RV Tech

Class B Production at Winnebago – Our Factory Tour

Class B Production at Winnebago – Our Factory Tour

Winnebago offers factory tours of their facility in Forest City, Iowa during most of the year.  The facility is large and impressive, and covers all aspects of production for the Class A and Class C...
How to Fix the Cold Water Blast in Your RV Shower

How to Fix the Cold Water Blast in Your RV Shower

The usual way to shower in an RV involves shutting off the water a few times, so most RV shower heads these days include a shut-off.  This would be a great idea if it weren’t for two things:...
8-Step Program for Choosing Your First RV

8-Step Program for Choosing Your First RV

Stef and I have a lot of interaction with our readers and YouTube viewers, and we like it that way. We enjoy sharing our knowledge of RVs and fitness. But when we find ourselves sharing the same...
Measuring the Departure Angle of our RV

Measuring the Departure Angle of our RV

This one was kind of fun, and something you could probably pull off yourself at home.  Rather than be concerned about what sort of “departure angle” we had on our Winnebago Travato, I...
Watt’s Up, Doc?  Determining 12 Volt Loads in our Class B RV

Watt’s Up, Doc? Determining 12 Volt Loads in our Class B RV

Our Travato, Lance, is a pretty customized machine.  At some point this year, we’ll make a video about it, and I can promise you I’ll forget things that have been done to him because there are...
Our New RV Blanket: The GoSnug

Our New RV Blanket: The GoSnug

One of the perks of having a quasi-popular RVing website is that we get to go to some trade shows that aren’t open to the public. The Outdoor Retailer (OR) show is one such show that happens twice...
Heated RV Water Hose – the Pirit Hose (Pirate!)

Heated RV Water Hose – the Pirit Hose (Pirate!)

We saw this heated hose on display at the RVIA show in Louisville this past December.  Since we talk so much about using your RV in the winter, well, we just had to check it out.  This product...
Why I Took a Hacksaw to our RV Refrigerator

Why I Took a Hacksaw to our RV Refrigerator

One of the things Stef really wanted in a new RV was a larger refrigerator.  And she certainly got that in our Travato.  The refrigerator is a Dometic RML 8330, which is a 3 way fridge. ...
The Winter-Proof Travato

The Winter-Proof Travato

We really enjoy the great outdoors when there aren’t crowds around. For a lot of places like National Parks, that pretty much narrows things down to the winter, and that’s OK with us. Wintertime...
Our Organized RV – Thanks to Organized Obie

Our Organized RV – Thanks to Organized Obie

Our Winnebago Travato has a slightly different floor plan than the rest of them – but the one thing we have in common with the standard 59G is a big blank wall facing the rear doors.  Other...