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RE: Another gray/black question, sorry.
At 8.3 lbs per gallon, 3 gallons = 25 lbs. Weight SHOULD NOT be an issue here!!!!!
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kennybob
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04/06/12 08:28am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Stray campground kitty
We take our himilayan Amber camping with us and have since she was a kitten. We use a "harness" that goes around her neck and middle and tether her with about a ten foot very light plastic rope. We only let her out when "she" wants to go outside and we keep an eye on her. She never wants to go very far, usually just around the trailer and mostly when we are also outside to keep her company. Depending on the campground and whether or not there are a lot of people she sometimes likes to go for short walks with one of us, on her "leash" of course. At home at the stick house we let her outside whenever she wishes to go out and most of the tiome it is every day the sun is out, and we tether her with her harness and rope and she is quite content to wander around the back yard and watch the birds and squirrels from wherever she happens to be reclining. She has adapted very well to the harness and does't try to escape when we are not in her immediate prescence.
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kennybob
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04/04/12 12:40pm |
RV Pet Stop
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RE: Chevy 6.0 gas milage
I have a 2002 GMC Sierra Ext. Cab 2500 HD with 6.0 which is the same as the Chevvy setup. I get 17MPG on highway empty and about 13 MPG around town with 8.5 MPG pulling my 31 foot travel trailer. I'm not totally happy with the mileage, but understand it is as good as it's going to get. Otherwise the engine has performed well with no problems since I bought it!
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kennybob
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01/19/12 11:30am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: I am saying!
Like, You know, I'm just saying! Three absolutely unnecessary fillers in any sentence!!
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kennybob
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12/06/11 08:05am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: CB antenna
For your edification, that is called a "co-linear" array, and will provide a somewaht oval "pattern" front top back and will provide better transmit/receive response in that direction and somewhat less transmit/receive response in side to side direction. As far as "phase" goes it matters what the spacing is (distance) between the radiating elements and I expect the distance is probably calculated by the antenna manufacturers to be as good as they can estimate given the unknown factors! Given the frequncy range of the 40 channels they probably estimate based on the mid channel (20)and a distance difference of a few inches would not make a huge amount of difference. In any case it probably satisfies the truckers as far as practical use is concerned.
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kennybob
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08/10/11 02:12pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Thousand Islands
You will certainly enjoy Wellesley Island State Park. We have stayed there many times. It is probably our favourite park.
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kennybob
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07/25/11 07:08am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: AC Generator Requirement?
I have responded to similar posts regarding the "power" requirements for generators. The simple rule I would follow is to calculate based on "shore" power! That is; 120 volts x 30 amps equals 3600 watts. If your unit requires more than that then the shore power breaker would trip and you would then be without power until such time as you contact the campground management personnel to reset the breaker! A simple rule of thumb would be simply to get a generator that would provide a continuous power supply of 3600 watts (if a 30 amp service was the only available option). If a 50 amp service is available then the available shore power would be 220 volts x 50 amps = 11,000 watts and therefore if you require that kind of power you would be well advised to get a much larger generator. The amount of electrical power rerquired for an RV unit is not rocket science, simply a calculation of how much electrical power one needs to operate the maximum draw the unit needs to operate all of the electrical appliances one is likely to use at the same time!!!! If your unit requires a 30 amp connection then all you need in a generator is one that will supply 3600 watts. If your unit has, for example, two ACs then it will probably require more than the 3600 watts availble with a 30 amp connector. Many Class A motorhomes and large fifth wheel units have two ACs and will more than likely have a 50 amp connector available for the addiltional power required to feed the two ACs. Therefore if your unit has two ACs then it will more than likely have a 50 amp connector! The fifty amp shore power connectors are 220 volt connectors and can supply the higher power requirements of those units! So, if you have one of those units with a 50 amp connector, then you will need a generator that is able to supply 220 volts at a 50 amp rate for a minimum of 50 x 220 = 11,000 watts, which I may add is a LARGE generator and one that would certainly wake your neighbours during the evening/night usage of such a generator!! I hope this little lesson emlightens your concerns of generaor size requirements!
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kennybob
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07/05/11 05:09pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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Selling a Thousand Trails membership
Has anyone here on the Forum tried selling a TT membership and if so, how did you go about it?? We are considering selling our trailer and truck within the next year and therefore will not need the membership. Any advice (reasonable please) would be welcome.
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kennybob
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05/27/11 12:25pm |
General RVing Issues
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