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Forum: Problem Solving | Owners Helping Owners 03-20-2022, 07:36 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,386
Posted By Stevieboy
Re-glazing broken wiindow

Broken panes must be replaced with “safety glazing”, which is a material which will not shatter into shards.

Your choices are:

Lexan

Tempered glass. [Like your vehicle’s side windows (side...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners Helping Owners 03-19-2021, 03:34 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,165
Posted By Stevieboy
Leave pump off. Leave faucets closed. You don’t...

Leave pump off. Leave faucets closed.
You don’t want pump to accidentally drain the tank, and overflow your gray and/or black tank.
Forum: General Chat 03-11-2021, 11:39 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,564
Posted By Stevieboy
Uummmmm. No.

Uummmmm. No.
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 03-07-2021, 10:41 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,462
Posted By Stevieboy
Interesting. That shows that you could have a...

Interesting. That shows that you could have a small panel inside trailer window. Not ideal, but a theft-free trickle.
Forum: General Chat 02-25-2021, 09:26 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,370
Posted By Stevieboy
I bought new 2018 17’ Casita Spirit Deluxe. Have...

I bought new 2018 17’ Casita Spirit Deluxe. Have lived in it since Nov 2017 when I picked it up.
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners Helping Owners 10-20-2020, 11:00 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,022
Posted By Stevieboy
Sounds like you have a plan. Clean the tube and...

Sounds like you have a plan. Clean the tube and get the right motor. Even if that doesn’t help you’ll have a clean tube and a new motor !
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 10-15-2020, 03:03 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,843
Posted By Stevieboy
Cpap on batteries

We ran TWO CPAPs all night from my battery run through an inverter. The next day I had my solar panel hooked up. (This was Badlands Natl Park so no shore power.) Then we Did it the next night.
I...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners Helping Owners 09-12-2020, 01:01 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 6,144
Posted By Stevieboy
I use 3 heated floor mats. Silent and you get a...

I use 3 heated floor mats. Silent and you get a warm floor to walk on.
Forum: General Chat 08-10-2020, 03:49 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 35,456
Posted By Stevieboy
Get the AC. Get a generator if you want to run...

Get the AC. Get a generator if you want to run it.
You WILL want to run it. Sometime.
Get the AC.
Forum: Hi, I am.... 08-06-2020, 10:50 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 774
Posted By Stevieboy
I’ve seen dollies used also, to get trailers...

I’ve seen dollies used also, to get trailers through a 7’ garage door opening.
But no go I think, if you have a rooftop ac unit.

I rent garage space that has an 8’ high opening and contemplated...
Forum: Hi, I am.... 08-05-2020, 07:39 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 774
Posted By Stevieboy
You won’t fit Scamps and Casitas under the...

You won’t fit Scamps and Casitas under the typical 7’ high garage door.
Forum: Hi, I am.... 08-04-2020, 11:55 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 774
Posted By Stevieboy
Congrats on the marriage. Hope you aren’t married...

Congrats on the marriage. Hope you aren’t married to that tow vehicle.
My 17’ Casita Spirit Deluxe has 6-1/2” ceiling ht, weighs about 3500, and needs a TV with 5000lbs towing capacity.
Forum: COVID-19 RVing Information 04-12-2020, 11:18 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 8,091
Posted By Stevieboy
Generator

Last month and for the first time since I graduated from college in 1979, I became debt-free !!

I bought a new 2018 Casita in November 2017 and have lived in it ever since.

I find myself in the...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners Helping Owners 10-08-2019, 05:01 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,096
Posted By Stevieboy
Rivets and temperature

For ultimate tightness of a rivet, you’d want the rivet hot(longer), and the fiberglass you’re riveting together cold (thinner).

Then when the rivet shrinks as it cools, the fiberglass expands as...
Forum: General Chat 12-14-2018, 12:08 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,813
Posted By Stevieboy
That’s my method !!!

That’s my method !!!
Forum: General Chat 12-12-2018, 03:38 PM
Replies: 134
Views: 9,029
Posted By Stevieboy
I do use it. I also use the “terribly wasteful...

I do use it. I also use the “terribly wasteful pods” consoling myself that you don’t, and that I’m not using hot water and soap for cleanup.

The coffee in the pods has never been stale. Far more...
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 12-12-2018, 03:25 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 8,418
Posted By Stevieboy
Confusion re “oil” heater.

Are you talking about an electric oil-filled radiator or an oil burning heater?

