Using Your RV more like a tent
I am new to rving and one of the things that scares me about it is the maintenance with plumbing and electrical items as well as costs involved. Has anyone purchased an rv and tended to use it more li...
Forum Discussion
We moved up to a small motorhome after many years of camping with a very basic tent trailer. Funny how quickly we gave up cooking on the campfire. We really enjoy having the house set up all the time, the fridge and bathroom. It has changed our travel habits to carefree wandering, stopping very often to look, walk, have tea, get a Popsicle out of the fridge, and so on. Very much more relaxing. Curiously, we have never used the hot water tank and have never hooked up to anything at a campground. We embraced boon docking. The batteries and tanks serve our needs very well. The only thing I feel the clock running down on is the fridge and I'm prepared to pay with pleasure for a new one when it's time runs out. Meanwhile, we never run it at home.
I was immediately fascinated with the electrical and plumbing works of the RV. The toilet in particular is amazingly simple, yet compact and perfectly functional despite being extremely easy on water. This is one technology that should spread to homes in dry regions. We bought a used MH in 2008 and have had only one serious problem with the plumbing - a broken elbow in the floor under the kitchen sink, which I was able to replace with a rubber elbow on my own. I think it is very helpful for any RV owner to take an interest in the RV equipment - saves worry, money and time.
I was immediately fascinated with the electrical and plumbing works of the RV. The toilet in particular is amazingly simple, yet compact and perfectly functional despite being extremely easy on water. This is one technology that should spread to homes in dry regions. We bought a used MH in 2008 and have had only one serious problem with the plumbing - a broken elbow in the floor under the kitchen sink, which I was able to replace with a rubber elbow on my own. I think it is very helpful for any RV owner to take an interest in the RV equipment - saves worry, money and time.
