This is interesting and wondering if I could apply that to a lazy mans 20gal. grill tank that I have to open a door to look at.
No reason why not. I assume there is an app for just the gauge.
Bringing this thread back to the top with talk about camping trailers and using them.
We took are annual last trip of the season, to winterize, and enjoy the Fall Colors. Yes I know you folks in the East and South have great Fall Foliage but we have a little out here as well.
Indian Mary, a county park, is only 8 miles from the house and along the wild and scenic Rouge River in Southern Oregon. There are almost a hundred camp spots in the park but we were blessed to have only the camp host, the Ranger, and ourselves for a couple of days. The weather was cool, damp and foggy in the mornings but the afternoons turned out beautiful.
A couple of picts of the scenery.
Our little trailer in our favorite spot in the park.
A look from a little farther back.
A little more color
Before you begin to get excited about the possible improper Indigenous peoples naming of this place take a look at history.
A brief and incomplete look, if your interested.
https://www.rogueweb.com/indianmary/
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Nice spot!
We didn’t do much real camping this year. We stayed in the trailer for well over a month during our move and took a trip to Bob’s for TrainOps. Although some of that was spent at campgrounds, it was more like just overnights rather than camping.
I winterized the water system several weeks ago. We still need to go through the interior and get it into winter storage mode.
We’re just about done winterizing our rig as well. We did about seven weeks of travel this year (about two in NH, and a month on the coast of ME) We were planning on heading south this winter, but we couldn’t get all the pieces together for that.
Just have to climb on the roof of the rig, sweep it off, and put the cover on it. Will do that today.
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I have a 29 footer that we use as a base camp for the building of our cabin, I’m hoping that i can sell it in the spring when I go back up. If I ever get a another trailer, a cover has to come with it! 
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Huge trailer for a FourRunner. Too much tongue weight!
The 4 runner was just the right vehicle to jockey it around with the short wheel base. We were just moving it and not going anywhere with it. It is not the vehicle to tow it anywhere.
Here’s something for those wanting to go camping… right now, before petrol prices drop. Hint it has its own motor and battery.
It’s getting close to time to bring our camper out of winter hibernation. We have some nice Corps of Engineers campgrounds less than 30 miles away at Raystown Lake that we want to check out, and a nice state park about 25 miles south.
Memorial day weekend looks like we might be taking a trip back to CT for my older niece’s baby shower and younger niece’s college graduation party.
Another westward ho adventure later in the summer meeting my younger son and his family at a campground on Lake Mac near Ogallala, Nebraska for a week, then on to the Denver area to mooch dock in his driveway!
We use a service similar to Harvest Host called RV Overnights for free (some request a purchase) overnights on the road and Corps campgrounds when they are on the route for excellent low cost camping. Corps camprgounds offer a 50% discount with the inexpensive lifetime Senior pass that also gives free access to all national parks for everyone in teh pass holder’s vehicle
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Jon,
Ya’ gotta try camping in the belly of the beast for Kevin Strong. Central located to Newport and Shermans Valley, Path Valley and Perry Lumber Co.
Either that or I’ll meet you 1/2 way and take you on a Rooster tour of the area someday soon. Can show you old right of way of all some with stations and we can even go light on the loafers side and do the 13 covered bridge tour!
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I cant afford commercial campgrounds anymore. They cost as much as a cheap hotel! That’s why we camp with the Corps. Electric & Water sites as low as $10/night with the Sr. pass.
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We will be camping earlier this year than ever, taking advantage of being retired and an hour away from a great Corps of Engineers campground - Seven Points on Raystown Lake will be our home for the first part of the week.
“Arvy Too” is de-winterized and all systems checked out, ready to roll
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We’re (hopefully) heading out next Friday for a week at Ashuelot Campground about an hour from here. Shakedown trip to make sure everything is good. Then we’re in Maine for a couple weeks mid-June.
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We had a great shake down trip last week spending three nights at the Corps of Engineers Seven Points campground on Raystown Lake…
About a mile from home my ice cream addiction created a problem. At the Little Ice Creamer in Orbisonia I drove through a big hole while accelerating to merge back on to the road. The bathroom door is a pocket door only supported by the top track. The 3/4" very coarse thread screws they used to hold the track up were no match for the down force of the door with that jolt.
Besides now hanging by one screw and ripping the retaining strap out of the wall, there was no other damage. Figuring out how to remove the door, then replace the screws was the challenge.
Removing the door turned out to be simple once some trim was removed. Reaching 30 inches into a 2.5 inch pocket with a screwdriver was not so simple.
Fortunately one of my sign jobs years ago required I buy extensions for my drill motor and another job required a 90 degree drive adapter. That combination would reach, but my arm wont fit in the pocket to hold it up and put pressure on the new screw. After contemplating the problem, and what I had on hand, this was my solution…
That, and a short piece of wire insulation to hold the screw to the bit to get it started, ended up solving the problem. I struggled to see around the tool to find the holes, but persevered and got the track re-hung with fatter and longer screws in the original holes…
Today I’ll re-hang the door and replace the trim. I’ll post a picture of the cool little trolleys used to hang the door.
I’m considering rollers or a wedge to support the door when open. That will take some design work because the door intentionally hangs 2 inches above the floor for ventilation. My youngest is getting into 3D printing and thinks he could create some custom fit rollers. We’ll see.
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That was/is a clever solution to an “oh crap” problem.
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Oops, I forgot to take a picture. The trim went back up as I wanted to close things up before the rain arrived. They aren’t that unique, I’d just never seen it done like that before.
I have seen people pulling trailer do things like that before and always picture a lot of things getting rearranged inside the Arvee! Glad it wasn’t as severe , as I have more than once seen a trailer airborne for a second…or in one case 2 times when they hit curbs
Beautiful spot! Where at?