Recent content by Buddy Tott

Sleeping arrangements are typically better with a Class C than with a Class A.  A bed over the cab in a Class C can easily accommodate two teenagers and jack-knife couch for the 3 yr old.    Some newer A's also come with additional (2) bunkbeds as well a a Queen.  One of the Itasca/Winnebago...

If you are trying to find the history of the vehicle using the VIN, only law enforcement and DMV have access to that information.  I don't think it's available thru CarFax, but I may be mistaken.  AAA have access to DMV files also and may provide some information.  The VIN itself is basically a...

Any thought on using wooden pallets?  They are 'ready-made' decking, plentiful, relatively inexpensive (often free) and could be easily bolted/nailed or screwed together to create a much larger area.  The desired surface area could be covered with exterior grades of  plywood and carpeting.  You...

Scotty I don't know about the 'moving water ratio' but gallons per minute seems excessive.  The water is under pressure - obviously and doesn't use that much (water). Perhaps gallons per minute maybe but even that seems a lot.  The business end of the wand usually has three or four...

I have a Husky with a Honda gas engine - up to 2300 psi.  It was a gift but I couldn't recommend it.  Though it works fine (now) or did when I last used it, the Honda gas engine seems to be a little finicky if the gas left in gets old or stale.  A pressure washer is not generally something you...

With anticipating relatively little use - 30 days a year - I wonder why you are electing  a DP over gas engine.  Not that I have any experience with a DP.  However, I understand there or higher maintenance costs associated with DP's and they don't like to sit around for long periods, without...

I use a hand-held device in the course of business - Home Inspections.  There are a variety of meters on the market all with variables on the same theme.  Mine is a simple device.  It has two small prongs/pins which are pressed into the suspect surface and an LED light flashes from green to red...

After-market window tints/films are not legal in all States - even if they sell them at Wally World.  Check with your State Police authority.  In CA they must be 'factory approved' and not installed on driver/passenger front side windows unless they are installed by the manufacturer as original...

I made up a sun shade from some black sun screen material I had left over from an outoor patio project.  The heavy duty screening comes (about) 4' .0 wide. (WallMart/Lowes/HD etc) I cut it to length (width across the windshield) and added extra to wrap around the side windows.  I folded the...

I live not too far from the stretch of highway where the CHP assisted the runaway Prius driver to stop.  It's a long graded incline/decline.  I'm sure many here are as familiar with it as I am.  The actual 'stop' was made on a 1-6 (I believe) incline so the vehicle would have been naturally...

Just a small point...Call the service dept. a couple of hours before your appointment and have them turn the refrigerator on.  That's the only way you can be sure that it's operating correctly.  It should be nice a cool when you arrive.  In my case all the lights came on during the...

...Thanks Tom - I had already taken shelter.... ;) bt

Most posters here will extol the virtues of Class A's over C's and, most certainly have their own reasons for doing so.  I am not one of them (he said, pushing buttons).  I purchased a new Class C in 2006 which was at a price I could (wanted to) afford.  The choice was new Class C - with all the...

Some of the Rexhall/Rexair coaches have the TV across from the couch.  Though I don't own one they do seem to be well put together coaches with wider bodies than most even without a slide.  I think some Damon coaches do, also.    I agree wholeheartedly with you...Generally  TV placement in most...

In attempting to answer your question re. budget... ($2000 per week).  Overnight camping fees can range from $0  to $100 obviously depending upon where you are and what's available.  There are many places to 'wild camp' or Boondock, including some grocery chain (WallMart) parking lots - but...