Unusual but useful stuff for the Rv

[AbdRahim]

1) reflective jacket (makes me look official)

Thanks MapNerd. I was looking at these on the last trip and forgot to buy one.

 

[Neal]

I bet none of y'all have one of these? This is under cabinet mounted under the front/center TV.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AY3WA/?tag=rvf01-20

 

[AbdRahim]

tarp - haven't dirtied my new covralls yet.. Hopefully I will never need it to keep water out.
moisture detector, lp sniffer

 

[J&JD]

I bet none of y'all have one of these? This is under cabinet mounted under the front/center TV.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AY3WA/?tag=rvf01-20

Thank God. That’s just wrong!?

 

[Neal]

Thank God. That’s just wrong!?

LOL!!

 

[Old-RV'er]

The army/Marine Corps provide a very strong compact folding shovel, with a branch cutter on one edge. I got one for my metal detecting kit I carry. The saw works, takes some effort. I carry a hand sized pruner which ratchets and that works for most of the things I see in my way our 4x4'ing. I check the spot I'm going into prior to backing in, so any hazards are known before I tear something up. But the wind can change things and so be prepared for those things.

Home Depot sells a Tyvek paint suit for about 16 dollars, you can get ribbed cuffs for arms and legs. I keep two, the one I'm using, and a spare, once the zipper fails or I tear them up bad, I throw away the only set and then have the new set when I need it. It's getting harder for these old bones to get down or under the coach, so it does not get much use. I also keep a magnetized tray, for screws, nets/bolts when I'm working on something, so I don't lose them, even if I tip it over they don't get away.

Steel wool works excellent to start almost anything on fire, use the very fine size. At REI, and the like, you can get a tube of fire starter, I think mine is over 30 years old, as we don't like smoke from fires. I keep it to start the camping stope I used when backpacking, which runs on kerosene, make a hot flame which is excellent. I also keep that at home, and 1 gallon of fuel in case of SHTF problems.

I also keep a "road worker reflective vest" for those times I need to be seen outside alongside the road. That is in the jeep toad. I carry (when I can get them) disposable Lysol wipes to clean hands and hose bibs in parks on the coach front step so I don't get it dirty, and can sanitize the faucet for water. One can last a fairly lone time. I keep at least two spares under the tv cabinet.

I carry the normal stuff, oil, coolant, tranny fluid, WD-40 and 3M Dry Silicone Lubricant. Also some andro ant killer granules and go around the coach when we arrive to stop the little buggers from getting inside - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000QDEQ7E/?tag=rvf01-20 - .

All of us have junk drawers, pens, sharpies (black-blue-red). But here is one thing you might consider.
3 small LED flashlights, (500 lumens or so, bright enough to see, but not blinding) for getting into those spots after dark (for those of us who don't have docking lights-but), here is how I do it. I place two lights at the back of the spot, one on each side of the space I am aiming to put the rear of the coach, pointing toward the street, the last one I place pointing toward the drivers window at the point I want the coach to end up. So when backing in, I have in effect landing lights pointing at my mirrors, and as long as I stay between those lights, I will not run off the surface of the spot, since I know the light aimed at the side of the coach is where I want to stop backing up to, I can put that MH almost anywhere I want her, and not scratch anything, hit anything, and it's in the middle of the pad. I went across the country east and west alone, and this trick never failed me. Plus I can use the lights for other things and to check for low hanging trees, etc. before I place them on the ground.

 

[MapNerd]

I heard about a guy that, get this, carries an entire 3D printer in his rig. I don’t know of anything else more unusual yet insanely useful.

 

[J&JD]

I heard about a guy that, get this, carries an entire 3D printer in his rig. I don’t know of anything else more unusual yet insanely useful.

That dude is obviously insane!

 

[Neal]

Out of office reply: eating pizza. Will return shortly.

 

[Neemer]

I carry a bicycle helmet for those times I need to crawl under the coach. I could make a wallet out of the skin I’ve left on various brackets under there.

 

[RandyB]

Very handy to have DIY fire starters. Paper pulp egg crate, candle wax and chainsaw wood chips (the bigger the better). Melt the wax, pour into egg crates, embed the wood chips, let solidify and cut into individual pockets. Waterproof, not too big, great way to get a fire started.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

I carry a bicycle helmet for those times I need to crawl under the coach. I could make a wallet out of the skin I’ve left on various brackets under there.

I resemble that remark!

TJ

 

[ARD]

I cannot, for the life of me, ever remember a time when I needed/or wanted to need a shovel while on an Rv excursion.

That's because you are RVing right. I had to buy a shovel when it snowed like crazy and I had to shovel out my site so I could park my toad (I had it parked at the top of the hill just in case.) , walk the pups, etc. ?

 

[ARD]

I’m sure many of us have come upon items that are unique but useful to have along while traveling. Maybe you might share them here.

It seems like we often end up in parks where our tall DS ends up hitting branches high on the coach or the roof rails. instead of hauling out a ladder we carry one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WMQY8CY/?tag=rvf01-20

Makes trimming small branches easy while standing on the ground.?

I've got to buy something like this. Some people in another coach saved my grits in Spearfish and trimmed the tree so I could extend my FWS.

 

[J&JD]

That's because you are RVing right. I had to buy a shovel when it snowed like crazy and I had to shovel out my site so I could park my toad (I had it parked at the top of the hill just in case.) , walk the pups, etc. ?
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That’s when I hire a “shovel person”! ??

 

[Old-RV'er]

Hmmm, if you camp in the foothills of Yuma, AZ, and a water line breaks, you will want a shovel, it might take the landlord a while to get there to fix it, I used to carry a "water main turn off tool" but we sold our lots in Yuma, so I only need it at home. I don't have my "tools set up yet" for the RV, as I don't know which box I am going to carry. BH gave me a nice stainless one with drawers but then I have to figure out which way to turn it because it's heavy once loaded. That is the one I am thinking about now. I cannot think of anything off the wall I carry now, but if something comes up I will post it here.