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Good golley! I never realized!

I've been an RV enthusiast all my life. Started when I was 8 years old when my parents purchased their travel trailer in 1963. In my teens, I fell in love with fifth wheels, in my 20 I did my share of tent camping, in my 30's I did my share in the Ar...

Help Needed to Reduce Installed Generator Noise

Has anyone figured out a way to reduce the vibration and noise from a factory installed generator in a Class C RV? The generator is below the sleeping area and under the floor of the rear bedroom, but leaves a lot to be desired when needed overnight...

Build your own...

Camper and campground!Had no clue my wife ordered this FOR HERSELF. Well, anyway, we sure had fun putting it all together last night. Weather got warmer so we opened up the camper, turned on the heat, and had fun building our own campsite last night ...

Olympian Wave heater

We do alot of boondocking in the fall/winter. I would like one of these heaters intalled in our fifth wheel for mornings when you aren't worried about your tanks freezing but want to take the chill out of the air. Our stove sits right next to a lar...

changing old 120v wiring in 54 year old trailer

I am remodeling a 1964 Chinook towed travel trailer, kind of a rarity. I want to swap out the old 110-120v wiring for some 10 gauge wiring, but cannot find a good resource for doing this online, YouTube, etc. I am particularly interested in knowing m...

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safe/temp portable sat mount on roof ideas

The area we're headed has lots of obstructions so I'll have to get my Pathfinder X2 up high. Our roof is not fiberglass, and is rounded. Any good ideas on how to put the dish up there for 5 months without the weather taking it off, or running the r...

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Looking for Black friday solar sale.

I've been searching the web for a black friday deal on solar panels, but so far haven't found anything. . I remember in prior years some members posted up some good deals here. I'm looking for a couple 180 - 200 watt panels, and an mppt controller. I...

Help deciding on vent cover

I have a fantastic fan in the bedroom of my clasd c, its the only vent without a cover. I want to put a cover on it, and wouldnt mind using a fantastic fan cover, but i have seen them and they are very thin plastic and many folks say that after a yea...

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Azdel interior walls??

I'm looking at a camper that has azdel interior walls over a welded aluminum structure. My questions are, can azdel be painted and how do you hang pictures on the walls of a camper? Thanks.

Replacement stabilizers

Recently back from another trip in my 2018 starcraft satellite (3700 GVW).Two of my stabilizers aren't working (already replaced one). They are the 1 arm swing down type. I'm thinking of upgrading to scissor type, 2500 or 5000 lb weight, however, I...

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Digital thermostat upgrade

I have one of the standard mechanical heat only thermostats that came with my starcraft satellite TT. You know the one with the on/off switch on top that's hard to flip and the heat setting on the bottom that's difficult to tell the temp when it wil...

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