Great idea and a simple fix too. We usually take the glass out and wrap it in a towel and back into the oven it goes. Those glass turntables are expensive to replace, secondhand stores have a few but there are so many sizes and center shapes finding on is very time consuming.

Just awesome... i'm speechless. So let me ask a couple questions, because this has sparked my interest. How do you organize these? Is it done through your church? Wondering how people know to come? Or do you go to where the homeless gather? Also, do you have to have permits and stuff to do this on this scale? Again, awesome work. God bless you, your friends/family who participated as well, and all the folks struggling whom you've been able to help.

Remember, they are not doing their work in Western Washington

This thread is exactly the reason for checking the roof area on our RV's. JR is lucky he found the problem before any more damage was done. Very important to check all the roof openings and roof ladder attachments to be sure the lap sealer is doing the job, add some lap sealer to any areas that look weak. Do a once over of the roof checking for tears or worn areas, like under the tv antenna, or where you drove under the low branch that rubbed the whole way down the roof. Check the front and rear joint strip if there is one and along the sides where the rubber is held down with a metal strip. Check for loose rubber spots, they will keep growing and look like a big balloon while going down the road if not caught early on.

The floor in the slide out is another place to keep an eye on as lots of manufactures use a treated fabric on the underside of the slide. there are screws put up through it after the fabric is installed to hold the walls in place. The water can/will wick right up the screws and rot out the whole floor in time. Check all the openings on the side walls like windows, doors, lights, and appliances.

You are doing a good job on the repair JR, lots of work involved but well worth it in the end. A neighbor in a campground a couple years ago had a mobile repair guy stop by to see if he could repair a bad spot in the roof. The guy estimated around 2,500 dollars unless it turned out to be worse then what he saw at the time. That was down in Pismo Beach. The trailer was kept on the property and drug out to a site each time the people came in for a stay, so no one ever looked at the roof for overall condition until it was too late.

This is the cover I use for the RV

Glad you found the problem before it sat another winter. Sounds like you know what you are doing, but I will add to be sure the existing rubber is very clean and glued down well and to use the proper primer and application method when doing the final patch.

Did it look like the tears are from contact with something or just an age problem from working against the edge of the OSB? If they were caused because of age maybe need to run some patch material all along both sides at the edges and down under the trim piece before the new roof treatment.

Sure does increase the life span of an RV if it is stored under cover when not in use. Unless you are a full timer the RV spends a lot more time sitting than being used.

Sorry Don but we are greatly out numbered up here. Seattle votes count more than the rest of the state put together. Now, another school shooting while the left is pushing another gun issue to a vote. I just do not understand where they all have come from.

I should have read closer before I posted. I think I would want more reviews and be able to give it a good looking over before I spent that much for one.

For the power I used 10ga. low voltage landscape light wire, a 20amp fuse near the battery, and a good heavy duty set of electric connector plugs. I use the same connector plugs for my 12 volt air compressor. I store the wiring and the extra 1" X 20ft. hose in a small compartment in the front of the trailer. Get the trailer somewhat level, hook on the pump hook the discharge end up and clean out the tanks.

About 5 years ago I purchased a portable macerating waste pump. I was tired of dealing with sewer pipes in camping areas either too far away or higher than my waste gate. Dump stations don't always work for me either but with the pump system I can park on a level spot within 150ft. and pump out the tanks. Camping in a no hookup area is no problem. If there isn't a sewer dump site on the way home I can clean out at home. When I get home I park the trailer attach the pump and pump into the sewer clean out next to the house. There are a few brands of macerating systems to choose from and most use the same pump with varying attachments and hoses etc. I chose the Sani Con Portable as it works best for my use. It has its own storage box with places to store tools and spare parts.

I glued a solid cap on one end and a screw on cap on the other end to slide the sewer hose into the PVC. Drilled some small holes up through the bottom of the PVC pipe so the water could drip out.

My trailer came with a small compartment up front for storing the sewer hose. The problem is the sewer hose always holds smelly water and leaks the water onto everything around it. I also had other plans for the storage area.

Wow, that is a big price for something that takes most of the storage space when it is taken down for travel. I see the advantage of a utility trailer being storage for stuff you feel you need to get by. Neighbor had a hard sided tent type trailer, problem was most of the stuff had to come out of it to be folded down for travel.

I used to carry a few extra dollars around in case a good gun deal came along. Now that money is used when I come across a few pounds of powder I use or can be used instead of. Not saying I am hording but I did have to get another metal storage cabinet.

Sounds good, ;D maybe a bit more volume would help

Lap top or tablet works great while reading your posts, just turn it upside down to view the photos ;) Keep up the good work, a good dinner makes for a much brighter outlook.

Don, the unit that Nate shows is a very nice set up. You can also water bath with them for the fruits and other high acid stuff like tomatoes. Having a spare gasket and pop off is a good thing. Harder to find during canning season when you need to change one, and you will need to replace them once in a while. 

My CZ has a rail waiting for something to be attached to it. Waiting for the review.