Also re feet freezing to floor in below freezing weather: The floor got cold so I covered the floor of my 17’...
Forum: Towing, Hitching, Axles and Running Gear 12-12-2018, 12:44 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 6,414
Posted By Stevieboy
Get the v6. Not only for hills but for...

Get the v6. Not only for hills but for maneuvering in traffic. Plus it’s nice even when you aten’t towing. Same reasons.
Forum: General Chat 12-12-2018, 12:38 PM
Replies: 134
Views: 9,029
Posted By Stevieboy
Coffee making

1. Aluminum percolator. I enjoy the bloop bloop bloop.
2. Keurig. I also have a stainless screen basket for the Keurig so I can use ground coffee.
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 12-05-2018, 01:20 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 8,418
Posted By Stevieboy
Propane canisters

Are you talking about the little 1 pound cans? Why not use the typical ones and run an adaptor hose to your heater.
I bought a nice two burner Coleman grill that uses the little cans. I bought a...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners Helping Owners 12-03-2018, 10:13 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 17,057
Posted By Stevieboy
Shell off

Very interested to follow your logic. Install wood frame to support shell on shell seam and let it relax. Then if you wanted you can jack up the frame and roll the trailer out to work on it or take...
Forum: General Chat 10-09-2018, 09:33 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 7,460
Posted By Stevieboy
I love sitting out under mine when it’s pouring...

I love sitting out under mine when it’s pouring rain. I love an open porch on a house as well.
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners Helping Owners 09-08-2018, 12:14 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,983
Posted By Stevieboy
Photograph the tape deck, make an 8x10 print,...

Photograph the tape deck, make an 8x10 print, frame it, and hang it over the opening.
Forum: Hi, I am.... 08-20-2018, 10:56 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,012
Posted By Stevieboy
Don’t assume a fiberglass trailer, the shorter of...

Don’t assume a fiberglass trailer, the shorter of which are generally 13’, will be lighter than your 12’ Scotsman.
Forum: Care and Feeding of Molded Fiberglass Trailers 08-19-2018, 10:32 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,993
Posted By Stevieboy
You can put it on blocks at the front, rear, and...

You can put it on blocks at the front, rear, and middle, such that the wheels are hanging.
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 07-25-2018, 12:57 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 8,045
Posted By Stevieboy
Is the glass on rigid panels tempered? Any issues...

Is the glass on rigid panels tempered? Any issues with hail damage to roof-mounted glass panels?
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Molded Meets (Archive) 07-23-2018, 07:28 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 7,462
Posted By Stevieboy
What Bryan said. Loved all the canal system info....

What Bryan said. Loved all the canal system info. Love canals.
Forum: General Chat 07-19-2018, 09:36 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,037
Posted By Stevieboy
Scamp versus Casita shower enclosure.

The walls and ceiling of my Casita’s shower is a one piece smooth fiberglass inner liner.
Forum: Plumbing | Systems and Fixtures 07-14-2018, 06:18 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 31,795
Posted By Stevieboy
Propane proliferation !

Yes I have a 12’ hose that goes from 20 pound tank to Coleman.

I could put a tee in just before the coleman fitting to run something.
Forum: Plumbing | Systems and Fixtures 07-11-2018, 01:34 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 31,795
Posted By Stevieboy
Yes, MadJack. Years ago as an asst scoutmaster on...

Yes, MadJack. Years ago as an asst scoutmaster on a winter jamboree with many other troops, I t was a campfire-free jamboree except for a group fire at night, to keep the woods from being stripped. I...
Forum: Plumbing | Systems and Fixtures 07-11-2018, 11:40 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 31,795
Posted By Stevieboy
Adapter hose

12’ tank-to-Coleman adapter hose.

1. Unscrew hose from one of your propane tanks.
2. Screw on the “tank fitting” end of the hose.
3. Screw the “Coleman stove fitting” end of the hose onto the...
Forum: General Chat 07-09-2018, 11:21 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,851
Posted By Stevieboy
Exactly Trainman. The fiberglass campers don’t...

Exactly Trainman. The fiberglass campers don’t depreciate anywhere close to the rate of stick builts depreciation. Like any good tool, you get what you pay for.
Forum: Towing, Hitching, Axles and Running Gear 07-07-2018, 09:46 AM
Replies: 69
Views: 16,087
Posted By Stevieboy
Go 6 or 8 cylinder.

Go 6 or 8 cylinder.
Forum: General Chat 07-07-2018, 09:22 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,191
Posted By Stevieboy
I store my chairs in the bags they came in.

