Greetings RV enthusiasts. Todays post concerns some mis-information that appears to be surrounding a popular fifth wheel hitch option for short-bed trucks. If you are reading this post, you know what I’m talking about — those popular light-weight pyramid style hitches that promise certain utopia for short bed owners. This post mentions Andersen only becuase […]
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Ram’s Trailer Tire Pressure Monitoring System
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
RV Winterization with small air compressors and the Nautilus P4
Greetings RV enthusiasts. Its that time of year again – for those of us who don’t use our RVs over the winter, that is. Today’s topic is utilizing small, portable air compressors to winterize coaches equipped with Nautilus P4 water management system. Small air compressors require a little special attention, primarily because they can’t move […]
Plex Media Server on the road — WD Wireless Pro?
Greetings RVers In this previous post, I outlined what it would take to spin up a Plex Media Server while for use on the road without an internet connection. I’m using this post as an event timeline, to chronicle my efforts. As pointed out previously, I am motivated to use Roku and Plex in my […]