or, sneaking up to the vehicle ahead and attaching a tow strap.........Fire_Moose wrote:If yer worried about sitting in line for 6 hours, consider turning yer vehicle off and pushing it (how hard is it to push an RV?) the 3 feet every so often....or wait for a gap and turn it back on. Idling for 10 minutes uses more gas then starting and stopping the engine.
Cool... it's funny the videos I see show lines... and from my experience with Flipside's 2500 people, we waited in line for 4 hours creeping up a car length every like 15 minutes... so I assumed for 40-50k people it could only be worse. LOLcapjbadger wrote:Just sayin'... I've never had to wait in line to get in or out...
-Badger
Oooh… interesting… I’ll have to see how that works… and cool on the disclaimer… I won’t come hunting you down with any complaints about dry cracked throats. LOL Well I might but maybe with some wine or something stronger… actually if you guys tell me what camps you’re I would like to get to meet you all. You’ve all been so wonderfully helpful!tevo wrote:What I do with my CPAP is fill the humidifier with water but don't turn on the heat. That way it acts like a passive humidifier by passing the air over the water. It works, though it does seem to evaporate the water at about 1/3 to 1/2 the rate of using the heat. So it's not like you're not going to be getting some humidity if you do that. It may even run just fine on your battery with the humidifier on with a big enough inverter. Check your machine's specs and then you'll have a better idea what size inverter.
That said, this is my first burn so understand this advice comes with the caveat that I may not know wtf I'm talking about. You may indeed be right that you need to have the heated humidifier going due to the dryness.
Pretty close on the Whinetitting! LOL Thank you again AntiM for hooking up the info on the cpap in battery mode… I’ll probably test it here to see how it works.AntiM wrote:I don't know exactly, but what a wonderful word!oneeyeddick wrote:What is whinetitting ?
Maybe bitchtits? Bitchtittin'?
I know someone who ran his machine off the battery set up, but later years chose to camp where he had access to power. I'm assuming the battery set up was not optimal.
I dunno if I can push a loaded rv - please refer to prior comments about first time RV'ing… and going in we should be loaded for bear right? 4 people; liquids & food for 4; costumes; gas; etc. You tell me. LOLFire_Moose wrote:If yer worried about sitting in line for 6 hours, consider turning yer vehicle off and pushing it (how hard is it to push an RV?) the 3 feet every so often....or wait for a gap and turn it back on. Idling for 10 minutes uses more gas then starting and stopping the engine.
Now wouldn’t heisting gas by way of tow strap be tantamount to not having the things I need and stealing from others to accommodate those needs???? Isn’t that what half the eplaya ebitching is all about??? Wouldn’t that make me one of 'those type people'… uh uh… not doing it. Covering my own shit thank you.ygmir wrote: or, sneaking up to the vehicle ahead and attaching a tow strap.........
The road all the way from I-80 north to the "8 mile entrance" onto the playa is one lane north bound. This strings all the north bound traffic out. So you have a steady stream of traffic. Once you get off the highway onto the playa the "entrance road" quickly becomes lots of lanes, with lots of people at "Gate" to check you ticket, etc.MistressSybs wrote:Cool... it's funny the videos I see show lines... and from my experience with Flipside's 2500 people, we waited in line for 4 hours creeping up a car length every like 15 minutes... so I assumed for 40-50k people it could only be worse. LOLcapjbadger wrote:Just sayin'... I've never had to wait in line to get in or out...
-Badger
Do not load MyLarry down with additional packrat material... check!AntiM wrote:If you make arrangements beforehand, you can have someone take the gas cans, no doubt. Just don't give them to us, because MyLarry will find a reason to fill them and haul them around if he has them, LOL. (His trucker handle is PackRat).
There is an eplaya meet n greet, Thursday, 6 pm-ish, Barbie Death Camp. Many of us actually remember to show up.
I am very glad you can sort out the snark from the info. Many newbs cannot and think we're all assholes and don't stick around. Eplaya is as much performance art as anything, so it takes a bit of patience. Thanks for hanging in there! I'm here almost all the time because this is my volunteer gig. So I might as well be helpful or annoying! Or both!
Don't count on gas in Empire, it may or may not be available as the General Store changed hands and that has been up in the air. (anyone know For Sure??) Gerlach does have a station, and yes, it usually has a line.
