The RV Trivia Challenge 9. Are You Up To It?

Welcome to the first Lug_Nut RV Trivia Challenge of 2010. The Lug_Nut RV Trivia Challenge No. 9 series will test your skills on a variety of RV related topics.  As usual whenever a broad base of topics are presented, it becomes difficult to know the answers for all the questions.  Please remember, this is trivia, requiring some guess work on occasion.   Get a pen and paper so that you can record your answers.  Upon completion, you can check your answers with those shown at the bottom.  Good luck. So, Let’s go! Read more  Read More →

2009 Gulf Stream Vista Cruiser Mini 4232

2009 Gulf Stream Vista Cruiser Mini 4232 Previously $79,900 – Now $69,880 25 ft. Class C gets 18MPG!!! Features large slide out, FLAT SCREEN TV, Rear Full Bath (Wardrobe, Toilet, Sink & Shower), Booth Dinette & 60″ Hide-A-Bed Slideout, 49″ 1/2 x 83″ Over Cab Bunk, Euro Vent, Opt. LCD TV, Pantry, Ent. Center, Refrigerator, 3 Burner Range w/Microwave, Round Kitchen Sink and more! Offered from Collier RV Super Center in Rockford, IL. Learn more about this 2009 Gulf Stream Vista Cruiser Mini 4232! Find more great RVs on  Read More →

Wi-Fi – A Better Antenna will Get You a Better Connection

We’ve said this time and time again, but it’s been a while and we have a lot of new readers. If you’re using a Wi-Fi hotspot and it’s not working so great, get an external Wi-Fi adapter. We have quite a collection of them over the years, but we recently bought a new one to go with our Windows 7 64 bit computer.  Here’s the one we purchased, a Hawking HWDN2: Read more  Read More →

2009 Itasca Latitude

2009 Itasca Latitude Previously $212,945 – Now $166,645 2009 Model: 39W, 340 Cummins Freightliner, 2 full-wall slideouts, beige interior, black exterior, one-piece windshield, leather sofa & cab seats, dining table w/ 4 chairs, and more! Offered from Reliable RV in Springfield, MO. Learn more about this 2009 Itasca Latitude! Find more great RVs on  Read More →

A Proposal part 2. A Monkey Wrench in the works…

Ok last week I wrote of my plans for traveling down to Okefenokee Swamp to propose to my “Co-planner” of trips, Pamela.  Several of you have responded with some wonderful ideas for my proposal. So far my favorite bit of advice has been “Good luck, and remember: going down on 1 knee is proposing, going down on 2 knees is begging.” Thank you GK for that bit of advice. Right now I am leaning towards the sunset proposal at the observation tower / nature trail. But either way I want to thank all the wonderful blog readers for reading and giving me some wonderful advice and encouragement. Read more  Read More →

2007 Airstream CLASSIC FB

2007 Airstream CLASSIC FB Previously $81,125 – Now $57,987 New 25 ft. CLASSIC FB LIMITED features Audio/video upgrade w/ 23″ TV, front panoramic window, spacemaker microwave, vent w/ built-in thermo in bedroom, 15,000 A/C w/ heat pump, full factory warranty, and more! Offered from Ewald’s Airstream of Wisconsin in Franklin, WI. Learn more about this 2007 Airstream CLASSIC FB! Find more great RVs on  Read More →

RV Weekly Round-Up (Jan. 16-29, 2010)

Check out these highlights of RV-related news and events from the past two weeks. 1. Winnebago’s Bob Olson Joins RV Dealer Tom Stinnett as Go RVing Co-Chair: The National RV Dealers Association announced that Go RVing has named Winnebago Industries Chairman, CEO, and President Bob Olson to serve as co-chairman of the Go RVing Coalition, the RV industry’s national advertising and market expansion initiative. Olson joins RV dealer Tom Stinnett of Tom Stinnett’s RV Freedom Center (Louisville, KY-area) as co-chair of the industry-wide coalition, replacing Dicky Riegel, who was recently named Thor Industries senior group president with responsibility for Thor’s bus group, investor relations, and strategic acquisitions. Read more  Read More →

Cost Effective Weekend RV Fun

Sometimes spending your weekend at home is just plain boring. There really isn’t much to do, but on the other hand you don’t have much of time before the weekend is over and it’s back to work again. How about a weekend RV getaway close to home? Not only can a quick RV trip alleviate the boredom, but it is cost effective too. A 200 mile, or less, round trip from home won’t cost much in fuel, food or campground fees and it might be just what the doctor ordered for some well deserved relaxation and time to recharge. Read more  Read More →

Shrinking Trailers, Shrinking Cars, Shrinking Hitches

It seems, my friends, that the sun blotting trailers of yesteryear are quickly giving way to the sub-compact micro-trailers. While I’m all in favor of increased fuel economy and parking in one zip code, I wonder how far this trend will go. While perusing the new units at the Hershey RV show last year, I asked a dealer why there were holes in the wall at the end of the bed. “Feet,” he replied. And so it goes. As I pondered the idea of waking up in the wee hours with an unknown creature of the wild licking my toes, I had to admit that some of these manufacturers were getting downright crafty in their designs. I saw outside kitchens, TVs that dropped from the ceiling, and a dinette that expanded into a dance floor, complete with the cheesy DJ. Okay I made that last one up. But you get my drift. I assume, the laws of physics being what they are, that we’ll eventually hit a minimum size trailer. Unless you work for Ringling Bros. and wear a red nose, you might demand enough room to inhale (insert Bill Clinton joke here). But why fight it? If you can get a 20′ trailer with all the modern luxuries and tow it with your Moped, rock on! We’re certainly not fighting it. For sixteen years Hensley Mfg. has built trailer hitches geared toward the mobile estate. And we’ve built them well. So well, they’ll work on any sized trailer. “But it looks so big on my trailer!” you cried. Fair enough. Aesthetics are everything. So we designed... Read more

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