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FLCoastalChick · RV-Dreams Family Member

Rock my RV

scrappy · RV-Dreams Family Member

Bret.........Bret Michaels?? Oh. Must watch!

My RV already pretty much rocks it.

Bobbi · RV-Dreams Family Member

Yes, Bret Michaels is still hot, but I was, in all honesty, disappointed with the show. I guess it just wasn't what I thought it would be. I stopped watching after the third episode. What I was expecting is to see older RVs brought up to date, but this just doesn't seem to be the primary purpose of the show. I'd like to see a show where they do that instead of totally personalizing an RV to a degree that it would probably never suit anyone else.

Clay L · RV-Dreams Family Member

I am not a product of that era and have no idea who the guy is.
I watched the show once and won't watch it again.
They added two slides to an older motor home along with other weight adding modifications and there was no mention of what that did to the CCC. Based on the usual CCC of the Chevy chassis of that era my guess is that the thing is not safe to drive now.

nightsky · RV-Dreams Family Member

I'm with Bobbi, I'd like to see a show where they restore/rebuild older RV's or that emphasized modifications that make the small space more functional.

Racerguy · RV-Dreams Family Member

Most of those shows are designed to sell certain products....nothing less nothing more.

Hina · RV-Dreams Family Member

My RV rocks.... I'm the one with the weird dog, tattoos, playing the weird music through my iPod. (I have 80+ GB of music, ranging from Gregorian chants, digeridoo, punk, New Age, singing bowls, Rock, Blue Grass, Indian ragas, Celtic, Chinese, Croatian, Alternative, enough to play for 2 weeks+ straight non stop). Plus I added the solar panels, wind, rainwater, and arty'd it up a bit, to suit my tastes!

GENECOP · RV-Dreams Family Member

Lucky Mike wrote:
Would love to take the inside of my coach and re-do the walls with a log laminate and make it look like a rustic cabin!!!!

this keeps passing through my mind but all I can find is log siding and the weight bothers me

Here it is, follow this link, this guy did an amazing job.

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27081240/gotomsg/27081284.cfm#27081284

Edit by moderator: Activated link. Terry

-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Friday 19th of July 2013 10:28:54 AM

FLCoastalChick · RV-Dreams Family Member

I will agree with Bobbi on that one...I have set out to budget 20 grand on a 5er to park until I am ready to roll then upgrade and would have liked to see some ways to "rock" it and be living in it full time with what they are showing I couldnt use alot of that!! But to me it was cool to see what they do to them and the potential... along with Brett..~swoon~

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

Would love to take the inside of my coach and re-do the walls with a log laminate and make it look like a rustic cabin!!!!

this keeps passing through my mind but all I can find is log siding and the weight bothers me

Hina · RV-Dreams Family Member

Mike, why not hone your artistic skills, and paint a log cabin wall inside? You may also be able to find some wall paper, or have wall paper printed. If you go with that décor theme, I would also suggest some carved log bears, and maybe some Boy Scout kerchief upholstery!

Technomadia · RV-Dreams Family Member

Sounds like we need our own 'Dream My RV' show to showcase real life RV modifications from folks here on the forums :)

- Cherie

Ckerr · RV-Dreams Family Member

GENECOP wrote:
Lucky Mike wrote:
Would love to take the inside of my coach and re-do the walls with a log laminate and make it look like a rustic cabin!!!!

this keeps passing through my mind but all I can find is log siding and the weight bothers me
Here it is, follow this link, this guy did an amazing job.
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27081240/gotomsg/27081284.cfm#27081284
Edit by moderator: Activated link. Terry

-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Friday 19th of July 2013 10:28:54 AM

A little visually busy for my tastes, but WAY COOL!

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

FLCoastalChick wrote:
Holy cow!! That RV could have been tastefully done but went WAY overboard!! But I loved the theme and Mikes thought on a log cabin retreat on wheels. I forgot about log cabin look wallpaper but they actually make logs that are very lightweight almost like a styrofoam. I couldnt find the "logs" but I did find this one... can you picture Mike rolling down the road in this one?

www.woodmastertoolsblog.com

Kim,

Maybe I missed something, but that link didn't take me to an RV of any kind. That site was more about tools, people, and some of their handiwork.

