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RE: Where to go for RV fishing trip in AZ or New Mex in November
Look at the San Juan at Navajo Dam, NM
Awesome fishing!!! Just be aware there are rangers always watching for fisherman “shuffling”. It’s illegal and they will fine you , kick you off the river and take pleasure doing it. I’ve watched it more than once. Bad weather beats good there since there are fewer fisherman out in the rain and snow.
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wapiticountry
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10/31/23 05:03pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Running Dedicated Water Line For RV at Home?
Pex is not rated for burial. If you don’t want to dig up your yard check with an irrigation company to have them use a vibrating plow to run a line. Or, if you are really handy, vibrating plows can be rented. They aren’t that hard to use but the errors in trial and error could make a mess of a nice lawn. If you go that direction be sure your utilities are located and marked. Cutting a gas, electric or other utility line really ruins a day.
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wapiticountry
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10/30/23 10:49am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Robot Tolls - At My Limit!
I've never taken the plates when trading at a dealership, but rethinking it. And this was no small dealership.
Never, EVER, leave the plates on a vehicle that you sell.
In some states the plates are required to stay on the car.
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wapiticountry
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10/26/23 10:07am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Robot Tolls - At My Limit!
It’s the government. The are too incompetent to actually run a scam involving overcharging for tolls. The inherent ineptitude of big government is reason number one why grand conspiracies are not possible.
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wapiticountry
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10/25/23 10:45am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Installing an oven into a former rental rv
Cruise America rigs all have 120 volt 30 Amp electrical service. Electric ovens are generally 240 volt, so you would either have to completely upgrade the RVs electrical service or find a propane wall oven that would fit. Even that would require upgrading the propane plumbing. Bottom line is adding a true oven is going to be expensive and likely difficult.
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wapiticountry
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10/21/23 05:26pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Concerns about buying from a distant dealer?
Here in Montana 120 miles is practically next door. Making that drive for service wouldn’t be a big problem.
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wapiticountry
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10/10/23 11:00am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: I have a disgusting problem… HELP!!!
How do you fill 55gal drums from the black tank dump valve?...:h
That’s a dang good question! To the OP, are you sure sewage is what is actually in those drums? You may have found Jimmy Hoffa.
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wapiticountry
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09/29/23 02:15pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Progressive RV Insurance requires you to have another car?
Their company, their rules. Lie on your application and have a fender bender, the claim will get paid. Lie and kill a bus load of grade schoolers, the insurance company is going to fight you to the death.
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wapiticountry
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09/27/23 10:28am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: I have a disgusting problem… HELP!!!
Use a cutting torch to cut an appropriate sized hole in the top. That is assuming a septic pumping company will pump them out. They may very well say “no” since they have no idea if the barrels are full of something other than what you think is inside.
My backup plan, assuming you are on rural acreage, would be the backhoe, dig a deep pit, empty the drums, cover up with dirt and forget about it. Rinse and dispose of the drums at the landfill.
Personally I would at least think about telling the wife “your kids, you wanted them here, you argued to let them stay, your problem, you handle it”
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wapiticountry
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09/24/23 03:19pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: 2020 grey wolf TH poor AC
Do you have a thermometer? If so, what temperature does the AC put out at the vent nearest the unit. It should be 30 or more degrees colder than the outside air. If it isn’t, first step is to be sure all the fins and filters are clean. Be sure it isn’t icing up due to running continuously. If that doesn’t help, time for professional or maybe replacement.
If the unit is cooling at the vents, time to start insulating the rig and defeating solar gain. Park in the shade if possible. Keep blinds shut. Pull all curtains shut. Avoid putting heat and moisture in the rig . Things l like cooking, doing laundry and showering and opening and closing by the door multiple times all go towards defeating air conditioning.
The hard truth is most RVs are not well suited for temperature extremes. The chassis build is not sufficiently insulated, the windows are not thermally efficient, and by default even the undercarriage is exposed to the elements unlike a standard residence that is attached to the ground. Florida in the summer is just as taxing on RV climate systems as North Dakota is in the winter. It can be a losing battle.
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wapiticountry
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08/13/23 10:55am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Financing Rates These Days
Agree with way2roll ... you'll probably keep the truck longer than the RV, and if not, they are separate so you can split them if you need to change one or the other. Probably get better rate on the truck too, for shorter term. You will also get a better trade on the truck later, if you decide to do it.
