Recent content by Badlands Bob

We stayed in the Tom Sawyer RV park back in September.  It's in West Memphis, right on the Mississippi River.  The campground is about 6 feet above the river and would totally flood everytime the river rises.  You actually drive over the dike to get to the campground.  All of the electric...

Ga Veterans State Park is in South Georgia.  They have a pretty good display of military aircraft, tanks and artillery pieces.  Very nice park and the campground is well laid out.  Some of the campsites are lakeside.  During the warm months, you can take a ride on the Sam Shortline Railroad...

Tybee Island near Savannah has a nice campground with full hookups.  It's a short drive to Savannah and there's lots of restaurants and a big civil war fort to check out.  The campground is called Rivers End and is owned by the city of Tybee Island.  Well run and very clean.  We stayed there...

I've got it on my F-150.  I have a Equal-i-zer WD hitch and I drive very conservatively.  Over the last 3 years, I've towed our 6,200 lb trailer over 17,000 miles.  I've never experienced any sway that needed correcting.  I get the usual little push from big trucks but that's expected.  I have...

I wonder what part of "mandatory evacuation" they didn't understand?  Hang on Buddy, we'll get somebody to you by Sunday.

After spending 25 million tax dollars, scientists have discovered that cell phone radio waves may increase the risk of your rat getting cancer.  If you have any rats, don't let them play with your cell phone.

I just had one filled today at a feed store in Georgia.  It was $16.00.

I was in Florida about 2 weeks ago.  As I was pulling away from the campsite, I heard this terrible grinding noise.  I thought the trailer brakes had locked up.  I got out and discovered that I had forgotten to retract my power tongue jack.  Duh.  It bent the pipe  about 30 degrees.  I took out...

If you like to camp in state parks, check and see if they have some sort of camping discount program.  If you are 62, the Golden Age Pass is a great deal.  1/2 price camping at COE parks and other Federal campgrounds.  We rarely stay in private campgrounds so the commercial camping programs...

A 3500 lb tongue jack should be plenty for your trailer. 

Don't forget to get a 1/4" square drive screwdriver.  It seems my whole camper is put together with those square bit screws.

The Timken bearings I got last fall were all marked made in USA.  Changing out the race is part of replacing the bearings.  Flip the hub over and drive out the race by carefully placing a punch on the lip of the race and working from side to side until it comes out the bottom.  I'd also...

I had no luck finding USA made wheel bearings at any of the local auto parts stores.  They couldn't even order Timken bearings.  I finally ordered fours sets of Timken bearings from Amazon.  It took 3-4 hours to do the whole job.  It would go quicker if I had taller jack stands and bigger floor...

For a $100,000 budget, I'd be looking at a slightly used 1 ton pickup like an F-350 diesel and a nice 5th wheel that was a few years old.  That would eliminate the need to tow a car and keep the maintenence down to one drive train.  You could probably get a pretty nice setup for around 80-90K.

I agree.  Take one of your drawer slides out and head over to Home Depot or Lowes.  They can fix you right up with a new set.  Probably less than $10.