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We stayed at the Trailer Inns Trailer Park at Spokane Valley, WA. and were v.ery dissapointed with the park. This park was built in 1974 prior to longer trailers and slide outs. they apparantly solved the length problem by painting yellow extension lines from the site out into the internal roadway, ...

Is this the place to talk about negative experiences with R V Parks or only positive experiences?? Regards----------Jim

I have both a slotted tailgate and a wing. I don't think the wing does any good on a long bed except to keep most of the bugs off the front of the rig. I think the wing would be more effective on a short bed, but have no experience with it. As for the tailgate. to me , it makes sense that high speed...

On 10/10/'08 we completed a trip of 2779.7 miles that was all towing. We used 253.218 gallons of diesel fuel that cost us an average of $3.987per gallon. We averaged 10.977 MPG. traveling at 60 MPH using the cruise control. The total trip was 3804.6 miles meaning we had 1024.9 non-towing miles. for ...

Our DODGE 3500 "07 Big Horn Edition came with the exhaust brake as standard equipment. We have the manual 6 speed transmission and the exhaust brake works beautifully. I go down 6-8% grades in 5th gear with the exhaust brake on. Regards---Jim

Thanks for reminding me about the Trailer Life Directory {our Bible}. I do have it, but never paid much attention to the referenced section. It looks like if you wade thru all the caveats, it is legal in most States. Thanks for the reference,----Regards---Jim

I am under the impression that double towing is illegal in most States. Am I wrong, again??

Dodge is telling you/us that they expect a Dodge 3500 witha 6.7 liter engine to AVERAGE 20 MPG. A'INT NO WAY!! On arecent trip Of 171 Miles -driving at 60MPH losing 5400 feet in altitude I got 21.09 MPG. On the next leg of the same distance, but now gaining 4500 feet I got 16.385 MPG-- still driving...

Ernie --I presume you were able to take advantage of Dodges advertised rate on gasoline?? They say they will sell you fuel to run 12,000 miles per each year oif three years for $2.99 per Gallon. They must assign a MPG rate in order to calculate the number of gallons available to you each year Do you...

We now have 14K miles on the truck. We just completed a961 mile trip without the trailer. We used 55.412 Gallons of Diesl to go 961 miles for an average of 17.344 MPG. THis trip ran for altitde fro 6100 feet to sealevel and return. On the down hill leg our average was 21.09 MPG. Our uphill leg was 1...

Has anyone on this Forum had experience towing a Fiver to Alaska?? If so would you be kind enough to share your experiences? Many Thanks---JIm

Over Thanksgiving we made a 225 mile round trip to the Grand Canyon For dinner at the El Tovar Hotel and averaged 17.05 MPG while averaging 70 MPH. This was without the trailer and much better than my old Ford F250 at 12 MPG. We are very satisfied with the truck, Peggy loves the sattelite radio and ...

Does anyone have the E-mail address for Forest River?? If so I would appreciate having it. Many Thanks-----Jim

Tuesday 7-17 we completed our 7 week 8500 mile trip. This trip took us from AZ to Bishop,CA to Palmdale,CA to Vancouver,WA{Family and Mt. St. Helens}to Twin Falls ID{friends} to Jackson Hole,WY.{ Grand Tetons and Yellowstone) back to Vancouver then to Bishop then home. Altitude on the trip was from ...

We have a trip scheduled later this month of about 3000 plus miles. Since Dodge requires that new owners drive at least 500 miles without towing and then a minimum of 500 miles towing at 50 MPH MAX, we dicided to take a trip to just put the mileage on so as not o be bothered on the long trip. Drivin...