Drew Callahan · December 21, 2025
Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement for WINNEBAGO SOLIS Is your Solis awning refusing to budge, or does the fabric look like it’s been through a sandstorm? You’re not alone — and the good news is that the Thule HideAway 1200 mechanism on these vans is straightforward enough to tackle in a driveway with basic … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 20, 2025
Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for THOR TRANQUILITY I was halfway through the Arizona panhandle in late August, sitting in a Tranquility that had just come off a three-month rental fleet rotation, when I plugged into shore power at a RV park and watched the breaker trip instantly. The display on the cabin … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 20, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for THOR TRANQUILITY You’ll hear two contradictory stories if you ask a Thor dealer service department versus someone who’s been running a Tranquility for three years and posting on the RV forums. The dealer tells you the factory sealant is “good for the life of the vehicle” and charges you … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 19, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for AIRSTREAM RANGELINE The Rangeline’s aluminum composite roof sits atop a Transit 350 steel frame that doesn’t forgive moisture — and the factory Dicor sealant around the Maxxair fan ring, solar conduits, and nose cap seam hardens and fractures faster than most owners expect. I’ve crawled under Rangelands where water … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 19, 2025
Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement for THOR TRANQUILITY Thor Tranquility owners rarely get told upfront that the Thule HideAway awning’s most vulnerable points — the mounting rail fasteners and the torsion spring — will corrode or lose tension long before the fabric itself fails, and dealer service departments won’t diagnose those issues unless you’re … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 19, 2025
Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for AIRSTREAM RANGELINE I was wedged into the Rangeline’s overhead cabinet with a multimeter probe in each hand when I heard it — a faint crackling sound, almost like rice cereal in milk, coming from somewhere behind the Xantrex panel. That sound meant the shore power inlet was … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 18, 2025
Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for JAYCO TERRAIN Most Jayco Terrain owners assume that once the factory sealant goes down at the roof penetrations and seams, it’ll stay intact for the life of the van. It won’t. The Transit chassis flexes and thermally cycles in ways that standard lap sealant can’t accommodate — within two … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 18, 2025
Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement for AIRSTREAM RANGELINE I had the Rangeline parked at my favorite boondocking spot in southern Arizona when the awning fabric started showing those telltale stress cracks along the fold lines. By mid-afternoon, pieces were separating at the seams, and the 12V motor was grinding like it was working against … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 17, 2025
Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement for JAYCO TERRAIN Let a Jayco Terrain awning sit with torn or UV-compromised fabric and you’re inviting water into the fiberglass cap and accelerating corrosion of the mounting brackets — costs spiral fast once that starts. The Thule HideAway system on the Terrain’s Transit 350 platform fails predictably: fabric … Read more
Drew Callahan · December 17, 2025
Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for JAYCO TERRAIN I pulled the corroded shore power connector out of a Terrain last month and the three prongs inside the TT-30R inlet were black — literally oxidized copper from moisture and micro-arcing over two seasons of intermittent use. The previous owner had no idea why his … Read more
