Greetings RV enthusiasts! This post is about Ram’s “Trailer Tire Pressure Monitoring System” or “Trailer TPMS. When I special – ordered my 2022 Ram 3500, I purchased this particular option to save real estate on my dashboard. Unfortunately, after the truck arrived I was soon met with a disturbing problem: The supplied sensors didn’t fit […]
Author: doug@boisediesel.com
Why Alliance is the only RV I would purchase
Greetings RV enthusiasts I feel compelled to discuss the subject of RV quality again, but before I get into the details I want to remind my readers that I receive no commission or remuneration for my work on this blog. I’m writing from personal experience and personal experience alone. I have written more particularly about […]
The problem of RV Dealer Service
Greetings RV enthusiasts. This post is about the problem of RV dealer service In a previous post on this subject, I outlined the set of issues with my trailer, expressing the opinion that my experience was probably on the favorable side, compared to others. As regards the trailer itself, I still believe this […]
why I quit the pool and spa forum
Greeting Hot tub enthusiasts. If you’ve explored my site enough to find this post, you know by now that my goal is to help people find simple, effective and low-cost maintenance information for hot tubs. You also know that I don’t position this site as an authority. Instead, I post articles to reveal my experimental […]
RV internet with the pepwave MAX TRANSIT CAT 18
This post is follow-up to this post, in my quest to establish reliable rv internet. I’ll briefly describe my final solution, which utilizes the pepwave MAX TRANSIT CAT 18 router, including two network diagrams showing my “at home” and “camping” scenarios. The pepwave “CAT 18” is a profoundly capable device is the hub of my […]
RV networking and celluar modems
Greetings RVers. This post is about a recent accelerated learning experience re: RV Routers. In this post, I described building my RV network around the Pepwave SURF SOHO, a very capable router that checks all of the boxes you need for a working Wifi network inside your RV. This decision was based on a very […]
RV Quality in Today’s market
GreetingsRV’ers. This is going to be a difficult post, as my wife and I love both the trailer we have and its manufacturer, Alliance RV. Unfortunately, as I have observed, the RV industry is stuck in the 1950s in the areas of parts inventory and availability, and service cost estimating and scheduling. Add to this […]
Synology and Plex set-up in your RV
Greetings RVers. In this post I outlined my RV plex solution as a combination of three things: A streaming stick, a router, and a “Network Attached Storage” device, or NAS. Yes I am aware that some consider NAS to be out-of-character for an RV, but I’ve had such good luck at home with such a […]
Retail RV’ing and Plex Media Server
Greetings RV enthusiasts. In previous posts, you’ve probably read about the issues I’ve had with my Western Digital “My Passport Wireless Pro”, while attempting to use it (as advertised) as a Plex media server. Suffice to say the concept is really very good and I really wanted it to work (I even bought a nice […]
Spa Purge shoot-out: Spa Marvel vs Aqua Clarity
Greetings Hot Tub enthusiasts. This post is about another purge product shoot-out, this time between a familiar product from Spa Marvel, known as Spa Marvel Cleanser, and a relatively new product called “Aqua Clarity”, from a the makers of Ahh-some and Hot Tub Serum Total Maintenance. This company, Unique Solutions, has apparently taken note of […]