Recent content by jerrydiver

I'm seeing a lot of great ideas, here.  Those Wal Mart Supercenters are not only great places to overnight free, they are open 24/7, so stock up!  You'll see plenty of restaurants that have one or more big trucks overnighting; that's a sure sign they will have a good breakfast.  Any place that...

If you need the really high speed broadband service for streaming video, you can get a Verizon aircard for their 4G service.  Mine was about $50 for 5GB per month.  I think it's about $60 for an unlimited plan.  Their website shows a coverage map for the entire U.S.  I have their unlimited cell...

Derek, you'll have a great time down South in the winter.  The Riverwalk in San Antonio is to me as though a bit of Paris was dropped into south Texas, but with hugely variable weather conditions.  When you roll through Mississippi, both Biloxi and Gulfport offer good sightseeing and superb...

No need to stress, BigWig.  Even in the event of a last minute change of plans, a place to pull in for the night is usually as close as the next Interstate Exit.  If a mechanical problem should occur, just look for where the big trucks are stopping.  Those folks have to find a spot to overnight...

If you have the time, look around the Web for some RV brand owner's forums.  Seeing the kinds of comments owners make about their warranty service experiences will help you make a choice you can live with for a long, long time.

I like John's idea about "method S", Lake Amistad to Diablo Canyon is lovely, this time of year.  Git 'r done!

Jamie, from the dearth of replies, I'm guessing none of us know much about gennies.  But I'll stick my nose in (will I never learn-lol) and say that night in the 20s may have caused water in a line to freeze and break the line.  If you're not getting a good fuel flow (or air, of course) it'd do...

Check for owners forum websites to see what sort of problems their owners are experiencing.  Read the load/weight label to see which of them can carry more of your stuff.  If their websites go into detail about their manufacturing process, look closely at how they build the structure and of what...

I can think of two makes good for full-timing, Excel, by Petersen Industries in Kansas City, and McKenzie, which is, I believe, Canadian-made. I know Excel has a -10 deg F guarantee, provided your furnace is running.  I suspect McKenzie has really great basement insulation as well.  But they're...

Head cook/dish washer/dog walker combo unit.  Anybody know where I can find one of those?

I read it a coupla years back, but had been exposed to the theory before; way back in the late 70's when I worked with an outfit that tried to predict some environmental effects of various nuclear scenarios.  Not very cheery work, as you may imagine. EMP is very real, but the effects have been...

CatBlaster???

I think Ernie came closest to saying it like I feel.  If you're self-dependent, resourceful, have good negotiation/communication skills and make good decisions under stress, you're about as 'prepped' as you can be.  People who think that being prepared is all about what you drive and what you...

Did you see the post from the couple wanting to know about how to get a dentist 'appointment' in a new town, but the writer, expressing his biggest concern, said he was afraid he wouldn't be around long enough to get a good 'opponent' to do his cleaning.

Having been a long-haul driver 5 years, my perspective is that there are good and bad drivers.  A much higher percentage of bad ones nowadays, because the trucking industry has had such an explosive growth rate for the last 10+ years that the standards for new drivers aren't what they once...