Winterize your RV

It's starting to get a chill in the air and that means it's time to think about winterizing your RV.

Before you get started there are a few items you will need to have. These items can be found in most RV parts stores:

• Non-toxic RV antifreeze (the amount depends on the layout and length of your plumbing lines. 2 to 3 gallons will normally do).
• A water heater by-pass kit, if not already installed.
• A water pump converter kit, or tubing to connect to the inlet side of the water pump.
• Basic hand tools to remove drain plugs.

Now you can winterize the RV water system to protect it from freezing. Be sure to read your owners manuals for unit specific winterizing guidelines. Follow the steps below that apply to your RV.

• If you have any inline water filters remove and bypass before starting.
• Drain the fresh water holding tank.
• Drain and flush the gray and black holding tanks.
• Drain the water heater. Open the pressure relief valve, remove drain plug. CAUTION (never drain when hot or under pressure).
• Open all hot and cold faucets; don't forget the toilet valve and outside shower.
• Locate and open low point drain lines. Using the water pump will help force water out, but turn it off as soon as the system is drained.
• Recap all drains and close all faucets.
• By-pass the water heater. If you do not have a by-pass kit installed the water heater will fill up with antifreeze before it goes through the water lines, wasting six gallons of antifreeze.
• Install a water pump converter kit, or disconnect the inlet side of the pump (the line coming from the fresh water holding tank) and connect tubing from the pump into a gallon of RV antifreeze.
• Turn the water pump on and pressurize the system. Starting with the closest faucet slowly open the hot and then cold valves until antifreeze appears.
• Repeat on all faucets from the closest to farthest away. Don't forget the outside shower.
• Flush the toilet until antifreeze appears.
• Turn the water pump off and open a faucet to release the pressure. Go to the city water inlet. Remove the small screen over the inlet and push in on the valve with a small screwdriver until you see antifreeze. Replace the screen.
• Pour a cupful of antifreeze down each drain. Pour a couple of cups in the toilet and flush into the holding tank.
• If your water heater has an electric heating element turn it off. This will protect the element if the unit is plugged in while being stored.
• Make sure all faucets are closed.
• The unit is winterized.
  

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RV Safety

Tires and brakes are two of the most important safety items we have on our units. You need good, properly inflated tires for driving and stopping, and of course adequate, properly functioning brakes are right up there on the list.

But an often neglected safety item is the fire extinguisher. A small fire in any type of RV can spread lightning fast with dire consequences. A handy fire extinguisher used properly could make the difference between a scary story-telling event or tragedy. Everyone in your family should know how to use and maintain the fire extinguisher. Also keep in mind that the dry chemical inside the extinguisher tends to pack down in the bottom and become useless because of road vibration from driving. Every couple of months pick it up, check the gauge or pin for pressure, turn it upside down and hit the bottom sharply with your hand - then shake it good. This should dislodge any compacted chemical and break up any lumps.

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RV's in the Movies

Here are 10 movies that have featured RV's in the story. Test your knowledge and see if you can match the title to the description:

1. Lost in America
2. Independence Day
3. Terminator 3
4. Judgment Night
5. Jurassic Park
6. Stripes
7. Spaceballs
8. About Schmidt
9. The Long, Long Trailer
10.The Wild Thornberries Movie

a. John Candy and Bill Pullman travel through space in an RV to save a princess from an evil lord.
b. An animated family travels the African plains in their high-tech, gadget-filled RV, while their daughter is stuck in a stuffy boarding school.
c. Bill Murray goes behind the Iron Curtain in a top-secret RV.
d. Jack Nicholson drives his RV from Omaha to Denver on a journey of self-discovery.
e. Claire Danes, Nick Stahl, and Arnold Schwarzenegger escape from the T-X model in an RV and save the world from Armageddon
f. Cuba Gooding Jr., Emilio Estevez, and Jeremy Piven drive an RV to a boxing match, but with one wrong turn, they’re fighting for their lives.
g. Will Smith combines forces with patriotic citizens in RVs to save the planet from aliens
h. In their specially designed RV, scientists Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern encounter danger with a T-Rex and other prehistoric beasts.
i. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez buy an RV so they can live together while his job takes him around the country.
j. Albert Brooks quits his fast paced corporate job, buys an RV and goes on the road to a new life.

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