10-Minute Tech: Crank It Up… and Down
Here’s my work-around for a troublesome manual crank to raise and lower the screw-type scissor jacks on my trailer. I bought a reasonably priced...
Cylinder Swap Made Easy
If your RV has dual LP-gas cylinders, you know how difficult it is to remove and replace them when the regulator keeps falling. You...
10-Minute Tech: Easy-View Bubble Level
After attaching a stick-on bubble level to my fifth-wheel, I found it was too high to see in my truck’s mirror. To solve this...
10-Minute Tech: Out-of-the-Way Ladder Storage
I recently purchased a new travel trailer and needed a way to carry my 6-foot collapsible aluminum ladder (it folds down to 3½ x...
Coffee-Canister Tableware Caddy
We enjoy the outdoors when camping in our Keystone travel trailer. To keep a supply of plastic utensils on hand that’s easy to grab...
10-Minute Tech: Mind in the Gutter
Need gutters for the sides of an RV? Home improvement stores usually carry fairly rigid vinyl/plastic J trim for capping edges of 5/8-inch or...
10-Minute Tech: Can It!
Before hooking up our trailer for a 10-day trip, I greased the trailer ball and weight-distributing hitch. I told everyone who would listen to...
10 Minute Tech: LP-Gas Cylinder Holder
I bought a milk crate to haul my 5- or 7-gallon LP-gas cylinders when they need filling. They fit right in, and there’s no...
Magnetic Oven-Door Fix
After many years of use, the oven door on our SunnyBrook 27FKS’s Wedgewood Vision stove no longer closed tightly, allowing heat to escape when...
10-Minute Tech: Cabinet Items Stay Put
When we’re traveling, items in our RV’s cabinets tend to slide around. More often than not, these items end up at the cabinet doors,...
Products
Taming Your Dump Snake: Valterra Adjustable EZ Hose Carrier
RV sewer-hose storage that’s easy on the hose…and you
Camping is fun, but one thing RVers agree on is that dumping the black- and gray-water...
Nonlethal Self-Defense
PepperBall brings law-enforcement experience to RVers with its LifeLite launcher, designed to neutralize criminal aggression
Personal protection is a subject that is constantly debated among...
Solar-Power Survival in Yosemite
Off-the-grid lessons learned from one family’s DIY solar install
Last fall, our family embarked on a journey across the United States in our 30-foot Winnebago...
