power loading when the prop hit the bottom/trailer? Or was he doing something like trying to switch from forward to reverse without a giving time for the prop to come to a complete stop.
The clumk tells me he did something. Motors don't clunk unless there' something wrong. I have had a boat for years. It never clunked except when the prop hit bottom. I now have a newer boat with a different drive and this one doen't clunk either.
Go look at it. You may find he has actaully done something that you are in no way responsiblr for.
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trailerbikecamper
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10/08/11 11:47am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Deck stain/protectant (best to apply)?
I wouldn't apply a sealant after your deck has been down for a while. My parents did and a couple of year later they had to pull iit back up. A friend of theirs nearly went through the deck boards. Turns out that the deck baords rotted from underneath because they couldn't breathe properly.
Although the top looked good the moisture coming out of the ground caused rot on the unsealed bottom of the deck boards. Aslo caused rot on the framing members underneath. Once rot starts it is hard to get it stopped with totoal replacement.
If it was my deck I would use a coloured stain to give you a protectant frfom UV light. It will allow the boards to breathe and give a you a wider choice of colours to choose from.
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trailerbikecamper
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10/08/11 11:41am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: A Shocking Experience!!!
In simplest terms there is an elctromagnetic field aroound those lines. Beacause it is AC powr the field is constantly growing and shrinking.As thsi grows and shrinks it induces "creates" a current in any conductor within the range of the field.
Because you parked directly under the power line your MH skin became the "conductor". And you became the ground wire to drain the power off. This is also the reason for the ground wires on the fences around power stations.
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trailerbikecamper
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10/08/11 11:26am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Motorcycles - what are your requirements?
I use textile with armor. DW doesn't like the fit of hers with the armor.
Me:
Pants-Jeans rain pants over top when wet
Jacket-3/4length Textile with armor/Mesh with armor in warm weather
Gloves-Gauntlet
Boots-8" height for nakle support and protection
Helmet DOT Approved
Eyes-Foam lined prescription goggles
DW:
Jacket 3/4 length textile/leather in warm weather
Pants-Jeans with textile over top regardless of weather
Gloves-Leather
Boots-8" height for ankle support and protection
Eyes-Wraparound Sunglasses
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trailerbikecamper
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09/22/11 12:03pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Motorcycles...why do you like certain types of bikes ?
Over the years me and DW have had a few bikes. When I met her she had a "89 Goldwing Lehamn trike. Then she went out and bought a '03 Suzuki Savage for around town(since the Goldwing was too big). After the Goldwing she felt the Savage was way too small. Eventually she bought a '08 Harley Deluxe, but she has always had the Goldwing (as a backup).
I started with a '96 Yamaha Virago 1100. Then went to an '89 Goldwing. I was never really comfortable on it so after a few years of riding it I found my current bike. It is "07 Yamaha Venture.
I like the touring bikes for the comfort and the ability to carry a few extras. Extra gloves, rain clothes etc.
All three kids have bikes. The youngest has a Suzuki GS500, the middle just sold his CBR Blackbird but still has his Ducati 1100S, and the Triumph Daytona the oldest has the Suzuki SV100.
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trailerbikecamper
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09/22/11 09:43am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Am I crazy?
Like others have said youe Escape is too small to tow a decent sized trailer for full timing.
But I have to differ on the staying in one over the winter in Montana. I used to live in northern Alberta. Many people stayed in them all year long. Even when temps dropped to -40F. I'm sure there were LOTS of blankets on the bed. They were also plugged in so electric heaters helped with the chill as well as the gas furnace. But they did it and some are still doing it.
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trailerbikecamper
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09/11/11 12:40pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Bzzzzzzzzz......OUCH!!!!
The bee stings remind me of my mother when she went camping on one trip in particular. Her and my DD went on a hike. Part way along the hike she had to "find a tree". She did so and also found the hole. A perfect shot, so to speak. By the time she was finished her "business" and pulled her pants up there were too many stings to count.
Needless to say the rest of the trip wasn't much fun. She also wasn't feeling well either because of how many she had.
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trailerbikecamper
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09/10/11 08:36am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: RVs and ground rods
Another and less labor intensive way to ground is to use a ground plate. It simply a galvanized steel plate with a 1/2" rod about 6" long welded to one end. the plate is approx 12" wide and 18" long and about 3/8" thick. Place it under your tires as you're backing in to park your rig. The pressure from your rig will ensure a good ground. Then just run a bare copper from the frame to the plate and you are good to go.
There is also no chance of hitting any underground utilities since there is no ground penetration. This is a good way to get a ground at such things as festivals, fairs etc. And it is allowed under the electrical code so "fire inspectors" can't argue with it.
technically a cover of 18" of soil is required but I am pretty sure the pressure from an Rv parked on top of aplte will provide enough pressure to ensure good contact with the ground.
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trailerbikecamper
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09/09/11 06:00am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Where to Keep Emergency Health Information
Here at work some companies use something called Vital ID stickers. They are a fluorescent yellow and are very hard to miss. They have a folded paper inside that is water proof and has room for medical info, emergncy contact info and allergies. They supplier also has a system for boots in for those that like to hike. Take alook at the different styles.
Clicky
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trailerbikecamper
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09/08/11 12:56pm |
Do It Yourself Modifications and Upgrades (DIY)
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