Camper Question

[swatski]

2 -- Agreed... and make sure its a clear cooler so you can see what's going on in there.


Actually, this topic comes up on the RV forum I am on. My personal opinion is, you can spend a lot of time worrying about cleaning your tank, but you are just one "deposit" away from a tank full of crap. Life is too short for this $%#!

Can the thread . Isn't this the number two thread on this topic?

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[Wayloncle]

For the video of the guy pouring ice in the tank.
You got to have some water in there for the ice to float around in to hit the sides. Can't just pour ice in the bottom of a tank and expect it rub against the sides and knock the crap off.

I've never really seen the purpose of the ice in the tank anyway. Throw it in an empty tank and it will sit there and melt or dump it in a 1/4 tank of hot water and it will melt before you get to the highway. That is my thoughts about the ice.

My opinion is to just keep it wet at least on the bottom of the tank so solids don't dry up and block the outlet when it comes time to dump.

 

[Addicted]

I use the ice to clean the level sensor. I don't think it does much to clean the tank itself, but it has gotten my sensor to begin working accurately again many times.

 

[Trevor Shipman]

Well got the granite in. Looks great. New faucet as well. Pulled her around yesterday and it seems to pull just fine. Really pumped about taking it out on the maiden voyage this weekend. And yes that's a celebratory drink in the picture. Ha!

 

[PEARCE]

Your camper is looking really good? What bourbon are you drinking? That looks good too!

 

[Trevor Shipman]

A lil Capt, it was all we had. Haha. I more of a Jack Honey guy myself.

 

[PEARCE]

Ahh a little spice rum! My favorite right now is Jim Beam honey. I've got some Gentleman Jack too!

 

[Trevor Shipman]

A non sewar question... is there any harm in running the fridge off gas while heading down the road? I'm thinking it'd be nice to have the refrigerator already cold when I get to our destination. I know they say make sure the trailer is level to ensure all systems run properly but wonder if my line of thinking is a huge no-no

 

[PEARCE]

That's the way we roll! Seriously thought our fridge is always on. We sometimes even us it as an extra fridge when the on in the house is full. It's got cold beer in it now! I have the switch set to auto and my LP tanks are in the open position so when I unplug from shore power it doesn't miss a beat. We typically don't even have a cooler with us when we camp because it's all in the fridge.

 

[Trevor Shipman]

Awesome! Thanks! Is it bad the mention of a cold beer before 8am made my mouth water a little bit??

 

[tim h]

I think running the fridge while heading down the road is frowned upon... something about an open flame, but that's what I do.

 

[jcyamaharider]

I do the same

 

[PEARCE]

I think running the fridge while heading down the road is frowned upon... something about an open flame, but that's what I do.

It's designed to work that way so that's the way I use it. I can see your point though. I think you're supposed to shut it off when going through tunnels, but I've never known anyone to stop and do it. When I say tunnels I'm talking about ones like on I10 that goes under the shipping channel in Mobile.

 

[Trevor Shipman]

Drumroll.............. First camping trip was beyond a success. This thing pulled like a dream all loaded up. Performed like a champ while camping and I couldn't be happier! Lots of hard work and forefitted weekends but it came together. But I bought it for $3,500 put probably 1,500 - 2k into it and I have a paid off camper. The other units we looked at around 6k were absolute DOGS that needed a ton of work in addition. Got super lucky with this setup.

We took her to Jocassee for the inaugural run. I'm in Charlotte, any of you guys/gals have suggestions on places to take it? I'd love other lakes or mountain type places. Not really into the 'parking lot' type camp areas. I like the idea of being tucked in the trees with a camp fire.

Here are a few pics of our trip. Thanks for all the tips and advise.

 

[jcyamaharider]

Looks like you had a great time!!

Quick question was your camper pretty much level or did you have to level it?

Be sure not to put too much pressure on those stabilizer jacks, they can get bent very easy.

I use the Anderson levelers and I love them. Makes getting the trailer level quick. ( Side to side )

https://www.amazon.com/Andersen-Hit...d=1492092096&sr=8-1&keywords=anderson+leveler

 

[Trevor Shipman]

You know, I'm glad you brought that up! I really know nothing about rv camping yet. I know it needs to be level but while I was doing the jacks, my line of thinking was use them to level the unit initially but as the weekend went on the word "stabilizer" keep coming in my mind. Based on your comment it sounds to me that just get them down touching the ground (firm-ish) but don't use them to necessarily level the unit, is that right?

 

[jcyamaharider]

That is correct, you got it.

 

[jcyamaharider]

We most recently put our camper at Lake Shelbyville, but it is the parking lot type camping area that you talk about. But what we are trying to achieve is a place to lay our heads down and pre trip for a day at the lake, and this provides that for us.

 

[Benny Sibbitt]

yep stabilizer jacks just keeps the camper from rocking as you are walking through the camper
if you don't already have, get some leveling blocks to throw under your tires
if your camper don't have a mounted level, you could install one, I just used a long 4 ft level and put it on the inside floor
also, putting your slide out will affect the level

I sold my 33FT camper last summer to buy my Yamaha boat!
storage fees, could have have both

looks great!

 

[PEARCE]

That's a great looking camper @Trevor Shipman ! Our first camper was a Jayco Jayfeather 23B which was a great camper that we easily towed with a 1\2 ton pickup. It just takes a little time to setup and take down in comparison to our current 5th wheel camper. If you happen to camp in a not so shady spot and you find that your a\c is not keeping your ends cool here's a tip. Get some solar blankets and clothes pins for on the roof of the soft ends. It'll help a good bit. There's a company that makes accessories for popup campers that's owned by an old aquantence of ours that we were in a camp club with. If he's still in business he will certainly be able to hook you up with some cool gadgets for your new rig.