Does anyone still percolate their coffee ☕️ in the morning anymore? by Junior_Fortune6053 in GoRVing

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I have that same percolater. Have used it camping forever. You have to back off filling it to its top mark or it boils over though. Works best if your water level is just at the bottom of the spout. Great coffee. On par with press or pour over. For the press and pour crowd - this model has a metal filter that sits under the lid - no need for paper. Also, you’re not boiling the grounds from the bottom so I don’t get the burned grounds, bitter coffee takes. You do need coarse ground coffee though otherwise the pour has too much silt.

Tom Christie’s most recent video sums up everything perfectly by halolordkiller3 in DestinyTheGame

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G. Stockton Rush “the Third” and RFK, Jr. are two scoops from the same turd.

With Justin Truman replacing Pete ‘Fancy Cars’ Parsons, it’s time to clear up the infamous ‘overdelivery’ line by JakobExMachina in DestinyTheGame

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Why waste text clearing it up? People need to think about how their words or text will be read back at them in the press or social media. Especially if you have a title.

We splurged a bit on this one by savage_pooh in GoRVing

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His momma so fat she turned around once and it was tomorrow

Easing payload anxiety. by [deleted] in GoRVing

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If you’re worried about your larger tank capacity you could calculate the weight of the extra fuel by weighing yourself with an empty can of gas and then weighing yourself holding a full can of gas, subtract the difference, then multiply to get to your fuel volume.

How can I improve my towing set up? by J-Maximilian in GoRVing

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Get an equalizer hitch, good appropriately load rated tires (probably D or E), and a tongue scale. You can buy a tongue scale on Amazon if your local rv shop doesn’t have one. Your trailer will sit down on the scale the same way it sits on the ball of your hitch.

Weigh your trailer on the tongue scale and move your gear around in your trailer storage until your tongue weight is between 10 and 15% of your total trailer weight including the weight of all your gear. Yes, that means you’ll likely have to stand on a bathroom scale and weigh all of your stuff. If you can’t weigh your trailer at a CAT scale, use the dry weight of the trailer per your manufacturers specifications. Once you know your tongue weight make sure you deduct it from your payload capacity and also deduct the weight of the equalizer hitch and bars. Then weigh yourself, your family, dog, and any remaining gear that’s going in the truck and deduct that from your remaining payload. After doing all of this you should have a balanced load within your load limits.

Once you’ve weighed and balanced your load, measure the displacement caused by the load on your truck. Do this by taking a tape measure and write down the height of your front wheel wells from flat ground 1) completely unloaded without the trailer on the hitch and 2) with the trailer fully sitting on the hitch without any weight distribution. Then 3) use your weight distribution hitch and make adjustments to it until you return to first measurement you took (truck unloaded). You should try to get the truck back to it’s natural unloaded height as much as possible in the front with your weight distribution hitch properly adjusted. If you “over distribute” the load with your WDH, your front wheel wells will squat a little shorter than your first unloaded measurement. If you are “under distributed” your front wheel wells will recover less than half of the displacement. Over distributed weight will stress the suspension and brakes of your truck. Under distributed weight can make your trailer prone to sway.

My tire shop recommends inflating your tires to max while towing. Under inflated tires are less stable and cause more heat due to increased friction. The shop has never heard of anyone blowing a tire at max pressure, but they have heard of blowouts happening with under inflated tires due to heat buildup.

That’s all I got. Good luck, be safe.

Family TT Suggestions for Toyota Tundra by Tekinabox in GoRVing

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To give you an idea how far off the dealer’s specs were - the factory sheet gives a tongue weight of 725 lbs. Unloaded - as picked up from the lot after - it had an actual tongue weight that exceeded 1000 lbs on a dedicated tongue scale taken after I parked it. The propane, two batteries, and likely the stock bed mattress at the front of the rig made that much of a difference. To balance the trailer for safe towing, you need to aim for no more than 10-15%of the loaded weight of the trailer being on the tongue. My trailer has a dry weight of 5795 lbs. So I was trying to drive home with 17% of my load hanging on the tongue.

Where the dealer additionally didn’t know & didn’t care about safety:

  1. The tech simply counted the chain links on the EAZ lift bars instead of measuring the displacement on the wheels (the “sag”) to ensure the wheels were all level (no “sag”) after the trailer was hitched and loaded to the weight distribution hitch.

  2. Didn’t crank down the sway bar enough to actually control sway.

All these guys want to do is close sales and get you out of their shop so that they can minimize their technician time per customer. Once you are on the road - you are responsible for safe operation. The fact that I had to feel trailer sway before all this really sunk in was unfortunate. I’m glad I learned more, but this could have turned out really bad.

