GRECH STRADA – Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement

Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement for GRECH STRADA RV dealer service departments are backed up. Have been for years. If you’re a full-timer waiting six to ten weeks for a warranty repair appointment, that’s six to ten weeks where you’re either living without that system or paying out of pocket for a mobile tech. … Read more

OUTSIDE VAN ATERRA – Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance

Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for OUTSIDE VAN ATERRA Some repairs on an RV are DIY-friendly. Others involve propane, 120-volt shore power, or structural load-bearing components where a mistake has real consequences. Part of my job is knowing which category a job falls into — and being honest with owners about the line between a … Read more

OUTSIDE VAN ATERRA – Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service

Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for OUTSIDE VAN ATERRA The thing that separates a good RV flipper from someone who just cleans up old rigs is systems thinking. When one component fails, I always ask what else failed alongside it, what caused it, and what’s about to fail next. RV systems are connected … Read more

OUTSIDE VAN ATERRA – Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement

Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement for OUTSIDE VAN ATERRA When your rig is your permanent address, calling a dealer and waiting three weeks for a service appointment isn’t an option. You fix it yourself, you fix it now, and you fix it right — because your home doesn’t get to sit broken on a … Read more

WINNEBAGO EKKO – Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance

Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for WINNEBAGO EKKO I pull up to broken rigs for a living, and I can tell you without hesitation which repairs show up on my schedule over and over — not because RVs are poorly built across the board, but because a handful of systems get neglected in exactly the … Read more

WINNEBAGO EKKO – Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service

Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for WINNEBAGO EKKO After buying, repairing, and reselling more than thirty rigs, I’ve crawled into every corner of every coach body style you can name. I know exactly which systems manufacturers cut corners on, which repairs look scary but are actually straightforward, and which ones will drain your … Read more

WINNEBAGO EKKO – Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement

Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement for WINNEBAGO EKKO There is no worse feeling in full-time RV life than a critical system failing in the middle of January with nowhere to be towed and no mobile tech available until Monday. I’ve been there. That experience is why I now maintain everything on a schedule and … Read more

COACHMEN GALLERIA – Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance

Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for COACHMEN GALLERIA Most of the service calls I get aren’t emergencies — they’re deferred maintenance that finally gave up. The owner noticed something off weeks ago, ignored it, and now they’re calling me from a campground two states from home. Nine times out of ten, this repair could have … Read more

COACHMEN GALLERIA – Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service

Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for COACHMEN GALLERIA The first thing I do when I buy a used rig at auction is skip the cosmetics entirely and go straight to the mechanical systems. How a previous owner maintained the furnace, the AC, the water heater — that tells me everything I need to … Read more

COACHMEN GALLERIA – Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement

Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement for COACHMEN GALLERIA I taught myself to handle most RV repairs through a combination of YouTube videos, forum threads, and expensive mistakes. The expensive mistakes were the best teachers. This guide covers what I eventually figured out — without the part where you strip a bolt, order the wrong … Read more