Video shows construction of 5th wheel RV, focus on wiring

In this eight-minute video you'll get a personal tour of a fifth wheel trailer midway in its construction. The narrator points out all the wiring, what it will be used for, and shows where various devices will be installed. We found this video fascinating.

Motorized Lazy Boy chair perfect for exploring the RV park

How do you get around the RV park? Walk? Ride a bike? Well, here's a very creative method you may not have seen: Explore the park in a gasoline-powered Lazy Boy recliner. Yup! This is very cool. See it in action in this two-minute video (and prepare to smile).

How to make your RV refrigerator work more efficiently

In this four-minute video, RV expert Mark Polk tells you how to make your RV refrigerator work more efficiently. He explains exactly how a refrigerator in a recreational vehicle is different from a home unit, and why you need to treat it differently than your fridge at home.

NOTE: This is an excerpt from Mark's feature DVD RV Care and Maintenance, available at a discount price at RVbookstore.com

Incredibly stupid RV trick with fire

In this episode of "People are Stupid and and Some People are Really, Really Stupid" (as in this case), a fellow finds a wasp nest in his travel trailer. It's attached right where the wall meets the ceiling -- a highly flammable ceiling, we should say. So what does he decide to do to get rid of the nest? Yup, burn it! A stroke of luck kept the RV from totally going up in flames! The video is terrible -- the camera going every which way. But you can see enough to know that this is something a person with even half a brain would never try.

Device helps connect, disconnect and level fifth wheel RV.

If you own a fifth wheel trailer or plan to get one, you will enjoy this three-minute promotional video about a product called LevelEase that promises to make hooking up, disconnecting and leveling a fifth wheel trailer a breeze. The demonstration here is clear and the product does, indeed, look interesting.