Dragged the sofa-bed mattress out of the house and into the camper - a perfect fit, and the camper bed is much more comfy. We keep the bed set up permanently. We use a large folding TV tray as a table.
Not much, but since this weekend is my maiden voyage, I added a few goodies to the TT:
I made new wheel chocks (you can see the TEMPORARY dinky little plastic ones, now you know why I needed them!) out of 4x4 PT lumber and big all-thread I had in the garage - sometimes is pays to be a packrat!
Once of the main reasons we went with a TT is so that we can bring our pets with us (two small Yorkies). Since we didnt want to lock them in the TT without them being used to it (and the little one leaks when excited lol) I turned the rear storage area into a "kennel" of sorts. I used a spare piece of wire shelf trimmed to fit up inter the lip (the ends are curled to there are no sharp points to get hurt on, and I added plastic caps after the pic was taken). I will make a replacement bunk to replace the solid wood with a grate so they are not so boxed in after the first trip. The idea is to bring them with us at the site, but in the event we want to go to a function where they are not welcome, they are safe, warm, and out of the elements...
All I did was take some heavy wire I had and made loops that I attached to two existing screws in the opening of the rear hatch, and added two to the inner wall. When I want to use the grate, I ziptie the grate to the loops, otherwise, I just cut the ties, and it is back to normal. 10 seconds to convert from one to the other ๐
I'll be adding more as I go I am sure, since I am forever a tinkerer ๐
Bob
I made new wheel chocks (you can see the TEMPORARY dinky little plastic ones, now you know why I needed them!) out of 4x4 PT lumber and big all-thread I had in the garage - sometimes is pays to be a packrat!
Once of the main reasons we went with a TT is so that we can bring our pets with us (two small Yorkies). Since we didnt want to lock them in the TT without them being used to it (and the little one leaks when excited lol) I turned the rear storage area into a "kennel" of sorts. I used a spare piece of wire shelf trimmed to fit up inter the lip (the ends are curled to there are no sharp points to get hurt on, and I added plastic caps after the pic was taken). I will make a replacement bunk to replace the solid wood with a grate so they are not so boxed in after the first trip. The idea is to bring them with us at the site, but in the event we want to go to a function where they are not welcome, they are safe, warm, and out of the elements...
All I did was take some heavy wire I had and made loops that I attached to two existing screws in the opening of the rear hatch, and added two to the inner wall. When I want to use the grate, I ziptie the grate to the loops, otherwise, I just cut the ties, and it is back to normal. 10 seconds to convert from one to the other ๐
I'll be adding more as I go I am sure, since I am forever a tinkerer ๐
Bob
KevSchofield wrote:
Went in to the camper today to pack a few things in prep for our trip at the end of the month, and heard a terrible rattling vibration noise..
Quickly determined it was coming from inside the inverter box..
Pulled the cover off and one fan wasn;t turning and the other was making a racket and a half..
Killed the power and took them out.. Appear to be normal 12V cooling fans like a PC would have so off to Radio Shack I went.
Had to transfer the connecting plugs from the old fans to the new but that was simple enough with solder and heat shrink.
The new fans are in and humming away perfectly~
Not sure what the RV place would charge for this repair but all it cost me was $40 and change for the 2 fans..
Took less than an hour to take care of the issue.. Sorta glad it happened today and not while camping.
Still could have fixed it, but I'd rather be relaxing ๐
I installed some led motion porch lights, they didn't work. Figured out when on shore power they would freak out.
That's why I had to replace my power converter which also ended up having a dead fan, running hot and putting out dirty power. Upgraded 10 more amps, all filtered and 3 stage charging.
Went in to the camper today to pack a few things in prep for our trip at the end of the month, and heard a terrible rattling vibration noise..
Quickly determined it was coming from inside the inverter box..
Pulled the cover off and one fan wasn;t turning and the other was making a racket and a half..
Killed the power and took them out.. Appear to be normal 12V cooling fans like a PC would have so off to Radio Shack I went.
Had to transfer the connecting plugs from the old fans to the new but that was simple enough with solder and heat shrink.
The new fans are in and humming away perfectly~
Not sure what the RV place would charge for this repair but all it cost me was $40 and change for the 2 fans..
Took less than an hour to take care of the issue.. Sorta glad it happened today and not while camping.
Still could have fixed it, but I'd rather be relaxing ๐
Quickly determined it was coming from inside the inverter box..
Pulled the cover off and one fan wasn;t turning and the other was making a racket and a half..
Killed the power and took them out.. Appear to be normal 12V cooling fans like a PC would have so off to Radio Shack I went.
Had to transfer the connecting plugs from the old fans to the new but that was simple enough with solder and heat shrink.
The new fans are in and humming away perfectly~
Not sure what the RV place would charge for this repair but all it cost me was $40 and change for the 2 fans..
Took less than an hour to take care of the issue.. Sorta glad it happened today and not while camping.
Still could have fixed it, but I'd rather be relaxing ๐
