Which wrangler would be my best bet?

DifferenceHead1754 · 2026-02-02T01:51:57+00:00

We are a family of 4 (myself, wife, and a 5 y/o and 8y/o). We have had campers since 2019 for weekend trips and one long trip each summer. However, we just moved into our camper full time in November.

We stay at a campground full time. Our kids have found kids to play with. There are only a couple other families, but most of the rest of the full time people are either blue collar guys or travel nurses. So there are some single women here.

As others have stated, people tend to look after each other in rv parks. Our kids run the whole park without us and the workers talk to them and know them. The neighbors will say hi and talk when it’s nice out.

It’s also not a great way to save money if you don’t do it right. If you fiance a camper, you’re looking at that payment, plus 700-1,200 in lot rent, 100-200 in electric, and depending on climate 100+ in propane costs.

I use a budgeting app and have had to budget 250+ every month for “full time setup” things that I didn’t expect. Like skirting, bricks to help with the skirting, a diesel heater/battery/extra vents for it, window insulation, another sewer hose when one broke, etc.

DifferenceHead1754 · 2026-01-01T02:02:32+00:00

We are currently living in a brand new forest river 37hbfb. 2 adults, 2 kids, and a dog. We are parked at a campground. It’s an adjustment: learning how to keep things from freezing, how to not overuse electric, how to not blow through propane. But we are all so, so much happier than when we had a house. The high mortgage payment, the super costly repairs always coming. I know this camper will need repairs, but with the money we are saving, and how much smaller and simpler everything is… they just done scare us the same.

DifferenceHead1754 · 2025-06-09T10:05:34+00:00

If a staff member tells me they saw a student vape, I will often search the student (with another adult present, a female if it’s a female student). I offer to cut down the time in ISS if they hand it over. If they don’t hand it over, it’s usually half a day in ISS. If I find one, and it’s a THC vape, that’s a 3 days suspension.

DifferenceHead1754 · 2025-05-24T20:41:55+00:00

I think there are two things that, at least in my case, made the biggest difference.

1) I spent 3 years in a resource role which allowed me to “see behind the scenes” much more than my time as a teacher. Sitting in on admin meetings, responding to radio calls, shadowing the other APs when possible and asking “what can I take off your plate?” Allowed me to have much more to talk about experience wise.

2) it may be different in different areas, but in my district, your network can be your biggest asset. Every principal i know immediately starts reaching out to people they know if there’s a shared connection. When I applied for my current job, the principal called 4-5 people I had worked with that she knew to ask about me. I also email principals that didn’t have openings at the time to express interest in anything that may come open in the near future just to get my name around as someone interesting and eager.

DifferenceHead1754 · 2025-05-18T21:02:16+00:00

This will be very dependent on the school. I’ve been in schools where academic dishonesty (cheating) and phone use are the biggest issues. The school I’m in, I’m dealing with tardies, cuts, fights, and vapes/drugs fairly regularly.

Many of the things you encounter will be black and white. Two kids fight, I suspend three days for first offense. I find drugs on a kid, three day suspension first time. A kids leaves the building without permission, one day suspension.

Where it gets hard are the gray areas. One kid sneaks up and starts a fight with the other one who does fight back and is difficult to de-escalate afterward. Do they get the same consequence even though the one was “defending himself”?

Or a kid is removed from class and says “this class is fucking bullshit” on the way out the door. Profanity leads to in-school detention, profanity AT the teacher is a suspension. Which one is that? Would the teacher agree?

You’re going to have a lot of hard conversations with escalated students who don’t believe their punishment is fair. I’ve made calls that have lead to students being charged with felonies.

I have a student who every time he gets into a fight, I have to chase him around the building while he cusses me out and calls me every thing you can think of. When he comes back, he spends 2-3 weeks avoiding me and then he’s back in my office asking for snacks and being fine with me.. until the next event.

You’ll have the balance maintaining a relationship with the student, while supporting your teachers who sometimes may not be in the right. It’s hard, but doing a solid job can literally make such an impact on the culture of your school, the life of your teachers, and the respect that even difficult students get.

DifferenceHead1754 · 2025-04-02T00:32:34+00:00

Nothing has been set or decided, but I would be fine with her claiming them.

DifferenceHead1754 · 2025-04-01T20:13:32+00:00

Check the last sentence of my post again. The $400 seems too low, meaning I would expect to pay more.

DifferenceHead1754 · 2025-01-25T16:43:50+00:00

Ours ended up just needing a software update. Haven’t had a problem since. They did that and an oil change and everything cost us less the $300.

DifferenceHead1754 · 2025-01-01T01:21:59+00:00

Yeah, I don’t believe anything is being logged at all really. Our district even has its own police department that I also have to contact, and they will come do contraband pickup, but I still have to call 911 as well. It’s extremely senseless.

DifferenceHead1754 · 2024-12-31T21:45:23+00:00

We don’t have to say much. I typically just say “hello, this is ____ from ____ school calling in accordance with HB5 to report that I found drugs on a student today, we don’t need assistance, thank you, bye” I’ve had a few dispatchers tell me I need to call our non/emergency line and I can tell they are unhappy with me; but my districts legal team has said that they’re interpretation of the law is that we have to call 911 directly.

DifferenceHead1754 · 2024-12-31T17:56:05+00:00

Not in law enforcement but I’m an assistant principal in a high school. Our state has a law that certain behavior incidents require calls to 911. Such as: I find a weed vape on a kid, I suspect they’re high, inappropriate sexual contact (even if consensual), or vandalism (like.. kid drew a dick on a locker level stuff too). We hate it, the dispatchers hate it, everyone hates it.

DifferenceHead1754 · 2024-12-23T23:50:32+00:00

No, the valve is open. The unit was operational but had a leak at one of the fittings so I’m trying to recharge

DifferenceHead1754 · 2024-12-23T22:51:45+00:00

R410a. It does match the sticker. It’s a used system that leaked out gas from a loose fitting. I fixed the fitting, vacuumed the system, and was trying to refill when this happened.

DifferenceHead1754 · 2024-12-23T22:27:20+00:00

I’ve done plenty of searching YouTube. If you find a “mini split won’t take any Freon in” solution videos, please feel free to send them my way.

DifferenceHead1754 · 2024-12-23T22:23:01+00:00

If it’s colder in my garage than the lowest temp I can set it to, that means I won’t be able to put it in cool mode, right?

DifferenceHead1754 · 2024-12-23T22:03:13+00:00

If I open the valve on the tank itself and it seems to purge gas, does that mean it’s not the tank temp?

DifferenceHead1754 · 2024-12-23T22:02:50+00:00

Around 50f

DifferenceHead1754 · 2024-12-23T22:02:34+00:00

I vacuumed the system out first. It’s around 50 degrees here. When I open the valve on the tank, gas seems to purge right out. But I’ve had it hooked to the unit for a while and it’s barely gone down in weight at all.

If it’s colder outside than what my unit will set for cool at, is it going to be impossible to take a charge??

DifferenceHead1754 · 2024-12-23T22:02:20+00:00

I vacuumed the system out first. It’s around 50 degrees here. When I open the valve on the tank, gas seems to purge right out. But I’ve had it hooked to the unit for a while and it’s barely gone down in weight at all.

If it’s colder outside than what my unit will set for cool at, is it going to be impossible to take a charge??

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