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uscgcolletti

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Posted: 07/25/12 07:48am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

My guess it was premade water lines that had factory fitting.

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uscgcolletti wrote:

My guess it was premade water lines that had factory fitting.


That's right. It's part of the water pump noise supresssion kit.


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If you put that foam pipe insulation on the hose where it contacts the wall it will help with the noise from the vibrations too.


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timbo wrote:

Here are a couple of mods.

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When I had my fresh water tank built I added a second inlet so I could fill the tank from a valve inside the trailer when connected to the city water connection.



This is a great mod. I did this on my previous rig, but haven't had time to install this on my current rig.

I like this, especially for showers. When connected to City Water, the pressure regulator restricts the flow too much. I like to turn on the pump to supplement that water with tank water for a good shower. However, this drains the fresh tank. Rather than deal with hoses to fill the tank, just open the valve and fill the tank from inside, where you can monitor the tank level.

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Merrykalia wrote:

thewaggonerfamily wrote:

Does anyone have some good pics/link/suggestions/ideas for neatly storing a lot of fishing poles? We are a family of 9, so at least 9 fishing poles, but usually more, because my hubby will have a few different types of rods and also likes to have a couple extra, just in case. Also a couple of those will be kid rods. We have a TT and no long cross camper storage bays. (I wish!) We do have a large storage area under the RV queen bed that lifts up, but is only accessible from indoors. The exterior storage is under one of the dinette benches and under the rear bunk bed, but that also has the water heater and maybe the furnace under there. Oh, and needs to be fairly cheap. Ideas?


I sure hope someone has some good ideas for this....we had a huge argument the other day about all those rods reels hooks, etc. that were cluttering up a HUGE storage area.


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campguy3040 wrote:

Thanks jyh818, I had fun putting together the album. I too used the drill before too, but these are really nice. Besides, they were another project for me (which I enjoy this time of year).


I use a 24 volt impact gun. It will do anything you need plus if you have a flat you got a lug wrench.

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This photo shows three mods: (1) a magazine rack on the side wall, (2) Throw pillow on the sofa made by my wife, and (3) bamboo placemat cut to fit behind the glass cupboard door so all the clutter inside does not show.



This photo shows a close up of the magazine rack. The back and sides are made from 1/4" luan plywood, the front from 1/2" plywood and 1/4" dowels. All these materials were scraps from other projects so it's what I call a "bonus project" That is totally free.

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Here's a couple of simple mods for cranking the stabilizer jacks.

I just cut the crank off and welded on a nut. Actually I used a lug nut that uses the same 3/4" socket that my wheels use. Then I use my 18v impact driver to power drive it. I did the same for the tongue jack crank ... no more sweating it up and down.





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Added some rails to the bunks... and they are easily removable for getting in and out. The fabric is all being changed out to match the red / white / brown so they will match better as we finish up.





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Winged One wrote:

My wife is a huge cat fan.



So far the wife and the cat are happy.


It looks like it would be difficult to remove that cat litterpan to scoop-the-clumps out of it. Does that horizontal support thing come out to make it easier? How does she clean it every day?


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