RV Tips & Tricks

Cargo weight vesus pay load

I am trying to get clear on the figures while we are searching for our new TV.On the door sticker there is a seperate sticker other than the one that shows you the total weight and front/rear axel weights. This sticker says cargo weight can not exce...

Flat towing vs car trailer

I am trying to decide what is the best way to tow a dingy. I have ruled out a dolly since all my vehicles are RWD. I do have one vehicle that can be flat towedBut I do not want to be limited to towing it. I was thinking of a lightweight car trailer b...

Powering Your Camper With An Inverter?

We are going dry camping next week and were interested in using an inverter. Sure, we've used a small inverter inside the camper using the 12V outlets to power things like a TV, a laptop, a CPAP, etc..... We'd like to take it to the next step so th...

wiper motor wiring

im trying to find what the wires off the coach to wiper motor are i have 5 wires someone cut plug off

New GPS

I WANT a new GPS for my TV.Currently have a Garmin and occasionally use my Iphone.Have an Ipad and a gps addon that I use in the plane.So is there a really good APP for rv'ers or is that RandMcnally on sale at Sams the way to go,or?

Getting to Florida in a winterized rig?

As relatively newbies I hope we haven't bit off more than we can handle....but, here goes. We have plans to take our winterized 5w to Lakeland (from southern DE) in January, with a reservation for 30 days already made. We are hoping we will do well ...

Manheim RV auction June 2013 results

I'm not sure if anyone is interested in this but here are the results from the June 2013 Manheim Specialty Auctions (which is a dealer only auction)Formatting is terrible because I just copied/pasted the contents of the PDF (if anyone has suggestions...

Buying Auction/Salvage RV's

Has anyone done this? What are some good sites to go to? I know sometimes insurance will 'total' a vehicle for some weird reasons.

Quiet Hours

What kind of hours do you like? I would like to see graduated hours. 10:00 PM all electronic entertainment and/or musical instruments off. 10:00 to 1:00, quiet conversation ok. 1:00 to 6:00 complete silence. 6:00 to 9:00 no electronic, 9:00 am a...

Noisy RV Rooftop A/C unit

Do all RV A/C units sound like you are standing next to a 747 at full engine run up. The unit does not vibrate. Although one can perceive a difference in the rpm of the blower at low, med, and high settings even low is much to noisy to run for very ...

Coach 12 VDC went away, no apparent reason

Last Saturday, we were at the track. The Generator had been running for a little over 4 hours when within a few minutes, the 12 VDC in the coach died, and the generator shortly thereafter quit. Up until the generator quit, both a/c units and two batt...

rv insurance

anyoneone have national general rv insurance and do you like it

Rear tire issues

Ok this might be long.I just put on some used tires about 3 weeks ago. I was just looking to get thru this season before buying new. I have put on around 800 miles since then. a week ago I noticed black powder on the rear on the coach and didn't put ...

We must have looked hungry...

We camped at Pismo Beach this weekend and had a good time. Traded the 100+ degree weather for the balmy 60's. DH is the overly friendly one and talks to all the neighbors. I came back from a bike ride with the kids and he's got an ice chest full of f...

Day/Night Shades - Where to purchase

The camper we are considering has night only shades and we really like day/night shades. If I can't get them as part of my deal I want to get an idea of getting this myself. Anyone know where to get these for a reasonable price? Tks

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