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Campground Departure Date Holder At many campgrounds, your reservation departure date is printed on a sheet of paper that is supposed to be placed in the windshield of your motorhome…

Basement Organizer Small items often got lost in my RV’s basement storage compartment. So, I built a platform/storage tray to keep things organized. The tray was made using 1×4 lumber…

December 2019 Damage Prevention A little prevention can go a long way. DampRid is a moisture absorber that many RVers use to remove excess moisture and eliminate musty odors. It…

September 2019 A Silent Shade My 2016 Winnebago Vista motorhome has MCD Innovations shades. I love the darkness they provide, but with the windows open, the shades flapped back and…

Hose Hanger When I kept my city water hose on the floor of my RV’s storage bay, I would place items on top of the hose, which meant I had…

Flip-Up Storage Space Many RV dinette chairs have at least a 4-inch-deep space under the cushions. If that’s the case, the seats can be modified to make a storage compartment.…

Water Saver We don’t want our RV’s gray-water tank to fill quickly when we are camping without a sewer connection. So, when we are doing dishes, washing hands, or the…

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Monitoring All Tires This is a reminder about the need for a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) that alerts a motorhome driver to problems on a towed vehicle. While touring…

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Fire Extinguisher Recall The recall of millions of Kidde fire extinguishers has been widely reported, including in this magazine, but it bears repeating. The recall involves 134 models of Kidde…

Sealed Tight Make sure you have all sealants checked once a year and that the correct sealant is used. We learned the hard way when we had a leak where…

Storage Solution Our 2005 Fleetwood Excursion motorhome came with a washer/dryer combination, which we never used. What we needed was more space to store things, such as paper plates, cups,…

Finding “ACC” In Escalade I outfitted my 2016 Cadillac Escalade with Blue Ox equipment to make it flat towable. One of the steps in the flat-towing procedure calls for the…