Glenn’s page about RVing
Welcome to my page where you can learn about some of the RV modifications and travel I’ve done. For most of my adult life I’ve had an RV of some sort. Currently Tena and I travel with a 28 foot Cougar fifth wheel towed behind our RAM 3500 diesel. And for the most part we camp off the grid (no hookups). Many of the modifications and things we’ve learned have been for this reason.
We bought the Cougar used on December 26, 2017 from Camping World in Burlington, WA. There was a bit of a process to import the trailer into Canada through the RIV process, nothing really too complicated. You can contact me if you have any questions, maybe someday I’ll post information about that.
So the first thing I did when I got home was do what I recommend all of you do regularly especially if you buy a used trailer – read about it here: 5 most important things on your travel trailer / fifth wheel (bearings, brakes, suspension, tires, & leaks). In my opinion at least! Some of these you can’t check at the sales lot… so I had to wait until I got home with the trailer. Even on a new trailer some of these parts will need replacement and service surprisingly quick.
Work in progress… Glenn June 2022
When we first got the trailer and went out camping, immediately we were not impressed how much it felt like an earthquake any time someone walked around. Especially when one…
This was something I installed in my camper back in 2013, to add a little more security for those few moments we step away from the trailer with all of…
Most of the trailer built today still use an pretty basic leaf spring suspension. What I think many people don’t realize is that these suspensions are not maintenance free. Parts…
Our inverter needs are fairly simple when it comes to the amount of power we need. We don’t run a coffee maker, TV, fridge or any other high draw items….
We’ve installed a whole trailer water filtration system from the RV Water Filter Store. When you’re out travelling with the RV and getting your water tank filled up with water…
If any of you are familiar with travel trailers and fifth wheels you’ll know that they rarely come with a built in generator. The exception is some of the toy…
I assume any of you buying a newer trailer already have LED lights coming standard now? So this mainly applies to those of us in an older RV. The first…
By camping “off the grid” I just mean camping where there are no electricity, water or sewer hookups. Pretty much what you’d expect in any of BC’s provincial parks (BC…
I mentioned in another post about the first thing I did when I got our trailer home from the dealer was to pull the wheels and hubs to inspect the…
When’s the last time you checked or repacked the grease in your trailer wheel bearings? The experts recommend that you repack them once a year or every 12,000km according to…
Trailer tires are kind of boring… they just carry the trailer and to a large extent are forgotten. Until they fail, and they can cause a lot of damage. Ever…
For myself these are my top 5! And 4 out of the 5 of them relate to safety. Here they are in no particular order Tires. I closely inspected the…
