Issue 1906
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Today’s thought
“Youth can not know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.” ―
Need an excuse to celebrate? Today is National Sour Candy Day!
On this day in history: 1914 – The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
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Tip of the Day
Maintaining your rig: Conduct an RV exterior evaluation
By Dustin Simpson, California RV Specialists
For most people, an RV will be the second largest purchase of their lifetime, after a house. For many of our customers here at California RV Specialists, their RV is their home. Whether you have a million-dollar unit or an entry-level rig, our message to you will be the same: It needs to be maintained. Today, we are doing an exterior evaluation on this 2018 Grand Design Reflection 303RLS. Our Exterior Evaluation series was created to help guide you when inspecting your own unit for routine maintenance. So let’s take a look in the video below.
Today’s RV review…
2022 Jayco Jay Flight SLX8 240RBS travel trailer
Tony writes, “For the price point of this trailer, compared to many other offerings, this has a much more pleasant feel than most. There are a lot of Jayco-specific features, too, that make this one to put on your shopping list if you’re looking for an affordable couple’s camper. The added safety features inherent in Jayco’s JaySMART™ lighting is a further bonus, as is the warranty. Overall it’s a good value—which isn’t something that’s all that common nowadays.”
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Ask Dave
Dave Solberg is a leading expert in the RV industry and author of the “RV Handbook.”
There’s a crack in my RV’s shower floor. How do I fix it?
Dear Dave,
There is a stress crack in a piece of my RV’s molded shower floor where the bench seat meets the floor. I put tub caulking on it, but it still opens up. Can it be repaired? —Diana, 2018 Cameo Crossroads
RVelectricity™
with Mike Sokol
Up in Smoke: Hemp-powered batteries?
Dear Mike,
I know that lithium is all the rage right now. But if this FYI is possibly true (first I’ve heard of this, so I don’t know any more either), there just might be something else 8 times better on the not terribly distant future horizon. And it’s something we actually grow instead of mining. Will batteries using hemp as the raw material actually get developed? Sure would be nice, wouldn’t it? I am hoping you can take a look at this and give us a little more information on what this test might show in real-life terms.
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NEW! Video of the day
Paging George Jetson: Touring the world’s most futuristic RV
Get ready to tour the world’s most futuristic RV! After watching this video, you may ask yourself if this amazing vehicle is Sci-Fi RV or reality. This luxurious futuristic motorhome is real. But it’s not cheap.
Full-timer pleads, “PLEASE don’t buy me anything!”
By Nanci Dixon
I know you love me but PLEASE don’t buy me anything. We are full-time RVers and are packing up the motorhome after five months at the same site. It is amazing how much stuff we have out and how much we have accumulated in a short amount of time. It is also quite dismaying to find my “spots” for everything overflowing with over-abundant Amazon purchases and the wonderful presents that have been graciously gifted to me. Continue reading.
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Quick Tip
Five-fingered hitch ball cover
Tommy Molnar says he read in all different RV sites and blogs about how to cover your hitch ball when not towing: plastic thingies with magnets inside, tennis balls slit to fit, even the ones you buy at RV supply places (that you can’t get on or off in the cold). Tommy says, “Well, you know those boxes of ‘rubber’ gloves you buy at Costco? I keep several boxes around all the time—in my shop, in the garage and in our tow vehicle. I use them for everything to keep my hands from getting dirty, greasy or wet. I always put one over my hitch ball as soon as we unhitch. I can even get more than one use out of one. But even if I only use it once, it’s SO cheap it doesn’t matter. However, it doesn’t keep me from banging my knee from time to time. It just keeps me clean, and the ball, too, if I happen to drive somewhere on a gravel road.” A high-five to Tommy for this tip!
Website of the day
The Best State Fair in all 50 States
We like this list from Reader’s Digest because it tells you a little bit of history, too, along with the best state fair in each state. Get ready, you’ll want to go to a fair after reading this!
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Recipe of the Day
Tri-Color Spinach And Artichoke Mac And Cheese
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Re: hitch ball cover, we use a plastic shopping bag zip tied on.
I use the typical rubber ball cover that most places sell. One tip, put small hole in the very top of the cover. Makes it easier to put on and take off.
I use a tennis ball with an x cut in the bottom, works great.
i cut the X on the top of the tennis ball
LoL
Using a rubber glove once and then throwing it away is just one more way that RVers hurt the environment. I take the hitch assembly off when not towing.
Removing is what I do. I mounted one of the receivers that you can clamp on to a 4 inch bumper to the tongue and put the hitch in there while we are at camp. The same receiver also carries our empty bike rack when we are in route. The bike (a tandem) rides in the trailer.
Oh no a rubber glove !!! We’re all going to die .
Just one isn’t the problem. Have you not been keeping up with the discussions about the environment?
I died when I read Steve’s post. Lol
Regarding the story about the best state fair in all fifty states: As far as I know, there is only one “State Fair” in each state. How can you say one is the best in Alaska or Wyoming if each one only has one? What did I miss?
Whenever you see a ‘best of’ article, you have to suspect Johnny Robot wrote it. I’ve started avoiding them.
Not true. NH has two state fairs. The Hopkinton State Fair and the Granite State Fair. One is in Hopkinton the other is in Rochester. Maine has two as well. Russ you missed your morning cup of Joe.
A dry plastic water bottle, sliced in half, makes a perfect hitch ball cover. With a handy handle! Lasts for weeks.
re: shower floor crack repair.
Usually the floor bottom is flat against the wooden deck below. I am wondering if that deck below the shower floor has suffered water damage leading to a soft floor and then the crack ?? If so, the deck needs replacement [a lousy, hard job]
O.K. Diane, so I’m picky! 🙂 The million dollar motorhome is nice, but the article with it has different numbers for engine H.P. and fuel mileage than the post. Which is correct? Sounds to me like the video is. After I turn in the rest of my recycle bottles, I want to check into getting this monster!
Sorry, Lil John. I thought I responded to you hours ago but my reply disappeared. Cheri, the author, is going to answer your question, if she can. She’s already corrected the H.P. in the article. And let me know when you’ve cashed in your recycle bottles. I wanna go for a ride in this “monster.” Have a good night. 😀 –Diane
My apologies, some of the numbers did not copy when I formatted the post. I have corrected it.
Thanks, Cheri! Have a good night. 😀 –Diane
Eddie Albert sang the theme song in Green Acres, as well.