Got our first trailer, now the fun begins

For the outside sink I mounted a kitchen tap to the top of a "Rubber Made" type container, mounted ball valves to the hot and cold water low point drains,cut an old fresh water hose in half and hooked them to the tap and ball valves. The sinks are two plastic wash tubs and I pour the dish water down the sewer hookup in the ground. I got this idea on this forum under do it yourself mods and it works great. As for the grill I prefer my Weber Q as apposed to the cheap grills that came with the trailer. The grill goes on a small plastic table with my Coleman stove, a ten pound propane tank with a distribution tree and hoses with a lantern on top makes for a great cook station.

Great advice, and much appreciated. I think I will avoid the bbq setup on the wall and just do a stand that I can move away from under the awning after reading your comments.

@Go_Dogs - I will check out that kitchen sink setup.

@mbopp - I do have all the basics that you mentioned there, so these extras are to make my extravagant purchase even better.

I like the idea of also using it a few times before I buy anything to elaborate but a few of things I would like to see can come before hand. (eg, the good chairs that were mentioned)

I also seen some LED lights that hook to the awning tube, those look cool. Just not sure how they would be setup. Under the awning so I could wire the cord into an existing cargo light connection would be idea but I'm still looking into that.

As for portable bbq's, the small RV style will work with the external gas connection will they not?

Are there any small / compact propane grills that are intended to regulate off of a high pressure supply?

I can't seem to find any likely suspects.


Thanks.

We tried out the "RV-Que" bbq that came with our trailer that hung on the side of the TT for the first couple seasons... then gave up on it. As others say, sometimes it would fill under the awning with smoke, and the smoke would get in the trailer. It also takes up room under the awning which can be at a premium on rainy days.

We now use one of the portable grills available, like a Coleman Roadtrip (ours is a Thermos that is no longer available). I can setup the grill outside the awning, or just under an edge of the awning in bad weather, and take our grill to other friend's campsites to cook as we have done often.

Careful on buying too much stuff before going on a couple camping trips. Make sure you do a couple "driveway campouts" if possible, then try a local campground / state park close enough so you can run home if you need something.

One "splurge" is nice camp chairs. If you have young, growing kids, get them less expensive Walmart chairs that you won't worry about getting beatup or broken. For Mom and Dad, take the time to sit in chairs in the stores and be willing to spend a little more for nice ones... makes sitting around a campfire that much nicer. Also plan on having two extra cheapo chairs for people who might visit.

I have never wanted a grill attached to the wall of the camper, I know a lot have them but to me the smoke and possible flame going up the side of the rig would not be good. I have a small table that I use a few feet away. As said, it is low pressure, did the grill come with the trailer? If not look for a low pressure or one that can me modified.

As mentioned above, you might want to camp once or twice and make a list of things you want to add or change so you are not doing things 2 or 3 times.

Good luck and congrats.

Welcome!

Do you have the basics? Sewer hose, fresh water hose, electrical extension cord, wheel chocks, levelling blocks?

The propane connector on the TT is low pressure. I have a separate propane stove & tank for outside cooking. Our previous HTT had a rail for mounting a stove but I bought a mating rail set and made a shelf in its place. The new TT doesn't have a rail but mounting one is the next project.

It seems the purchase of these beasts is the cheap part of the deal. better hold on to your billfold with all the mods you may be thinking off...haha

Roy Ken

Outdoor Kitchen
This is an example of a portable outdoor kitchen. There are others that even have a portable sink. They fold down and don't require any mods to the TT. I use one and love that I can move it, and give it a thorough cleaning. The one that I have has room for a propane stove, induction cooktop, small fridge, tools, etc. You can move it close enough to hook to the propane supply, and use the electric outlet on the TT.

If it were me before I drilled any holes, use it some to see exactly where you want to put things and where it will mount and stay up or in place without messing anything up.

Here is a couple of links that have some really good ideas. They are very long took me several weeks to get thru.
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/17436377.cfm

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/19777656.cfm

Congrats on your RV