Houston Remodeler
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After watching Extreme RVs on television, we decided on an upgrade for our 24 ft TT we now call the kitchen/ living room the 'Salon', and the bedroom the 'Stateroom'.
The upgrade only took a few minutes and added $$$$ to the coach. ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile")
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hohenwald48
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Here's how I handle and store my hitch head. I tend to use the cheap and simple method. The "handle" is a 12" nail bent to fit with an old file handle pounded on it. I simply lock the safety chains to the spring bar chains (stored on J hooks) and slip a pad lock in the coupler hole.
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Bigbird65
Arlington Texas
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Really good way to handle it hohenwald48. I do a similar thing with the spring bar hooks and pad locks to the chains. I also use a J hook to hold up the front end of the sway bar when I am backing the trailer. For safety I use a theft prevention Master Lock on the hitch.
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I built this cradle to store the hitch and lift the hitch with a HitchGrip.
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toservegod
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Luvnevryminutofit wrote:So here is one of my winter projects. It's an A-frame bike rack I built from materials I had lying around my shop and some cradles picked up at the local bike shop. I haven't given it a test ride yet so I can't comment on how it's going to work. I fear it may be too bouncy. I was carrying five bikes on my rear rack and they suffered alot of damage due to rubbing against one another. With this rack I can move the two adult bikes to the front and spread the kid bikes out a little more on the rear rack.
![[image]](http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee25/kimark1/bikerack1.jpg)
This is actually the second rack I built as the first one was very boxy and quite ugly. I went back to the drawing board and came up with this idea. It's basically 3/4" heavy wall conduit bent and welded with a cross bar and some home fabricated mounts. I think I spent approx $23 on it incuding the paint and grade 8 bolts w/ lock nuts.
There was a post yesterday about storing your weight dist bars and I may go back and incorporate something along the line of the "Bar Buddy" to hold them. I like their concept.
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This is how the rack mounts to the A-frame.
Any comments would be appreciated. Happy Campn' (If the ice ever melts!!!)
Has this held up? I wouldn't have thought the conduit to hold up to the weight of two bikes. If it holds up, I like it!
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PennyPA
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What are those strange pointy things hanging down from the bottom of the trailer? Icicles, you say? What are icicles? Boy, haven't seen those since 2008!! North in summer; south in winter. Easiest way to winterize that we've found. :-)
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CampingCooks
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Houston Remodeler wrote:After watching Extreme RVs on television, we decided on an upgrade for our 24 ft TT we now call the kitchen/ living room the 'Salon', and the bedroom the 'Stateroom'.
The upgrade only took a few minutes and added $$$$ to the coach.
I'm definitely doing this upgrade to my 26' TT! ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/biggrin.gif "biggrin")
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mrw8i
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CampingCooks wrote:Houston Remodeler wrote:After watching Extreme RVs on television, we decided on an upgrade for our 24 ft TT we now call the kitchen/ living room the 'Salon', and the bedroom the 'Stateroom'.
The upgrade only took a few minutes and added $$$$ to the coach.
I'm definitely doing this upgrade to my 26' TT!
Brilliant !!!
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Houston Remodeler
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I wonder if that makes the awning the porte cochere ?
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mds47588
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Since I had this trailer I have noticed what seems like a lot of wasted space behind a panel on top of the microwave. $5.96 and a trip to a local Lowes got me the material to make an extra shelf. Easy mod and anyone with a screwdriver could easily do this.
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RoyBell
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Nice idea! You can also go to your local RV dealer and possibly buy a replacement door as well to put up there. I did that for some drawers I have yet to make under the dinette.
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