Water pressure: I use a water pressure limiter and in most campgrounds the water pressure is lower than what I get with the pump. Should I just fill my fresh water tank and use the pump or risk not using the limiter? I also use an inline water filter.Objects moving in fridge, pantry and medicine cabinet. We just got bars for the fridge. We are trying to put things tight together in the pantry. The medicine cabinet seems hopeless. Why build a trailer with a 1/2" lip on the cabinet shelves?Campgrounds dryers. They are slow, do not try well enough in a single cycle and last time our clothing got stains on it after the wash while in the dryer!Firewood. Campground firewood is expensive. We are not allowed to travel with firewood and it's not always easy to find some cheaper on the side of the road.

We use the cardboard flats that these new power drinks come in for our fridge. About 6x8 inches and 3-4" tall that keeps stuff from tipping out. We have a couple of these boxes on each of the 2 bottom shelves. We also use them on all of our pantry shelves, that way if we can't see what's in the box we can just lift it out into the light. Haven't lost anything off of the pantry shelves since we went to these boxes. If you find the right ones they fit right up to the lip on the shelf in a nice snug fit.

"Couple annoyances you may know how to solve" ?When I saw that thread title I thought you were looking for relationship guidance...never mind!

Water pressure: if it's annoyingly weak, I'd fill the tank and use the water pump.Stuff sliding around:We have several plastic baskets for the fridge. I glued two strips of non-skid shelf liner to the bottom of each one so they stay put. I also lined the shelves in the door with it to keep condiments and beverages in place.Cutlery trays and a few small boxes keep our medicine cabinets organized and orderly. Of course, non-skid liner goes on each shelf.

If you are using one of those cheap water pressure regulators throw it away as they are actually just water restrictors. Purchase a Watts 263A-LF which is adjustable and has a pressure gauge on it. It will flow 4 to 4.5 gal per minute. I set mine for 55 pounds. Works great but not cheap.

For your water pressure problem, try this. It helped me.http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003YJCE9E/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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GaryWT
Explorer
Jul 21, 2014
I never use a regulator, my filter kills my water pressure enough for me. I generally do not have much trouble with the fridge and we use plastic containers in the pantry to hold the food. If I have to be careful the first time opening something or fix it when I open it then no real issue. I have found that since campgrounds do not want you bringing in wood because of bugs, some have actually come down in price and supply better wood. Also more and more will offer more than just the bundles, you can get pallet full of wood or a front end load full delivered right to the site which we will do at some places.
happybooker1
Explorer
Jul 21, 2014
Google is your friend for Firewood. If the CG is close to a city, google "citynamestatefirewood". I've found fishing stores that carry reasonable firewood before.

If it's a biggish city that might have a Craigslist, look for listings for firewood on CL for cheap.

I've found firewood at HEB's and other grocery stores, and Walmarts too.
PegLW
Explorer
Jul 21, 2014
I purchased a bunch of cheap tension curtain rods in a variety of lengths for use in the refrigerator and our one cabinet that's quite large where things can move around. The tension rods keep everything in place perfectly! I use two rods per shelf in the frig and a couple in the front of the cabinet (behind the doors) and now nothing moves and nothing falls out when I open doors. In the rest of our cabinets some Rubbermaid rubber shelf liner takes care of any movement. Our medicine cabinet was built to keep everything in place so no problem there.
rk911
Explorer
Jul 21, 2014
Fastfwd75 wrote:
Water pressure: I use a water pressure limiter and in most campgrounds the water pressure is lower than what I get with the pump. Should I just fill my fresh water tank and use the pump or risk not using the limiter? I also use an inline water filter.

if it's one of those non-adjustable types then ditch it for a Watts 263-A (several versions to choose from. I recommend the stainless steel version). one source is RV Water Filter Store.

Fastfwd75 wrote:
Campgrounds dryers. They are slow, do not try well enough in a single cycle and last time our clothing got stains on it after the wash while in the dryer!

be sure you clean the lint filter before using and don't overfill. the less clothes in a dryer the better it will work. as for the stains..we've never encountered that but pigs are occasionally encountered.
BigRabbitMan
Explorer
Jul 21, 2014
DiskDoctr wrote:

Careful about using pallets, most are treated with pesticides- not good for your food ;)

Not true. Most are not treated with anything. Pallets for international shipping are treated and so marked.
mlts22
Explorer II
Jul 21, 2014
For firewood, I ask a local mill or hardware store to cut me some 16 inch lengths of untreated scrap (preferably 4x4s), toss that in a container, call it done. Since the wood is kiln dried, it is bug free. It also burns for a good while.
Vulcaneer
Explorer
Jul 21, 2014
Fastfwd75 wrote:
Water pressure: I use a water pressure limiter and in most campgrounds the water pressure is lower than what I get with the pump. Should I just fill my fresh water tank and use the pump or risk not using the limiter? I also use an inline water filter. Get a Watts regulator unit. They pass through much more volume and so it gives much better pressure. Sound goofy but with those cheapy units, it is NOT a pressure problem...but a VOLUME problem. A good pressure regulator sends more water through. You won't have a pressure problem.

Objects moving in fridge, pantry and medicine cabinet. We just got bars for the fridge. We are trying to put things tight together in the pantry. The medicine cabinet seems hopeless. Why build a trailer with a 1/2" lip on the cabinet shelves? We stuff crumpled plastic grocery bags in the spaces. They are light and hold everything in place. Cheap (free) too.

Campgrounds dryers. They are slow, do not try well enough in a single cycle and last time our clothing got stains on it after the wash while in the dryer! Consider this.

Firewood. Campground firewood is expensive. We are not allowed to travel with firewood and it's not always easy to find some cheaper on the side of the road. Use Dura flame logs. Buy them on sale. Two logs will last a couple hours, and give a nice flame. If you want you can throw a couple of firewood sticks on. But don't need to use much of those. If you don't like that idea, consider one of those portable campfires that use propane. No wood involved.
Mike__Rose
Explorer
Jul 21, 2014
We use the refrig bars, small baskets in the medicine cabinet, non skid liners for the shelves as other have suggested.
One of my annoyances is the remote controls sliding around. So I purchased the small velcro pads and Velcro the remotes to the top of the control center in the video cabinet and the TV remotes to the side or base of the televisions.

All the charge cords for all our devices we put in one central location in a clear plastic zippered bag. One like women purchase for their makeup. We actually use one the sheets came in.

Firewood we purchase from stores that have it on sale $5 a bundle is usually what we pay. We usually don't have many campfires unless we have company.
Campfire_Time
Explorer
Jul 21, 2014
If the water pressure is too low, its like already suggested, fill the tank and turn the pump on. But using the regulator won't hurt a thing as the pressure is already lower than the regulator it won't matter. As far as an expensive regulator, those are fine for the full timers but way overkill for the weekenders.

We've run into those situations with wood. Most places we go its easy to get wood outside of where we are staying, but sometimes you just have to suck it up and pay the piper.

We've only stayed at a handful of CGs that had decent laundry facilities. When they aren't good you have to find a Laundromat nearby and plan to eat up some time doing laundry. As said above, part of the adventure! ;)
Water-Bug
Explorer II
Jul 21, 2014
I have cords of firewood at home that I can't transport. I built a stand out by the road and sell double sized bundles for a small bundle price. (No middle man like the campgrounds and convenience stores). It sells several bundles a week, which more than covers my wood expenses on the road.

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