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February 2009

  • Towables for 2009

    The annual compilation of cars, trucks, and SUVs that have been approved by their manufacturers for flat towing behind a motorhome without major modifications. (Requires member or subscriber login.)

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  • Tech & Travel Tips: January 2009

    Hitch pin tightener

    While towing, have you ever been annoyed by a clunk when accelerating or braking, only to find that the problem is being caused by a loose-fitting hitch pin? To tighten the connection …

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  • Jolly Good Times, Treasure At INTO Rally

    On June 10, 2008, an armada of motorhomes filled with land-lubbin’ pirates braved tempestuous foul weather to seize control of the Sunnyview Exposition Center in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. These scallywags established headquarters there and began to set up for the …

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  • RV Products: January 2009

    Travel bag

    The Nautica Clamshell Duffel from Luggageguy.com might just be the perfect travel bag for motorhomers and others with limited storage space.

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  • RV News & Notes: January 2009

    Marathon offers triple- and quad-slideout Prevost conversions 

    Marathon Coach is offering triple-slideout and quad-slideout converted coaches built using the Prevost XLII shell. The new triple-slideout XLII includes a second front slideout that adds approximately 35 percent more salon space for entertaining or everyday living.

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  • The Season For Sniffles

    Here are 13 ways to keep from catching a cold or flu, or to avoid passing them on, whether at home or on the road.

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  • Frost Flowers

    Perhaps you have never heard of frost flowers. Neither had we until a few months ago. Always intrigued by old nature books, we stumbled upon mention of the frost flower in an 1891 book called …

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  • Stew-Pendous

    Stews are especially welcome at the winter table. They are the ultimate comfort food, the essential one-pot meal. Save these recipes and celebrate a new stew each week as the temperatures drop.

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  • Readers’ Forum: January 2009

    Quilt fabric for charity

    Dear Editor:
    The Six-State Rally Association completed its fourth annual Quilts for Charity show at the area rally this past September in North Little Rock, Arkansas. This year we donated 227 quilts to charities in the North Little Rock area.

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  • Rear View: January 2009

    Do you have a humorous license plate for your motorhome or towed vehicle?

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  • Relationship Fitness Guide

    Are you and your traveling companion living together without a legal relationship? Cohabitating is especially complicated for full-timers, because many different state laws come into play depending on your legal addresses, where your assets are, and the laws of the state you happen to be in when one or both of you encounter a legal or financial problem.

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  • House Calls: January 2009

    No output — battery

    Dear RV Doctor:
    Every time I tow my 2003 GMC Sonoma 4×4 pickup for more than four hours without stopping to start the truck for a while, my battery becomes completely dead or has just enough power to barely turn over the engine.

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  • Recall Corner: January 2009

    Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. has announced two NHTSA recalls. The first is recall 08V503000, which affects certain 2008 and 2009 Jamboree GT and Tioga SL motorhomes manufactured from February 29, 2008 …

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  • Recall Corner: February 2009

    Winnebago Industries Inc. has announced NHTSA recall 08V606000, which affects some 2008 Winnebago Adventurer Limited motorhomes. The affected motorhomes were built February 26, 2008, through May 2, 2008. The potential number of coaches involved is 68.

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  • Brazos Bend and the George Observatory

    For many RVers wintering in Texas, one of the finest gems they will find in the state is Brazos Bend State Park. This wildlife preserve also is one of only a handful of state parks in the United States that has a research-quality astronomical observatory that's open to the general public.

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  • An Uplifting Experience

    Since 1988, Bob Helvie, founder and owner of Startracks Custom Lifts in Elkhart, Indiana, has built devices designed to make life easier for the physically challenged. The work, he said, “began humbly, a seat-of-the-pants production, when I designed a travel trailer with a lift.”

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  • Great Georgia Getaway Entertainment

    Those attending FMCA’s 81st International Convention, March 16 through 19, 2009, at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter in Perry, Georgia, will have plenty of opportunities for fun and entertainment throughout the days and into the nights.

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  • State And Provincial Travel Bureaus

    Whom should you contact for travel information when planning a motorhome trip? To answer that question, the staff at FMC has compiled this list of tourism offices in the United States and Canada. The following information was accurate as of November 2008.

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  • Motorhome Regulations

    FMC magazine's January 2009 Motorhome Regulations chart contains the following information for all 50 U.S. States and the Canadian provinces …

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  • Historical Atlas of Oklahoma

    I love maps … all kinds of maps. I enjoy old charts, United States Geological Survey topographic contour maps, road maps, even GPS screens. Being a Navy brat during and immediately following World War II, I traveled a lot, mainly with my mom when we were meeting my father at his new stations, but also with both parents.

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  • Spend Springtime In Perry

    Five times since 1996, FMCA members have set sail for Perry, Georgia, and the huge, state-of-the art fairgrounds there. The Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter is a terrific venue for hosting the thousands of motorhomes, vendors, and FMCA members who come for the convention.

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  • A Year For Friends, Fellowship

    Happy New Year and welcome to 2009. Although much of the recent news has been negative and discouraging, there is always some good news. The United States is a strong and resilient country that will look inward to find the strength and faith to pull us together as a nation …

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  • Family Associate Membership, Directory/Member Benefits Guide

    Once again, the New Year brings a new Directory/Member Benefits Guide within the pages of Family Motor Coaching magazine. You’re holding the latest version of the issue that I believe we should carry with us in our motorhomes all year. Before I describe why, I want to address a category of FMCA membership that might not be familiar to some.

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  • Tech Talk: January 2009

    Lost electricity 

    I have an electrical problem in my 2000 Monaco La Palma. I have lost the 120-volt-AC power to the kitchen and forward part of the vehicle, the wall circuits, the TV and VCR, the refrigerator, etc. The air conditioner works great …

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  • Towables for 2009

    The annual compilation of cars, trucks, and SUVs that have been approved by their manufacturers for flat towing behind a motorhome without major modifications. (Requires member or subscriber login.)

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