Quote from: Sammconn on October 08, 2014, 11:18:10 PM

grouping and but losing accuracy was still around 1 MOA. I probably should revisit my supplies and test the waters again.

Have you tried moving the round closer to the lands? Some people I knew who reloaded had better accuracy when the round caught the lands sooner instead of moving forward then catching them.

That is very true but, I have to watch the magazine length, which is usually the deciding factor, and for hunting I have more than one rifle eating the same ammo, so the rounds must fit the chambers of them all so no mixups happen while in the field.

I like the RCBS green color on the bench. No I am not turning out 1,000 rounds a day but for what I need the Green stuff works very well. I do have the Lee case length gauge trimmer stuff, by far the easiest  way to keep the cases the proper length I have found. My automatic powder dispenser is a Hornady unit and works just fine. It would have been a green color too but I couldn't find the green one local.

Don, the dealer told you it was set up right? Just how did they determine that. My experience with dealers is, they set more up wrong than right. When they set one up new at the lot, the trailer is empty and so is the tow rig so everything will change when loaded for use. Time is money even when it is the lot guy hooking up the hitch for you. Chances are get it on and off the lot is the call more often than not. To properly set up a weight distribution hitch takes a lot more than just looking at it.  You can measure the distance to the ground from each wheel well of the tow rig both before and after hooking up to see about what is happening. But you really need to use a truck scales to tell where the weight is subtracted from or added to the axles of the tow rig and the trailer.

OH Boy, cables and pulleys from the front to the back across the top and all that happens is the front of the truck comes off the ground and the power winch lets the smoke out.

Nice that you could roll right up to it with the packer. 620 is a ways out there, farther than we can see around here.

Not really bobby, cause you would have to go to the east or west and catch it

I guess you could get some loins shipped to you but that is also costly. We drive to the beach and buy albacore tuna off the boat, around 100 lbs of 12 to 20 lb fish line caught, bled out and iced down. Have always fileted our self but those guys on the boat are fast and do a real good job and the mess factor at home would be worth the extra cost of having them do it. I will post a couple links, but think unless you have done a bunch of canning best to wait for the getting started thread before firing up a pressure canner and using glass jars. 10+lbs pressure for 100 minutes plus the startup and cool down time is not a go it alone first time canner thing

http://www.giovannisfishmarket.com/articles/Recipe-Canning-Albacore-Tuna.aspx

Early in September, I'm in the parking lot talking with a colleague 15 mins. before the end of the school day and it starts raining.  So I climb inside to wait it out; so I think.  It starts pouring about as hard as I know it can rain- after 5 mins. I concede that I'm NOT going back in and leave heading for home a bit early on a Friday.  No, I don't have a class last period, so there were no misguided youths left alone on my watch.

The whole way home, sheeple are driving like the concrete is about to dissolve beneath them, interstate becomes a rehearsal for SHTF scenarios.  I do notice that some construction barrels have floated into the lanes somewhat, or a Prius owner got smart and left his bright orange battery mobile where it shorted out.  Same size obstacles either way, so I easily make my way the 17 miles to home.  Exit before mine, I see multi-colored lights indicating police action ahead........oh goody, all these drivers don't have TV evidently, and don't know that watching "Cops" is far more entertaining than watching it live alongside the roadway!  I make out the outline of a Semi with trailer on the overpass above me laying flat on the driver's side; Now THAT had to be a change of shorts moment!

In my mind, it was going to be a perfect time to stop at Cabela's which is right off my exit, to make my standard "provision" stop.  Discovering that power is out, traffic lights out, people have no clue how to drive when lights don't tell them what to do, I bale and head home to see what's the condition of the humble abode.  Thankfully, we have power, and there's no obvious damage that I notice.  Check the sides of the house, roof from the street and side yard, sight down the fence line on each side- I'm good!  Get a text from neighbor- don't let out your dogs, fence is down.....what?  Inside now, I look out to find the backside blown flat, posts snapped off yet still intact!  Oh goody!  I figure, I can lift it up and brace it......right!  Who am I kidding!

Call insurance agent.....no answer.....classic!  I answer the phone when they call, but can I ever get service from my supposed agent!?  Luckily, I call the national claims number and get WONDERFUL service!  Get the green light, take picture, save receipts and we'll settle up online when it's complete!  Also get credit for MY labor since I'm doing it myself!  Luckily, my brother is available to assist the next morning, LOWE's pulls my order over the phone for pick-up the next day, the rental place next to my house has what I need and open at 8am!  Brother says he'll be there, but not before 9am.

Ok, why the rush?  I've got 3 dogs, Brittanys who I hunt and Field Trial- no fence means I've got to WALK THEM...they'd escape from my wife and daughter, get hit by a car etc. and with one of them a National Champion, I can't allow any of the above scenarios to develop......well except the walking on a leash......ugh!  I immediately pound stake-outs in the yard to tether the dogs for feeding and "business" until the fence is completed to the point they can't escape.  Start pulling tools etc. for the morning and finish the plan of attack for the next day.

