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11-30-2016, 10:01 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Kennesaw
Posts: 172
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Nice to have a spare home.
Last night we got home to find we had no water service at our house. Our main pipe had busted just on our side of the meter (of course) and a neighbor had turned it off for us.
Fortunately we were able to run a hose from the neighbor's house to our TT (which we keep parked in the driveway) so we could have hot water this morning to take a shower with.
It's Good to have a trailer and awesome neighbors!
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11-30-2016, 01:53 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Newburgh
Posts: 6,307
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Sorry for your trouble - My neighbors would have let the water run... I agree whole hardheadedly on the spare house thing.
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Progressive Industries EMS - Hardwired
Equalizer 4 Point WDH
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Air Lift Rear Bags w/ On Board Compressor (Pending)
2016 28BHBE - (Traded and Missed already)
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11-30-2016, 02:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Campbell Hall
Posts: 2,835
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Always on my mind, the TT can be used if a major system in the house craps out.
Glad you were able to swing over without much fuss.
How're the repairs to the water main going?
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TV 2003 F-350 "Montblanc" - Housebroken chore truck
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11-30-2016, 04:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Fuquay-Varina
Posts: 884
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That is a nice bonus. Our central air died this summer, of course during a serious heat wave. We have a yard hydrant, a connection to the septic tank and a 30 amp outlet by our parking pad and we lived in the Greyhawk for four days.
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11-30-2016, 05:04 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: James Island, SC
Posts: 22,859
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We lived in ours in the back yard for 3 weeks a couple years ago while our wood floors were being refinished.
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11-30-2016, 06:23 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Lower Alabama (LA)
Posts: 2,010
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It's Good to have a trailer and awesome neighbors!
See if he'll also allow you to plug into his other systems (power, wi-fi, Netflix, etc).
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11-30-2016, 06:28 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: James Island, SC
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We were close enough to the house to pick up our wifi and I ran a coax out there for the sat. tv.
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2011- 351RLTS Eagle, MorRyde suspension/pin box,
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11-30-2016, 08:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: SW Washington
Posts: 1,024
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A few years ago we got hit with freezing rain which took down many of the power lines in our rural area. Then before they could get the lights back on we got 18" of snow and more freezing rain.
We spent a total of 10 days in the RV before things were back to normal. It was certainly nice to have.
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11-30-2016, 10:26 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Lower Alabama (LA)
Posts: 2,010
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I'm slower than the average bear. Several years ago, as my bride and I made the transition to leave our long term rental and return to our permanent home (several hundred miles away) we were contemplating getting a hotel room during the move.
Then the mental lights turned on and Bing-bang-boom. I backed our old camper up to the front door and plugged it in.
Side story: during this stay someone attempted to mess with our vehicle gas tanks, parked only yards away, AND the dogs never alerted us.
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12-02-2016, 04:23 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Maplesville - Home Base
Posts: 3,059
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I returned to my home base last night after a one night trip to South Carolina and found the water was off at my site. Actually I turned it off and brought my regulator in before I left, but the town had a bigger problem and I couldn't hook back up to the town water due to it being off. Major water main broke and would be overnight for repair. I didn't care. Fresh tank is always full in the winter so I can use it when it is below freezing and my outside connection is unhooked.
Having your own ready to go when a failure occurs. Nice!
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2006 GMC 2500HD CCSB 4x4 Duramax/Allison, Titan 52 gallon fuel tank, Prodigy Controller, B&W Companion Hitch
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12-02-2016, 10:03 AM
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#11
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Kennesaw
Posts: 172
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I had always considered we could live in the trailer if the power fails, I had never though about having to use it for a water failure. Lucky for me the young man down the street was able to repair the broken pipe the next morning and we were back up and running by noon.
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12-04-2016, 11:35 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Langley
Posts: 516
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Loosenuts
Last night we got home to find we had no water service at our house. Our main pipe had busted just on our side of the meter (of course) and a neighbor had turned it off for us.
Fortunately we were able to run a hose from the neighbor's house to our TT (which we keep parked in the driveway) so we could have hot water this morning to take a shower with.
It's Good to have a trailer and awesome neighbors!
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We have used ours during some hot summer days to sleep in and for our family when they come to visit. Makes a great additional guest space. We have since installed a heat pump in our house that supplies Air Conditioning too.
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