Handy Hints, Gadgets, Products & Gizmos
Another member suggested a new forum section with new products but it doesn't look like it will be feasible. So I thought I would post this here under General RVing Issues. If enough people post (even...
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dcmac214 wrote:
Repeat of someone else's earlier post. My height checker (story stick) is a 1" PVC traveling inside a 1-1/4 or 1-1/2", can't remember and the marking paint's long since worn off, PVC pipe, both cut to 94" (TV is full 8 foot bed pickup) with two matching 1/4" holes thru both sticks for heights of 14' and the absolute minimum of 13'6". The smaller stick travels inside the larger stick, real good fit, bolt and wingnut hold them together. Use the bolt & wingnut in the larger stick as a stop so the two sticks together give me the height I need. Not really needed, I Dremel hand-ground the measurements at the two holes and filled in with a little bit of paint, making it real difficult to set up the wrong height.
DC
At some places we stay it is a challenge to make sure our slide will clear the utilities, etc. Since we have an electric awning, we don't have one of the handy dandy hooks for the maunal awnings. So...DH made one for me from a dowel and a hook. It is 3ft long, which is how far our slide comes out. When he is parking, I can use the "hook" (another one of my technical terms) to make sure the slide will clear any utilities, poles, trees, etc. The "hook" is also great for retrieving things that may have rolled under the trailer.
