What Did You Get For Your Trailer Today?

[Baby Zeppelin]

Had a 6" X 18" piece of sheet aluminum from Home Depot gathering dust on my work bench so used the scroll saw and drill to make a simple and light napkin holder for our new dining table.




~erik~

[Hittenstiehl]

Erik, your napkin holder is splendid. Very nice work. Peolple would gladly purchase something like that from you.

[DBinSD]

Originally Posted by Rocinante

Stainless steel hose for the exterior shower. Soooo much better than the crappy hose that comes stock from Airstream. $22 at Lowes. Priceless!
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Any mods needed?
Great idea!

[Minno]

Paula, try Blair or Woman Within. They have a variety of sizes. A Blair large is equivalent to a medium Woman Within.

Kay

[M. Smith]

Originally Posted by Erik

Had a 6" X 18" piece of sheet aluminum from Home Depot gathering dust on my work bench so used the scroll saw and drill to make a simple and light napkin holder for our new dining table.
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~erik~

Very nice!

[Rocinante]

Originally Posted by DBinSD

Any mods needed?
Great idea!

None. Not a one. It was a perfect drop-in replacement. [emoji106]

[Too tall]

Originally Posted by Dingo Girl

Paula mens clothing never fit us right. They are made much better but ill fitting.
I'm tall & struggle to get things to fit.
My hand at making clothes was sad at best.
Good luck!

D.G. at the risk of derailing this thread....look at >> https://www.tallslimtees.com/ This change my tee shirt wearing life. Follow the size guide and believe it. I'm normally XL Tall and with them I'm Med. Slim Tall. Quality is excellent.

[Rocinante]

How did this turn into the “ill-fitting clothes I regret buying for myself” thread? Please, please, take discussion that to another thread.

[Foiled Again]

Originally Posted by Minno

Paula, try Blair or Woman Within. They have a variety of sizes. A Blair large is equivalent to a medium Woman Within.

Kay

Thanks, but never much impressed with overall quality of Blair, and Woman within has good t-shirts, but most are cotton... blends wear and wash better IMHO.

[Foiled Again]

OK TOPIC CLOSED....

I shall PM the moderators and Politely ask them to create a clothing thread.

Sincerely

[pcskier]

In the past few weeks after bringing home my new to me 2014 FC 23D:
--Sendel 15 inch wheel upgrade; tires next after wheels arrive, either Michelin or Endurance. (NOT looking to start a tire-argue thread lol, plenty of threads for feedback on that!) http://www.trailer-wheels.com/15x6-A...l#.WxbzChkh1FQ
--PD4655 converter/charger. --Micro Air Easy Start on the AC.
--Replacement brass catches for all the cabinet doors. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
--Elongated toilet to replace the round, cramped OEM one http://www.dyersonline.com/dometic-l...and-spray.html

--SmartPlug 30 amp inlet and receptacle. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
--Battery cutoff switch https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Brass anti-siphon valve to replace cheap plastic one on black tank flush. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Plenty more things in the pipeline!

[rmkrum]

Yup. An Airstream owner's work is never done, to swipe a phrase...

[Tsunami-v2]

New RV Queen mattress from Holder Bedding in Anderson Indiana. They made a custom firm corner mattress for our previous 23 Safari that was wonderfully comfortable. So we decided to give them another call for our 28 foot Flying Cloud. Same quality, same comfortable firm mattress. We drove almost 4 hours to pick it up. Well worth the effort.

[InterBlog]

Originally Posted by Foiled Again

... So, what are your best camping clothes... versatile, multi-purpose,easy care synthetics that are not too expensive... but well made enough to last thru more than 3 washings. Oh and also don't smell like northern New Jersey if ypu break a sweat.

Paula

For outdoor activities such as trekking, I use men's 5.11 pants, the ones made for law enforcement, although if you don't have a retail outlet near you, it would be difficult to confirm size and fit. They make women's clothing but the quality of the fit is terrible - it was their own female salespeople who told me to try the men's instead. Double knees, Teflon-treated fabric, tough, and lots of cargo pockets.

For shirts, I find as many really stretchy quick-dry T-shirts as possible. Higher-end Brooks and Under Armour for instance. And Smartwool.

[CoolCatDaddy]

My wife and I had our first trip in our 27FB Flying Cloud about two months ago. On that trip, I had the shoreside awning deployed, and proceeded to walk into the front arm of the awning, breaking my glasses and raising a bump on my forehead. OUCH!! I didn't even see the arm, albeit I wasn't looking for it.

Two months later, my wife suggested a solution as we were shopping at Home Depot. There was a display box of swim noodles, and she suggested that one of those foam tubes could be the solution to walking into the awning arms.

I bought two ORANGE noodles (only needed one), cut longwise into the center of the noodle, cut the whole noodle in half, and fitted each piece to the "elbow" of the arm at each end of the trailer. They fit perfectly, no ties needed. See the picture below with my wife Donna simulating the incident.
Doug Dunham (and Donna)
- Retired (and often on vacation)

[OTRA15]

Small pieces of the noodles on each corner of a raised window works great too. Those outside corners do some damage when you walk into them full-speed!

[Utah Man]

For securing our bikes en route to Salem, a Pipeline Racks (truck bed) bike rack.

http://www.lakelandgear.com/index.ph...mart&Itemid=24

Will need to adjust how we pack the bed, but seems like a good option and I like not having to remove the front wheels on the bikes (like some designs.)

Okay, that about does it for now as I need to save up some money for the gas guzzling V10 (an OPEC ‘Top 10’ favorite.)

Regards - Ron

(p.s. - yes, I realize this is technically not for the trailer, but close enough. I have all the basics covered on the trailer, so my next upgrades may need to be planned with a crowdsourcing thread on the forum, backed by a gofundme campaign. Well... perhaps not, given the wide diversity of opinions here on all-things AS.)

[Bigventure]

I’m replacing my scare light with this.

The last photo is after I disassembled it and painted it to match the Airstream.

[Troutboy]

Great idea Bigventure, thanks for sharing.

[mjsully]

Originally Posted by Bigventure

I’m replacing my scare light with this. Attachment 313652Attachment 313653Attachment 313654

The last photo is after I disassembled it and painted it to match the Airstream.

What’s a scare light?