Recent content by firehose

This thread is a fun read, and filled with good advise. Wasabi, I live part-time in my little RV, a small 19 footer, for work.  After a long day of work it's nice to come home to a small cozy RV.  I've found it's easy to keep a small place clean and tidy if you don't need a lot of "stuff". ...

They don't last long on the West Coast either.  I looked at the Four Winds 19G, and really liked it, however it was out of my price range.  I particularly wanted a small 19 foot class C as the motor home would be my only vehicle, daily driver, and all.  I wanted, and need, the RV to be able to...

Does your MH have a generator?  There may be enough juice in the batteries to start the gen, if that starts, should charge the batteries. 

Hi, and welcome to the forum.  My situation is actually quite similar to yours.  I work 7 days in a row, during that time I live in the RV.  I get 7 days off, during that time, I spend it working on my sailboat, or taking RV trips exploring.  It's a great life.  I went with the smallest class C...

These propane fridges seem to require the most effort and maintenance on the RV's.  I had issues with mine, would shut off randomly while running on propane.  It was very frustrating, because it was random.  The fridge would run for several days, then shut off. What I did, was clean the heck...

The solar charge controller on my system is great for monitoring the batteries, tells me the voltage, how many amps are charging, etc. I had enough room to install 2 120 watt panels on the roof of my 19 foot RV, for 240 watts total.  I have enough room to add a third.  I'm not running my...

One thought, is to keep it simple and just offer sites for folks to park and dry camp.  Keep the nightly cost down.  I've stayed in several campgrounds this way, it's inexpensive, and I'd imagine as a camp host not having to deal with hookups would be nice. Your place sounds very beautiful...

Keep in mind some of these air horns are extremely loud.  I work on tugboats, at our recent safety meeting, we were discussing an incident where the captain sounded the horn to alert some smaller boats of his presence.  Well, the air horn stuck open.  The deafening sound kept going for several...

Bay area drivers seem to be pretty good, for the most part.  My RV is my only vehicle, so I do a fair share of around the town driving, and I'm quite surprised how courteous drivers are around here.  I try to be as well.  One thing I do notice, is how often folks do not seem to look when they...

Caper1973, Any updates on your fridge?  It turns out that my fridge is affected by the recall, same model as yours.  I just fixed the issue I was having.  I cleaned the main terminals, pulled out the thermo coupler and cleaned it, also cleaned the whole area.  I'm wondering if I should call to...

From my understanding, as long as the rubber is in good shape, you should be ok. Mine was chalky too.  What I did, was clean the heck out of it with simple green, to remove the chalkiness.  I then put two coats of henry's solarflex 287.  I've been very happy since doing this.  The roof is a...

I'd like to find a bumper sticker to send a message to the poor folks stuck behind me...something like "you have the misfortune of being stuck behind the land yacht."

I have the exact same fridge and am having issues as well. Thanks for that service manual Gary, my issue seems to be with the temperature sensor.  Mine ran fine up until about a week ago.  Then she started turning off, I leave the RV parked, and when returning the check light was on.  The...

Thanks Tom, I used the search function and found what I'm looking for.  This one seems perfect for a trail 90. http://www.addabike.com/ABFPICPAGE.html Should have used the search feature before creating this thread.  :)  I'll remember that for next time. 

Hi folks, I'm thinking of getting a small motorcycle carrier for the MH, the kind that mounts as close as possible to the MH on the hitch.  Basically, I'd like to get a Honda Trail 90 bike and have it mounted to the back of the MH.  Any thoughts or recommendations for this configuration?