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In keeping with the season of awards shows (Academy Awards, Golden Globes, etc.) I suggest we have the RV Dreams Forum Awards. So many wonderful posts/subjects have happened in the last year. The problem is they roll into the old posts and seem to be lost forever. As I sit here on a cold Winters day (...

Hello, I'm considering going the fifth wheel route for full-time living. It's just me with the occasional visit from my two teen kids. I like the Keystone Avalanche 300RE but from my first post in the intro forum I found it may be a little too much for my truck to handle. I have an '07 F250 6.0L Crew Cab sh...

Looking for opinions, comments or reviews on a Redwood Cypress 36crl. We are looking at one and heard they were discontinuing the Cypreline wasa wondering why. Any help would be appreciated

Mickey and friends have gone and done it again. The whole house rolls up into the travel trailer and off they go. I especially like the unzipping of the bathtub. See it at the link http://www.rv123.com/mickeys-trailer/

Have sold the house in Oakville and thinking seriously about a Diesel Pusher. Was wondering if anyone from this side of the 49th has bought in the US and imported to Canada. I am looking at a coach from Florida. Any info is greatly appreciated.

For those who are interested I have a travel blog on my current trip through Mexico (I am wagon master on a caravan). Another couple took it over for a month while my wife dealt with medical issues, but I now have it back, starting this morning as we head for Melaque. The blog is at http://www.mexicorvbud...

Hi, I'm recently separated and am considering my future living arrangements. I don't find dumping at least a grand a month into an overpriced apartment in a crowded area appealing. One of my options is to buy and live in a fifth wheel. I live in a well populated suburb in the south. I travel for work (air...

Hello folks. After spending an hour or so browsing through your site, you seem like the kind of folks that my wife and I would enjoy getting to know better. Just getting back into camping after 32 years and boy have things changed. Our last rig was a 25 foot bunkhouse behind a suburban that we pulled all th...

That's right.......Before it's TOO late. I was just told this morning by a friend of mine that he was diagnosed yesterday with colon cancer. He's only 48 years old. Just keeps getting more depressing as the days go on.

Does anybody know of a locking fuel cap for the 2016 5500 HD? Bill Napier's local RAM dealer didn't have one and Google didn't reveal any but did find a few that would fit a 3500 so I'm just trying to figure out what model/year to get one for so that it matches. Bill thinks that a 2013 3500 one will fit but isn'...

Hello friends, I am a new member moving over from the Yahoo Carriage forum. I was wondering if any one knows where I could find a front cap decals for my 2011 Carriage Cameo 36FW? I am having the front cap painted. I have tried Tira RV's to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated . Thanks Mike Wats...

I was searching for exercises I can do in the RV, & I stumbled upon this site. I haven't looked at the entire site, but it looks like there is good info there. So I thought I'd share in case anyone else is looking for this type of info. The FIT RV

We have begun full timing and am looking to purchase a new fifth wheel. We are currently in a 32 ft Foresr River and are looking at a 36ft Cypress made by Redwood. My question is the extra length and weight that we will be hauling. My concern is towing it and getting into campgrounds. My tow vehicle can hand...

PacBrake is offering a special deal from March 1 - May 31. You can get $250 off their PRXB Exhaust Brake Kit with a mail-in rebate. Just wanted to put it out there for those considering adding an exhaust brake to their tow vehicle.

I going full time in the next couple months. I know I'll be stay mostly in Wisconsin this summer. I looking at different states to spend next winter at I know Arizona,Florida,Texas are top snowbird states but I'm looking at Alabama. From what I've seen on weather.com its in the 60's most days 40's most n...

This is our first Allegro so we don't know if this panel was available on older models. There are 7 panels inside that control various functions of ALL the lights, solar shades, night shades, vents, fans etc. We noticed that the same button on two in the main coach went dark yesterday. Since we have had t...

Here is a list of truck classes and calculated trailer weights based on these formulas Trailer Weight = ((Curb Weight * 2.5)+(GVW-Curb Weight+GVW))/2 GCVW = Curb Weight + Trailer WeightThese weights are extrapolated from a Class 8 semi and signify estimated potential design limits for each cla...

Hi. I'm in the design/ planning phase on about 1,000 watts of 12 volt panels going on the roof of my fifth wheel. Because of the array wattage, I'm going MPPT on the controller. I'm comparing the Midnite Classic 150 (96 amp) to 2 stacked Morningstar TS 45s (combined 80 amp). The classic is looking like le...

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FreePreview.tv was started to keep up with and tell people about free preview times for premium programming. I learned that HBO & Cinemax were having a free preview this weekend when I just happened to be talking to a DirecTV rep. Doing a little digging, I found this website and thought others m...

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As of April 24, 2016, this RV is SOLD. Ford E450 Chassis, gas V10 engine, only 23,500 miles,1 slideout, sleeps 4, 4KW Onan Generator with only 66 hrs, hydraulic leveler jacks, 1 a/c, roof ladder, 4 n...

There is plenty of info about re stringing day night shades on this forum and youtube. But how do you get these things off ? Mine do not have clips and are under a valance. Any suggestions?

There was a storm with tornadoes that went through the south. Sugar Hill RV Park in Louisiana was hit with some pretty extensive damage. Some RV were literally destroyed. 7 Killed After Tornadoes Tear Through Louisiana, Virginia Reports that I'm reading on other forums talked of this photo. The u...

We're currently fulltiming in a Foretravel MH, and really like it, but circumstances are changing, and perhaps a 5'er might be a better fit for us. We're still researching that, and this post is part of that research. IF (and that's a big IF) we go to a 5'er it will most likely be a USED Mobile Suites or New...

Well we have pretty much made the decision to sell the stick house and everything we have and move into full timing it. I have and continue to research the steps and what we need to do. Unfortunately though (and I may have missed a post or two) I can't find a list of "must haves" to pack into the 5t...

Joined a little bit back, found some good info here.

Hi Everyone, My name is Henry Sanchez, along with my wife, Ann, we will be fully retiring in about 2-1/2 years. I'm not waiting till I retire to do all the research I possibly can regarding this life style of RVing around our beautiful country. Going "full time" is more than likely no...

We are looking for some opinions. I understand that for the most part every floor plan has its solid good points and then some trade offs. All that being said here is my question to those that have full timed now for a while. In researching 5th wheels what we have found is floor plans that do a good job of sep...

Since Jo and I will be moving to Oregon in a matter of weeks, I was wondering about highways 20, 97, 230 and 62 from around Ontario, OR to Grants Pass via Bend. See Map Or, is one of those alternate routes better for towing a 38.5 foot fifth wheel? Also, depending on the routes shown at that map, are there an...