EDIT: OK. I went back to that site and went to "older posts" and found a blog entry with a picture of a log trailer. Maybe this is the entry to which you referred.

Log Trailer

Terry

-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Saturday 20th of July 2013 12:18:17 PM

FLCoastalChick · RV-Dreams Family Member

Holy cow!! That RV could have been tastefully done but went WAY overboard!! But I loved the theme and Mikes thought on a log cabin retreat on wheels. I forgot about log cabin look wallpaper but they actually make logs that are very lightweight almost like a styrofoam. I couldnt find the "logs" but I did find this one... can you picture Mike rolling down the road in this one?

www.woodmastertoolsblog.com

Ravenlotus · RV-Dreams Family Member

Maybe I'm young and new to the RV world. But I totally love that show. My husband and record it every week on our dvr so we don't miss an episode. Now don't get me wrong I would also love to see one where they restore classics. Also my husband is for not new to the RV world. He lived and worked on them for 10 years before we met. We do hope one day have our RV on that show. I won't say what we want just in case we do end up y'all can be surprised. But I also have to say Hina I love your taste in music. I totally think we would make great friends and we also have the psychic thing in common.

Bobbi · RV-Dreams Family Member

Here's what I'd like to see:
How about new tech upgrades?
How about turning a so-so RV into a 'Holy Cow, that's gorgeous!' RV?
How about some innovative ideas, such as how to get more uses out of the same space?
Or make more space with multi-functional things?
I'd love to see some stuff that's totally capable of being off-grid with more passive technologies - such as solar panels, rainwater harvesting, etc.!
How about some off-road RVs like they do so well in Australia (check out the Kimberley Kruiser!)?
Ways to increase energy efficiency
What about a complete kitchen that pulls out from the underbelly area? It already exists, but not here in the US (that I've found, anyhow).

Hina · RV-Dreams Family Member

Yes, a lot of the things the younger generation of RVer's want (like off grid stuff) the industry has yet to catch up with. Please, get the carpeting out! Like we're going to be able to vacuum when we're boondocking, dragging in extra dirt! And, why not just put in LED bulbs, instead of making it an after market replacement? And using recycled materials. Making solar standard, and a rainwater collection would not be hard to build in. (Reminds me, that's on my to-do list! I got the wind generator back up: 8 minute vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oUgqAzQ954 )

Racerguy · RV-Dreams Family Member

All good suggestions but I doubt the rain water collection deal will ever happen because of legal ramifications.In many western states it is illegal to collect rain water in any form.Out west water is worth more than gold and many people have lost their lives over it.

http://www.lot-lines.com/collecting-rainwater-still-illegal-in-much-of-colorado

Bobbi · RV-Dreams Family Member

Racerguy wrote:
All good suggestions but I doubt the rain water collection deal will ever happen because of legal ramifications.In many western states it is illegal to collect rain water in any form.Out west water is worth more than gold and many people have lost their lives over it.

http://www.lot-lines.com/collecting-rainwater-still-illegal-in-much-of-colorado

That's too bad. I wouldn't want to live there. Here it is encouraged, and I already have a rain collection cistern in operation.

Another cool idea is what Kimberley is doing with their Kruiser. They have a system in place that collects gray water from the shower, filters it, then reuses it for the toilet and washer.

Another cool idea is a composting toilet. Then there's no black water to deal with.

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

All things considered, I suspect that those that really want to live off the grid make up way less than 1 percent of the RV'ers out there. Look at RV Dreams for an example. There are just over 5000 registered participants. Of those, there are likely less than 10 that might really consider the extremes of generating one's own electric, collecting rainwater and other off-grid ideas. The number of those that would want solar power generation are more, but not by a whole lot.

With all that mentioned, the RV manufacturing industry would have very few customers that would want the major off-grid alterations, so they simply won't bother with it. They likely figure that those "extreme" off-grid advocates will modify their RV's as they wish. I'm not even sure the "cottage industry" for off grid systems is very big either, leaving those with the desire to have very few options to choose from and many opportunities to be scammed.

