Useless Facts/Chit Chat Thread

[ftwildernessguy]

lol, my parents have always been pretty gracious with allowing us to use their campers in the past, although we rarely have taken advantage. Normally it's a lot more fun just to go with them.

We of course one day hope to own our very own, hopefully in the next few years. Obviously we'll be starting much much smaller...lol

More fun, or less expensive? You cheapskate, you.

 

[Colson39]

Well, a little bit of both, but usually just more fun. I'm very close with my parents, and my wife is as well, so it's pretty easy. In fact, both families are close, I tell you, I got really lucky on that one

Hopefully in a couple years we can seriously start looking for a camper somehwere, unfortunately, a camper is not something I can build

 

[Rhonda]

...unfortunately, a camper is not something I can build

Well....you COULD.... and it might look like this:

 

[clkelley]

Ahh, but yes you can build a camper. Many, many people do build Teardrops and Tiny Travel Trailers.

Check out http://www.mikenchell.com/forums/index.php

I thought about building one, but don't have the patience, so that's why I bought the T@B.

If you can weld, you can build your own frame, if you can't weld, you could have a frame built, or use a bolt together frame from Harbor Freight or Red Trailer.

 

[ntsammy5]

Well....you COULD.... and it might look like this:

Where can I get the plans?

 

[bigdisneydaddy]

True that. I keep thinking of the explosive debates on rv.net over this subject.

(wading into it)

My experience renting gas & diesel MH was somewhat mixed.

Rented a workhorse chassis (w/the 6.8 Ford V-10) MH for Spring Break 07. We averaged 8.5mpg. Much better than I was expecting.

Rented a Fleetwood w/the Cat 350 last year. We averaged 11.5mpg.

These are rentals but, to my mind, I did not see a huge benefit to the diesel pusher. Granted, over length of life, diesel has a big benefit (provided the rest of the MH stays in good shape of course & the owner doesn't get bored with it......).

just my 2 cents (and that and $3.48 will get you a cup of coffee in any Starbucks).

The mileage debate gets downright ugly on the RV boards, too snarky for my taste. Too many trolls to be able to trust any one source of info.

To have a diesel be cost effective you have to be in them for the long haul and you have to be able to justify the power. Personally I pull my TT with a diesel and would never go back to gas.
The problem with picking a MH chassis and power unit is that most people dont have much experience with that size of chassis, you are at the mercy of sales people to a degree, people who have been RVers for a while will have better insight than someone new. Gas or diesel is a personal decision based on a number of factors.
The Cat 350 is a fine motor and there are quite a few on the road, this makes for a more reliable supply of maintenance and repair parts and a better chance of finding a competent mechanic plus Cat stands behing their stuff.
At work we had 6 ISB Cummins engines in our Freightliners, 2 had catastrophic failures before 75K, thats a 33% failure rate, not too impressive but there are tons of these engines in Dodge trucks and a lot of RV's and they have millions of reliable miles on them.
We since went to an MBE 900 Mercedes in that size truck and have had great service out of the 3 that we have now, they are easy to service and run like scalded monkeys.
I will admit that my "lottery" RV will have be a tandem axle bus with the biggest Detroit diesel series 60 engine that they will build along with an Allison trans. Thats a big dog power train.

Scott

 

[Colson39]

Ahh, but yes you can build a camper. Many, many people do build Teardrops and Tiny Travel Trailers.

Check out http://www.mikenchell.com/forums/index.php

I thought about building one, but don't have the patience, so that's why I bought the T@B.

If you can weld, you can build your own frame, if you can't weld, you could have a frame built, or use a bolt together frame from Harbor Freight or Red Trailer.

True, I could always build a Teardrop for sure, I enjoy watching the shows they do on them from time to time on the TV. I more meant I can't build one of the big ones....lol.

I love the personality of the Teardrops and the like, each one seems so individual!

 

[Colson39]

Well....you COULD.... and it might look like this:

Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,
Then one day he was shootin at some food,
And up through the ground came a bubblin' crude.

Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea.

Well the first thing you know ol' Jed's a millionaire,
Kinfolk said Jed move away from there
Said Californy is the place you ought to be
So they loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly.

Hills, that is.
Swimmin pools, movie stars.

The Beverly Hillbillies!

 

[clkelley]

Another Single Digit Moment!!

2 Days 2 Hrs 2 Mins 2 Secs till I'm on the road South!!

(Well actually, I have to head West for about 30 minutes, but then I'll be heading South!!)

 

[Mr Man]

Another Single Digit Moment!!

2 Days 2 Hrs 2 Mins 2 Secs till I'm on the road South!!

(Well actually, I have to head West for about 30 minutes, but then I'll be heading South!!)

Exceedingly jealous here. According to my ticker, I still have 166 days, 0 hrs, 45 min, 6 sec until I can check in....... Actually, that doesn't make me feel any better........

I hope you enjoy your trip.

Regards,

 

[djblu883]

well I lucked up and got an extra day on a separate ressie to add an extra day on the front of my trip...what kind of odds do I have that they will let me stay where I am and not move??? I got a preferred site for one day...doubt I'll bother to hook cable up reguardless so if they had a cancellation I'd be okay with a downgrade for that day just so I wouldn't have to move...any out there have past experience with this???they couldn't add it to my existing ressie because I booked it through a travel agent

 

[Mr Man]

well I lucked up and got an extra day on a separate ressie to add an extra day on the front of my trip...what kind of odds do I have that they will let me stay where I am and not move??? I got a preferred site for one day...doubt I'll bother to hook cable up reguardless so if they had a cancellation I'd be okay with a downgrade for that day just so I wouldn't have to move...any out there have past experience with this???they couldn't add it to my existing ressie because I booked it through a travel agent

Provided you have a confirmation number for the extra day, you "should" be able to call CRO and ask them to link the 2 reservations w/a note that you would like to stay in place. Of course, there are additional factors beyond your control such as : call center that takes call, mood of CM at CRO, time of year you are going to FW etc etc.

I would think your chances are good that Disney will do what they can to keep you happy. This has been my experience anyways.

 

[clkelley]

I put the permanent graphics on the MOUSE-KE-T@B using the vinyl material. We reduced the number of ears, but I think it looks better.

Before I was going with 28 per side, but it was too busy.

I updated the blog.

 

[Colson39]

Looks great! I really like the small to large action, it gives motion to the look.

 

[ftwildernessguy]

Yeah, it makes you look like you're going really fast just standing still.

 

[Gatordad]

if you stopped drinking so much beer, it wouldn't look so fast.

 

[ftwildernessguy]

I felt it necessary to translate Colson39's post for my simpler minded, beer drinking friends on the board. Sometimes that guy just gets too sophisticated.

 

[Colson39]

The Budweiser was especially good last night

 

[Us3]

I put the permanent graphics on the MOUSE-KE-T@B using the vinyl material. We reduced the number of ears, but I think it looks better.

Before I was going with 28 per side, but it was too busy.

I updated the blog.

Great job, it looks great! (yes, i used the word "great" twice! )

 

[clkelley]

Thanks for all the compliments!!!

The camper is hooked to my truck here in the parking lot!!

Oh, and it's only 0 Days 2 Hrs 57 Mins 14 Secs till I'm on the road!!!

(Unless I can sneak out earlier!!!)