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Issue 1483
Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and living tips from the pros, travel advice, a handy website of the day, tips on our favorite RVing-related products and, of course, a good laugh. Thanks for joining us. We appreciate you. Please tell your friends about us.
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On this day in history: 1913 – Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
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Tip of the Day
Should you buy a damaged RV and fix it up yourself?
Steve Savage submitted this article to RVtravel.com when he was a Master Certified RV Technician with Mobility RV Service.
For the majority of folks, buying a damaged RV and fixing it up themselves is an absolutely terrible idea. Why do I say that? Several reasons come to mind… Find out what they are here.
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Today’s RV review…
In today’s column, industry insider Tony Barthel reviews the new 2021 CrossRoads Zinger ZR259FL Travel Trailer. As he reports, “It’s nice to see such a unique floor plan and one that’s very usable in a relatively towable package.” Learn more.
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RVtravel.com editor Chuck Woodbury explains how a law-abiding citizen of one state may risk getting in trouble by carrying a gun in another state, where laws differ. A survey by RVtravel.com revealed that 40 percent of RVers carry a weapon all or most of the time. RVers or others who travel with a firearm outside their own state should know the laws. Watch the short video. And if you do carry a firearm, here is a guide you should carry with you.
Yesterday’s featured article: Dog accidentally changes gears, sending motorhome rolling into lake
Reader poll
What is your favorite way to eat eggs?
*Yesterday’s poll taught us that most of you do not sing in the shower. Do you?
Quick Tip
Water pump wacky?
If your water pump runs a few strokes and then stops, only to repeat the sequence a few minutes later, you probably have a dripping faucet or a leak. In addition to all faucets, check the pressure fitting for a drip and the water heater drain plug for leaks. If no leaks are found, you probably have a malfunctioning pump pressure cutoff switch.
Website of the day
Buy your hunting or fishing license online!
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And the Survey Says…
We’ve polled RVtravel.com readers more than 1,500 times in recent years. Here are a few things we’ve learned about them:
• Of all spectator sports, 45 percent enjoy watching football the most and 19 percent enjoy watching auto racing
• 8 percent say they love to dance and that it’s one of their favorite things to do
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Trivia
If someone asked you when vending machines were invented, you’d guess fairly recently, wouldn’t you? After all, it’s not like Cleopatra demanded Doritos at the touch of a button… But you’re wrong. The earliest known reference to vending machines is in the work of Hero of Alexandria, who was an engineer in first-century Roman Egypt. And what did the first machine dispense? Holy water. The machine accepted a coin, which fell onto a pan attached to a lever. Then the lever opened a valve, which would allow holy water to flow out. The pan would tilt slowly until the coin fell off, and then the water would stop dispensing.
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I heard mine do that and I found the transfer valve was leaking back to the fresh water tank. For the ones that have that type of valve. I turned it back and forth and it stopped.
Great laugh of the day
Water Pump Wacky? There is even a more plausible explanation IF you do not have a visible leak. Obviously when the pump runs it pressurizes the system. If for any reason the pressure falls below a preset level the pump runs to bring the static pressure back up. When no leaks are seen, the pump probably has an internal leak allow the pressure on the output side to bleed back to the input side. Rebuild kits are cheap and fairly easy to install. Way more thrifty than a new pump.
As far as the quick tip about water pump problems. One other possible issue not given is that the check valves on the pump could be leaking through (not seating completely).
In reference to leave here with a laugh, they learn young don’t they?
RE: On this day in history: 1913 – Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
Not so; see https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-work-organization-648000/The-assembly-line about it. Ford introduced the first AUTOMOBILE moving assembly line.
Ford visited the Heinz factory and saw that assembly line before creating his own.
Make automobile = assembly plant. Cut up cow = disassembly plant. So first “assembly” still applies.
If I remember it correctly, Ford’s first assembly line wasn’t the car “moving”, but the workers moved along, and the car stayed stationary. I would probably guess that in Heinz’s line, the product that they were processing was what was in motion.
Nothing like looking into the eyes of a loved, and loving, dog.
Beautiful, Anakin.
Well Said, Connie!! : )
Yep. He looks like he needed a big smooch 😘.