Cool Mods - Thread restored 10/18/2012

[2Rad4U]

My daughter was getting a little warm in her bunk during our last camping trip, so I decided to put her a fan in to keep the air flowing.

I had been wanting to add a 12-volt fan to the main living area anyway, so I decided to tackle both jobs today. A trip to Wal-Mart for two fans($8.48 each) and we're halfway there.

She picked the spot, and I got to work -



I picked up the power from her overhead light. All I have left is to install a short piece of wire cover and I'm done -



I added one in the main area -



I dropped by Lowe's and found this cool soap dispenser. I also just installed these Pop-a-Toothbrush holders -



I added a sopa dispenser to the kitchen area as well. I also installed a Pop-a-Napkin under the radio -



Here's an easy mod. I found this over the door towel rack at Walmart and it works great -

[RSD559]

RSD559 wrote:
Update to Cheap rear view camera upgradeThis is about the $30 rear view camera from e-Bay. We had the first trial on our annual long trip this last week. It's ****. Rarely worked, and when it did, it was about 10 seconds behind what was happening. Maybe there's a reason the major systems don't use WiFi. But, I really like the idea of using my phone. I can switch between the camera and GPS. Oh well, I'll keep looking. Sorry guys.

I was wondering why it works great when standing behind the trailer, but poorly (since I can't ****py) in the truck. The obvious conclusion is that it's range is garbage. The antenna cable is only a few inches. I'm thinking using an access point in the trailer as a repeater. I'll play with it and report back.

[chr_]

Good to know. Thanks for sharing.

[RSD559]

Update to Cheap rear view camera upgradeThis is about the $30 rear view camera from e-Bay. We had the first trial on our annual long trip this last week. It's ****. Rarely worked, and when it did, it was about 10 seconds behind what was happening. Maybe there's a reason the major systems don't use WiFi. But, I really like the idea of using my phone. I can switch between the camera and GPS. Oh well, I'll keep looking. Sorry guys.

[Roscopcoletrain]

Sold my Reese WD Hitch setup. Used some of that coin to pick up a power tongue. Call me lazy...no cares gives 😛

[mhardin]

Oops! Double post.

[mhardin]

Spray some clear lacquer over it and the shine will last a lot longer....

[mds47588]

Not really a "mod" per se, but a 'lil elbow grease and the result speak for themselves.

The front diamond plate stone guard on my trailer was a 'lil more dull than I'd like and with some spare time on my hands I started polishing. I used "metall" polish and "Mother's" brand aluminum polish. Now, there is bright mirror shine that simply wasn't there before. You may also notice a band in the center that's not polished (yet) to show how dull it was before.

Before: (actually taken several months ago)


As of now:

[Limoges_Camper]

Roscopcoletrain wrote:

mobeewan wrote:

I don't think the picture is big enough can you enlarge it some more. I really like scrolling across the screen.

Sorry, fits fine in my monitor. Perhaps time to upgrade?? 😛

My apologies, I actually thought I had resized it, but posted the unedited version by mistake.

Yuuup: time to upgrade the monitor! 😉 😄

[Roscopcoletrain]

mobeewan wrote:

I don't think the picture is big enough can you enlarge it some more. I really like scrolling across the screen.

Sorry, fits fine in my monitor. Perhaps time to upgrade?? 😛

My apologies, I actually thought I had resized it, but posted the unedited version by mistake.

[Roscopcoletrain]

chr$ wrote:
I have to ask, why put the chocks between the tires when you have them on the ground? You seem to be using both. Belt and suspenders?

I just use two yellow ones on the ground.

I use air bags to level. so the wheels arent on the ground. This was just a trial fit.

[Bigbird65]

mobeewan wrote:

I don't think the picture is big enough can you enlarge it some more. I really like scrolling across the screen.

I agree with you. This website asks that you use a width of 640 when posting a photo to prevent these super wide photos.

[mobeewan]

Roscopcoletrain wrote:
with the wide track, old chock woudnt work. Not pretty, but should do the job.

I don't think the picture is big enough can you enlarge it some more. I really like scrolling across the screen.

[Bigbird65]

Yes, I overlapped the two ends about an inch and used two Tie Wraps. I then dropped a few drops of Super Glue on the overlap.

[pchartrand]

Great idea on the Andersen levelers. I should add some rope to my set as well. It looks like you did something other than just a know to join the two ends, what are those black rings your using?

[Bonefish]

Bigbird65 wrote:
Maybe you users of Andersen levelers might find this handy. I used 1/4" rope to make it easy to pull the levelers out when getting off the levelers. These work from either side. DW likes them since she will be pulling the blocks.

DH did that to ours also. Really helps getting them out.

Sharon