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10-27-2021, 11:24 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Modesto
Posts: 20,326
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Solar awning
Just got this in my email:
https://www.gearpatrol.com/cars/a380...ping-trailers/
A bit pricey but some people just have to have the latest.
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2012 Copper Canyon 273FWRET being towed by a 1994 Ford F350 CC,LB,Dually diesel.
Airlift 5000 bags, Prodigy brake control, 5 gauges on the pillar.Used to tow a '97 Jayco 323RKS.
Now an RVIA registered tech. Retired from Law enforcement in 2008 after 25+ yrs.
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10-27-2021, 11:40 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Roseville
Posts: 292
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It is pricey, but is interesting.
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Jim and Carole
Roseville, MN
2018 RAM 3500 DRW, Diesel, Long Box, Air Lift Bags - 2023 Fuzion 421 |
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10-27-2021, 11:45 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2021
Location: Eugene
Posts: 314
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Originally Posted by chuckster57
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Awnings... the most delicate, problematic and prone to failure item. Hey... lets make one for $10,000 
I'd love to see the first insurance claim for "wind replacement" on one of those bad boys. 
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10-27-2021, 11:58 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Joppa, MD
Posts: 11,743
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I'd like to see a test where they roll it in and out two times every 3 days for about 20 times to simulate the weekend warrior. Then there will be the guy that leaves it out to charge the battery while they aren't there and a T'storm comes along and takes it away. Wonder how that conversation with the insurance company would go.
Like so much of the solar & wind energy great concepts are just that, concepts. I'll wait for the "working model" after it's been proven.
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Marshall
2012 Laredo 303 TG
2010 F250 LT Super Cab, long bed, 4X4, 6.4 Turbo Diesel
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10-27-2021, 03:37 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Gaylord
Posts: 26,984
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For me, it sounds like the Elio Motors venture...
Send us $100 before October 30 and when they're available, we'll ship one to you for $7,500. If you don't get us the "startup money" before the cutoff, pricing will be $10,000.
The first Elio "deposits" were taken in 2008 and those people still haven't seen production vehicles on the streets (or in their garage)... We looked into it in 2015, decided not to make a commitment to buy one. As far as I know, they still haven't produced the first "retail model".....
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John
2015 F250 6.7l 4x4
2014 Cougar X Lite 27RKS
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10-27-2021, 06:07 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2016
Location: South Jordan, Utah
Posts: 2,223
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This looks like a great idea..... to make some quick cash and RUN.
These guys have never camped out west (you know, the place where we have a "name for wind and rain and fire") Mariah would make quick work of this less than well thought out idea in less time than it takes to sing the chorus
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2017 Cougar 279RKSWE
2007.5 Dodge Ram 2500 6.7 Cummins
Retirement Training Completed
I think the little voices in my head have started a chat group.
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