It's been a long road since I bought this used travel trailer this past spring, but all the upgrades are finally finished. I'm ready for outage season now and hopefully won't have many issues. Essentially, I made it (as best I could) a 4 season travel trailer for about half the price. I've tried to make this as bulletproof as you can make a travel trailer, using all the knowledge of things that went wrong over the years with my other trailer. So what all did I do? Well, if I can remember everything, here's the list.
1. Replaced all wheel bearings with American made Timken Bearings and races.
2. New American made tires all around and the spare.
3. Replaced the slide out awning.
4. Mounted a cover over the bathroom roof fan vent.
5. Goldnut made me fiberglass inner fenders and helped me install them. If I ever have another blowout, this should help from trashing my trailer.
6. Sanded off any rust on the frame and repainted the frame.
7. Fluid filmed the frame.
8. Added an extra 120 outlet under the fridge.
9. Put heaters on all 4 tanks, all sewer lines and wired them to switches inside the camper.
10. Put 3 way valves on the low point drains so I can isolate them, and they do not freeze while winter camping.
11. Insulated and fully enclosed the underbelly of the camper.
12. diverted some heat to the space between the floor and the fabric sub flooring to ensure pipes don't freeze.
13. Put a vent under the shower to help warm air circulate in the winter.
14 Replaced the magnesium element in the water heater and put in a drain valve.
15. Rodent proofed it (as best I could).
16. Replaced the propane hose with a longer one so I can use 40Lb tanks and lengthened the hold down.
17. Installed a tire pressure monitoring system.
And today, I finally finished up the removable skirting I will use in the winter. I have a few finishing touches to do on the skirting yet, but it's pretty much finished. Here are a couple pics.