Terry

Racerguy · RV-Dreams Family Member

A little off topic here wink but water law is so complicated in the western US that in my old home town we had to pay a rain water collection fee that was determined by the size of your lot and how much was rooftop and how much was concrete/asphalt and how much was planted in greenery.I had 2 acres mostly in grass and paid an extra $38.00 a month on my water/sewer bill for rainwater runoff.So they get you coming or going cause you couldn't collect it but were charged for letting it run off your property.Sorry Howard and Terry for getting off topic. biggrin biggrin Of course I doubt very seriously if the rain police would bother you if you had a simple system on your RV.

-- Edited by Racerguy on Monday 29th of July 2013 02:10:40 PM

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Bobbi wrote:
Terry and Jo wrote:
All things considered, I suspect that those that really want to live off the grid make up way less than 1 percent of the RV'ers out there. Look at RV Dreams for an example. There are just over 5000 registered participants. Of those, there are likely less than 10 that might really consider the extremes of generating one's own electric, collecting rainwater and other off-grid ideas. The number of those that would want solar power generation are more, but not by a whole lot.
With all that mentioned, the RV manufacturing industry would have very few customers that would want the major off-grid alterations, so they simply won't bother with it. They likely figure that those "extreme" off-grid advocates will modify their RV's as they wish. I'm not even sure the "cottage industry" for off grid systems is very big either, leaving those with the desire to have very few options to choose from and many opportunities to be scammed.
Terry
Color me confused. I thought I was talking about things I'd like to see done on the TV show 'Rock My RV.'

Now to address what you are saying, yes, most people in the US have no desire for an off-grid RV. But I would be one who would be very interested.

Perhaps it is that my comment wasn't made in reference to your comment? Normally, in a forum atmosphere, if one is making a comment relative to one particular post, that previous post has been "quoted" with the new comment following. I didn't "quote" your comment.

Overall, such shows as the one this thread is about is related to "creating" an RV that is not in the norm, so I don't see why my comment should have confused you.

Terry

-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Tuesday 30th of July 2013 10:03:56 AM

Bobbi · RV-Dreams Family Member

Terry and Jo wrote:
All things considered, I suspect that those that really want to live off the grid make up way less than 1 percent of the RV'ers out there. Look at RV Dreams for an example. There are just over 5000 registered participants. Of those, there are likely less than 10 that might really consider the extremes of generating one's own electric, collecting rainwater and other off-grid ideas. The number of those that would want solar power generation are more, but not by a whole lot.
With all that mentioned, the RV manufacturing industry would have very few customers that would want the major off-grid alterations, so they simply won't bother with it. They likely figure that those "extreme" off-grid advocates will modify their RV's as they wish. I'm not even sure the "cottage industry" for off grid systems is very big either, leaving those with the desire to have very few options to choose from and many opportunities to be scammed.
Terry

Color me confused. I thought I was talking about things I'd like to see done on the TV show 'Rock My RV.'

Now to address what you are saying, yes, most people in the US have no desire for an off-grid RV. But I would be one who would be very interested.

FLCoastalChick · RV-Dreams Family Member

I watched Rock My RV this week. I thought it was cool for a business... but they screwed up big time. They need a bathroom in there unless this person is parked in a driveway to do hair.

I think some of what is suggested is for people that have their RVs planted. I know I wouldnt want a rain bucket bouncing around while I drove. I think Rock My RV is being mistaken for the show Doomsday Prep.

kb0zke · RV-Dreams Family Member

For those who have the time, patience, and artistic skills, perhaps one could use foam insulation and paint to make "log" interior walls. Wouldn't add much weight, but I suspect it would be a lot of work to do it so it looks somewhat like the real thing. Of course, most of the "real" log homes one sees now have the logs so machined that it is hard to tell whether they are still made from logs or some other substance.

FLCoastalChick · RV-Dreams Family Member

I have seen that product kb and it is cool. I also like the special tool they have for a painted log effect. I still go 3xs a year to Gatlinburg and stay in a log cabin. I always want the full log cabin experience but this one I stayed at this last Christmas had eggshell walls and everything else was pine and "cabin" decor. It was so tastefully done a person couldnt help but love it. There is no reason something like that couldnt be done in an RV. Ever since Mike suggested that my wheels have been turning so much I actually started making a new quilt for the "cabin" decor...lol