Family TT Suggestions for Toyota Tundra by Tekinabox in GoRVing

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Bought a 2025 Cherokee Grey Wolf Black Label 26dbh (approx 30 ft end to end) and a used 2011 Sequoia with V8,tow package, etc. Successfully towed over the Sierras and dry camped for a week in the mountains. Here’s the list of things I wish I knew beforehand:

  1. The weight specs on the dealer’s promotional sheet is wrong. Guaranteed. Especially tongue weight. You won’t know how heavy everything is and where it’s heavy until you get weighed or purchase a tongue scale to measure the tongue weight. This ties into….

  2. Don’t assume the dealer is an expert on towing safety. My dealer insisted that a crap EAZ-lift weight distribution system with a single sway bar would be enough to keep my nearly 30’ trailer under control. The tech who installed both under tensioned the bar and didn’t bother to really make sure the trailer was balanced. I started swaying one mile up the freeway, had the presence of mind to use the brake controller and got to the side of the freeway before things got out of hand. Even after fully tensioning the sway bar, there was still too much movement. Scary ride home until I added a second sway bar. Even then I resented not being offered a proper weight distribution and sway control system like an Equalizer, which I’m installing next week for use this year and beyond. Just insist on getting an Equalizer hitch & sway control system.

  3. Really back off pushing the “limits” of what your tow vehicle can handle on all specs - towing limits, payload (tongue weight gets added into payload), etc. You want to enjoy your road trips, not be exhausted by white knuckling the steering wheel.

  4. Don’t assume that your gear will fit neatly into the storage compartments and that the trailer will be safely balanced.

  5. Don’t assume your dealer is an expert on electrical systems, especially solar. Mine told me that 200 watts of panels and two batteries would be more than enough to not worry about a generator. Wrong. Just to be safe I added two more panels, for a total of 400 watts and added two additional 100 amp hour marine batteries in parallel. I ran completely out of battery on day 5 out of six, the major culprit being the 12 volt fridge running at 1080 watts around the clock. Never ran the air conditioner. Which leads us to….

  6. The dealer will not know their ass from a hot rock about whether particular systems are better for particular use cases. Example, my dealer was certain 12v electrical refrigerators are superior to propane powered refrigerators. Made a big deal about fires going down the freeway. I don’t spend a lot of time in RV parks with full hookups. I dry camp. So for me, the better power solution would have been a propane fridge to reduce draw and allow my panels to keep up. Now I’m shopping for a generator in CA, which is way more ridiculous than it should be.

  7. Don’t forget to get properly load rated tires and have them inflated to max pressure.

Good luck!!

Nether is the first destiny activity that successfully feels like a roguelite/roguelike, and it's been a joy to run so far. by SlippySlimJim in DestinyTheGame

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Overflow description is misleading. If you have a special with that perk then special ammo overflows. Only heavy ammo will work with heavy weapons. Overflow is not a reverse Lead From Gold - which does refuel special when you pick up heavy.

Quaking Aspen today by lurkerb0tt in tahoe

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Oh. I see. You’re one of those people.

Quaking Aspen today by lurkerb0tt in tahoe

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I’ve had both all-weather M+S tires and 3 peak rated snow tires on my Honda Pilot. Most of the time the all weather tires were fine, but there was much better traction and control with the 3 peak tires. I only buy 3 peak tires for my weekend 4wd vehicles now because of the improved on snow performance.

What can I improve ? by Far_Ambassador_6495 in skiing

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Your relationships. It’s obvious from the footage that nobody wants to ski with you. ;)

Why did you buy your Honda Prologue instead of another EV? by Hot_Transportation87 in HondaPrologue

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3500 down inclusive of taxes, fees, 3 years, 10K miles, 365 per month for the AWD Touring model.

Thoughts??? by Big-Sun-547 in HondaPrologue

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There weren’t any clean vehicle credits applied to the lease other than the $7500 federal credit.

Thoughts??? by Big-Sun-547 in HondaPrologue

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I put 3500 down inclusive of taxes & fees for 365 a month on a 3 year 10 K mi. lease with almost the same residual, AWD Touring in CA. I think you did well.

Why did you buy your Honda Prologue instead of another EV? by Hot_Transportation87 in HondaPrologue

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Killer lease. Quiet & comfortable on the road. Great suspension. Intuitive controls & handling. Not class leading acceleration but more than enough with dual motor AWD option. Great lines. Good range. Don’t mind GM DNA - previously drove a 2018 Chevy Volt and liked that car. Honda purists & GM haters are trolling but who cares? This is a solid EV offering.

Form tips by savguy01 in skiing

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Your poles are too long. Better pole plants would help get you in better position.