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Old 12-21-2011, 01:46 PM   #801
BrianR
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 3,338
Nice Sarge! I have one of those (a little longer tho) and had to live in it for months until I bought my 500 sq ft house.

Let me know if you need any tips on RV living!

I'll give ya one for free right now, buy nothing from an RV dealer that you can't get at a hardware store. You'll find that most parts have hardware store equivalents that save you a lot of cash.

My funny RV story:

My first night in mine, I learned that some RV parks have higher water pressure than others and you should have a pressure-reducer installed. I didn't know this. What I did know was that I woke up at four am wondering if I had left a faucet on since I could hear water running. I got out of bed and stepped into a half inch of water on the deck. Turns out that the kitchen sink hot water valve had broken and blown off and I now had a nice fountain going. The gray water tank had filled up and water was flooding the whole place and was running out from doors and any other opening it could find. I ran outside in my skivvies, turned off the water and then got decent so I could do something about the water. I altered the leveling jacks so that the water all ran out of one place and left it that way for a week while the camper drained and dried out.

Lesson learned. $7 pressure reducer saves a lot of headache.

I know you don't have the issue since you are boondocking (not hooked to shore services) but still.

And what f3 said....some custom paint would really spruce it up!
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