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mountaintraveler
mountains
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Joined: 12/17/2022
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The only time I came close to having collision damage was that one time I tried to stay in public campground, as I mentioned. I swiped a tree which damaged both of my awning bottom support brackets.
So I tried to get them replaced, this is 2012 motorhome, not that old. Turned out that this one biggest RV awning manufacturer does not sell replacements and its not possible to buy them anywhere at all.
They wanted me to replace entire awning which is over a thousand! What scammers.
I bought completely incompatible newer type brackets on amazon and modified, ground down a lot to fit and repainted, problem solved.
Love my 10x10 portable canopy that I can quickly set up anywhere I want, never used built-in canopy. I got 2nd layer for it for 20 bucks for full sun protection, so entire setup cost me 60 bucks.
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pnichols
The Other California
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Joined: 04/26/2005
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No way do we hate/resent/despise our 24 ft. Class C's ultra-reliable built-in Onan generator. It provides the ultimate in electrical energy freedom.
It's been trouble free for ~20 years in our 2005 rig. Winnebago installed it well, so we can easily tolerate it's sound inside or outside. We also feel no vibration in the coach floors when we're inside with it running.
The Onan of course exhausts on the opposite side of the rig from where we sit outside under the awning, so we rarely smell it when it's running and we're outside. It sure is nice to not have to chase the sun in order to keep our coach batteries (two 12V 125 amp hour AGMs) charged up. For charging the batteries with ultra-low sound, I sometimes idle the chassis engine for an hour here and there instead of running the Onan. When running the generator or idling the chassis engine while we're inside, I keep all coach openings closed and pressurize the interior so no fumes can enter.
We don't like to compromise our interior comfort regardless of the altitude, or latitude, or season, or amount of sun that we camp in - and the only way to have this freedom is through use of a generator, or possibly via a fuel cell maintaining a monster coach battery bank. I got my fill of the basically uncomfortable back-to-nature style of camping years ago by backpack camping at high altitudes during summers in the High Sierras.
There's nothing like being curled up inside a warm motorhome out on the far side of beyond during a pouring rain (or snow?) storm - and then being able to take a hot shower (inside), prepare a hot meal (inside) to enjoy - and then watching (inside) a recorded or streamed episode of Gunsmoke or The Rifleman. ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/wink.gif "wink")
2005 E450 Itasca 24V Class C
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