Really good info, Ray!!! Thank You for posting this!! We are new to trailering!!! We have a 2008 Rockwood 5th wheel, 30 foot long. Pulled with a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 with all The applicable towing upgrades....we were wondering how long is your rig? Hopefully we will be heading out on a short maiden voyage! thanks again!!

DW finally got her way she is tired of the faded ugly peeling cracked oxidized decal on the front of the fifth wheel the Spartan So part one begins this morning removal and sanding and then on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday the new paint job here in Porter Penasco by Antonio

Thanks for sharing :)

Thanks Ray , been busy with ma and not been on here in a day or two. Ma flies back to NC this am will miss the super senior.

↪Ray

yes they sure are.
Hummingbird taking in the sunset # sea of Cortez

Diddo

Good list, I would add that they are much lighter and smaller which is a big benefit for many of us with lower CCC and storage spaces.

In this video, I list my top 10 most used upgrades we have made to the OEM hardware that came with our 2011 Keystone Cougar fifth-wheel trailer.

These are items that I would want to have in any new RV that I purchased based on our almost 9 years of full time RVing experience. Hopefully, it can be of help to new RV owners whether the rig is new or used.

See more in-depth information about each of the upgrades listed by visiting the links below. Cheers! Ray

1: Air Ride Pin Box - https://www.loveyourrv.com/lippert-air-ride-pin-box-review/

2: Storage Bay Locks - https://www.loveyourrv.com/rv-storage-bay-locks-really-secure/

3: Sewer Connection - https://www.loveyourrv.com/quick-rv-waste-tank-dump/

4: RV Door Lock - https://www.loveyourrv.com/rvlock-keyless-entry-door-handle-install-review/

5: Screen Door Bar - https://www.loveyourrv.com/10-must-have-rv-gadgets/

6: Holding Tank Monitors - https://www.loveyourrv.com/seelevel-ii-review/

7:Digital Thermostat - https://www.loveyourrv.com/rv-digital-thermostat-upgrade-mod-explained/

8: Bathroom Fan - https://www.loveyourrv.com/rv-bathroom-fan-upgrade-hengs-vortex/

9: Showerhead - https://www.loveyourrv.com/summer-rv-interior-renovation-project-part-three/

10: RV Furniture - https://www.loveyourrv.com/summer-rv-renovation-part-7-finished-results/

Just pulled into BLM Near WHY AZ yes great temps just kicking back til Thursday then Mexico!!

Dusk in the southwestern desert. We are finally getting some warm and sunny weather! Highs in the low 70's and lows in the 50s, just about perfect. Enjoying some peaceful boondocking. Cheers, Ray

Wow! What a mess, I feel for those people. RV's are made out of thin walled, fragile material.
This is one of the reason's we built our own 5th wheel.

https://www.boondockerswelcome.com/blog/2019/12/28/important-information-canadian-snowbirds/
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Veterans Association website states: “The bigger custom stations have the technology to hear what you are saying in your vehicle one km. from the border.”

Passing through to the US for a week last year@ Blaine Border Crossing, we declared some fruit in the truck( after being asked ,purchased at Costco ) anyway they searched our vehicle for any other contraband and said "if they had found any other fruit we could have received a fine of $300 of each occurrence" .
That was at the first time we had been stopped and searched , We lost our 2 bananas .

In this video, I detail my new Ambient Weather station’s feature list and go over how I installed it onto our Keystone Cougar fifth-wheel trailer. The station was a recent Christmas gift from my wife after we lost our old Lacrosse unit to an extreme wind gust while camped in Mohave, CA about a month ago.

The new Ambient Weather WiFi Osprey mode WS-2902A is quite a bit more advanced than the old Lacrosse unit. I’m looking forward to playing around with it and will have a review out in the future.

Related Posts:

Lacrosse Weather Station - https://www.loveyourrv.com/installed-la-crosse-weather-station-wind-speed-rv/

DC-DC Buck Converter Install - https://www.loveyourrv.com/dc-to-dc-buck-converter-mod-to-reduce-the-rv-12-vdc-supply-to-4-5-vdc/

Flag Pole Demo - https://www.loveyourrv.com/fun-rv-tip-get-flag/

Ladder Gadget - https://www.loveyourrv.com/rv-ladder-gadget-review/

SeeLevel Tank Monitor Review - https://www.loveyourrv.com/seelevel-ii-review/

How to Check Polarity with Multimeter - https://www.loveyourrv.com/how-to-use-a-multimeter-for-rvers/

Have fun will be flying in on Sunday to Phoenix then back to AJO then to
Mexico.

Hey, guys, after we left Lost Dutchman on the 29th we stop off at Painted Rocks Petroglyph BLM for 3 nights. It's a partially developed BLM campground with a camp host, garbage, picnic tables, and fire rings. No water or dumps station. The fee is $8 but knocked down to $4 with a Federal lands pass. So not a bad deal. They have a pile of boulders with a ton of petroglyphs on them.

