Building the New Fit RV Shop – Part 6: Paint and Climate Control!
Jan 28, 2019JamesBlog
If you’ve ever sided a barn – by yourself… manually, with a hammer… with 5 inch wide tongue and groove boards… you’ll understand why it’s taken me literally...
New Tech at the Coachmen Class B Factory
Jan 21, 2019JamesRV Reviews
We were recently invited to take a tour of Coachmen’s Class B production facility in Middlebury, Indiana. We’ve done Class B factory tours on a few occasions now. In a lot of ways,...
Building the New Fit RV Shop – Part 5: The Walls
Dec 17, 2018JamesBlog
Well, the new Fit RV shop continues to slowly plod along. I’m now doing something that feels pretty much like grunt work – building walls! Have a look: This is turning out...
Building the New Fit RV Shop – Part 4: Electrical
Dec 06, 2018JamesBlog
Not as quickly as I’d like, but I do keep making progress on the new Fit RV Shop. This week, I get some of the rough electrical work done, and fill you in on the final layout of the shop. ...
A New Vent Cover – The MaxxShade Plus: Watch the Install!
Dec 05, 2018JamesRV Tips
The powered vents that most of us have in our RVs are wonderful things. They create a breeze to keep us cool. They exhaust humidity and cooking odors. They’re the best tool you’ve...
Building the New Fit RV Shop – Part 3: Lighting
Nov 24, 2018JamesBlog
I’ve got a space and I’ve got a floor. Time to address the lighting. Truth be told, there wasn’t a whole lot I needed to do with the lighting. It wasn’t that bad to start...
Building the New Fit RV Shop – Part 2: Flooring
Nov 17, 2018JamesBlog
In my last shop, I had a concrete floor. I had dressed it up as much as practical by adding one of those epoxy and paint chip finishes to it. It looked great, but it was cold, hard, and...
At Last! A Bike Garage! Our Detailed Review of the Leisure Travel Vans Wonder RTB!
Nov 12, 2018JamesRV Reviews
True story: While the main reason we started The Fit RV was to encourage people to lead a more healthy and fit-focused RV lifestyle, one of the secondary reasons was to get RV manufacturers to build...
Building the New Fit RV Shop – Part 1: Cleaning Out
Nov 05, 2018JamesBlog
If you’ve been watching our videos for a while, you might have seen my old shop space: Unfortunately, it’s also located on a property that we don’t own anymore. You see, we moved...
An Even Better Way to Charge the RV’s Chassis Battery with Solar!
Oct 22, 2018JamesRV Tips
It seems like just a couple weeks ago I made a video about keeping your RV’s vehicle starting battery charged with solar… because it was! But on our current road trip, we found ourselves...
