If you’re looking for free or low cost camping options, check out free.campgrounds.com. Many of the sites are casinos, Wal-Marts, etc., but also many low cost or free campground options. Some are quite nice!
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Check out the November RV Recalls.
Chuck Woodbury stirred up a small brouhaha in last week’s RV Newsletter with a poorly worded headline, but he followed up with a fuller report on the situation at Thunder Valley Casino in Lincoln, CA.
Essentially, RVs aren’t welcome, at least while they are expanding, so take your business elsewhere.
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Fulltime RVer has a post discussing the relative costs of using propane vs. electricity to heat your RV, assuming you have to pay for the electricity. He does a good job of comparing the numbers, but he didn’t consider if your rig has a heat pump, as ours does.
As I recall from my intro to thermodynamics, oh so many years ago, a heat pump typically runs 1.5 to 2.5 times more efficiently than electricity, depending on temperature difference between inside and outside. The heat pump is not turning electricity into heat, but using the electricity to move heat from outside to inside, so it can move more heat than the energy content of the electricity used.
Bottom line, the heat pump will probably almost always be more efficient except when temperatures drop down into the 30s or below.
Here’s a list.
Update: Had to remove picture links as they disappeared.
RVs in the News is reporting on a new travel trailer from Keystone that features a soft-sided room that adds a 6 foot second story. The comments are interesting (and predictable) as well.
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According to this article in RVTravel.com:
National RV Holdings Inc., of Perris, Calif., shut down its headquarters and main production facility Friday, Nov. 30 and laid off all its 600 employees. The company is a producer of Class A diesel and gas motorhomes with the model names Surf Side, Sea Breeze, Dolphin, Tropi-Cal, Pacifica and Tradewinds.
Too bad. I believe they were considered a great brand.
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