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I'll throw in my bit on the fiberglass siding. I have a 1999 Triple E travel trailer with fiberglass siding. For the first 2/3 of its life I stored it inside for 6 months during the winter and outside in the shade during the summer. Since I retired a few years ago, we travel to Arizona/New...

I blew out the back window on the shell of my Toyota work truck years ago. I had a wheelbarrow on the roof, only tied off to the rear bar on my rack over shell. As I hit 50mph the wheelbarrow lifted and rotated over the rear bar of the rack, driving both handles through the back window of the...

Here's a little chart my brother sent me which now lives on the back of a cupboard beside the digital readout from my inverter. He says the voltage should be read when there is a very little load on the batteries, like a single bulb on.

A well placed rock spit out of a riding lawn mower at passing by at 40 feet takes down a tempered glass sliding door pretty fast I found :-) Indeed! My brother is still finding bits of glass in the yard, in the house, everywhere and its been 2 years since his lawnmower chucked a stone through...

How does the factory attach the inside and outside sheeting to the aluminum frame?

Great list clikrf8! When I first saw it, I thought: "Jeez that's a lot of stuff". Then as I read through it, I realized it is surprisingly close to my own list, with a few additions and a couple of deletions. My wife and I are pretty thrifty when we travel even though we use a 24' travel...

Just an FYI, you are never going to be able to or supposed to actually use 100% of your battery capacity. Most all manufacturer's recommend only discharging down to 50% and never below 80% (they often state below 80% will start doing permanent damage, aka shortening the life span of the...

10.5V is a completely drained battery so you're trailer would need to cutout above that for sure. A good cutout in my book would be about 12V which is about 55% battery depletion. Good practice to not really take the battery much lower than that. Very true. Typo error on my part. The factory...

Here are a couple of tricks I've learned over the years. First, buy a brand name deep cycle battery. Deep cycle are the only commonly available batteries that will take repeated discharges and recharges. AGM makes sense for the inside of the camper. Find a good dealer with good advice. My dealer...

If you don't mind the extra expense, you might add some RV antifreeze to the greywater bucket before you start collecting water. Obviously the antifreeze will become diluted as more and more greywater is added. At some point, it will become a big snowcone but this will be temperature dependant...

When I bought my 2011 Tundra and was doing the calculations for a Grandby, I talked to my dealer about GVWRs. He 'off the record' stated the ratings were quite conservative. He said almost everyone he knew exceeded the limit at one time or another. When I asked how GVWRs were calculated, he...

I prefer chains. They really are easier to work with then all the other units. 4 rods = 1 chain 80 chains = 1 mile 10 chains x 10 chains = 1 acre 80 chains x 80 chains = 640 acres = 1 section You don't even need feet! True but: 10 millimeter = 1 centimeter 10 centimeters = 1 decimeter 10...

I have a laminated 4"x6" card that I leave in the cab of the truck to remind me what to do before I drive off. 1) Close and latch the top 2) Close and latch the fridge 3) Close the roof vent 4) Close and LOCK the camper door 5) Turn off the Lp at the tank (I may or may not do this everytime...)...

Have you tried soft sided tool bags? I used to run hard sided tool boxes/containers but switched to soft ones a few years ago. SO much better!! Easier to pack into small spaces, lighter weight, they don't tip over when you are trying to balance them on some rock in the middle of nowhere, come...

Speaking of lists . . . On my travel trailer, I typed out a check list of stuff I need to do before starting in the morning. I can quickly run down the list to make sure I haven't forgotten something that will come to bite me later. Got the idea from my son who is a pilot. They use them all the...

More a question than suggestion. Has anyone tried installing one of the compact RV air conditioners on the roof? This may need the lift assist kit. Just curious.

Shifting gears a bit (pun intended), I've found it much easier to keep my tools and repair parts in relatively flat containers. These can be stored either on edge or flat. I always seem to be able to find a little corner somewhere that would otherwise be wasted space. What has worked out well is...

Especially in a vehicle that goes off highway, check that fire extinguisher frequently for compaction. Very good point. I would never have though about compaction of the powder in the extinguisher. I assume an occasional shake is all that is necessary to solve the problem?

Here is a small but, to me, important addition. This is from my travel trailer but a similar installation will be one the first additions to my FWC. I made and installed this rather simple bracket for a flashlight and bear-spray beside a full sized fire extinguisher just inside the door. I...

Sorry, I can only think of carrying a canoe in Rods. :rolleyes: 397.68 rods!

OK maybe not the sleeping bag. Beer but no sleeping bag! Hmm . . . Lots of good ideas here. I'm not sure I'm too worried about a bit of weight on the roof. I can still portage my canoe for a couple of kilometers (that's 1.242 miles for you American folks - we Canucks may convert you yet!)...

Both of you mention putting gear on the roof. This is going to make it more difficult to raise. The Canadian distributor for FWC thought adding a canoe to the roof would be impractical and its only 65 lbs. I've tried lifting the roof empty and it seemed pretty easy. Any thoughts on what your...

The reason we are getting ready to order a FWC is because of its reputation for ruggedness, its light weight, and its compact format which allows us to get anywhere we can get the tuck. The penalty for the compact size is the relatively limited storage space when compared to larger campers. I...

I'm with Gene on this one. Even though I"ve had this happen I wouldnt carry two spares in most places. Maybe running the white rim trail. Dunno. So I'm guessing this wasn't a pluggable puncture! I have a couple of reasons for not putting the second spare in the camper or cab. The first is...

No, ARB is the only one that crushes at the same rate as the factory bumper. I forget how long an airbag is deployed, but it is something like milliseconds. Not much room for error. Just for the sake of clarity, here is what Wiki has to say: " . . .the decision to deploy an airbag in a...