RV Tips & Tricks

Heating Cost: Electric vs. Propane

I'm not sure if this is the best forum category for this thread.I am spending the winter in South Texas and we are back to heating the motorhome. I bought an electric heater because I like to minimize my trips to refill the propane tanks. Here at t...

Fresh Water Pump

The park we are in has "amenities" that are less than desireable. The water pressure on a good day will be around 40psi. Frequently it will be 20psi or less. I've read as low as 12psi for a sustained period of 6-8 hours.I had the brilliant idea of fi...

Looking for fellow RVing writers

Thought I'd reach out to other RVers who are actively writing and publishing (or have plans to publish). Anybody out there? I've been writing forever and publishing nearly as long, but find more and more RVing writers as we travel. We've been full-ti...

How fuel stabilizers work...or not

Fuel stabilizer video

Eaz-lift Trekker trunnion movement

I have a couple questions about the use of my Eaz-lift Trekker weight distributing hitch (part number 48703). I’ve had the hitch for about 2 1/2 years, and have not had any problems with it so far. (This is the only trailer/hitch I've used; our pre...

Tire pressure?

Where do you get your 110 psi? Wondering where to take the 5th wheel to get the tire pressure back up. It has been a few years and they are down to around 90 psi.

Eternabond tape + Henry's 887 tropi-cool

In my prior posting I discussed my plans to recoat my 5th wheel roof. Thanks for all your comments. I have decided to use Henry's 887 tropi-cool. My plan now is to also use Henry's 885 to cover the seams combined with Eternabond tape.My question is...

Strange Dicor issue

Well, we went out for a few days in a camp ground that has allot of Black Walnut trees.Very early one morning it sounded like a brick hit the roof of the trailer. Went out and didn't see anything abnormal, but noticed a few walnuts on the ground.Thes...

Painting roof What to use?

I know this has been talked about 100000 times. But one last time.Going to scrub roof the best I can then put eternabond tape on all seams then paint the roof ( Tired of the white chalking running down the sides. So Wash, Wipe with assitone, apply ta...

Short Steep or Long gradual

Towing maxed out from West VA in a 96 F350 7.3L. Trying to decide if I go over mountains using route 60 to Amherst VA or I64 east toward's Charlottsvile to lynchburg. My post is not so much about the exact route as much as the dynamics of the route...

A CDN 4x4 rig builder

I had no idea we have a CDN builder....from Victoria, even.The idea is that a person has the 'box' built to their own specs and then shipped to them for mounting on the vehicle of their choice. Interesting.https://totalcomposites.com/?fbclid=IwAR2qyB...

RVers and Pheasant hunting

I don't think we will go anywhere else this year but have thought about taking the motor home to South Dakota and doing some Pheasant hunting.I think it would be a great idea for a Rally, if some RV group there or somewhere else would put together a ...

Extended warranty

My wife and I have decided an extended warranty is right for us. We have done (and continue to do) research. So please don't turn this into a discussion about whether an extended warranty is worth it or not.Has anyone had a warranty with Wholesale Wa...

Got no Issues

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Exploded Battery!

Last night around 9 PM, we heard what sounded like a gunshot. Went out and looked around. No clues. This morning I see that one of the two 12V batteries on the tongue of my 20 ft trailer had exploded! It's continually being charged by a good quality,...

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