Oh there are line. Dear god there are lines. i just arrive and leave at odd times.MistressSybs wrote:Cool... it's funny the videos I see show lines... and from my experience with Flipside's 2500 people, we waited in line for 4 hours creeping up a car length every like 15 minutes... so I assumed for 40-50k people it could only be worse. LOLcapjbadger wrote:Just sayin'... I've never had to wait in line to get in or out...
-Badger
I can see that making a huge difference! Thanks for that tidbit of info.StevenGoodman wrote:The road all the way from I-80 north to the "8 mile entrance" onto the playa is one lane north bound. This strings all the north bound traffic out. So you have a steady stream of traffic. Once you get off the highway onto the playa the "entrance road" quickly becomes lots of lanes, with lots of people at "Gate" to check you ticket, etc.MistressSybs wrote:Cool... it's funny the videos I see show lines... and from my experience with Flipside's 2500 people, we waited in line for 4 hours creeping up a car length every like 15 minutes... so I assumed for 40-50k people it could only be worse. LOLcapjbadger wrote:Just sayin'... I've never had to wait in line to get in or out...
-Badger
The only time it is really slow is Sunday night, when lots of cars make a big long line waiting to get in at midnight.
It is not like Flipside where the "Gate" is only one car at a time.
And then there is a huge traffic jam on Monday getting out; remember that on lane of traffic all the way to I-80!
In addition to the Meet n Greet, a lot of ePlaya people come by the Booby Bar in Terminal City.
Martini Steve
I would be using fresh to avoid this? And the cans will be new too. Do you think this might still be a problem?Fire_Moose wrote:"will drive at night so it’s not so hot with rags between the cans to minimize any possible metal on metal sparks"
Stay away from using rags, oily rags have been known to spontaneously combust
Yep - that's pretty much the plan... this way no heatstroke... we (me and my hubby had that in 08 at flipside - my campmate nearly had it in 09 at flipside but I learned exactly how to stop that shit in it's tracks and he was able to have a great weekend)Captain Goddammit wrote:When you ask for advice on fuel and generator issues, all the non-RV people come up saying "just don't run the generator much, or at all". There are always people that can't believe you'd want to run your generator for 6 or 8 hours a day... hell, sometimes I have power on 24 hours a day! I tape foil to my windows and run the A/C all day every day, and sleep when it's bright and hot outside... sounds like you're also in on that plan. How to deal with the heat at BM? DON'T!
I use a big truck fuel tank to carry my extra fuel, but if you haven't got a trailer you'll just have to use cans. If I were you I'd put as many as I could in the outside compartments, but not the roof. It just freaks me out to think about a leaky gas container on the roof.
I'd remove them on the playa, just because if anything did ignite them you don't want your RV going with them.
If you can get your hands on a small, quiet, portable Honda or Yamaha generator you'll save a LOT of fuel (allowing more run time on the fuel you can carry) and you won't pay the $3/hour or so that the RV rental company is going to charge you for using the built-in generator.
well what happens if one of the cans splashes and some comes out? /shrug I think of a rag more as a wick then protectionMistressSybs wrote:I would be using fresh to avoid this? And the cans will be new too. Do you think this might still be a problem?Fire_Moose wrote:"will drive at night so it’s not so hot with rags between the cans to minimize any possible metal on metal sparks"
Stay away from using rags, oily rags have been known to spontaneously combust
Most stores these days sell plastic gas cans...no sparks.MistressSybs wrote:I would be using fresh to avoid this? And the cans will be new too. Do you think this might still be a problem?Fire_Moose wrote:"will drive at night so it’s not so hot with rags between the cans to minimize any possible metal on metal sparks"Stay away from using rags, oily rags have been known to spontaneously combust
And they'd probably be lighter too but how well do they work in the heat under a tarp? Or am I just being nutty now? LOL What about static building up between plastic on plastic rubbing? Does that happen? Am I just overthinking this gas thing? LOLdragonpilot wrote:Most stores these days sell plastic gas cans...no sparks.MistressSybs wrote:I would be using fresh to avoid this? And the cans will be new too. Do you think this might still be a problem?Fire_Moose wrote:"will drive at night so it’s not so hot with rags between the cans to minimize any possible metal on metal sparks"Stay away from using rags, oily rags have been known to spontaneously combust