Up early, with a beautiful forecast for the next 4 days I make coffee, finish prepping things on my end until the rental place opens.  When I get there- 5 mins. after opening, they're OUT of generators, which thankfully, I don't need.  I survey my options and settle on a "Dingo" which is a walk behind TORO product with a bucket and auger head.  They load it, hook it on a trailer and hook it to my truck and I'm put the door and home with my brother having just arrived.  Off to the Lowe's which is 15 miles away- won't shop elsewhere due to politics of places like Home Depot - embracers of the "Rainbow" and the rest of the Liberal agenda!

Pickup the order while my brother picks-up other necessities like twice the screws the guy pulled as we'd have been dead in the water just putting up forms for pouring the posts!  The Lowes boys sneer saying "looks like your making two trips".....They don't know that the Poehler boys have their PHDs......Pile it Higher and Deeper!  We layer it all into his pickup with 28 bags of concrete and enough posts, pickets and stringers for 100 linear feet of Cedar, board on board fence!

Now upon arrival back at the house, the 8 year younger version of me scrambles to work digging posts while I fire-up the Dingo and work it down to the far end of the yard with my logging chain as we proceed to pull 10 concrete posts, most busted below grade.  Even WITH power equipment, this takes serious time and effort, finishing pulling them around 12:30. We were treated to Portilo's Beef sandwiches and chocolate cake and cold beer by my wife as she shuttled my youngest daughter between church outings and a birthday party!  We were OUT of beer, so you know work stoppage was a serious concern as my brother is a Union Plumber!

Working until 7pm, we got all of the posts braced plumb, 8" post tubes for the top 18", set in concrete with the tops crowned for drainage and all of the old concrete and posts humped to the curb.  Rental equipment returned on time, and 10 bags of concrete left over and lumber unloaded inside the garage.

The next day, my wife is the lone helper on my crew.....now I LOVE MY WIFE, but we don't even hook-up the camper together!  Let's just say that "back-up cameras" are a SERIOUS marital aide!  Working together from 8am until 2pm things go wonderfully, we get almost all the runner boards cut and screwed in place, the outside boards on two sides of the 3 to repair, a gate built with all hardware in place!  We stopped for a long lunch/dinner with my oldest daughter, her boyfriend and their puppy; truly enjoying our time.  When they left that evening, my wife and I hauled ALL the scrapped panels to the curb, cleaned up the worksite and called it a night to return to the real jobs on Monday.  After work the next day, I run home to return the dirt around the posts and concrete as rain was forecast the next day or two.  Now everyone knows, when you dig a hole, somehow, the dirt multiplies.....it's a given!  Well, SOMEHOW I return all the dirt to the new holes and I'm actually a bit SHORT!?  Grab the potting soil to dress up the mess on the neighbors sides of the job and finish the outside of the fence, and half the inside, before sunset.  The next day, it POURS settling the fill and washing away the mess etc.  well fast forward to this evening and the fence is finally finished!

Reflecting back upon the entire experience, I cannot believe the number of BLESSINGS throughout this entire process!  This is clearly, from The Lord......I'm amazed out how his handprints appeared at every turn of the process!

Timing- happens on a Friday, when I've got NOTHING planned for Sat./Sunday, and my brother is available to assit.  Normally, traveling on weekends to Field Trial the dogs- so this was the only open weekend for two months!  Micro burst could have easily damaged more of the house, instead, only a superficial structure, though essential to our daily lives with our dogs.

Instead of church (normally there when home), I spend a day working with my wife ENJOYING the process and each others company.  Same enjoyable time spent with both my daughters, and the eldest's boyfriend and dog, while resting the aches of a 51 yr. old body not usually doing hard labor!

Supplies and equipment are available and waiting when I needed them , insurance gives the go ahead without "visit" so there's no delay!  Brother is available and WILLING to assist at this drop of the hat! 

I actually complete the process, without any major problems and even when something comes up, it's calmly resolved without anything "exciting" happening.

I was further blessed by being able to help a new neighbor by trimming their damaged tree, halfway up, like a Monkey with a chainsaw, finishing unharmed!  I actually was thinking, if this slips, my guts are "at the chain" and it'll really make a mess!  The guy wanted to pay me.....no, pay it forward.

Heavenly Father, thank you for your blessings and providence throughout this somewhat comical escapade!  Your presence is awesome and I thank you for an enjoyable calamity of the smallest variety!

Nice that things fit together so well and you were able to repair/rebuild the fence for the dogs so quickly. It means so much when people come to the aid when needed. I was waiting at the end for the statement about the school HR department wanting to talk about leaving early with out permission or leave slip. Glad that wasn't part of the story.

ALWAYS CHECK THE HITCH PIN!  I pulled my trailer to storage this weekend without one somehow!  Weight of the trailer, slight twist one way or another- who knows, but luckily I went slowly and God smiled upon me during the two mile trip!

Thank you, very good point. I added that to the checklist along with checking the condition of the hitch. Some guys use locking pins as they are afraid of it being pulled out when they are away from the rig.