Recent content by JerArdra

A very safe way to test running your new fans overnight using only your coach batteries is to do it at your home or at a campground that has FULL hookups. We do it all the time BUT we have BIG batteries.  BTW, we have even done it using 3-12 V fans with no problems. One other thought, take a...

We just bought 8 new tires for our motorhome and had them spin balanced.  The fellow who supervised the work has done this for 17 years so he is very experienced.  What we learned is that "maybe" you should NOT have your new tires balanced at the same time you buy them and have the tires...

Bill, Remember our new ladder?  You saw it, in use on a 16 foot high ceiling, in the picture Ardra sent. I found a way to store it so it takes up no extra storage space in our MH garage.  It actually stays against the wall on its own but if you look at the fifth step up you'll see that I have...

We have had  PRESSURE Pro for many years and it still bugs me that they do not have replaceable batteries.  I may change someday but what I really wanted to say here is I have a trucker's wooden Hickory thumper.  Every morning I go out and thump all our tires both coach and toad.  Then I look at...

Tom, I just cut or break my old disks in half and throw half of the batch I just cut  up in the trash.  Then a couple of weeks later the other half of the batch I cut up go into the trash. For hard disks I break them open and cut the disk that was in the case into 2 or 3 pieces and again throw...

The November 2016 issue of Consumer Reports had an extensive article named: "66 Ways to Protect Your Privacy Right Now," on pages 24-37. Item #56 titled: "Block Snoops" refers to Facebook and I know lots of you folks are on Facebook.  Privacy Item 56 said, Do you hate ads that steamroll over...

PHOTOG, I loved your last post where you said, "I agree that part of Poughkeepsie Gulch is difficult, but two years ago I went over it with a stock Cherokee and I though oh boy an easy one.  WOW... THAT'S GREAT THAT A STOCK CHEROKEE can do it, BUT the next sentence, "I winched it over the...

Mike, That's great because there probably will be some that we can go on.  As usual we can decide the day before if the next days trail ride would be to rough.  Thanks for the info. JerryF

Mike, Re your reply 106 explaining how to get an ORV permit.  I would like to ask how rough and tough the off road trails will be?  I wonder, will there be ANY moderate or easy trails?  I am not interested in beating up our our Jeep Grand Cherokee.  I ask because at Quartzsite earlier this...

I think you are wise to go "older with cash" not only so you can see if you really want a motorhome traveling lifestyle but also because the motohome's interior layout, storage, bathroom and kitchen are so important that you might find that you are not happy with the one you bought.  After you...

The reason we prefer to tow our jeep (no tow dolly) is because whenever you have to back into a camp site or disconnect the tow bar the question becomes what do I do with the tow dolly.  You will have to unhook it, pull it around yourself, and move/store it near the campsite.  That is to much...

If you are interested in a small pocket camera that is easy to carry take a look at the Panasonic DMC-ZS50.  Besides being able to do most everything a larger size camera can do it has the following.  It has both an LCD screen and an optical view finder so whenever you move the camera up to your...

3/6/2016 If you do not already have a way of connecting your PC to your Cellphone you might look at PDA Net+  It is software only and it cost me a whopping $5.00 some years back and I think today's price is about $7.50.  You hook up your cellphone to your PC using a USB cable and you can...

Thanks Guys. The third item is important to me just in case I allow a friend to connect using my router and modem and, what if, they decide to further share that password with someone else.  If they did do that, the person using the shared password cannot get into my network connection because...

I use a Cradlepoint router and a Verizon modem but I have always wondered, does a Verizon MiFi device require a password even to configure the features of the MiFi  Next, for security, does the MiFi require each user to know the encryption key in order to connect their PC to the internet. And...