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Making Christmas (Trees)
Beggs, OK So, what do you do for a Christmas tree when your combined living room, kitchen, and dining room is about 13’x12′. You might think, “Oh, you buy a small tree and store it for the year!”. Except, we do not have enough storage space. “Oh, you buy a small tree, and throw it…
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Insert the Anode into the A Slot
Some RV water heaters are made of aluminum and do not require a sacrificial anode rod. Our water heater is not that type. If you read the periodic maintenance activities, you would know that we plan to check the water heater anode rod about every three months. They are normally expected to last around five…
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Safe Towing Weights
Overview Assuming ignorance before malice, sometimes sales people are just ignorant of towing requirements. That being the case, there is no excuse for you to be ignorant too. There is plenty of information available on safe towing and towing weight limits. This guide is biased towards 5th wheel towing. You may need to do a…
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RV Setup Checklist
These are the roughly ordered tasks for setting up the RV upon arrival at a new campsite. This list will change over time as omitted activities are added or a better process is identified. Some of these tasks continue the day after (e.g., setting up personal and hobby stuff). Some of these tasks happen in…
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Periodic Maintenance Activities
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RV Best Practices 20240930
Today’s best practice tips are: This happened Monday morning while packing up to leave for the next site. We left 3.5 hours late due to repairing the damage. Nothing additional appears to have been damaged. It looks like our trailer should be rocking in the waves. The seas are too rough. And here is our…
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If It Is Not One Thing, It Is Another.
Say, maybe a fridge? Sunday afternoon, Kate mentioned that the fridge light was out. I was thinking the bulb probably needs to be replaced. Later, Kate mentioned that she was not sure the fridge was running. Doh! Modern 12V DC RV fridges use LEDs for light. LEDs do not tend to burn out like light…
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RV Teardown Checklist
These lists are the (roughly) ordered activities for tearing down in preparation for moving to a new site. This list will change over time as omitted activities are added or a better process is identified. Some of these tasks start the night before (e.g., stowing personal and hobby stuff). Some of these tasks happen in…
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And This Time We Lost Water…
A very brief thunderstorm came through Sunday with 50 mph winds and heavy rains. We never lost power, but … the local water plant did. Whoever is to blame, it is just a fact of RV life. In (nearly) a year of RVing full-time, we have lost power three times and water once. So far,…