What did you do to your Class C MH today???

[Rich_Panganiban]

This is always a fun thread to watch in other forums, so I thought I'd start one here.

[TyroneandGladys]

Fired up Casey, getting ready for a trip to cooler country for the weekend, Smog pump bearing seized up so cut belt to it for now. Unfortunately we have to have her smog tested every year so it will have to be replaced. The cap on the bumper to keep the sewer hose in place kept falling off so, this is so high tech, drilled a 1/8" hole thru the bumper and cap and dropped a 16 penny nail down in it to hold it. Finally loaded firewood in the big foot bag. DSW will take care of the rest.

[Replant]

W4MBG wrote:
hey, looks like mine! what is the tray for / made from?

btw, this shot does not show the end caps, or the fact that i cut off the exposed support brackets and applied non-skid to the step under the ladder.

The bumper is a 5"x5"x8' fence post purchased at Home Depot. The caps are less than $3. The tray is a 4.5"x10' gutter that I got at Lowe's. I cut the post down to 7'5" and the tray down to 7'4". When you need the hose just slide the tray out to remove the hose. No friction to wear it out like a rusty bumper will. When I cut the steel bumper off I left 7" at each point where it was welded to the frame. The plan was to cut the tops off and facing side to form an "L". However the bottom was so rusted it just fell off and all I had left was a 4x7 faceplate. The 5"x5"x7" piece that was cut off the 8' post I cut in half diagonally to form two 7" L brackets. Briefly, I bolted them to the steel, applied PVC cement to the post and brackets and clamped them together until the glue dried but the installation is more involved. I can go into detail if anyone is interested. I should have taken pictures of each step.
At each end of the tray I inserted a short length of 1/2 inch PVC pipe pushed on end caps (no cement) and installed it with aluminum rivets. I was going to use wood dowels but they could hold dirty water. :E Anyway, PVC is easier to work with and lighter.

[EMD360]

Is that a piece of gutter? I really like that slide out tray!

[W4MBG]

hey, looks like mine! what is the tray for / made from?

btw, this shot does not show the end caps, or the fact that i cut off the exposed support brackets and applied non-skid to the step under the ladder.

[Replant]

Installed a 5"x5" bumper with a slide-out tray to hold the complete Rhino hose system. Went from this


to this


Rhino stowed




It cost less than a new steel "bumper" and will never rust.

[the_armadillo]

Alaskan Class C wrote:
Well our door was becoming difficult to open and close after 33 years of bouncing along the road, so we took the door apart. and found all we had was a pile of wet sawdust and cardboard sandwiched between to door skins.
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Seeing the last pic reminds me of my '78 Midas 5th wheel'. Drug that trailer all over the lower 48 when working in the oil patch. Good to see some Midas products still around.

[rehoppe]

Installed the new Power Max 60 amp Power Supply. Batteries still good. Oh yeah, fall trips in the air.

[thebeach300]

put a coach battery cutoff switch on and washed the class c up,looks pretty good.

[thebeach300]

just got back from gettysburg pa since friday had a good trip stayed at drummer boy campground.first long trip in class c i think i am getting the hang of it 31 ft. is long for me. well be getting bilstens shocks next. got 7.8 mpg going and 8.5 coming home.left delaware for higher ground i living 4 miles from the ocean and surrounded by trees.

[snowdance]

Took the grill off the heater intake. Made some metal tabs and cut a filter to fit. cleaned lots of stuff out of the area and installed the filter and grill.

Then found some of the water pipes that were making noise when the pump was running and wrapped them in foam. Did quite it down a good bit. Got to hot in the motorhome so quit for the day.

[Mike_and_Kathy_]

After hurricane irene passed, we unloaded refidgerator in RV -- it was prepared in case we lost power in house.

[Rich_Panganiban]

Was picking up some gear in the MH at the storage lot and found some mouse poop in the drawers...ugh!!! Laid down some traps and sticky pads. We'll see.

[RambleOnNW]

Picked up some tubular keyed locks for the outside compartments to replace the ubiquitous 751 keyed locks. Now just have to install them.

[dirt_dawg]

oldtrucker63 wrote:

woodworker414 wrote:
GGGGEEEEZZZZ Hot and Humid here in the mid-country, oh well fall and winter are on their way. Right?
Replace the shock on the steering, the other just felt soft like it was not working right, the new one made a differencd, Patch a hole in the roof where a limb out of the neighbors tree fell and poked about a 1" hole trough the roof, I got lucky went up to the roof to clean it and found the hole before the next storm came through, also got lucky the branch hit right behind the sky light over the shower. Yep lucky!!! That big old tree maybe 70-80' tall, huge canopy, will be coming down in the next couple of weeks says the neighbor, some bad stuff up high and some rot at the base, there is a huge branch tore out by a recent storm that did not make it to the ground, hung up in the tree, good thing beccause it would have got the car or the C, maybe my garage also. Will miss the shade that this tree provides, now the C will sit in the sun most of the day, but won't have to deal with sap anymore and the C should stay cleaner.
Bill

I believe I would rather have mine in the Sun than put up with the Sap, I know I parked mine at my brothers house for 3 day's It was not tree sap but the brown spots was really bad on the roof, It washed right off but Looked real bad, I don't know maybe after sitting a long time it might have been harder to get off, Mine is in full sun light all the time also.

A tree limb on the roof may be a good reason to ask insurance to replace the rubber.

[W4MBG]

put 4 inflatable bladders (4' x 4' each) on top of the rv. then a tarp over the whole thing, tied down, to help protect the plastic stuff on the roof from small/medium branches. not trying to protect it from trees, just the small stuff.