RV Tips & Tricks

RV Hot Skin (Exterior electrification)

This past weekend my wife was electrocuted when she stepped onto the trailer steps and grabbed the handrail while in bare feet. She was subsequently thrown from the rig and landed in the grass. She sustained a broken L. Foot and an injured R. Hand ...

tow dolly brakes

For those of you that use a tow dolly, which brake system do you prefer and why. I'm referring to electric vs. surge.I'm about to to pull the trigger on a class A, and will be needing a dolly.Thanks for your replies.Skip

jack knife sofa

Hello all,I have older 2006 basic bunk house TT no slides my sofa is need of replacing. I noticed that this one is a frame screwed down to part of the frame like most ones they make. I was trying out what is the best way to go in replacing it. Furna...

New 5er, fresh water

Our old TT had a gravity fed inlet for the fresh tank as well as a pressurized inlet for city water. While at my campsite, I was able to add water to the fresh tank from a six gallon jug into the gravity inlet if I needed more after the original fill...

Awning will not roll back up

We replaced the awning fabric but can’t get the awning to roll back up. It is a manual domestic awning. We retensioned the springs but not sure if we did everything right. Any suggestions

3M stripes on camper doors.

I'm trying to redo the stripes on my 2007 Springdale. When it comes to the rough surface of the doors (which I think are a foam core setup), I can't get the 3M vinyl striping to stick.They've been cleaned to within an inch of their lives.Any suggesti...

New group of Newbies

I have been a member of this forum since 2004, and have recently been reminiscing about the posts on here for the last 17 year, and decided I've participated on the forum through at least 3 eras in the past 17 years.I remember joining on here as a ne...

Question about tires

I have been learning a lot about tongue weight and payload capacity lately, but I have not even looked into tire capacity and weight rating at all. I am going to need some help with this. So my truck has Goodyear 275/55R20 113T tires. It says the tre...

another scale thread

Who doesn't like digesting more scale numbers!? Setting up my new 2021 F-150 HDPP (7850 GVWR, 2536 lbs yellow sticker). TT is a Coleman 262BH, 7600 GVWR, 30' bumper to ball. Hitch is a Reese Dual Cam, 1200 lb barsFirst pass, truck only (mostly ready ...

America the beautiful

We have all seen when farmers roll up those big rolls of hay and wrap them with white cloth. The farmer next door took it one step further and made my morning today! Is this beautiful or what?

Iron air battery -- too heavy for RVs, but interesting

This could be a game changer for energy storage, and it sounds like it's not just pie in the sky. I think it's too heavy for RVs, but still interesting:Wall Street Journal article

Where to find toads for sale

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alarm

I have a 2017 GMC 3/4 ton truck. Just purchased it. Old 2012 dd not have this problem. It brings in an intermitted alarm on dash that says check trailer wiring. The longest it has stayed on has been about 5 seconds. I have checked all connections...

Hot Water Heater Funny Issue

I'm parked at a friends house in Montana for a few days. I couldn't get my hot water heater to heat the water to the usual blistering degrees. I'd run the hot water to drain the tank down with fresh water entering and it wouldn't start. I checked vol...

Looking for info on Insurance

What is the best trouble free RV insurance to check into? Mine is coming up for renewal & I want to shop around before I buy...

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