With the mack daddy setup that this dude has been “trying” to purchase and bellyaching about for a while now, I’d hope it’s the combo he wants to keep for a good long time…
For 3/4% difference. Finance the RV, unless it’s your only home. That way if something happens and the bank comes calling at least you still have wheels! Or vice versa if it’s the primary roof over your head.
Still tryin to figure out what the question really is. The rate is going to be what HE qualifies for. Regardless of what anyone else’s experience is. And to that end can find current rates published literally everywhere. And appears to have financed multiple RVs in the past, albeit for the same rate each time?
If you must know, my score is usually in the high 700s with an occasional bump over 800. And yes, I have had 4.99% on every camper I've financed in the past. But that is not how things are these days.
Few things in life are certain. A few that are is there will always be someone posting they have higher credit scores than everyone else. They got lower financing rates and their investments out perform everyone . They always get a bigger discount on purchases and what they purchase is better than anything else on the market. Seeking such information on this and similar forums is a fool’s errand.
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wapiticountry
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08/13/23 10:37am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Selling an RV/payment
I have found this thread very interesting and enlightening. I think banking laws have changed a lot since some have bought/sold. I know they have since I last needed a large amount of actual cash ($10K and up is a large amount, under $10K and that is able to be acquired given a few weeks). I think I might want to look into the escrow/title thing to get a bit more info.
My daughter and I look at online ads for RVs that are for sale in a 500 mile radius from us. She has asked about the "Cash" payment request. I have told her I assume that the seller means they won't finance the purchase, not that actual folding paper is required.
Since we both use the same online bank (Schwab), any purchase would have to be either a personal check or an online transfer. Our bank does not have an actual building in any state. We get actual cash from the registers at Walmart ($100 per transaction). Takes a while to come up with a substantial amount of cash. Nowadays, it takes minutes for a check to clear. Before I bought an expensive item like a vehicle, I would contact my bank to see how they would suggest I handle the payment. Except when the site is undergoing maintenance, I can transfer account to account, within my bank, in less than 5 minutes. I have transferred from my bank account to another "outside" bank account in the same business day or on the next business day.
My daughter paid actual cash for both her truck ($3400) and the truck camper (under $2K). They were priced pretty low so cash wasn't an issue.
My bus shell was paid for with cash (I had $2K all in $20s, banded in packs of $100 with two packs of $50 in $5's and $10s so we could dicker the price down). My Jeep was bought thru an auto auction. As private buyers, we had to pay cash. Only registered dealers could pay with a check. I went with $10K in a backpack. I paid $6000 + $600 for my Jeep (in 1998). A year before, I had the same amount in my backpack and picked up a mini van for $500 but I didn't like driving the van so I sold it for $500 and got the Jeep. I still have and drive the Jeep. At the time we banked with Bank of America. The branch my husband dealt with mostly was in a small town with many wealthy out-of-state customers. It took a while to remove the $10K from the bank in cash because they flat out told my husband that they only paid out "small" lumps of cash. They simply didn't keep large amounts of cash on hand. Even large banks don't keep lot of cash on hand. Their insurance doesn't allow them to keep over a percentage of their normal operating cash.
When my father would get paid in actual cash, he always had problems depositing it. This was for extensive and expensive tile jobs in multi-million dollar houses (like I said, "wealthy out-of-state") that were built, never lived in and sold for a profit (aka "money laundering"). We are pretty sure that he was being paid with drug money. Once he was paid all in $1K bills. The $1K bills looked new, looked fake, felt fake but his bank said they were good. And that bank was not terribly comfortable taking in all that cash. They had to sit on it until the armored truck outfit showed up on schedule to take it away. No one wanted $1K bills. Too hard to move around in the economy. $100 and smaller is better and more spendable.
As for the long-gone OP, it sounds like he is hiding assets from a divorce. It sounded off and I would have assumed it was a scam.$1000.00 bills are worth more than the face value, often many time more. Taking them to a bank to deposit instead of an expert in numismatics is potentially throwing away a massive amount of money.
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wapiticountry
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08/10/23 03:39pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: RV A/C Efficiencies
Instead of trying to improve the efficiency of the AC unit, it is much more efficient to to prevent heat infiltration. Things like being sure any air leaks are sealed. Windows are shaded or covered during the heat of the day. Park in the shade. If possible, don’t have the large glass portions of the rig facing west. Limit opening of doors, don’t put extra heat or humidity inside by showering, cooking or doing laundry in the heat of the day.
