I originally wrote this article in 2008. I am placing it here in my Blog because I believe that it might give someone the confidence to do the installation on their own regardless of which vehicle they own. The differences between this what is seen in this article and your install will only vary slightly.

2008 Saturn Vue XE - SMI Stay-In-Play DUO Installation

Finally getting around to installing my SMI DUO. So far everything is going well.

I started off...

I always look forward to dewinterizing the trailer... it signals the beginning of camping season. But sometimes I find 'leftovers' from last years last hurrah and invariably, they are ugly leftovers. One year there was something left in the fridge, another year some laundry forgotten and left to fester in the bottom of a bin for 6 months.

This year was no exception; I found a little surprise left over in the bathroom. Gasp...


There it was lying in wait .......

What were the odds of spotting one of these rare vintage motorhomes in the So Cal area while we were camping at a local RV Resort. I talked briefly to the 82 year old owner, he did not know too much about the actual history of the MH but really enjoyed talking about all the upgrades and modifications he made to the rig since he purchased it in the mid 90's. It's a 1964 Travel Car built by Streamline Trailer Company. It was originally...

I’m always amazed that when you read about the RV industry you seldom see references to Recreation Park Trailers, or park models as many dealers and owners refer to them. Park models are favorites for many people that enjoy destination camping where they will have a permanent trailer on a campsite that provides them all the enjoyment of the RV lifestyle enjoyed by other folks that enjoy it with a motorhome, travel trailer or fifth-wheel.

Park models, by law, are less than 400 square...

This past week or so we went to Ocean Lakes Family Campground in Myrtle Beach to camp with some very good friends of ours. All worked well up until the very last day.

I wanted to take a shower and naturally I would reach for the wall switch to crank up my Fantastic Fan like I always have for the past 8 years. I waited and waited but the dome never opened. The motor was indeed running but no-joy.

I toggled the wall switch to off and although I saw the wheel rotating in...

I am writing to inform you about the conduct of McMahon’s RV. I purchased a new RV (August 15, 2011) from McMahon’s and financed the purchase with Bank of the West. I traded in a 2006 Winnebago Aspect that was financed with Ally (formerly GMAC). As part of the transaction, when the loan on the new RV funded, the trade-in was to be paid off.
This loan funded on August 16th, 2011. I believed that Bank of the West would pay off the trade-in, but I now understand that all the funds went...

The Alliance Coach display at the FMCA "Hollywood" SEA rally in Brooksville, Florida.

While attending the FMCA Southeast Rally in Brooksville, FL, I met Brett Howard from Alliance Coach out of Wildwood. Brett is well known in the Industry having come over from Monaco Coach Corporation quite some time ago and helping bring Alliance Coach into the forefront as a quality dealership in the...

To begin, I am a TOTAL newbie to motorhomes. Never drove one, camped in one, or even sat in one prior to my decision to purchase one. I don't even know anyone who owns one!

It would be a gross understatement to say that I have A LOT to learn. Hopefully, readers who are newbies, rookies, or in the "new to us" categories will find something beneficial in my posts.

Once you have researched and identified the make, model, year, features, financing, price range,...

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One of the most important systems on our recreational vehicles are the holding tanks. Some RVs will have multiple holding tanks and what is placed in the tanks needs to be vented for a number of reasons. If there is any pressure in a tank and a person opened a blade on a toilet, that could be a very unpleasant experience - therefore venting prevents any surprises.

Although most RVs have 2 tanks,...

sorry looks like the pics of the floats are to big well have to play with them to add them latter but here you can see trying to get every down to see what i had to work with

i an 6.2 high and the inside roof height was 6.3 i know i would not be putting the ACs back on the roof as i had a large solar system going up there so i raised the roof by 16 inc 3 or 4 more then the top of the ac would be and started filling in

sorry every 1 alot of the pics i am trying to add are to big so if i talk about some thing and theres no pic for it you know why

on to the slide outs the slides where in at the time of the fire so i did have to make 1 new wall fro the slide at the drivers seat

aaa found a pic that would go where you can see the new wall in the slide

at this time i am around 4 5 months into it money getting low rent is coming i no longer have the company every thing sold or trashed but shop rent is eating into the rv so i started having to move faster and use what i had on hand i really wanted and looking for a 8.1 with a allison 2100 but i got stuck with the gm 350/th400 and it dos drive like a 1 ton truck i can get 7 mpg at 55mpr can get it up to 70 but you see the gas go to 4 mpg fast so i have to keep the rpms down i can...

about 8 months in to it we are living in the rv 50% of the rv systems are coming on line
but with just like a plywood roof its not any better then sleeping in a hot car its not intell 4 more months that a lot of things are fix and working like the abs on the chassis fun when you are new to this type of system and wring is all hand made its takes time like the low 60 psi air warning just came on line last month



this is the same sink from part 1