Category: Camper tips

Starcraft Pop Up Campers – Get Ready for Spring

Get Ready, Spring is Coming As customers begin to bring their Starcraft pop up campers out of storage this season, they should check and replace all sealants on the unit. Customers can find specific resealing information in their owner’s manual.  Along with inspecting and replacing the sealants, customers will need to follow the maintenance schedule provided in [...]

Thursday April 21st, 2011 in Camper tips | Comments Off

Winterizing RV – How to Winterize Your RV

WINTERIZING RV – RV components can be damaged from the effects of freezing and ARE not covered under any warranty. Protection of the plumbing system and related mechanisms is very important. Winterizing RV services are available from most camper and RV sales and service centers however, some recreational vehicle owners choose to do it themselves. [...]

Friday December 10th, 2010 in Camper tips | Comments Off

Camper Trailer Weight Distribution Hitch

A weight distribution hitch is a type of hitch attachment that slides into the receiver of the tow vehicle to redistribute the weight on the tongue across all of the axles. A weight distribution hitch adds spring bars on each side of the hitch system that are used to apply leverage between the tow vehicle [...]

Monday June 7th, 2010 in Camper tips, Towing | 3 Comments »

Travel Trailer Weight or RV Weight

It is important to know the weight of your camper.  I’m not just talking about the gross vehicle weight which is the maximum weight of the camper plus it’s all contents, I’m talking about the dry weight (unloaded weight) and tongue weight, also known as hitch weight.  The dry weight is the actual weight of [...]

Sunday June 6th, 2010 in Camper tips, Towing, Trailer Hitch | 1 Comment »

RV Insurance

When purchasing a new RV, camper, fifth wheel or travel trailer, make sure not to forget your RV Insurance.  With all of the excitement of the new purchase, RV Insurance could easily be forgotten. Any type of RV can be insured.  Depending on whether you purchase a pull behind camper or a motorhome will determine [...]

Tuesday June 1st, 2010 in Camper tips, RV Loans | Comments Off

RV Shipping and Camper Delivery

If you find a great deal on a camper trailer, fifth wheel or destination trailer but it will be a really long drive to get it, why not consider having it delivered?  There are many reliable shipping companies that will pickup and deliver your camper to your destination or meet you en route.  Following are [...]

Friday May 28th, 2010 in Camper tips | Comments Off

Camper Trailers & RV Financing Recommendations

There is nothing wrong with financing your travel trailer or fifth wheel.  Actually, it might be a smart move to finance your camper.  You are probably asking “Why would it be smart to have another bill?”.  Campers that are considered self-contained can be considered a second home.  Tweet This Post Technorati Tags: 5th wheel, camper [...]

Tuesday May 25th, 2010 in Camper tips, RV Loans | 1 Comment »

Choosing Fifth Wheel and Camper Trailers

The camper that best suits you will vary from person to person.  You should consider your budget, your tow vehicle, the number of people that will stay on a regular basis and how often you will use the camper. There are several choices of towable campers: travel trailers, fifth wheel campers, toy haulers, hybrid campers [...]

Buying the Right Travel Trailer Covers

With all of the excitement of purchasing a new camper, the thought of protecting it when not in use may be overlooked.  Since your travel trailer may be such a large investment, you should do everything you can protect it.  Travel trailer covers are probably the least expensive way to protect you camper. From the [...]

Thursday May 13th, 2010 in Camper tips, Travel Trailer Campers | 1 Comment »

Getting RVs ready for the season

It’s that time of year again and most of us are more than ready for getting our RVS ready for camping. This winter has been a longer than usual season and most camping people want it to be over. Patience fellow campers, it’s not as though we can just hook up and go when the [...]

Wednesday March 10th, 2010 in Camper tips | Comments Off