Motorhome Quick Tip: Light it Up
Like other owners who have a motorhome on a Ford F-53 chassis, I found it difficult to read the instrument cluster on our 2014 Winnebago Vista 30T during daylight hours. We found a string of...
View ArticleMotorhome Quick Tip: Paper Towel Bar
If necessity is the mother of invention, I’m sure the inventor owns a motorhome. Due to limited wall- and counterspace, there isn’t a good place to mount a paper-towel dispenser in my Winnebago 2017...
View ArticleMotorHome Quick Tip: Game of Cones
I use a water filter at the campground’s freshwater connection, but I didn’t want the weight of the filter hanging on the connection. I bought an 18-inch weighted PVC traffic cone for less than $10....
View ArticleMotorHome Quick Tip: Bumps in the Night
Our new Thor Hurricane Class A has flat push-button controls that are hard to distinguish in daylight and are all-but-impossible to see at night. A small, sticky cushioned dot on select controls now...
View ArticleMotorHome Quick Tip: DIY Tire Fill
At left is a photo of the tire filler I use on my Tiffin Class A motorhome. The red line connects to the air source from the compressor, while the gauge is actually part of a cross tee with three...
View ArticleMotorHome Quick Tip: Coffee Countertop
Counterspace is always at a premium in a motorhome. Considering that we seldom use the stove in our Class C Winnebago View 24V because half the fun of camping is cooking outside, I found a...
View ArticleMotorHome Quick Tip: Headlight Lens Restoration
Headlight before cleaning. My solution for dull yellow plastic headlight lenses is to use Soft Scrub cleaning liquid rather than an expensive lens-polishing kit. You can see the results after I applied...
View ArticleMotorHome Quick Tip: Conserve Water
We discovered a great product to conserve water in our motorhome: an Instant Off Water Saver, which can be found online for less than $15. It replaces the aerator on the faucet. Turn the (cold) faucet...
View ArticleMotorHome Quick Tip: Mouseproofing
We had a mouse problem in our motorhome and discovered that one of their favorite points of entry was by climbing up the sewer hose into the water bay. I cut holes in two cheap toilet plunger ends from...
View ArticleMotorHome Quick Tip: DIY Table
Our Winnebago Vista LX 35F did not provide any table on or near the doghouse cover. Most aftermarket tables are too large and interfere with getting in and out of the driver’s seat, and they have...
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