As for the AC be sure the fins on the unit are clean, all the filters are clean , and if possible, don’t create a cooling deficit by turning the AC way up or off during the day and then try to catch up when you return.
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wapiticountry
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08/04/23 04:24pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Selling an RV/payment
There is at least one escrow company that would do it. My son used them with a sticky situation buying a jet ski for $12,000. The sticky part was the son co-owned the jetski with his dad whose name was on the title and there was a lien. The dad was in on the deal, wasn't shady or anything and the dad and son both cooperated. So my son used an on-line escrow service to handle it. No money was delivered until the title was released and transferred cleanly, then the money was paid. When I bought my new moho from a private individual, he suggested I look into it. I did and they would have handled the transaction, which was over $100,000. But in the end, my investment account wired the money to the seller's bank. They owned it free and clear with a good title, so that worked best.
DaleThis seller adamantly refuses to accept a wire transfer as payment. Therefore that transaction wouldn’t work for him.
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wapiticountry
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08/04/23 04:14pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Selling an RV/payment
Interesting thread.
If the OP is by chance still observing, one way to avoid 99.99% of the hassle / risk of banks / cashier's checks / cash reporting would be to have a title company (or the escrow department of banks that still offer the service) simply undertake an escrow service: will add a few days to the transaction time, but eliminates risk and (IMNSHO) lots of hassle.
Don’t think there are Escrow companies that pay out $45,000 in cash. They wire or use cashiers checks. For some reason the poster wants to instantly have a big stack of greenbacks, nothing else.
Actually, the OP (who hasn't been back near as I can tell) said: "I will ask buyer to give me cashier's check of a bank that has local, branch, I think. I want to be able to go to the branch in person and cash the check and also first verify that the check is good, before I sign the title over.
Had anyone done a sale like this? What are the steps with cashier's check handling to make sure one won't get defrauded?"
Escrow avoids fraud and the seller could take the Title Co's check to the local bank and cash that if they wanted cash...but that would of course trigger the scrutiny of the regulators The title company I have used for multiple transactions wires the proceeds to my account. They are not a bank so they cannot issue a cashier’s check. They also state that any cashiers check used to pay for a purchase are held for a substantial period of time ( I don’t remember if it is seven or ten days) which is why they request all transactions be wire transfers so as to not delay a closing. I have also gotten some checks from them months later after the property’s taxes were finalized and those checks were just plain company checks, not any kind of cashiers or certified instrument. And even if they did get a cashiers check, a non customer of the bank it was drawn ion would have a very difficult time getting $45,000 in cash. Due both to the risks of fraud, forgery etc. and the fact branches just don’t keep that much cash on hand.
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wapiticountry
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08/04/23 04:11pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Unsolicited want to buy your RV people
If the rig has been parked for months, I can see why people might inquire as to whether you might want to sell. And if you have a desirable property, why not? The worst that the inquiry could produce is a firm “no”. One of the parks I owned was bought exactly that way, I asked the owners if they would consider selling and we worked out a deal that worked for both of us. Asking if something is for sale could work out for both parties.
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wapiticountry
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08/02/23 09:40am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Selling an RV/payment
Interesting thread.
If the OP is by chance still observing, one way to avoid 99.99% of the hassle / risk of banks / cashier's checks / cash reporting would be to have a title company (or the escrow department of banks that still offer the service) simply undertake an escrow service: will add a few days to the transaction time, but eliminates risk and (IMNSHO) lots of hassle.
Don’t think there are Escrow companies that pay out $45,000 in cash. They wire or use cashiers checks. For some reason the poster wants to instantly have a big stack of greenbacks, nothing else.
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wapiticountry
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07/31/23 12:03pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Selling an RV/payment
Like previously posted, most bank branches aren’t going to have $45,000 in cash. And if they did, they aren’t going to cash a cashiers check for that high an amount for a non customer, even if it’s their own cashiers check. About the only way to have this style transaction go smooth and safe would be to tell the buyer to meet at his bank where he can have it arranged the cash is available and he withdraws that amount from his account and gives it to you on the spot. Hopefully you have an extremely desirable rig priced too good to be true because your need to not involve a bank is going to run off 99 out of a hundred potential buyers.
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wapiticountry
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07/29/23 05:34pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Looking for suggestions on our 14 day trip to the southeast
Make sure your AC is in perfect working condition. And pack extra antiperspirant.
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wapiticountry
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07/02/23 07:35am |
RV Parks, Campgrounds and Attractions
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