The fold out RV entrance stairs on our Cougar fifth wheel have never been the most rock solid things. They’ve always had a little bit of give and spring to them. It’s just the nature of fold out hinged RV steps. But, lately I’ve been noticing a little bit of extra sag to them. It’s … Read more
Introduction We are coming up on four years since we purchased our brand new Keystone Cougar Fifth Wheel and set out to live a full-time RV lifestyle. I’m pretty impressed with how the trailer has held up considering it really isn’t designed for full-time RVers, but more of a weekenders rig. Like all RVs though … Read more
Clunk, Oh Oh! The passenger side landing jack on our Keystone Cougar fifth wheel suffered a major failure last week. I was in the process of jacking the trailer off the truck when I heard and felt a loud clunk. In fact, my wife who was inside setting things up immediately looked out the window … Read more
Digitize Those RV Manuals Norma posted this over in the Love Your RV Forum forums and I thought it was a terrific tip for all RVers. I know that I often times find myself digging through our box of manuals, warranty info, receipts, etc. looking for something. Half the time I can’t find the manual … Read more
Introduction Our Keystone Cougar fifth wheel trailer is now nearly 4 years old and starting to show signs of age on the roof seals. It is a rubber type roof using a material called EPDM (ethylene propylene diene terpolymer) and sealed for the most part with Dicor Lap sealant. Every few months I check over … Read more
Introduction This is an update to my broken fifth wheel landing jacks gear box post last spring. When the gear box broke I didn’t have access to a quick parts source so I did a temp repair of the gear box. Turns out is was a pretty good temp repair because 6 months or so later … Read more
Introduction RV water heater maintenance is pretty straight forward. With a few tools, a warm sunny afternoon and a little know how it’s easy to do it yourself. The main thing we want to do is flush out the sediments and deposits that build up over time in the tank and replace any corrode parts. … Read more
Introduction For the last little while our RV shower fixtures have been acting up. The cold tap has been really wonky. We have to really play around with it to get a constant stream which makes adjusting for good pressure and temperature a real pain. Also the cheapie shower head has never really been that … Read more
RV Extended Warranties – Introduction When my wife and I purchased our brand new Keystone Cougar Fifth Wheel three years ago we had to make the decision on whether to buy extended warranty coverage or not. Normally I don’t buy extended warranties on most of my purchases but in this case for several reasons we … Read more
Our Friend Big Baby Blue I’ve had several requests through email and in comments on the blog and YouTube to give a little more information about our truck. You likely have seen him in my photographs. He is a 1994 Ford F350 truck that we affectionately nicknamed “Big Baby Blue”. Blue came to us like … Read more
Details of my MacGyver-like Fifth Wheel Power Jack Repair A few weeks ago we were all setup camped at Zion National Park when we notice a strange clunking noise as we moved about the fifth wheel. Along with the clunking, it also seemed to be wiggling around a lot in the front end. I headed … Read more
Introduction Being that we aren’t yet famously wealthy and unable to work the six months we spend down south visiting the United States during the winter, we really have to watch our budget. In the last four years traveling full time in our RV, we have figured out some ways to be frugal and save … Read more
I’m often asked what tools and maintenance items I carry along while pursuing the Full Time RV Life. While organizing the RV this spring I pulled out all my tools and thought this would be a good time to show to you the stuff I carry. When RVing there is always the balance between carrying … Read more