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Head West Not So Young Man 2
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buckeyefarmer
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As long as you don’t park like this.
Casino near Las Vegas gets entrance smashed by RV driver who was kicked out, police say | Fox News
Casino near Las Vegas gets entrance smashed by RV driver who was kicked out, police say | Fox News
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daugen
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now there's a real genius for you.
She gets upset that the casino, that would rather take her money, can't because she is acting so badly, so how does she prove
she's just a normal person who has been wronged? Well she drives her camper through their front door and really hurts an innocent
person. She will likely spend many years behind bars for this, lots of time to reflect on her errors and also to pay the insurance company back for the
damage she did to the building. Not too smart lady.
I'm guessing she was high on something.
I ran the generator today with a load on it, really first time I had done that since I got the rv. Am waiting for longer power cable so good time to
run the gen. Started right up and ran well. Noisy little thing, right under the bed slideout. Which seems like a poor idea for life safety much less noise.
But I'm almost always hooked up with a power cable, on the grid. I can't imagine using the generator that much but I like backup
and it makes the rv more fully equipped for the next person.
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daugen
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headed to dealer early this morning to get gps nav system worked on, still out of order acquiring satellites.
bought a new Garmin RV770 unit, beanbag on dash, immediately picked up satellite. Always going to have backup from now on.
weather increasingly crummy for this drive, windy and rain today, worse later this afternoon. Hope to make it home before the worst of that hits.
Two hours to wash rv, might try powerwashing it this time.
taking laptop and Kindle, will hole up in recliner while they work on it.
weather turning much colder here tomorrow, will wait for next warm spell and might head to the beach/OBX for a few days.
It's about 3 hours away so easy trip.
After that, trip to Florida, and then in April, I leave with no requirement to get home by any time.
Am guessing 5 to 6 weeks, depends what is going on at home, and then only if problems. Lot of money to pay a crew to mow ten acres of lawn
every week...that's a significant part of the cost of my big trip. Thankfully that same crew can also cut up downed trees, mow ditches, etc so my
backup should be ok here. For those of you who don't know me I have a small farm with fruit and nut orchards, and a big garden that will be idle next year
for this trip. Lot of small trees to take care of, fruit orchard to spray when needed. And when you've planted every one yourself, hard to just ignore them.
I also have a reliable whole house automatic generator, which my next door neighbor, a paid fireman, who also has a similar gen, will come over to check on if big outage.
long trip takes a lot of planning. I'm just not a wing it guy, never worked for me.
I have close friends who thrive on that while traveling, while I have reservations five nights out.
I learned a lot of this planning by taking my liveaboard Bertram down the Intracoastal from Philadelphia to Miami. And back.
Studied the charts early every morning for an hour over coffee before wife woke up.
Now I do it the night before on the laptop. Habits we fall into...
bought a new Garmin RV770 unit, beanbag on dash, immediately picked up satellite. Always going to have backup from now on.
weather increasingly crummy for this drive, windy and rain today, worse later this afternoon. Hope to make it home before the worst of that hits.
Two hours to wash rv, might try powerwashing it this time.
taking laptop and Kindle, will hole up in recliner while they work on it.
weather turning much colder here tomorrow, will wait for next warm spell and might head to the beach/OBX for a few days.
It's about 3 hours away so easy trip.
After that, trip to Florida, and then in April, I leave with no requirement to get home by any time.
Am guessing 5 to 6 weeks, depends what is going on at home, and then only if problems. Lot of money to pay a crew to mow ten acres of lawn
every week...that's a significant part of the cost of my big trip. Thankfully that same crew can also cut up downed trees, mow ditches, etc so my
backup should be ok here. For those of you who don't know me I have a small farm with fruit and nut orchards, and a big garden that will be idle next year
for this trip. Lot of small trees to take care of, fruit orchard to spray when needed. And when you've planted every one yourself, hard to just ignore them.
I also have a reliable whole house automatic generator, which my next door neighbor, a paid fireman, who also has a similar gen, will come over to check on if big outage.
long trip takes a lot of planning. I'm just not a wing it guy, never worked for me.
I have close friends who thrive on that while traveling, while I have reservations five nights out.
I learned a lot of this planning by taking my liveaboard Bertram down the Intracoastal from Philadelphia to Miami. And back.
Studied the charts early every morning for an hour over coffee before wife woke up.
Now I do it the night before on the laptop. Habits we fall into...
ronjhall
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Safe Travels. Good luck getting GPS fixed.
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daugen
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thanks Ron. Well it's fixed, and it was all the fault of the dealer.
They swapped radios/nav units from another unit when they delivered mine, since somehow mine had zero nav in it, not that it didn't work.
So they installed the head unit, and stuffed the gps antenna attached to the rear, with a five foot cable and obvious sensor on the end,
down several feet inside the dash, instead of mounting it on top.
So no wonder it didn't work...
missed the rain but not the wind driving home. Really tires me out, 20-25mph winds, storm coming in tonight.
They swapped radios/nav units from another unit when they delivered mine, since somehow mine had zero nav in it, not that it didn't work.
So they installed the head unit, and stuffed the gps antenna attached to the rear, with a five foot cable and obvious sensor on the end,
down several feet inside the dash, instead of mounting it on top.
So no wonder it didn't work...
missed the rain but not the wind driving home. Really tires me out, 20-25mph winds, storm coming in tonight.
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daugen
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just ordered a power cord female connector end online.
Can't believe I got the wrong end on one end on the 75 foot long cable, and
it was my error. So for twenty bucks I ordered a new female conductor, one with three blades and not two
blades and a round pin. The cord I ordered apparently was an extension cord, not a primary cord.
West Marine could have given me instant satisfaction but I'm not paying 55 bucks for their connector end.
Intent is a single 30 amp line from rv under shed to power box. Two cords connected together in the past
has not ended well.
Can't believe I got the wrong end on one end on the 75 foot long cable, and
it was my error. So for twenty bucks I ordered a new female conductor, one with three blades and not two
blades and a round pin. The cord I ordered apparently was an extension cord, not a primary cord.
West Marine could have given me instant satisfaction but I'm not paying 55 bucks for their connector end.
Intent is a single 30 amp line from rv under shed to power box. Two cords connected together in the past
has not ended well.
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daugen
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done, thank you for color coding, could not have been simpler, except with my arthritis, could not force the stiff cover over the lip.
Going to get a hand on that tomorrow. But it worked just fine and is undercover no matter what.
Everything is winterized, power is now on inside so I can run dehumidifier 24/7
Going to get a hand on that tomorrow. But it worked just fine and is undercover no matter what.
Everything is winterized, power is now on inside so I can run dehumidifier 24/7
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Nicely done d...... if that cover is supposed to be flexible, maybe workout a gen running a hairdryer on it for 5 minutes before fighting with it again.
Rgds, D.
ronjhall
Super Star Member
A weak point in the set up you are using is the cord. I used a 90° adapter.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005BNZJ8O/ref=cm_sw_r_oth_tai_wLHWDbCJRH9KK
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005BNZJ8O/ref=cm_sw_r_oth_tai_wLHWDbCJRH9KK