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05-11-2019, 05:16 PM
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New Member
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Wells
Posts: 6
M.O.C. #24021
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Glad to be here
Hi everyone,
We've been Montana owners since 2010 when we purchased a slightly used Montana Mountaineer (pictured below.) Sorry, just now getting around to joining the forum. We are now both retired teachers and life itself has been our greatest teacher. We recently moved to Minnesota to be close to grandkids and found a great spot just outside of town to store the rig over the past winter. Lots of snow this year translates into lots of water in the spring, so we "traded" our new lake cabin in for a new model 310RE Montana High Country (thank god for comprehensive insurance, Pat wanted a new one anyway.) Our new rig will be setup for solar by the end of summer just like the old one; solar has freed us from the RV park. We will miss the lake cabin  but the new rig is great. We are looking forward to next winter in a dryer and warmer camping spot in Arizona. Any tips on boondocking in Arizona both on BLM land and in county/state/national parks would be greatly appreciated. Hope to see some of you at the annual Quartzsite circle in January.
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Doug and Pat Druckenmiller
Boondocking since 1982
2019 Montana Highcountry 310RE
2018 Ram 3500 Cummins mega cab long bed
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05-11-2019, 06:21 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Holladay
Posts: 205
M.O.C. #22087
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Welcome to the forum. Great bunch of folks here.
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2019 HC 381TH
2021 Ram 3500 6.7 HO
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05-11-2019, 06:40 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
Posts: 18,792
M.O.C. #11455
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Welcome to the forum! May your new rig bring you many years of wonderful memories.
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Dick, Joyce, Diego, Picatso and Gustav
2017 3720 RL, and 2013 HC 343RL
Pullrite Hitch, IS, Disk Brakes, 3rd AC, Winegard Traveler, Bathroom door mod, Dometic 320, couch for desk swap, replaced chairs, sun screens, added awnings, etc.
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05-11-2019, 08:51 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Lake Gaston
Posts: 8,736
M.O.C. #12156
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Welcome and safe travels
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Mike and Lorraine
2002 3655 FL, 2005 3650RK
2010 3665RE, 2015 3910FB
F350 crew cab dually 6.7
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05-12-2019, 04:45 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Overland Park
Posts: 937
M.O.C. #19388
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Congratulations! Welcome to the forum! Safe travels.
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Marilyn and Richard, Dusty and Gabby
Overland Park, KS. Most Timer
2017 Montana Legacy 3810MS
2020 GMC 3500 Crew Cab Dually
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05-12-2019, 07:22 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Paola
Posts: 5,739
M.O.C. #4961
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Welcome and enjoy the forum.
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Dennis & Linda Ward
Paola, Kansas
Montana 3735MK Legacy Edition
1200 watts of Solar
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05-12-2019, 08:47 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lake Havasu City AZ.
Posts: 1,811
M.O.C. #10552
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Welcome to the forum from Arizona. Have a great time with your new rig.
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Wayne and Ann Moore
2015 Ford F-350 King Ranch
Firestone air bags, bed saver.
Add 40 GAL tank in bed.
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05-12-2019, 08:59 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Puyallup
Posts: 512
M.O.C. #12948
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Welcome to the MOC, looking forward to your posts.
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2018 3820FK Legacy Package
2013 3750fl
2019 Chevrolet 3500HD High Country Dually
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05-12-2019, 11:59 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Omaha
Posts: 6,715
M.O.C. #7560
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Welcome to the Forum and congrats on your new unit! Think about joining fellow MOC members at the 2019 Fall Rally to be held this September in Goshen, IN (birthplace of your new unit). If you might be interested in joining the Fall Rally MOC'ers check out the posting here on the Forum titled 2019 Fall Rally Registration. Follow the instructions and register but don't wait to long, if you're interested because the limit of units is 200 for this rally and there are already 170+ registered to attend. Enjoy that new unit and hope to see you in Goshen!
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05-13-2019, 10:23 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Mesa az
Posts: 2,794
M.O.C. #5651
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Remember most state and national parks have around a 2 week limit for a stay.
I think north of Apache Junction, AZ there is a state and county park with camping. I think they may have sites with just water or nothing (along with new FHU sites). In the summer there are several places up on the Rim (between Payson and Heber) that have boon docking. We tried boondocking with a genny for the first time at one of the NFS parks in that area. Nice place as there are TALL trees and cool temps.
Have fun.
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Tom and Gail
2013 Mountaineer 362
2012 Silverado 2500
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05-13-2019, 10:46 AM
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New Member
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Wells
Posts: 6
M.O.C. #24021
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Fall Rally
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Originally Posted by Rondo
Welcome to the Forum and congrats on your new unit! Think about joining fellow MOC members at the 2019 Fall Rally to be held this September in Goshen, IN (birthplace of your new unit). If you might be interested in joining the Fall Rally MOC'ers check out the posting here on the Forum titled 2019 Fall Rally Registration. Follow the instructions and register but don't wait to long, if you're interested because the limit of units is 200 for this rally and there are already 170+ registered to attend. Enjoy that new unit and hope to see you in Goshen!
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Thanks for the invite. We have friends that will be there (littlespud). We have an extended August trip planned to Glacier, Banff, Jasper and The North West that will take up the whole month, so the timing doesn't work for us this year. Sounds like a good time to meet new people and get aquainted.
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Doug and Pat Druckenmiller
Boondocking since 1982
2019 Montana Highcountry 310RE
2018 Ram 3500 Cummins mega cab long bed
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05-13-2019, 10:50 AM
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New Member
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Wells
Posts: 6
M.O.C. #24021
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Quote:
Originally Posted by twindman
Remember most state and national parks have around a 2 week limit for a stay.
I think north of Apache Junction, AZ there is a state and county park with camping. I think they may have sites with just water or nothing (along with new FHU sites). In the summer there are several places up on the Rim (between Payson and Heber) that have boon docking. We tried boondocking with a genny for the first time at one of the NFS parks in that area. Nice place as there are TALL trees and cool temps.
Have fun.
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Thanks We will look into those. We mostly plan on being there in late winter - early spring. Want to explore the Canyon area and places around flagstaff. We mostly depend on solar, but also have a backup gen. I carry an extra 35 gal. water tank for fetching water.
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Doug and Pat Druckenmiller
Boondocking since 1982
2019 Montana Highcountry 310RE
2018 Ram 3500 Cummins mega cab long bed
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05-22-2019, 06:19 PM
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Seasoned Camper
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: northern new england
Posts: 98
M.O.C. #22358
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Congrats, I have a 2017 310RE HC , bought as a hold over last spring. Like the rig very much once we get the bugs worked out. Just a little advice, make sure you have the drip pans installed on your electric slide motors they may leak oil if they get warm and a little oil will drip on your rubber roof of your slide and bubble it up if the pans aren't installed
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05-22-2019, 09:28 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 101
M.O.C. #20440
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Welcome
Safe travels and make many great memories
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Sandra & David
2017 3950BR
2016 GMC 2500 Denali
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