Preparing a 1991 Scamp 16

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I just received 3 plastic boxes from RV Widget Works. One was custom made to hold our spices.

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1 minute later installation.

[Darrell in Al]

dang I can't even keep up with your additions even when I'm logged on. I'm using some of your ideas and mods.. If you haven't patented them.

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Darrell, Glad you can use some of the mods.

Today mounted a second of the plastic boxes on the front bathroom wall. We will use it to carry misc things like bandaids, aspirin, .... the wooden shelf above is for bigger items like vitamins, ... and is full when we travel.




The bathroom contains 4 little baskets attached to the door frame. The back of the door, in addition to towels, has another plastic basket for soap dishes and soap storage. Under the towels are also two magazine racks.




As to the third container we're thinking of using it for banana storage. We usually have 3 or 4 bananas

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Propane tank holdown.
My propane tank was held down by two metal straps that ran from the tank's rim to the tongue's cross braces. The went thru the cross braces and were held in place with nuts located under the brace.





I replaced them with a ring like structure that sets between the two frame memers and is bolted to it.

This makes it much easier to remove the tank.

[Francesca Knowles]

I'm thinking about doing something similar on my trailer, but intend to place the loop much higher on the propane tank. That way there's some redundancy protection against the possibility of the tension nut loosening followed by the tank bouncing off the tongue.

Francesca

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Francesca,

This is a case of recycling. I took the propane tank holder off our former stick built trailer. We used it on our trip across Labrador with plenty of bumps and it stayed in place. If I was concerned I could add a stiff bungee cord.

I agree that if I were making one from scratch I'd raise the ring.

Actually with the nut removed I don't think the tank would come out.

In fact the reason for replacing the old dual strap method was we had a nut loosen and lost a strap, not to mention that the bottom nuts are a pain.

[Francesca Knowles]

I've been mulling this over for awhile, and it keeps getting more complicated in my head, since part of what I want to do is add my version of a propane tank "gauge": essentially just an itty bitty one gallon cylinder and an auto-changeover setup that switches to the small tank when the big one goes dry. A gallon of propane will keep me going for several days- plenty of time to get the first one filled and start all over again! (Volume of baby tank easily monitored by use of a good ol' hanging fish scale)

The problem is how to carry/mount the second tank.

Since my battery is alongside the existing tank and the front "v" is otherwise occupied, my idea is to mount the baby cylinder above the battery. I've been speculating as to how to build a double loop holder that will accommodate that setup.


Francesca

And of course it all has to be absolutely weightless since I'm already mighty close to the limit for my setup!

[Carol H]

I would be more concerned about what happens if the trailer goes over on its side ... as we all know its happens, even to a few fine folks here. Would be worried about the tank popping off and bouncing down the road or hillside and a possible big bang as a result. Me thinks hearing the bang of the trailer going off the wheels would be more than enough for me without worrying about a second one.

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Francesca,

I carry an adapter that allows me to connect my standard Proprane regulator to a 1 lb tank. The adapters are available on Amazon.

We have only one tank and have this as a back up. The reality is that we've never run out. My hope is eventually to replace my steel tank with a fiberglass tank that allows one to see the propane level.

[Francesca Knowles]

I already have the adapter setup. I've used it, too, when the main tank has gone dry. The problem I'm trying to circumvent is the necessity to "guesstimate" whether I'm nearly empty and should change to the full tank to avoid running out in the middle of the night or something.

There are only two ways to know for sure how "empty" the tank is:
1) by weighing it
and
2) by running it completely dry.

My theory is that by attaching the small cylinder to the autochangeover regulator, I'll know that the main tank is bone dry when it switches to the aux., which will supply me with sufficient reserve to get by for a couple of days.

It's a crude version of the "reserve" function on motorcycle gas tanks that have no gas gauges. Old VW bugs used a similar method.

Francesca

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Carol,

I went out side and tried to pull the propane tank out of it's holder. It simply doesn't move in any way.

[Sandy Christie]

Francesca

Check out these Hammerhead Tank Gauges at amazon

Amazon.com: Removable Accu-Level Propane Tank Gauge with Magnetic back: Kitchen & Dining

I use them and they are accurate and inexpensive.

Sandy C.

[Thomas G.]

Originally Posted by Sandy Christie

Francesca

Check out these Hammerhead Tank Gauges at amazon

Amazon.com: Removable Accu-Level Propane Tank Gauge with Magnetic back: Kitchen & Dining

I use them and they are accurate and inexpensive.

Sandy C.

YMMV

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Little Storage Containers

Foumd these two little storage containers at the Dollar Store 2/$1. The have latches on each side, nice for a positive closure.

We like to take things like a little flour or corn starch and need littlevcontainers like this sitting next to ourNewfoundland map for size.

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Small Things

We bring a face cloth with us but it was forever falling off the back of the closet door's towel racks.

To solve the problem I screwed one of our kitchen clips to the back of the door.

We also added a hook for our shower bag under the towels. It formerly did not have a home.





The white tray above and to the right of the red clip holds our soap dishes and a hand brush.

[Francesca Knowles]

Hey, Norm!

On the 17th of this month it'll be two years since you started " Preparing a 1991 Scamp 16 " ...planning anything special to mark the occasion?

Francesca

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We will be in clebration mode on May 17th because we begin our trip for the Newfoundland Rally on the 15th and will probably be at Sunset Point Campground (definitely a Lobster Stop) in Harrington, ME, a small sweet little on the water campground.

By the 20th, we should be in North Sydney taking the ferry over. We plan to spend a long weekend around the 23rd in Norris Point at the rally and music festival.

After the rally it's off to explore Newfoundland's Irish Trail in the Avalon Penisula. We both read a fiction book "Latitudes of Melt" that is the book's setting. I have made a travel plan that takes us to every location in the book. After that we head to the Burin Penisula, it parallels the Avalon Penisula to visit the Newfie family home of a Florida friend.

We have also been invited to stop at a Fiberglass trailer's home in Newfoundland. All in all it sounds like a good time.

Ginny went to her hair stylists this week, she's from Newfoundland and is giving us the location of Newfoundland's "Best Cod Tongue Pie" a Newfie delicacy we have yet to try.

Not really knowing me, I am very excited to be returning to Newfoundland, our 5th trip. For me it's going home, to a part of my mind that is not normally accessed by the every day.

As much as I love working on our RVs it doesn't top being on the road. It's something to keep me distracted until we're ready to go.

As we leave we'll take a spin thru the transfer station and weigh our rig to see how it's changed over the last year or so.

Thank's for reminding me.

[Francesca Knowles]

That's what makes it all worthwhile, eh? Have fun!

Francesca

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I frequently get asked where something is in this rather long thread. Today I went thru and made a crude index of some 70 categories.. It is in excel spread sheet form. Later I'll convert it into something easier for most to read.

Oops! It turns out that the program does not upload excel files so this evening I'll convert it into a PDF.