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Topic: What Did You Do To Your Class B Today ?

Posted By: goreds2 on 08/07/12 09:50pm

rvgary wrote:

Thanks Mau Mau,
Here is another mod I made moving the table from the back to in back of the drivers seat. Now the table can be left up all the time I'm parked. Has to come down when traveling as I have to slide the drivers seat full forward to use the table and I'm a good size fellow that needs the seat back when driving
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NICE JOB !

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I have a 1989 Dodge XPLORER RV Class B - Purchased 10/15/10 IN CASH
Fiance' purchased a Class C 2002 Dynamax Carri-go on 5/1/15 IN CASH
We've got the best of both worlds

Posted By: stan909 on 08/09/12 10:01am

Installed my sink setup,Fuse box,Inverter,Changed fridge DC line to deep cycle instead of starter battery.Found spot for my ladder with hooks and bungee cord.INTERIOR TOUR OF MODS

Posted By: fugawibill on 08/11/12 02:18pm

Rotated my tires, all the way from Mazatlan to Lake Chapala, Mexico.

Posted By: rdtaylor on 08/14/12 11:22pm

Cleaned it out the van after an overnight trip to watch The Perseid meteor shower at Palomar Mountain on Sunday night.

Posted By: OldRadios on 08/15/12 02:04pm

Going to install a roof vent over the winter but since money is short right now I rigged up a fan for the upper window in the old B. I cut a piece of Plexiglas and mounted a standard 12V DC equipment fan to it. The fan sits perfectly in the glass track and with the window shut against it it stays in place fine. I put a standard accessory plug with a switch on it to plug into the 12V plug on the wall next to the window. It doesn't move as much air as a roof fan but it draws a lot less current and it's quiet. It will take a few minutes longer to exhaust the hot air (moves 75 CFM) but for under $20 I can live with that until I can shell out the $200 or so for the roof vent and install it over the winter.

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It's not that pretty but it works.

2006 Fleetwood 26Q
2010 Harley Softail Toad
2015 Ford Focus Toad
Upstate (the other) New York

Posted By: stan909 on 08/15/12 08:59pm

Hope you don't mind my stealing that idea. Very slick.

Posted By: BudJ on 08/15/12 09:23pm

Sure won't use much battery stuff, very nice OldRadios.

Bud

Posted By: OldRadios on 08/17/12 07:41pm

Gassed it up. Hooking the canoe/kayak trailer up tomorrow and loading it for a week of camping in the Catskills. Will be doing some hiking and canoing with my wife and dog. Suppose to be perfect weather the whole time. mid 70s day/mid 50s night. (My wife asked me what I wanted to do for my 60th).

* This post was edited 08/18/12 08:44am by OldRadios *

Posted By: VE3ESN on 08/24/12 05:47am

Well, I didn't do this "today", but just took some pics of the CCrane wifi antenna installation on our RT. This setup allows us to access a park's wifi from inside the van instead of having to take the netbook or notebook to the park office. It has exceeded our expectations. We can also park in the middle of a shopping center or motel parking lot and find lots of usable wifi signals. [image]

Even though the antenna is "waterproof", I made up an enclosure using central vacuum tubing (the white tubing and white cap) and various PVC plumbing and electrical fittings that a Home Depot associate helped me with. The antenna and mast are attached with tie wraps (UV protected) to a piece of aluminum angle that's screwed to the air conditioner vent. It's very stable. It does "lean forward" a bit due to the slope of the vent, but performance doesn't suffer. The USB cable extension sits in the "gutter" and enters the RT through the stove fan vent.

Jerry & Susie
1996 Roadtrek 190 Versatile (Dodge 5.2 L)

Posted By: stan909 on 08/24/12 12:39pm

Wow. That is very clever. Tell us how it works out. You will get a lot of stares and questions from other campers.

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