Now we are over at Ogilby Road BLM west of Yuma. We like this place as it offers lots of peace and quiet plus I have a bunch of new mods and upgrades to tackle so good spot to do that sort of thing. If anyone is in the area feel free to visit or come camp with us. We will likely be here for 10 days or so.

Cheers! Ray

Painted Rocks pics

Setup at Ogilby

We are in the same spot as last year, here is video footage from last winter

Will Prowse, has a review of that unit about a week ago on his website. very interesting and pretty thorough.

Just saw this review on a portable power supply. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyMonPCxzog
It might be a little pricey but when compared to a portable gen it might be a good solution for some. Happy New Year to you and all your subscribers. Rv

Here's the one my wife got me for my coffee mug at the trailer. A christmas stocking stuffer.

We will have to replace hoses on our rigs and tow vehicles, you will sometimes run across a stubborn one to install. This is a tip on how to install any flexible hose to a fitting.

Thanks Ray, by the way Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and Ann. I been bachelor a week, Lola flew to NC While the dog and I stayed in Miami. My Mom is down at my cuzzins so we went there and played. Take care Yall

Hope there was no serious injuries.

Class A RV's always made me wonder about safety. Passengers have only a lap belt and are sometimes positioned sideways. I also wonder about crash testing, crumple zones, air bags, roll over protection etc..

I think passengers would be safer in a modern pick up pulling a towable but that's just speculation on my part.

I thought I would share these photos because it seems to be quite rare. During a walk in the forest we saw this phenomenon called ice hair. Woolly ice structure is created on dead and wet heartwood, not on the bark, of deciduous trees. Ice hair can occur if the air temperature is just below freezing.
Happy New Year every one

Found mine LOL

@Ray I think this is right up your alley!

Dave and Shelley,
Since you're open to New Mexico, and don't want to be near a major city, you might check out Cedar Cove RV Park in Elephant Butte (next to Truth or Consequences). We have a long term spot there that we come and go from. Here's what we like about it.

Like you, we still work and rely on stable high-speed internet. We have an Unlimitedville account on their Verizon plan, (expensive, but truly unlimited) and have not had connectivity issues here and what we do takes a lot of bandwidth intermittently. We also have AT&T and I usually have full signal on that as well.

It's a VERY quiet park. Very. There are different sections of the park and I would recommend doing what we did - book a few nights, and then walk around with a map of the spots that are open for a month or two or however long you're looking for, and pick one. I think Level 2 is the quietest. This is where we are and there's a buffer of wild desert between here and the roads. When we leave we miss the quiet.

It has all the necessities (bathrooms, laundry) but none of the crap I don't want to pay for (watered lawns in the desert, a pool, playgrounds, other "resort" amenities. It does have a huge kitchen that you can use if you're staying a month or more.It has a dog park.

There's a Walmart about 10 minutes away and another grocery store in T or C (Bullocks) that I've been to once and found very limited. There are a handful of local propane places where you can fill up; if you're staying a while you can have them drop a bottle at your site.

Some LT sites have lean-to shelters, and some have small storage sheds, and some have both. The rest are "plain." All are pretty level, gravel, and the staff rakes daily to keep it tidy. The plants are native, not stuff that needs watered and fussed with (I abhor parks that waste water trying to make the desert look like a golf course in the midwest, if you didn't pick up on that.)

The people here are friendly. Everyone is here for the same reason: it's quiet and relaxing.

From our RV we look out at hilly desert. I've seen more quail than in my entire life before now, and the occasional roadrunner.

Las Cruces is about an hour away if you do need to get to a bigger town. El Paso is about an hour an a half if you need an even bigger city.

Elephant Butte Lake State Park is a mile or so away and has great easy and moderate hikes. There's lots to see around the area if you enjoy the outdoors. This is like an old beach town in the middle of the desert. Some people hate that. We love it. It's not a fancy, upscale destination.

Holler if you have any questions!

Mary

Edited to add: this used to be officially a 55+ park. Their current policy is children are allowed only for those staying a week or less. There are a number of long term people here, including some who have been here over a decade. Unlike any other park I've been to, they do not tolerate a mess around any vehicle. Some people have plants and outdoor decor, but it is all neatly kept. I can't recall seeing any kids here, ever. That may be either a plus or a minus depending on your situation. -mhk

Well Ray it looks like another round of high winds and a lot of rain coming our way in Apache Junction, so bat'n down the hatches, bring in the flag and make sure you got propane. Hope you and Anne have a merry Christmas. Maybe we'll see there because we are going to check out LDSP for a future visit next season.

Merry Christmas to all you "Happy Campers"!

Beautiful spot, can't wait to get my solar and visit places like this!

Installing front and rear mudflaps onto our 2018 Ram 3500 pickup truck. The mudflaps I selected are from a company called WeatherTech. No Drill Installation and Made in the USA.

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