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RV De-Winterizing Must-Do’s
If your RV was in storage for the winter, your summer camping fun can quickly become frustrating if de-winterizing isn’t done correctly & thoroughly. This is the time to check and maintain SEVERAL items to hopefully prevent problems from showing up later. Here’s how to dewinterize, including Amazon links to items I suggest: RV’s should be fun, not frustrating, so keep camping fun by properly maintaining them, or hiring me to do these for you…which is always cheaper than repairs or problems or damage later. Let me know if I can help you do these, or teach you how! OH! If this was helpful, I would appreciate a positive Google…
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RV Sewer Hose Tips
While staying at an RV park or campground with sewer hookups, there are do’s and don’ts many RVers don’t do. Here’s some advice and a photo to illustrate the tips so your RVing will be fun, not frustrating! Want to learn more? I can come to your RV and train you on your specific RV use and maintenance, CLICK HERE for more information and cost.
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Most Frequent RV Maintenance Items
Most RV maintenance items are once per year, however several are to be done about once per month, or at each camping trip! Here’s the top 10 frequent maintenance items on most RV’s:
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RV Holding Tank Issues?
If you answer “yes” to any of these, your RV tanks need professionally cleaned by an RV Technician! Your RV holding tanks can hide some “substances” we would rather ignore. But ignoring can “catch up to you” and cause frustrating or costly problems. Most RV holding tanks accumulate one or more of 5 different “substances”: I have pictures of each of the above, but you’ll probably thank me for not posting them. However, I do show them in my “RV Tips From A Tech” seminar. There is a solution! Pressure washing the inside of your tanks and piping with between 2,000 psi and 3,000 psi. It’s safe and effective to…
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Maintenance Products Every RVer Needs
Each RV Owner knows (or learns quickly) their RV requires maintenance. Costly service calls or frustrating Dealer scheduling can many times be avoided if maintenance is kept up. **Please disable your browser’s ad-blocker if images do not display** When I teach Camper College, we go through a Maintenance Sheet Handout specific to your rig. Several RV Specific Maintenance Products are mentioned on that sheet and in the class, along with how to use them, how often to check, why you should, and the signs you need to use them to help prevent damage or failure. (by the way, contact me to schedule your personal Camper College) Annual RV maintenance is…
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Keep The Heat!
Whether your RV adventure is snow-birding, or weekend get-aways, you will encounter cold nights. Low R-value walls, single-pane windows, and undersized furnaces make keeping heat in your RV a challenge. Here’s some good news though… 6 easy and inexpensive things you can do to keep you a lot more toasty inside your RV. All of these can be done from inside your RV so you can easily move to your next destination: 1) Supplement propane heat with electric heat. Using a ceramic or oil heater plugged into an electrical outlet can help add more heat to your RV. If these cause your breaker to blow, try running a separate extension…
