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While on a recent road trip I noticed a motor home with the model name of 'Intrigue' and thought that was a strange name for an RV. Intrigue does not come to mind when thinking of RVs. Anyway, I then started to pay attention to RV names and saw another called 'Seven Seas', which seemed more appropriate for a boat. But the best name of all was on one of those high buck diesel pushers, it was called 'Exotic Nature'. Is that cool or what? I wonder what they were thinking when they came up with that name. Jim "Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hours drive away if your car could go straight up." |
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Maybe they did market research, and they don't care what camper trash like us think.........they only care what people with more money than sense think! Cool names for camper: Six-Pac - one of my favorite names Phoenix - good name for a reborn company Alaskan - really makes me want to travel What names do you like?? Mike L |
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| Has anybody ever used indoor climate controlled storage for their rv during the winter? One has opened here. I am going to use it this winter. They were running a "special." Pay for four months up front, $85/month, and get the fifth month free. The temp. is not supposed to go below 55`F inside and is humidity controlled. What do you think? | |
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at Camping World I'll buy the 15'x40' silver h.d. tarp and cover it myself. Leave it plugged in to keep battery up and also plug in my electronic rodent control device. I've never seen the RV Stores do even that for these rigs during our cold winters here in N.Y. Ray T. |
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| If I wanted to kill nasties in my water system I'd use good old bleach. It's more effective than alcohol and a heck of a lot cheaper. It does demand a good rinse afterward of course. I often put a strong water/bleach mixture in both holding tanks and slosh it around a day or so. I've never done my fresh water system, probably should. | |
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I bought a bunch of stuff from rvpartsoutlet.com recently but haven't installed any yet. I decided 11 years is enough for the water heater so went ahead and bought a new one. The last thing I want is to get a major water leak, inside the camper, when out on a trip. My heater has mineral crud inside which keeps getting into the cold side somehow and clogging the toilet inlet. I bought a new toilet seal because I'm going to pull the toilet and flush everything out. The anode rod in the heater has never been changed. The manual with the new heater says to change it every year! Does anyone change theirs regularly? Apparently only Suburban brand even has an anode rod. I also bought two new horizontal LP tanks. I did manage to get the local gas station to fill my non-OPD tanks but had to show him the web printout proving that horizontal tanks have an exception. My tanks are near the end of their service life anyway so I decided to go with the OPD deal rather than bother with recertification. Other goodies: LP and CO detectors, replacement exterior molding, new clearance lights to replace the one a tree took out a while back. Still no Fantastic fan, maybe next summer. Anyone ever install a water heater? |
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I'm leary of bleach for a couple of reasons. First, it can attack some plastics and rubbers - and I don't know what materials are used throughout the water system in my camper. Second reason is the smell that lingers long after it has been rinsed, twice, three or more times. And I hate the taste! Last reason is mostly laziness on my part. The camper gets used in the winter, so I don't want to have to thoroughly rinse the water system every month or two. Much easier to leave the 1-2% alcohol in place and simply drain and refill the system when we are going camping. For me, a cheap bottle of vodka into a couple of gallons of waters doesn't cost much and saves a bunch of time. Mike L |
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I changed out the 6 gal. water heater in my Shasta a couple yaers ago, after the leak was discovered ! Not a big deal since the whole unit comes out in one piece same as replacement goes back in. Just gotta disconnect the water lines/gas line. Ordered the replacement unit thru http://www.CampersWorld.com Ray T. |
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| It looks straightforward to change but I think there are a few difficulties. Suburban has changed the flange design so now the heater flange sits only inside the hole. A second sheet metal ring screws into the face and has only 3 little tabs for screws to hold the entire heater. They show it being installed on the floor with some blocks. I don't think the flange can take the weight so I'll have to build a support frame for the rear as the old one is only held in place by the flange. | |
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