Thursday, November 27, 2008

RV remodeling - if you don't like it change it

Ron & Dianne Fry have been RVing over 40 years. They live in Anacortes, Washington which is a finger of land surrounded by the sea. They love to ski and take their motorhome to Park City, Utah where they have encountered 16 below zero temperatures. They take extra care to ensure all the bays and holding tanks are heated and well insulated. He even installed a suplemental heating system in the cargo bays for this purpose.

Whoever it was that said, "Just because your RV came that way doesn't mean it has to stay that way," was absolutely correct. Ron didn't care for the location of his AC/heating vent under the dash, so he removed it and moved it up on the dash control pannel.An acomplished woodwoker, Ron has improvised and improved many items on his RV which I will show you at a later time. For now take a look at this very functional computer work station.A laptop computer fits nicely inside this computer tray and it is a handsome piece of work to boot. Ron reclaimed empty space to make this system work for them. besides being a place where you can work at the computer, it also serves as a gps system. Notice the use of hook & latch tape to secure the tray face.They use Microsoft Streets and Trips software with a GPS receiver coming out from behind the computer topside on the dash. While Ron is driving, Dianne is able to navigate comfortably from this convieniently placed computer work station.

Bottom line, if you don't like it, reconfigure it to suit your taste - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing

1 comments:

Randy & Pam Warner said...

Hey Jim,
Glad I came across your blog from Nick Russell's. Great info here. I am getting more familiar with MS Streets and Trips but have not purchased the GPS piece. Do you have it? Is it worth the investment?

Thanks!
Randy
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