RVer Gets a Handle on His Country Coach
RV entry doors have many different kinds of handles. Some fold sideways like this one on a 5th wheel. 
Others fold in and out. A majority of motorhomes have clear acrylic handles that light at night. My Country Coach has such a handle and the other day when I reached up to help myself into the coach it broke off in my hand. I was a little surprised at my own strength - or perhaps I need to weigh myself, hmmm.......
We're camped in my brother-in-law’s driveway in Albany, Oregon, so I drove down to the Country Coach service department in Junction City, Oregon and picked up a new handle. Steve, in the parts department, found a replacement handle for me. 
The handle only cost me $17.96 because I was using the brackets that came with the original handle.
The new handle was a little longer than the original handle, so I used a Dremel Tool with a grinding stone to remove a small metal lip in the bottom bracket so I could slide the handle farther down into the bracket and get the screw holes to line up.
I reinstalled the handle with the original screws and now I’m back in business. 
Does anybody have the number to Weight Watchers? Jim Twamley
Others fold in and out. A majority of motorhomes have clear acrylic handles that light at night. My Country Coach has such a handle and the other day when I reached up to help myself into the coach it broke off in my hand. I was a little surprised at my own strength - or perhaps I need to weigh myself, hmmm.......We're camped in my brother-in-law’s driveway in Albany, Oregon, so I drove down to the Country Coach service department in Junction City, Oregon and picked up a new handle. Steve, in the parts department, found a replacement handle for me. The handle only cost me $17.96 because I was using the brackets that came with the original handle. The new handle was a little longer than the original handle, so I used a Dremel Tool with a grinding stone to remove a small metal lip in the bottom bracket so I could slide the handle farther down into the bracket and get the screw holes to line up. I reinstalled the handle with the original screws and now I’m back in business. Does anybody have the number to Weight Watchers? Jim Twamley
posted by Jim Twamley at
7/18/2007 09:57:00 PM
2 Comments:
Seeing your handle repair by your slide reminded me of a cheap tip. I see folks all the time worried about how far their slides travel to insure they won't hit anything. I saw some expensive slide "feelers" and thought of something much simpler and basically free. Everyone of us has an awning pull rod. I extended my slides at home and used colored electrical tape to mark the distance my slides extend out from the trailer on my awning pull rod (placing the rod against the trailer and measuring out). I have a different mark for each slide since my bedroom slide doesn't extend out as far as my living room slide. So when I park, I pull out the awning pull rod and use it as a measuring stick (with my tape marks) to make sure I have enough room for my slide to travel. One more awning pull rod tip... mine has a curved eye on it. My galley tank grey water valve is positioned that it's under one of my slides and to pull and push value requires stooping under the slide. Well instead of crawling under the slide, I just use the curved end of the awning pull rod to pull out and push back in the T-handle on the valve.
Keep up the great work on the blog! Hope these tips were helpful. Happy Travels. Reid Rust, Greenbrier, Arkansas.
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Anonymous, at July 20, 2007 9:54:00 AM PDT
Reid, those are great ideas! Anything we can use for multiple purposes is a good thing for RVers because it keeps the weight down and conserves space. Thanks for your input! Jim Twamley
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Jim Twamley, at July 20, 2007 10:45:00 AM PDT
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