What Did You Do To Your RV TODAY?

[LuckyDuck]

Originally Posted by Woodworker

That Gorilla Tape is good stuff. I put the Camo tape which holds up in water on the bottom of my kayak to protect it from rocks etc. 3 yrs later and its beginning to fray a little but still holding strong an protecting the bottom.

Very true. I’ve taped many a rip in tarps with it. Still holding while the tarp shreds around it. They should make tarps out of it! Gorilla Tarp!

[Topperace]

Replaced our old mattress with a ZINUS mattress....now have to figure out
how to dispose of the old mattress....

[colby]

Originally Posted by Topperace

Replaced our old mattress with a ZINUS mattress....now have to figure out
how to dispose of the old mattress....

I just advertised mine for free in the local classifieds (like craigslist). Someone picked it up within a few hours...

[madmaxmutt]

Dragged it up to 8600 feet for the weekend.

[ttavasc]

Originally Posted by madmaxmutt

Dragged it up to 8600 feet for the weekend.Attachment 70850

That looks fabulous! Where are you at?

[AKRUEBBE]

Had it washed and waxed..........had a 1/16 inch of Yuma dust on it!!

[Topperace]

Originally Posted by colby

I just advertised mine for free in the local classifieds (like craigslist). Someone picked it up within a few hours...

Copy, good idea....will see if that works as I hate to have to cut this up and put in trash...

[RPR]

Possible help

[madmaxmutt]

That is the west face of Pikes Peak, from Mueller State Park.

[madmaxmutt]

Originally Posted by ttavasc

That looks fabulous! Where are you at?

And, I fat fingered the 9600 feet.

[Camper_bob]

Originally Posted by Topperace

Copy, good idea....will see if that works as I hate to have to cut this up and put in trash...

We did just that with ours (trashed it).

No way I would donate that piece of garbage and subject someone else to that level of torture. I get that it's probably better than cardboard ... but only slightly...

[ttavasc]

Spent some time this afternoon tracking down the source of a noticeable black tank odor inside the trailer. It turned out to be a leaky black tank valve that was allowing black water to leak into the main drain pipe. Last trip out the dump station we hit on the way home still didn't have any running water due to freezing temps so when I dumped I wasn't able to use the San-T-Flush. I suspect there may have been a little clog of TP at the valve that was allowing black water to leak into the main drain pipe. After running the San-T-Flush for a few minutes I was able to confirm the black tank valve was clear and sealing properly.

I will also use this as a recommendation to install a Twist-valve on the end of your main drain pipe to avoid surprises that a leaky tank valve will provide at some point - or an idiot prankster who pulls the black tank handle in the rest area when you aren't looking (yes - this happened to me last season). Once again it saved me from a potential mess by preventing the leaking black water from rushing out when I took the cap off the main drain pipe.

[ttavasc]

Originally Posted by madmaxmutt

That is the west face of Pikes Peak, from Mueller State Park.

Originally Posted by madmaxmutt

And, I fat fingered the 9600 feet. Attachment 70865

Looks like I need to head a little further east at some point. Have a great camping w/e....

[Quantum]

Made my own version of the Steadyfast stabilizer arms out of 3/4" electrical conduit and unistrut clips. They work really well.


Replaced my Camco Cyclone sewer vent pipe cover with a 360 Siphon vent pipe cover.

[kblast523]

Originally Posted by Topperace

Replaced our old mattress with a ZINUS mattress....now have to figure out
how to dispose of the old mattress....

Just watched a news segment regarding Zinus mattresses and problem with the fiberglass stuffing....

[kblast523]

Installed the RV Airflow in my Jayfeather. Note: If you previously patched the duct misfit with eternabond, it has to be removed otherwise the duct inserts will not fit. If the duct adapters don't go in all the way, the baffle will not slide up and fit properly. On a plus note: the eternabond had been on long enough it was almost fairly easy to remove. Only left some sticky behind and the duct inserts fit after I trimmed the back off of them (as seen in instructions). I now have six "jets' of air shooting pout of the ceiling even on low fan! Works as advertised, and quieter...although still makes some noise (intake).

[Colorado]

Installed a Smart Plug on the Camper. I bought the plug and Cord off eBay for a fraction of what they typically sell for.

I am mounted of the plug to a piece of expanded PVC Board then attached the wires then secured into the camper, I’ll give the sun a few days to heat up the butyl tape. Then clean up the edges, and seal them with a bead of Dicor.

The Smart Plug cord is a 30 amp plug (orange) I did not want to have to wire up a separate outlet to plug it into the house. So using part of the cord I cut off the camper, I made a pigtail, bought a female 30 amp plug and a 30 amp male plug and made a 4’ pigtail...

[Woodworker]

Repacked the axle bearings. Not hard but time consuming and messy as packing bearings always is. After 4 yrs everything looked good so didn't have to replace anything.
This little 3 ton bottle jack/jack stand worked great. Jacked up the camper then used it as a jack stand. Only raises to 21" so I made a platform out of 3 - 4x4's screwed together. Had a handle from an old camping coffee pot I didn't use that I attached to it for a grab handle.

[edatlanta]

Originally Posted by Camper_bob

We did just that with ours (trashed it).

No way I would donate that piece of garbage and subject someone else to that level of torture. I get that it's probably better than cardboard ... but only slightly...

I tried to give my original OEM mattress to a niece for her outside dogs. They wouldn't even get on it, so I burned it.

[Dgibbster]

We had our mattress in the garage for about a year and we were just recently moving and a neighbor came by and took the mattress and also the jack sofa i had removed and saved me the hassle of disposal.