RV Tire Safety: Tire valve core torque tool recommendation
By Roger Marble
I have mentioned valve cores in a number of posts, including offering some advice on how and why you should avoid over-tightening...
Should you grease up the hitch ball?
By Russ and Tiña De Maris
A new hitch ball is often bright, shiny and chromed. But many RVers have been much dismayed, on lifting...
Should you buy a damaged RV and fix it up yourself?
Steve Savage submitted this article to RVtravel.com when he was a Master Certified RV Technician with Mobility RV Service.
For the majority of folks, buying...
Try this! Labeling your supplies will save you lots of time
By Nanci Dixon
We store a lot of our cleaning supplies, spray lubricants, fluids, etc., in a large plastic container in one of the storage...
LP alarm goes off even when LP tanks are closed
Chris Dougherty responded to this reader when he was RVtravel.com's technical editor.
Dear Chris,
My LP tanks are shut off. The LP alarm activates and will...
Change your brake fluid for reliability and long system life
By Greg Illes
Absolutely everybody changes their engine oil and transmission fluid (or has it done). Some folks remember to change differential gear oil. But...
RV Tire Safety: People still erroneously blame “defective” tires for “blowouts”
By Roger Marble
Here is a post from July 22, 2012. The owners of this Airstream continue to use the word "defect" but also fail...
Dirty RV windshield? Here’s a quick cleaning tip
By Nanci Dixon
My husband had just washed and waxed our motorhome, which gave me a sparkling clean windshield to watch the desert sunrise through,...
Really? Does your RV’s bathroom sink drain into the sewer tank?
Most RVers assume the sinks in their RV drain exclusively into a gray holding tank. The toilet, most RVers believe, drains exclusively into the...
Another fix for “hitch clunk”
By Russ and Tiña De Maris
We recently talked about an annoying phenomenon that travel trailer RVers sometimes face: hitch clunk. Slop in the hitch...
RV Tire Safety: “The tire failed because it is defective.” Maybe not…
By Roger Marble
"The tire is defective." I hear that statement quite often and will admit it is a bit of a "hot button" for...
RV Tire Safety: What does the pressure number on tires refer to?
By Roger Marble
A clarification about the pressure number on a tire might be of help.
The pressure number molded on the sidewall of tires is...
