After our Easter weekend trip we were all set to take the RV back for the final pre-delivery item repairs (a month after delivery). We were going to be going on a RV-less week long vacation which was planned prior to the MH acquisition, so it would be a perfect time to be without it. Then on 4/27 northern AL as a whole was altered. 300+ tornado's descended on the state, a handful being F4-F5 monsters. We were spared damage, however, our whole county was without power for a week. Huntsville...

My Love of Dirt Roads

Looking back at my RV travels it seems that I have always been looking for that off the beaten track experience. Wanting to fish those lakes that few other people dared to explore.
The ones that were only fished by the hardy and fearful (stupid)
Well that meant those lakes that were only accessible by the dirt road.
The further off the road the better. That meant that the fish had to be bigger and more of them. Sometimes that was true other...

I originally wrote this article in 2008. I am placing it here in my Blog because I believe that it might give someone the confidence to do the installation on their own regardless of which vehicle they own. The differences between this what is seen in this article and your install will only vary slightly.

2008 Saturn Vue XE - SMI Stay-In-Play DUO Installation

Finally getting around to installing my SMI DUO. So far everything is going well.

I started off...

I wrote this piece in 2009 however I wanted to place a copy here since it's falling deep in the threads in it's original location. I hope it'll provide some value to you if you own a 2001 to 2004 Workhorse with an Allison transmission.

Ultrapower Allison 1000 Grade Brake (UAGB) Installation 101

A couple of days ago I was interrupted from my daily activity, posting here, as the door bell sounded. Roxy took off across the house barking as loudly and repetitively as possible...

well, finally got a pic of woody on here, took me forever to figure out how to do it,,, got to take it out on a test run, did great but it rained and stormed the wqhole weekend. gonna try it again this weekend, wish us luck for good weather. all for now.

I just wanted to put something up real quick about what changed around these here parts as applies to DirecTV. In the past in order for us to get local programming we had to use 2 dishes, an 18” single LNB for local channels (non HD) and an elliptical dish with 3 LNBs (HD). Quite a sight to say the least as this array looks like a CIA ground station.


Previous setup has a Slimline (HD) and an 18"...

We have found out today that all the information that Brandon has been getting from Saskatchewan on water levels is false. They are now saying there is more water than what they are prepared for. The city is now scrambling to shore up the dikes surrounding the flood plain & lotsa people are on standby for evacuation. Businesses are being warned that they should remove things off the floor. Dealerships should remove inventory to higher ground. We are sure glad that our trailer is on very high...

If you are like many campers, the first thing you want to see in the morning is a fresh, hot, and delicious cup of coffee. I certainly am in that group of happy campers, and it's usually more than one as the sun comes up over the horizon.

After contemplating the purchase for a few years, we finally took the plunge and bought ourselves a Keurig single-cup coffee system. This is not a commercial for Keurig, it is just an enthusiastic endorsement of this system as one of the most convenient...

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Well as I write this we are under a winter storm warning. It is the end of April in Southwestern Manitoba & we are also in a flood watch for the whole southwestern part of Manitoba. Geez, only in Manitoba. We were wearing shorts on the 27th. So far in our campground we have got about 2 inches of snow with more on the way. The temp is -6'C. Our slide toppers are working well. We did find that the slideouts are not as airtight as led to believe. Around the bottom where the slide stops is a gap...

Picked up new allegro bus,: went back to dealer to install TPMS, after 9hrs we found out they had NO CLUE, We didn't know at the time but we drove home on inside dual flat. I was taught if you don't know then you ask somebody who does, not guess and go. Now I am going back and hope they can finish the job.

Introducing the JACK Digital HDTV Antenna by King Controls.

Digital TV has been rolled out now for a couple of years however older RVs I expect are just catching up with the technology curve since the majority of those don’t have DTV ready equipment or suitable antennas. I purchased 2 Magnavox DTV boxes which I setup in our rig at least a year ago however our use of over the air TV was a best...

Well what was only going to take minutes in my mind ended up taking hours. The Onan manual is just plain wrong on their coolant change procedures. For model HDKAJ do not put coolant in reservoir first. As a matter of fact don't do it at all.

I followed the instructions. Drain, flush, then fill. Start by filling reservoir to the min cool line. I went to do that and before you know it coolant was pouring out. Huh, that happened pretty quick I thought. No worries, it will just...

I was able to get the Blue Ox TruCenter installed today on my Freightliner XC chassis. It was not the easiest do it yourself project. Not necessarily because of difficulty, just not easy to do laying on your back. The Blue OX TruCenter is pretty heavy to hold up while you are pinched under your rig trying to get the nut threaded. I found a position where I laid the opposite end of the TruCenter across my foot and held it up with my leg while I huffed and puffed with the solenoid end until the...

We picked up the 5er on the 14th of April with a friends truck as ours is not ready yet. Dragged it home & then went out with a friend to try to salvage some stuff from her flooded basement. There was 2 1/2 feet of water in the basement. The beds were floating, just so disheartening. Not much to save. Floods are considered an act of God & not covered by any insurance. The only hope she has is being declared an evacuee & she will get 80% of her cost to replace from the provincial government....