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Advice for dealing with noisy campground neighbors

April 13, 2017April 10, 2017 RV Staff

Dear RV Shrink: Can you tell me what my attitude should be about noisy campground neighbors? I seem passive in situations because I do not react visibly to emotions I might be feeling. My husband, on the other hand, would be considered aggressive. He can sometimes detonate without much provocation. When we are camping in our motorhome next to... Read More

RV holding tank evacuations optimized

April 12, 2017April 12, 2017 RV Staff

Dear Gary, When you are at a campground that has a sewer hookup and you are only going to be there over the weekend, should you leave your tank closed and dump when you get ready to leave or can you leave it open and just clean up? —Pam S. Dear Pam, In order to practice optimum waste management,... Read More

Proper RV chassis grounding to prevent “hot skin” condition

April 12, 2017April 10, 2017 RV Staff

Dear Mike, I stumbled on noshockzone.org and it has been very informative. Thanks for the time you have put into it. I am in the process of wiring a subpanel inside an enclosed trailer and have been reading that the ground should be attached to the trailer frame. Is that the best place to attach the ground? By doing... Read More

RV Travel Newsletter Issue 788

April 7, 2017April 13, 2017 RV Staff

Learn about RV camping, RV travel, RV news and much more. This newsletter, now in its 16th year of continuous publication, is funded primarily through advertising and voluntary subscription contributions from our readers. Thank you! Issue 788 • Week of Apr. 8–14, 2017 SHOP AT AMAZON and help support this newsletter! If you shop at Amazon.com, would you please visit... Read More

You can’t camp just anywhere in the national forests

April 6, 2017April 6, 2017 RV Staff

Here’s a question from a reader of RVtravel.com about boondocking. Dear Bob, My mom and dad were avid RVers and when they retired, they nudged me into my first RV (a small class C) and encouraged me to boondock on public lands “where you can camp anywhere for free.” But I was recently told that I can only camp in... Read More

Wife is a pack rat; husband is at wit’s end

April 6, 2017April 3, 2017 RV Staff

Dear RV Shrink: My wife has a terrible weight problem. I am trying to change her lifestyle in an effort to reduce her weight. It has started to affect our motorhome mileage. We travel several months of the year and she feels she has to bring half of our worldly possessions along on every trip. I have debated with... Read More

No water pressure in RV fresh water plumbing system

April 5, 2017April 3, 2017 RV Staff

Dear Gary, The water pressure in our motorhome is getting lower and lower in the bathroom, plus it makes a whistling sound when the hot water is running. The sound seems to be coming from or near the water heater. I have replaced the connector and pressure valve where you hook it to city water. It still has low... Read More

RV Travel Newsletter Issue 787

March 31, 2017May 22, 2017 RV Staff

Learn about RV camping, RV travel, RV news and much more. This newsletter, now in its 16th year of continuous publication, is funded primarily through advertising and voluntary subscription contributions from our readers. Thank you! Issue 787 • Week of Apr. 1–7, 2017 SHOP AT AMAZON and help support this newsletter! If you shop at Amazon.com, would you please visit... Read More

Caulk is critical

March 31, 2017 RV Staff

Dear Gary, I just purchased your book, The RV Owner’s Handbook; thanks for the wealth of information. I own a 27-foot recreational vehicle and am about to embark on the “spring shakedown” and want to recaulk any external caulk with possible cracks or leaks, etc. I note you indicate remove all old caulking, which would be a daunting task... Read More

RVer Horoscopes for April 2017

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017 RV Staff

BY SWAMI HAL Swami Hal is a retired psychic who travels full-time in a 37-foot Pace Arrow motorhome with his considerably younger, full-figured German wife Helga, aka Helga the Magnificent. The couple have two dogs, Brownie and Spotty, and a black cat named Blacky. Swami Hal has won numerous awards (he says), due to his uncanny ability to predict the future with fairly decent accuracy.... Read More