I store my chairs in the bags they came in.
Forum: General Chat 07-05-2018, 06:49 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,851
Posted By Stevieboy
As I see it, there are three main categories of...

As I see it, there are three main categories of components for a trailer or RV.
1. The frame, wheels, bearings, axles, springs, shocks, hitch, levelers, lights, brakes.
2. The shell. Roof, walls,...
Forum: General Chat 06-27-2018, 12:20 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,851
Posted By Stevieboy
When I picked up my Casita from the plant in...

When I picked up my Casita from the plant in November, they said they built 16/week, up from 14/week a couple years before.
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners Helping Owners 06-16-2018, 11:58 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 14,772
Posted By Stevieboy
Interesting Amy . I want to run my...

Interesting Amy .
I want to run my collapsible propane grill off my propane tanks so I don’t have to buy the expensive little cyllinders. Is there a there an existing thread that describes the...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Molded Meets (Archive) 06-05-2018, 10:35 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 7,462
Posted By Stevieboy
Eggbeater boondocker

I have a 2018 17’ Casita with solar panel I’ve not used yet. Hoping to get some help and advice from some of you experienced boondockers. Is there a hose there to fill up tank?
Forum: General Chat 05-22-2018, 05:50 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,424
Posted By Stevieboy
Mobile Architect was there

Thanks ! First time I fired up the water heater, had a shower etc in my new Casita.
Fun. Really had no idea what to expect at a camper rally.
Steve
Forum: General Chat 04-29-2018, 04:00 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,378
Posted By Stevieboy
Ya got me beat. I listen to just over 2 books per...

Ya got me beat. I listen to just over 2 books per week since 2010. You are just over 3 per week.
Forum: Classified Archives 04-24-2018, 06:52 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,672
Posted By Stevieboy
Length measurement

Is the length on a fifth wheel measure from ball to bumper?
Ie a 17’ “regular” TT only has about a 14’ box. But this 19’ scamp would have almost all 19’ feet of box.
Forum: General Chat 04-15-2018, 09:51 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,378
Posted By Stevieboy
Libraries receive far more books than they can...

Libraries receive far more books than they can sell. Duplicates/triplicates and obsolete books. They recycle what can’t be sold.
And they DON’T want old National Geographics !!
Forum: General Chat 04-14-2018, 02:36 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,378
Posted By Stevieboy
I used to check out the library's audiobooks on...

I used to check out the library's audiobooks on CDs. Now I only download audio books and have done so since 2013. I go through 2-3 per week. I don’t want to acquire any more possessions than I have...
Forum: Jokes, Stories & Tall Tales 04-11-2018, 09:58 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,126
Posted By Stevieboy
Great stories and I’ll add mine when I get time.

Great stories and I’ll add mine when I get time.
Forum: Modifications, Alterations and Updates 04-09-2018, 05:29 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 6,469
Posted By Stevieboy
The aluminum-plastic-aluminum sandwich panel is...

The aluminum-plastic-aluminum sandwich panel is Alucobond. Or at least that was the original manufacturer. It was originally developed for cladding buildings. Comes in diff thicknesses. Beautiful...
Forum: Towing, Hitching, Axles and Running Gear 03-21-2018, 05:27 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 6,141
Posted By Stevieboy
Good on the 5000 # santa fe towing cap. I like...

Good on the 5000 # santa fe towing cap. I like the rear seat fold down flat and level, with only small gaps, of the Honda Pilot AWD.
Forum: Towing, Hitching, Axles and Running Gear 03-20-2018, 05:38 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 6,141
Posted By Stevieboy
I have a Santa Fe. Before that I had a Tuscon...

I have a Santa Fe. Before that I had a Tuscon that I loved. But the Santa Fe’s don’t have the towing capacity and hitch capacity to tow my new 17’ Casita Spirit Deluxe. I’m looking at a Honda Pilot...
Forum: Towing, Hitching, Axles and Running Gear 03-20-2018, 11:36 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 6,141
Posted By Stevieboy
Santa Fe doesn’t have a V8

Santa Fe doesn’t have a V8
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 03-20-2018, 06:57 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 3,797
Posted By Stevieboy
I agree. Remove outlet from box. Install GFI...

I agree. Remove outlet from box. Install GFI outlet in box.
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 03-19-2018, 05:19 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 3,797
Posted By Stevieboy
You shouldn’t have to go outside or anywhere else...

You shouldn’t have to go outside or anywhere else to reset a “blown” outlet, whether allowed by code or not.
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