Recent content by Compadre

Treat it like an adventure and best of luck. Advice given here may be a little over your head,as the saying goes "It's all Greek to me". Would recommend trying to find an owners manual for your trailer, almost everything is on line now. Casually read through it a few times just to get an...

Had totality here for 3 plus minutes, minimal high clouds so viewing was good. Pretty amazing. What struck me was the power of the sun. Even when there was just a small sliver of sun left, you could see just fine although the light was strange. When totality hit it was like a light switch...

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum Above is a link to a Ford Ranger forum that I spend some time on. Lots of good towing advice. I also have a 2021 Ranger that's new to me and have a TT on order that will be 5k lbs loaded with around 550lb tongue wt. From reading through that forum, there's a...

Kirk gives good advice. I'll add that your first TT is rarely your last, so resale value is something you might consider when buying. Many of the bargain trailers lose a lot of value over the course of a few years. We sold our 2016 Casita a few months back for more then our original purchase...

Burlington has gotten some bad press recently due to homelessness and drug problems. It's not as bad as the press would have you think. Still, not great to look at though. North beach is the only city campground I know of and its crammed into a spot near the old HS. You'd still need to take...

Shelburne Museum, great place to spend a day. Burlington waterfront almost always has stuff going on during the summer. Speaking of waterfronts, a day trip to Montreal and their old town/seaport area is fun. Ferry just south of Burlington will take you across Lake Champlain and its just an hours...

I'm in the Travel Trailer group. If you stay below 22' , many tt's can be towed by newer midsize trucks. I've a newer Ford Ranger rated to tow 7500 lbs and with wdh and beefed up shocks and springs it tows great. Much easier to drive around town than my previous F150. That being said, I love...

All the places I try to avoid when heading south. Does your friend plan on driving to New brunswick and then over to the Montreal area on the transcan? From there it's driving south through New York State on I87 and picking a few ways to head west to I81 south . Take that into Virginia and make...

I attended HS from 67-71. Lots of stuff going on nationally. Woodstock, Kent State and the war in Vietnam were big. Had 2 older brothers serving in the war. One has never fully recovered. For me, the assassination of RFK and especially of MLK jr had the biggest impacts on my development. Today...

In my opinion, you're wise to be concerned with the pedestal/city water constant pressure. As I described, we had a slow drip when staying at a campground for a few weeks, did not notice it because it was being absorbed by all of our extra bedding. At the very least, should have a pressure...

The only 2 leaks I've had in my TT were slow drips due to simple fittings that needed tightening. In both cases the water pump was left on and kept the lines pressurized, otherwise no leaks. One saturated our extra blankets and comforters below our benches, no fun. The other was similar but in...

Just sold my Casita Travel Trailer. Dometic doors are a frequent issue on their forums, have run into a few people that had issues. Those little trailers bounce a lot. "Little House Customs" is the name of a place that does all things Casita. Started by a pretty smart guy named Larry, that...

We spent a few months each winter in west Texas. Aside from the Big Bend to Fort Davis area which we loved, also liked the area around Del Rio. Great State Park is Seminole Canyon, can usually stay for a week to 10 days if you're willing to move a few times. Found a real funky place called Fort...

Just sold my Casita TT, probably around 3,000 lbs loaded up. Towed it with my 2013 F150 and didn't know it was back there. Could do highway speeds on all but the steepest hills. Did not have a wdh, did have a sway bar but did not use it much, only used it on longer trips when we'd be...

Agree with NYDutch that your trip back in March is likely to be more problematic, but nothings for sure. Bring RV antifreeze along as you can't be sure to find it down south and its likely you'll need to winterize on the trip back. We leave the Adirondacks in mid Feb and try hard to get past...