Forum: General Sportsmobile
07-24-2020, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,099
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
07-24-2020, 07:18 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,099
We start looking for our next dump opportunity...
We start looking for our next dump opportunity after about 4 days (eight uses). We've gone six days (12 uses) occasionally but that's pushing our luck. Our model flushes from a rinse-water tank...
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
07-23-2020, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,099
We've used a porta-potty for 10+ years. Our SMB...
We've used a porta-potty for 10+ years. Our SMB (Sprinter) has no interior shower, so we store it just inside the rear doors in a specially designed (by SMB West) "box" where it slides out of the way...
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Forum: Sprinter Chassis
08-22-2019, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,298
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Forum: Appliances and Interior
03-17-2019, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 4,467
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Forum: Meetups and Trip Reports
08-16-2018, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,804
San Juan CGs stay open into fall
The San Juan National Forest keeps most of its campgrounds open into the fall, usually at a half price rate since the concessionaire bails out early and the water and electricity get shut off when...
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Forum: Show & Tell
07-26-2016, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 894
Views: 287,453
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Forum: Campfire
07-07-2014, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 978
Views: 231,016
Re: SMB Sightings
Candy-apple red Sprinter EB SMB, Colorado plates. Stopped at a traffic light on Main Avenue, downtown Durango Colorado today at 4 PM. I was a pedestrian, traffic was too heavy to chat. Hope you're...
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Forum: Campfire
01-18-2013, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 5,720
Re: Funny bumper stickers
Saw this one the other day on a compact pickup. It was for a donkey refuge. Had a photo of a donkey and said "Does This Ass Make My Truck Look Big?"
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Forum: Campfire
01-18-2013, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,596
Re: Anyone out there who can help me?
There is a popular RV club called the Escapees (also known as SKPs) https://www.escapees.com
They have a really good and reliable mail-forwarding service. You have your mail sent to an address they...
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Forum: Meetups and Trip Reports
01-01-2013, 09:06 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,170
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Forum: Sprinter Chassis
01-01-2013, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 276
Views: 101,236
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Forum: Show & Tell
01-01-2013, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,358
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Forum: Sprinter Chassis
02-27-2012, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,930
Check Engine Light
Ever since the first time we started our 2009 Sprinter engine in cold weather, the Check Engine light has come on intermittently. Seems to only happen in colder conditions but not all that cold -...
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Forum: Meetups and Trip Reports
01-29-2012, 12:49 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,140
Re: TWOLOST: Looking for UT trip advice
Concur with all of the above. Camping is allowed at Goosenecks State Park (toilet and picnic tables).
Boondocking (no facilities) in Valley of the Gods is awesome.
Butler Wash road between Hwy 95...
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
12-03-2011, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,333
Re: planning a trip...
Heads up regarding the free BLM campground on 18 Road at North Fruita Desert in western CO. On December 1st, 2011 BLM got approval to start charging $10 per night. Won't go into effect until about...
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
11-16-2011, 08:45 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,176
Re: Insurance coverage -- again
We took our empty van to SMB West about 6-8 weeks before they were able to start the conversion and left it with them. Once it was on their lot we discontinued all insurance except Comprehensive...
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
11-16-2011, 08:17 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,176
Re: Insurance coverage -- again
Before our van underwent its conversion at SMB West, it was costing slightly over $1,000 a year to insure under our Liberty Mutual auto policy. Once the conversion was finished we insured it with...
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
10-31-2011, 08:06 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,880
Re: Would like actually see a SMB
We are in Durango. That's more than a couple of hours but it would make a great weekend outing. I'm sure there are lots of SMBs on the front range, and the suggestion about checking some campgrounds...
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Forum: Sportsmobile Builds and Factory Modifications
10-06-2011, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,480
Re: Out of state delivery of vehicle
We took delivery of our van in Vegas twice - once for the bare cargo van, which was delivered by the dealer from San Diego and again from SMB West when the conversion was finished. Call us cheap but...
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Forum: Meetups and Trip Reports
10-05-2011, 07:56 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,522
Re: boondocking in northern NM
The Frugal Shunpiker website has boondocker guides available for download and one of them covers New Mexico. There is a small charge and you have to provide the paper if you want to print them out...
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Forum: Sprinter Chassis
10-05-2011, 07:50 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,164
Re: Excessive Tire Wear???
We encountered the same problem with Continental tires. Our 2009 RB was doing great on our 3-month road trip to Alaska until we took it in for its 15,000-mile oil change at Anchorage Dodge. Their...
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
09-17-2011, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 16,681
Re: Best stealth van?
Hey Graydon,
Ditto to all the others who have thanked you for your service. USA rocks!
We are on Day 76 of a 90-day summer trip driving to and from Alaska from Colorado in a RB...
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Forum: Show & Tell
09-08-2011, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,737
Stewart BC/Hyder AK cut off by flooding
We spent last weekend in Stewart BC/Hyder AK, both located at the end of a dead-end spur road off of the Cassiar Highway in NW British Columbia. It rained the entire time, from sprinkles to deluge....
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Forum: Electrical and Electronics
08-30-2011, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,871
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