Recent content by Bob C

My wife and I must be idiots. We like to leave early (4:00) and get from Baraboo WI to the the BLM land outside of Wall mid-afternoon. When our kids were small and we had tight time frames, it was required to get as much vacation into 16 days as possible. We still like to put miles on for our...

I have had a small Class C and several "smaller" TT's. I own several utility trailers and a couple of times a year will tow 9,000 pound equipment trailers. I have property so I need a truck. When you get used to driving a 21 ft truck, you just drive it. I enjoy driving in out of the way...

Not only do I carry a spare for my truck and trailer, I carry a plug kit and a Viair compressor that plugs into a 12 volt outlet and I also carry a combination jump pack/compressor. I picked up the Viair at a garage sale from a guy that did a lot of Jeep 4 wheeling. When going off road, most...

Tail swing and center swing are real things to be considered. Last summer I helped a guy unhitch his boat and drive the tow vehicle away from a gas pump and we used my 2 wheel equipment dolly to move the boat because he somehow got the concrete/pipe barrier stuck between the boat and tire of...

Last fall I replaced the 5 year old tires on my TT. When I pulled the spare off of the carrier, I found that it had a huge bubble on the bottom of the tire. I had checked tire pressure before every trip but never pulled the spare to inspect it. It never touched the road and it was ready to...

Anyone that thinks a shotgun will not penetrate a wall of at least one and probably two RV walls has not shot very much to find out. I had a part of a wall, built with 2 x 4's and drywall on both sides that I shot with my 12 ga. At 15 ft, the first hole was about 3" and the second hole was...

I added self adjusting brakes to my TT. The first time I used them, the factory wire self destructed and blew my brake fuses. I found a section of wire that had not overheated (melted) and found that the TT was build with 16 gauge brake wire. I rewired with 12 gauge wire (what I had on hand)...

My wife and I sometimes argue very loudly. I should have known that a German marrying an Italian/German could get noisy. We have been together for close to 40 years with no intentions of changing. I love that little "I"talian. Calling her that can start an good natured fight.

My wife and I are both very good cooks and agree that life is too short to not make and enjoy great food. We take carry about two weeks worth of food including canned veggies, fruit cups, frozen steaks, chicken, chops etc. I can take a small steak out of the freezer in the morning and in 10...

I believe that SMR was referring to Tahquamenon Falls SP. The park is about 25 miles from Whitefish Point, home of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. It is a great addition to the trip.

Kirk, I bet you have camped beside "the armed camp" way more often than you would like to think. I am retired law enforcement and I practice often with my firearms. I will not be a victim but I pray to God that I never have to defend myself or my family.

I have a back road that I take when I have someone along that is to be a victim of a joke. Someone made up a very official looking historical marker and placed it next to the road. The sign has about 3 paragraphs of wording that reads like typical government legaleze. The last line says...

We have about 9 inches on the ground right now and our weather is not all that fun right now. Many people were in town today stocking up on stuff that they probably don't even buy on a normal day. We live in the woods so power outages are always a possibility so having a generator to run the...

Considering that I was driving a '69 Olds with a built 455 Rocket I was going way to fast for the brakes to stop in even an unr3easonable distance. Only once and sold it. The speedometer only went to 120 but we were beyond that mark.

I have pulled single axle trailers for over 50 years including utility trailers, pop-ups for 25 years and for the last 5 years a TT. We have pulled our two TT over 50,000 miles without a blowout or even a flat. Until this years, I checked the TT tire pressure every morning and touched the...