RV Tips & Tricks

Need Generator Help!

Cummins-Onan Energy Command 30 5.5kW Marquis Gold Gasoline Generator HGJABFWIW, this is basically the same generator we had on the 5er and I never had any problems there.What's the "trick" to refilling the oil?Very slowly trickled new oil down funnel...

Surge breaks on a dolly

I plan to tow a Toyota Camry behind a class A MH. I will be towing with a two wheel dolly.Does the dolly need surge breaks. The car weighs about 3300lbs.Thanks

Need more tongue weight

I have a 2002 Sandpiper T22 Lite and need to somehow add a couple of hundred pounds to the tongue weight somehow. Seems most everything is at the axles and back inside. Its a great little trailer but is a little unbalanced. The GVW is 6,200 and the t...

Cargo Rating

I've wondered if a truck's cargo rating wouldn't be more useful to people shopping for travel trailers than payload. For those unfamiliar Cargo Rating = Payload minus 150 lb per available seating position. For instance a 2,000 lb Payload Regular Cab...

Millage tax

https://nypost.com/2021/03/26/white-house-might-tax-motorists-by-the-mile-to-fund-infrastructure-plan/Not great news for people that drive. That would include us i supose.

Cant find a place to stay, help!

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Hook up those safety chains

Authorities say a set of camp trailer safety chains and quick, careful work by emergency crews saved two people after their pickup truck plunged off a bridge, leaving them dangling above a deep gorge in southern Idaho.

E-450 Front Hitch Mount?

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Wallpaper

Hello... new here! Bought our travel trailer in 2019 and slowly working on cosmetic renovations. Have a 2005 14ft travel trailer I want to wallpaper, with traditional Unpasted wallpaper. I have never wallpapered... reading into it... I see that wallp...

Brake buddy setup in vehicle

I am having problems getting the brake buddy to sit stable in the front floor. It has a tendency to move around. What have you used to support it against the front seat. This goes in a 2006 jeep lj.

Which one is really about camping?

I was just looking at "Newest" topics and saw these two, consecutively in the list:Watt Hrs vs Amp Hrs What are your campfire cooking essentials?I had just finished reading and trying to understand the first topic and my head was hurting. Then I sa...

Finally found a campsite...

I've been hunting for campsites for a few weeks now with no success. Just about every CG we like to visit, and it is a long list, is completely booked up for months. I don't know if someone canceled but yesterday I found three consecutive nights at...

Biloxi/Gulfport Ms crowds

Is the above area over spring break, in spring break, or yet to start spring break? We would like to spend a night there on our travels but want to avoid crowds.

1/2 Ton Limit

Current set-up2018 F150 Screw 4x4 3.5EB (1907 lb payload).Husky Centerline TS HitchJayco 22FB (6000 GCWR).No real stability issues.I usually have 1500+ lb left for tongue weight (I'm solo). I've been looking at a GD 2250RK (7495 lb) as a replacement....

Best vinyl trim molding?

We have a 2017 Rockwood Windjammer. We store it inside. It sat outside on the dealer lot for the first 5 months of its life. Now it comes out into the sun for about 6 weeks total per year.The black screw cover inset along the roof rails is deterio...

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