2HappyCampers said
If we're not too late, we'd like the smaller of the two auto vinyl stickers (CanvasCampers.com, but WITHOUT the "where the keyboard meets the...")

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Luckily it happened when I was offloading it so I didn't have to bungee it closed and drive.  I didn't know I had dented the tailgate at this time so I was just very puzzled about why it wouldn't latch.  I parked the truck and the next day I finally took a look at it.  As soon as I took the access panel off the tailgate I saw the issue.  A piece of wood dropped and dented the tailgate on the access hatch pinching the bars that work the latches.  I banged it out with a hammer but 2 things jumped in my head.

1- Will this happen again?  I use my truck like a truck.  I haul firewood, camping gear, gravel and other material, bricks, etc.  I don't baby it.  Should I put something on the tailgate?  Suggestions?

2- I bent steel and caused a problem.  What if I had one of those aluminum bed F150's?  I used to think a residential pickup driver could be fine with the aluminum bed and that it was the contractors that would flatten the aluminum bed like a beer can but apparently a homeowner can do some serious damage to the interior of a pickup bed.  Knowing I did this to steel, I personally would avoid an aluminum bed. 

I second taking your water to a pool place to get it tested. It's faster than monkeying around on your own.

I wonder what my electric bill will be this month after changing the hot tub water multiple times.  I may not be so quick to warm up the water next year. 

As for testing the water, I do test the water and add chemicals as needed.  It's just I don't calculate the pounds or ounces of the chemical to add.  I just add a little and check again and add more if needed.  I remember my Dad using a 1# coffee can for the chemicals but that's a pound of coffee, not a pound of whatever chemical.  I'm not dragging the bathroom scale out to measure the chemicals so that is why I use the add a little, retest, add some more method. 

I want to test for alkalinity but the kit is either just PH and Chlorine or the rocket scientist kit.   

Don't guess here, take a water sample to a pool store and let them test. Total Alkalinity is also very important, otherwise you will be chasing PH constantly.

I opened my above ground pool last Sunday.  I have had it for 5 years and this is the first time it was ugly when I opened it.  The cover was old and had holes in it.  I think that was the problem.  It let debris and dirty water go under the cover which caused there to be a lot of dirt and stuff in the water and for it to be very cloudy on the verge of going green. 

I shocked it and filtered it all week long.  The water is clearing up.  My vacuum head broke so I have a new one coming tomorrow so I can do another good job vacuuming. 

I need to get my PH up.  I ran out of PH rise :banghead:  From what I have heard it is not the chlorine that burns your eyes it is low PH.....do you agree?  What do you test your water for?  I regularly test chlorine and PH and when I go to the pool store they test for everything and I usually need to adjust the alkalinity.  Do you test alkalinity at home?  When I add chemicals I know it says so many pounds to add to raise so much for this much water......do you do that?  I am at the point where I just dump some of the chemicals in and retest and add some more if needed.