First of all I want to thank everyone here for several years of entertainment, education, and ideas gained from reading this forum. Although I rarely post, I look forward to visiting the website several times a week.Here is an addition that has made ...
I am about to replace my stock brakes with self-adjusting brakes. My 5er has 6000# Lippert axles, brakes are 12"x2", tire diameter is 16".Both Lippert and Dexter make self-adjusting brake units, but the Dexter brakes cost 40% to 50% more than the Lip...
Is regular automotive primary wire suitable for use between a solar panel and the charge controller? I am installing two, 100-watt poly panels on the roof of my 5er, running the wires down a holding tank vent pipe, then to the controller. My plan is ...
At a campsite recently I was unable to access the tank dump area due to some overhanging branches from a tree. I carry a folding "camping/pruning" saw but had neither the desire nor the agility to climb twelve or so feet up the tree to cut the offend...
I posted this question on a NuWa owners' forum but am also posting it here in the hopes of getting as much advice as possible.While doing my beginning-of-the-season greasing of suspension fittings on my HitchHiker 26.5RLBG, I noticed a broken spring ...
Have you thought about using a locking turntable bearing, or perhaps a flat-mount slide bearing? A slide bearing would require some sort of fabricated locking mechanism though.A turntable bearing would allow you to rotate the table so the corners sho...
A very desirable mod I did to our 5er also. I was able to install a 5-gallon accumulator tank in the empty space below the refrigerator, and included a ball valve in the line which I shut off for travel. Not having the pump come on each time a tiny a...
"Tell us how you bake the brownies in that RV oven? I used it to make canned biscuits and it burned them on the bottom but not very brown on top. Whats the secret?"Oklatraveler, get yourself a pizza stone or a piece of unglazed tile and put it in the...
StirCrazy wrote:neat idea, but if your tanks are exposed would it not be easier to just add a tank rinser? thats what I did on my old trailer... worked great.SteveA tank rinser is installed and used every time the tank is dumped. The pipe lets me ad...
4x4van wrote: Also not sure of the need for the cap on the faucet. Wouldn't simply closing the 1/4-turn faucet accomplish the same thing as the little black cap?Yes. The black plastic cap is merely a redundant device to secure the water line, on th...
