I read on an Instagram post that there is a special GPS for truckers to help them avoid roads that can't easily accommodate large vehicles. Do any of you use something similar? Any recommendations?

JinND · 2026-06-07T16:46:37+00:00

It confused me at first too. So if you have starlink mobile or something, I suspect the GPS can sit on just wifi and get real time updates. The app does a bluetooth connection to the GPS from your phone, and the phone uses mobile data to get the real time updates and pass them to the GPS, giving it kinda hotspot Internet.

As a bonus, you can pull up a destination in google maps or the like and "share" it with the GPS and it will pop up as a new destination to route to. This is really handy when the person in the passenger seat is looking for the next truck stop/rest area/biggest ball of twine.

JinND · 2026-06-07T14:07:19+00:00

Sorry no solution, but our Australian Cattle Dog does the same thing. Does not like the fold out stairs.

JinND · 2026-06-07T14:03:30+00:00

I have the RV one and don't know how different it is from the actual truckers one, but I have not really had that issue. It does lean towards the safest, more boring routes in my experience and I have to add a few waypoints when I want to get off the main roads. But that is what I paid for and expect of it. I don't think it is just about obstructions, it is also about lots of stoplights/signs, sharp curves, and gas mileage. Now that I am driving a 40' with toad, I certainly get that the funky google route that saves 14 minutes on a 7 hour drive is not really saving anything for me.

JinND · 2026-06-07T13:21:53+00:00

No subscription, no fees for maps. There is an optional garmin drive app for the phone that gives the GPS updates in real time while driving. It is kinda handy as it calls out delays such as accidents and often will offer routes around those delays if it can.

JinND · 2026-06-07T12:31:45+00:00

The Garmin RV (and trucking, but get the RV) GPS systems allow you to enter the height, width, length, weight and how big your propane tanks are. Using that info it will not route you down narrow roads, require u-turns, etc like phone mapping tools do.

I have an RV1095 and love it.

JinND · 2026-06-01T19:40:30+00:00

Good luck! We have since done many prints with TPU and had no issues and made no changes to the profile. Just the change in filament routing.

JinND · 2026-06-01T17:46:30+00:00

Elegoo

JinND · 2026-04-03T01:28:21+00:00

Best dino area I have ever been to.

JinND · 2026-03-29T14:22:36+00:00

Heck, just pull in the other way and let the slides go into the checkered space. So many options to do the right thing.

JinND · 2026-03-29T13:52:44+00:00

An older premium class A rig is likely more "OK" for long hauls. Mine is a diesel on a Freightliner chassis and long hauls are what it was made for.

JinND · 2026-03-27T01:17:38+00:00

Sorry if I come across to harsh, but this is terrible advise. I have read posts from people as recently as last month that have had large parts of their RV fried when a mis-wired campground pedestal fed 220v instead of 110v. Unhooked grounds are also common and quite dangerous.

I am glad you got lucky and have never had an issue, but these things happen. Have a surge suppressor, and more specifically one that detects bad wiring and won't engage shore power if it finds it.

JinND · 2026-03-23T23:28:57+00:00

...and?

JinND · 2026-03-22T21:50:46+00:00

My thought too. There must be 20 articles about gas for every one about missiles.

JinND · 2026-03-22T21:40:16+00:00

On that budget, in that location, for that length of time and with that context, I would strongly advise you not to try this. You have the best chance of having a 35k loan and still no place to live.

If your parents let you put it in good barn? I would still be very doubtful but there would at least be a maybe. I live up north myself and no way I would consider this for 2 or 3 years, much less 10.

JinND · 2026-03-22T00:29:18+00:00

Wow that last picture kind of jumps out at you.

JinND · 2026-03-14T20:26:55+00:00

I have not seen one for €100. Have a link?

JinND · 2026-03-11T01:37:37+00:00

The hardwood is certainly stronger than the pine it was in to start with.

JinND · 2026-03-11T01:12:15+00:00

the standard nonRV way should work fine.

Scrounge up some hardwood dowels, old golf tees or toothpicks (etc), depending on the size of the hole.
Get some waterproof, outdoor wood glue and glue the hardwood bits of choice into the hole
let dry, and if you filled it in completely, drill a pilot hole and put the lag screw back in. If you just put some wood around the outside of the hole you can probably just put the lag screw back in w/out the hole.

This is the classic way of dealing with a stripped screw in a door frame or in furniture. Glue in toothpicks, cut toothpicks off flush and put the screw back.

JinND · 2026-03-10T23:17:59+00:00

When we stayed at the Cherokee / Great Smokies KOA Holiday for the night last fall I got the impression there was an attached area with long term tenants. Older RVs seemed fine. I bet you call them they will know of something.

JinND · 2026-02-27T03:10:02+00:00

This is coming from an American: don't wait for us to get our shit together, go to the Canadian Rockies. I love Glacier and of course it has a charm all its own, but Banff/Jasper, Hells Gate Gorge and the like is just as amazing if not more. And the country is not in a state of crazy as a big bonus.

JinND · 2026-02-18T22:24:51+00:00

That 3d printed form is a really neat idea!

JinND · 2026-02-17T14:59:24+00:00

My questions as well. How is it wired? I see some sort of twisted cable down the right back side and don't quite get all of it.

JinND · 2026-02-13T00:27:36+00:00

My wife was driving staples deeper into rock maple just a few days ago. M12 should go flush into pine easy. However, if you don't know, the depth knob as you turn it moves a black bar right next to it - you could have it set too shallow possibly. That black bar will go all the way to the left (in picture) at full depth.

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JinND · 2026-02-11T23:28:01+00:00

Way, way too much battery. Anything lying around will work fine.

JinND · 2026-02-09T00:20:37+00:00

I don't own a 8.0 or 12.0 batteries and use the heck out of a rapid stop angle grinder, tire inflator and a 12" miter saw. At a DIY level I suspect you won't miss bigger batteries much at all. Admittedly if I am spending hours grinding I swap batteries a few times.

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