RV Tips & Tricks

Storage yard damage

I went to inspect my TT today and charge the batteries and do some other maintenance tasks and discovered that someone had hit my left front edge and bent a small section of the trim out, exposing a little of the inside insulation.It was obviously so...

How to level floor?

We needed to replace some rot. However, floor is slightly off level due to patch. What can we use to level floor prior to laying alllure? Self leveling that won't crack?

User Manuals for Your RV

Not sure where this should be posted, but since I was looking for a user manual for my RV, I found this site that might be of interest for those needing to find their unit User Manual.Other Manufacture User ManualsFor Fleetwood OwnersHope I am not du...

Ford Expedition auto leveling

I have a new 2016 Ford Expedition with the auto leveling feature. Just looking for information on how people are setting up their vehicles to take advantage of this feature. It seems like mine is overcompensating for the trailer weight. Can you disab...

Flojet Question

Considering the Flojet system for dumping at home into our septic clean out. Our clean out is behind our home and no way to get RV close to it. I saw a thing from the manufacturer that with a 3/4" hose the maximum length is 50' on a horizontal surfac...

5th wheel hitch location vs. weight transfer

Yesterday while getting my truck ready for the season i was putting my hitch back in the truck when I noticed that the gooseneck ball in the truck was quite a bit farther forward than what my hitch was. I jumpped out and eyeballed across the bed of t...

Large rodent attack leaves me stranded.

I was boondocking in the woods while turkey hunting last week. When I returned to the motorhome at 4pm Thursday, I showered ate & was watching a movie at 6 pm when I heard a noise in the engine compartment. I almost took my gun as I went out & thump...

Road Trip ideas

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Hotwater heater on Propane

I had an issue with my hot water heater not working on electric. I had a mobile mechanic come out and he replaced the thermostat and now the electric works fine. This was about a year ago.I was camping this past weekend and I thought I would run ...

California High Wind Warning

We started out from DAL Saturday morning headed to SFO via Las Vegas. Gusty winds from ABQ to Las Vegas. But nothing as bad as what we just went through from Mojave to Bakersfield. Winds on 58 from Mojave to Tehachapi had our ERA 70x dancing all ov...

30 second cleaner

Has anybody used 30 second cleaner from homedepot or lowes on there rubber roof or is it to harsh for it.ThanksDennis

Haste makes waste is an old adage, but still true.

Yesterday, coming back from a weekend outing at a spring football game, I went by the CAT scale at the local truck stop. I didn't have a chance to weight it before leaving. The FW tank was only 2/3 full, but the BW tank hadn't been dumped yet. Tho...

Heat Issue

Our last trip out our heat failed to work. The fan would come on but it sounds like the gas is not igniting. The fan runs for a period and shuts off. I pulled the access panel and I can see a light flashing on the top of the unit. The issue is not ga...

Yikes! Fire !!

For 12 years we have parked our MH next to the house. The rear is up against a wooden fence. We had a 30A RV outlet installed so we could plug it in while parked. All has been fine until last weekend. Thankfully DW was in backyard, smelled smoke,...

Duracell Ultra Battery Deep Cycle Battery (SLI24MDC)

I know Trojans are the best and I'm not trying to dispute that but wondering if anyone is using or familiar with the ones they sell over at batteriesplus.com? The SLI24MDC is the one we are looking at, it is a replacement to the Trojan SCS150. The SL...

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