I was talking to our insurance broker today and she asked me if we had Full Timer’s Insurance. My question in return was “What is Full Timer’s Insurance and why do I need it.” She tells me that my Motor Home policy does not cover things like cameras, computers, things like that. Because these things are not normally found in a motorhome (I could dispute that, but anyway), these would normally be covered by the contents package on your home insurance she says. So the question is: Who is covering the items normally not found in a Recreation Vehicle? Like my wife’s fine china for example.
Do you know who covers yours?
Look what was in our park the other morning.
It’s called an Alto and it’s built by Safari Condo of Quebec Canada. These trailers fold down to a teardrop for travel, are easy to tow, and are built unlike most other RV’s in North America. I say light weight because these homes on wheels start out at just over 1600 pounds, that’s roughly the weight of a hard top tent trailer. If you vehicle is rated to pull about 2500 pounds you are certainly good to go with this one.
We, like every other owner of about 2006 and older RV’s have TV’s to replace if we want to stay at all current. So before we head out for the winter, we spend the money and replace the TV’s. First we remove the living room TV. That leaves this hole. Lots of room in there, right. Too much storage space to waste, wouldn’t you agree?
Our friendly and competent carpenter buddy Kevin MacAurthur builds us a drawer setup so we can make full use of the available space. Here you see it open.
Now you see it closed. Looks factory doesn’t it?
The new bedroom TV is mounted in a frame on hinges. Once again, easy access to oodles more storage. Here’s the new TV.
And here’s the new storage.
So that’s one mans answer to how to best install new TV’s
This summer we added Digital TV’s to our coach. First of all, it freed up a lot of formerly wasted storage space and the new Digital Flat Screens certainly produce an amazingly better picture. We use both Star Choice Satellite and now with digital tvs, our Winegard TV antenna is back in fashion. Today the final piece to the puzzle. I added Wingman to my Winegard TV Antenna. The original Winegard antennas are tuned to improve the channels up to 13, this adapter improves channels 14 to 51.
The directions said it was easy to do and there were no tools required. It took less than five minutes to install the adapter, they were right, no tools. The difference on the tv’s is impressive. More channels, clearer.
If you have digital TV’s, you’ll find this a great addition to your current TV antenna.
Enjoy
OK, So you bought yourself a shiny new motorhome. It’s 3 or 4 times the size of your car. You know you can drive this monster, you see others doing it, but a few tips would sure be helpful. Here comes Lazy Days RV in Seffner Florida (the worlds largest single store RV Dealer) to your rescue.
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The discussion never ends. What’s better? A trailer, 5th wheel or a motorhome. Everyone has their own opinion. One of the negative when folks are dissing 5th wheels is that trailer or no trailer you only have a big truck to drive. Here’s one man’s fix to that problem. He got a bigger truck (I’ll never wear this one out kind of truck) and a Smart Car.
So here’s how this one goes together. While travelling the Smart Car sits on the deck on the truck just ahead of the fifth wheel. Simple, Yes?
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