Recent content by yomin66

Well, July 13th ( a Friday!  :o) is our departure date and we have close to three weeks for the family's aquaintance with the appartement on 6 wheels. The tires have DOT markings dated 2004, there is still lots of meat left and the ride is satisfactory. We're all excited about the trip!  :)...

Update: I have made good on my threat to buy a used RV about three weeks ago and it was an experience for sure. To reiterate the 10-day-trip (in blog-style): Preliminary: Contacted a bunch of ads from Germany - big interest on two units: One for CAN$ 9,000 (26-foot something) and one for CAN$...

Thanks, Gary. Leveling jacks: On a 10-12K MH, the cost for a set of leveling jacks to the tune of 4-5K may prove prohibitive, unless the unit is in such good a shape, that I would keep it over a longer period of time (e.g. upwards of 5 years). It would also make some sense, if the "kit" would...

Pimp-my-microbus?

Hello all, I did take the "Introduce yourself" tour, and, for the inquiring minds, my background info as to the why, what and when can be found here: http://www.rvforum.net/SMF_forum/index.php?topic=9415.0 Thanks to Tom and Gary for the welcome wagon!  :) So I have a pretty good idea of what I...

Hi Tom and Gary, thanks for your input. Yes, for some things I think I've made up my mind, but i appreciate ALL advice greatly. There are so many ways to goof up, and one never "knows it all". Bad news for the internet access, as my first few trips will indeed be limited to BC and the Rockies...

So, as the subject line says, I have two months to go before purchasing my first Class-C RV. Why 2 months and not "within two months"? Well, I happen to be a Canuck living in Germany (for over 15 years by now), and I've given myself a one-week-window to travel to Alberta or BC and pick out a...

Good point, Jeff. BUT ( :))... Having a 7 and 10-year-old with us, the possibility of them being "occupied" with themselves in behind us (playing a board game, cards, singing, whatever...), challenged every now and so often with a "will ya look at that" while sight-seeing in the Rockies...

as a Canadian living in Germany and planning on buying an old, used Class-C in a couple of months (parked in Canada permanently, used in the summer months only), this may be, shall we say, unique (or not ;)) In any case, I am also a mechanic by trade, but not an RV mechanic - so I have a lot of...