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Looking for some advice on how to avoid LA freeways going north from Southern California. We are planning a trip from San Diego to Washington State. My husband wants to avoid 405 and 5 freeways until we are past LA. Has anyone used 15 north and then Route 138 to get to 5 north around...

I have been seeing the ads for Dish network that include HD for life for free instead of $10 a month. I called and asked if I was eligible as a current subscriber for HD for life for free. The answer is you can go online and sign up for it. There are some requirements such as expending your...

We replaced the diesel fuel tank with a Titan 52 gallon tank in our F250 short bed truck. Now we have a problem, how do we dispose of the original tank? Found out its hazardous material because of the fuel and the recycling center won't take it. Anyone have some advice?

I have been looking for a solution to have WiFi on the road with a low cost. I read about this software on RV net that uses my smartphone as a wireless modem. The data plan from Verizion is unlimited so I won't incur any additional charges while using my phone as a modem. I downloaded the...

We will be in Death Valley tomorrow leaving from San Diego. If you are near Furnace Creek and see an Elk Ridge with 2 confused people that would be us. It will be our first dry camping adventure, we are looking forward to it.

As many of you know on the forum, we are new to the towing world. We are going on our first "long" trip to Death Valley next week. We have never filled up with gas while towing. Does everyone just go to truck stops? Any advice is always appreciated.

Some background info, we aren't full-timers and we have never had a satellite tv. We decided to go with Dish network because from the info we received, you can freeze your account when not using the satellite. It seemed to be more restrictive to freeze your account with Direct TV. This was a...

Hi; Thanks to everyone who has helped us on our adventure with our first 5th wheel. We finally are using the trailer and are camping at a RV resort in San Diego. Our only challenge is we forgot the remote control for the tv and can only receive on TV station. We have enrolled in a private...

Need some more advice from about routes. I've always wanted to go to Custer State Park, SD to see all the wildlife. A RV'er guide in Alaska told me it was one of his favorite parks for wildlife. We would take 15 north from San Diego then turn east to go to Jackson Hole. I was wondering if we...

We have a 32 ft Elkridge 5th wheeler. We are planning a trip for this spring or summer along the Oregon coast. What the road like on 101 for a 5th wheeler? Thanks for any advice. <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden">...

We have a 32 ft Elkridge 5th wheeler. We are planning a trip for this spring or summer along the Oregon coast. What the road like on 101 for a 5th wheeler? Thanks for any advice. <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden">

We have a SuperGlide 18k with the quick connect plate. We have lost the nylon block for the connect plate and are having problems make hitching the 5th wheeler. Our options are to order another nylon block, weld the connect plate on or bolt the connect plate to the 5th wheeler. My husband...

So you may know for my previous posts we had a challenge getting our Elkridge delivered from our dealer who will remain nameless. Today we got the 5th wheeler out of storage to practice basic operations. Our dealer review lasted 45 minutes with no practicing of hitching and unhitching and no...

Hi; We purchased a 2010 Elkridge from McMahon RV at the Pomona RV show in October. We based our decision on looking at other 5th wheelers and were really impressed with the Elkridge. We talked to Joe the factory rep and received excellent support. Now we are waiting for delivery. The 5th...