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Other Top Stories Tow Bars Wear Out? A tow bar, any tow bar manufactured by any company is a piece of technology, a piece of machinery, not unlike your motorhome or car, van, truck or SUV that you're towing. Would you drive a 6-figure valued motorhome 10,000 20,000 how about 50,000 miles without checking or changing the oil? Neither would I. Most motorhome owners are so strict with their maintenance routine on their units that they hardly exceed the window of oil changes by more than a few miles if at all. Maintaining a tow bar is just as important and just as potentially costly if ignored. Learn more Winter Storage Cold Weather Operation and Storage of Your RV Generator 'Tis the season to take special care of your RV generator. Unless you're escaping to the Sun Belt until spring, you'll want to read Onan's timely tips for cold-weather operation and storage. Read More. Geocaching Geocaching is a high-tech version of treasure hunting. RVers seek out hidden treasures utilizing GPS coordinates posted on the Internet by those hiding the cache. Using a GPS unit, RV geocachers venture out onto the highway and byways to find the hiding spot of the cache. Read More. Cleaning Dishes Without Soap When you're in the back woods you may find yourself without dish soap and water. A few tips from the Old Timers will help you to make do with what you've got. Read More. Reserve A Campground Our growing list of RV Parks and Campgrounds offer secure, online, real-time reservations for your convenience. How to Escape from a Bear Bears are among nature's most majestic creatures, and seeing one in the wild is an unforgettable experience. Get too close, however, and your encounter with a bear can be more terrifying than awe-inspiring. Learn more.

RVAct
Recreation Vehicle Alliance for Camping and Travel
RVAct is a conduit between more than 30 million RV owners and enthusiasts, your RV owners club or organization and the government decision-makers who decide how and how much it will cost to enjoy the RV lifestyle. Read More.

Cummins introduces new Cummins Onan inverter generators
Cummins has expanded their consumer offering of power products with the introduction of three all new portable inverter generators. Inverter technology takes the raw power produced by the generator and using a special microprocessor, converts the energy into a quieter, more consistent and cleaner source of power that more closely resembles the power found in a typical household AC wall outlet. Full Story.

Yosemite National Park
Yosemite is one of the most popular U.S. National Parks. Open 24/7 year round, Yosemite offers breathtaking sightseeing and activities for every age in every season. Read More

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Technology
Fuel Cells - Part III
Types of fuel cells
In our last two articles, we talked about fuel cells in the general sense--why the interest, how they work, how they relate to renewable energy, and the common types of fuel cells. In theory, almost any fuel cell could be made into a mobile power source. In practice, the phosphoric acid and molten carbonate technologies are too big and heavy, the direct methanol fuel cells too inefficient for applications requiring more power than portable electronic devices (such as laptop computers) and alkaline fuel cells prohibitively expensive. In this article, we will focus on two types of fuel cells most suitable for mobile power requirements for recreational vehicles (RVs)--Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells, and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs).

• Types of fuel cells applicable to RV's
• Characteristics of fuel cells and what they would mean to RV'ers

Service

Coach Care Expands to 33 Centers
Oak Creek, Wisconsin
Cummins N Power has just opened a location in Oak Creek, Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee about onehalf mile due east of I-94, near the western shore of Lake Michigan. Its a great location and easy to find in an area that attracts a lot of regional events, particularly during the summer months. Certified last summer in June, the branch property is approximately five acres and includes a 13 bay service department. The building has an efficient layout that enables parts and service staff to serve both counter customers and the shop techs at the same time. Branch Manager Scott Van Slyke and his team are excited about being a part of the Coach Care network and are already certified as a Spartan chassis service center. Read More.

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