Category: RV Education 101

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Restoring a 1967 Yellowstone Trailer – Part 1

Several years ago, we restored a vintage 1967 Yellowstone travel trailer.
Our goal with the restoration was to keep the original vintage look, but update it with modern day amenities found in today’s RVs. This is how we did it.

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RV remodel – Flooring Prep and Shades

Mark Polk: Hi, and welcome to our RV interior upgrade project. The RV getting the upgrade is our fifth wheel destination camper at the beach. When we were looking for an RV to put on our lot, we didn’t want a brand new one for obvious reasons. What we found was an older fifth wheel that was in excellent condition for its age.

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DIY RV Carport From a Kit – RV Education 101

Several years ago, I built a garage to store our motorhome and my restoration projects in, but eventually the garage was full and I needed more room. I had space behind the garage for another structure, and my thoughts were to construct an RV carport in that space. 

The dimensions for our structure are 30 feet long, 14 feet wide, and 12 feet tall. I no sooner got the lot cleared and the building materials arrived. Now let me show you just how easy it is to construct a VersaTube steel frame RV carport. 

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Interior Upgrade – Installing RecPro Furniture

Welcome back to the RV interior makeover finale. So far, we installed MCD day-night roller shades, whitewashed wood planks, Infinity luxury woven vinyl flooring. And today in the finale, we’re installing new RecPro furniture.

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RV Interior Upgrade Flooring Project

Jeff reviews two No Bo trailers from Forest River with very different characteristics. The rainy Oregon weekend provided its own challenges, but that didn’t slow down these two off-roads beauties! The design is modern and different than your typical RV. It beckons the user to go off-roading, get off the grid!

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Installing a Retractable Screen Door

Hi, I’m Mark Polk with RV Education 101, and today, we’re doing an RV DIY project. At a trade show we attended, I was walking through a new RV, and I noticed it had a retractable screen door. We decided to show you how this is done!

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How to De-Winterize and Sanitize your RV
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De-Winterize and Sanitize the RV Water System

Let’s start our spring RV preparation by de-winterizing the RV plumbing system. Depending on how your unit was winterized it will need to be de-winterized, but make sure the freezing temperatures are over for the season before you do.

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