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Originally Posted by pfarrell
Good job on the bike rack. Any concerns with the 2x4 bumper being strong enough to handle the weight of the bikes while bumping along down the road?
Our Visa is suppose to have the optional upgraded mattress but it doesn't look or feel so "upgraded". Looks like a 5-6" thick typical mattress covered in blue floral cloth material.
We are in Houston and have only been camping together once a few weeks ago when we rented an R-pod and went to Lake Livingston State Park. We enjoyed it so much we decided to buy the Visa.
Do you have any favorite camp grounds in Texas that you could recommend for a long weekend get away?
Also, since we are camper newbies we will be having to buy everything for our camper. Any good on-line places for buying camper supplies? Any specific recommendations for water hoses, sewer hoses, etc.
We need to get a good trailer lock. Any recommendations?
thanks again for any advice.
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Originally Posted by pfarrell
Good job on the bike rack. Any concerns with the 2x4 bumper being strong enough to handle the weight of the bikes while bumping along down the road?
Our Visa is suppose to have the optional upgraded mattress but it doesn't look or feel so "upgraded". Looks like a 5-6" thick typical mattress covered in blue floral cloth material.
We are in Houston and have only been camping together once a few weeks ago when we rented an R-pod and went to Lake Livingston State Park. We enjoyed it so much we decided to buy the Visa.
Do you have any favorite camp grounds in Texas that you could recommend for a long weekend get away?
Also, since we are camper newbies we will be having to buy everything for our camper. Any good on-line places for buying camper supplies? Any specific recommendations for water hoses, sewer hoses, etc.
We need to get a good trailer lock. Any recommendations?
thanks again for any advice.
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We have a 4 bike rack and put all 4 bikes on the back, without the custom brace we welded on to the receiver, the bumper had some twist that coupled with the weak bolts that came with the mount almost lead to disaster, even though when the bolts sheared my sons bike ended up inches from the ground but no bikes nor the rack were damaged. By welding the brace on and using stronger bolts I believe the bumper is more than strong enough for our Allen 4 bike rack and our 4 bikes.
Our mattress is very thin maybe 3-3 1/2", if yours is 5" you might try without a mattress pad. On ours the memory foam mattress pad made a huge difference.
Make sure you get a water regulator for your fresh water hose, not all campgrounds have them on the water spouts and it will protect your plumbing. Do get some sort of check list to use before leaving and when setting up
http://changingears.com/rv-checklist-de ... -checklist and get a dirt dauber screen for the furnace vent (a must in Texas) We have a local RV dealer I get most things from (many things he threw in such as the sewer hose, water hose, regulator, etc), but much of what you'll need you can get at Wal-Mart. We looked very hard at the rPod but liked the layout of the Visa much better.
On your first trip go somewhere close for a dry run so if anything does go wrong you'll be close. You'll probably want to get a Texas State Park Pass free entry for a year to all State Parks and discounted camping will make it payoff very quickly. We're very big fans of the State Parks. In the summer Guadalupe River is fun, Dinosaur Valley is always fun, the TPWD web site is probably the best place to start
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/
Cograts again and enjoy your new Visa!