Recent content by Matt 25-560

Sweeney, I knew of your RV Tech background. My wife and I met you at the 2025 CICO. We were there with our new 560 and looking for suggestions, guidance and ideas. Cary, Jenn and yourself were all very helpful with useful suggestions for us newbies. We’ve tried the suggestions to start toward...

Picked up screw in anchor/stakes last fall. Powers in and out easily with my little battery impact driver that I use for leveling. First trial was fast and easy when wind picked up and I wanted to tie down our Bunduawn this spring. Here is the link...

As a lifelong hobbyist woodworker, I would hate to attempt figuring out how much I’ve spent on sharpening equipment. While sharpeners may be multipurpose, to get the sharpness needed on gouges and turning tools requires something entirely different than straight blades. Bench stones (including...

As I recall, this CX version has a harder stainless (they have 3 Skeletool models the others have a different steel, one has a serrated blade) that they sharpen better. My blade with not too much abuse and only minor care has retained a sharp edge for many years. I’m sure I’ve honed it...

For more than 10-years now I’ve carried a Leatherman Skeletool CX. This is smaller and lighter than other Leatherman tools I have but has one of their best blades, good light duty pliers/wire cutters and interchangeable screwdriver bits. The included bits are #1 & #2 Phillips bits as well as 2...

Jenn, My wife and I got one of these when we purchased the trailer. Didn’t have many occasions to need it last year, but our last camping trip was after the park had closed their facilities for the season. Having our own shower worked great. We didn’t have water, that was turned off at the...

Post chemo induced dual “frozen shoulders”, being a side sleeper shoulder pain put me in a recliner. That was where I had to sleep until finishing shoulder injections and physical therapy. Our home sleep number mattress is set very soft for me to be able to sleep. Having read reviews we were...

I’m thinking that with the overhang of the PVC top it should be largely water proof while outside, however it is also under our BunduAwn, so didn’t think it had to be hermetically sealed from water. Regarding anchoring it, thought I mentioned a strap on the front of the box (opposite end from...

You’ve got a lot more teardrop experience under your belt than we do, but at 29 nights, we’ve set up and enjoyed the awning for virtually all of them. Also find the awning an easy place to hang decorations and LED light strings as well. On one of our early outings I timed how long it took from...

Having been born in the ‘50s and grown up in the ‘60s myself “Cool!” seems like a wonderful response. Will use this box as is for this camping season to see if issues or further ideas crop up. Hadn’t thought of an access on the end to store shoes at night, but I do like that thought. Front of...

Since we weren’t camping over the winter, I was making little accessories for our 560. One of these was a storage box to sit on the fender. I’ve got my little hand ax, our first aid kit, a medical device to help putting on my compression stockings. And anything else that I’d like to keep handy...

Last year when we ordered/spec’d our camper out I wanted to go with the BunduAwn after Cary indicated they’d been happy with this awning. I liked the idea of having an outdoor storage to avoid packing up and loading a wet awning in car or camper. Not needing poles or stakes most of the time was...

Jenn, trying to protect everything when the camper was brand new, yet wanting to get out and start camping, I did a quick and easy solution. Cut a purple noodle in two pieces, made a slit and cut around the little trailer edge catch piece. This covered the table extender then Velcro’d the...

My wife and I bought the 23qt Bouge fridge last year and it wasn’t keeping our food cold when in the galley. The 12v & USB in the galley didn’t always seem to work and we blamed that. Started plugging it in to the outside 12v and it would run consistently but still had problems keeping the food...

That bamboo cutting board looks very similar to the one I made. After getting and using our camper for just about 6 months last year, there were several minor changes I wanted to make. While Cary was helping me diagnose a fault tail-light unit, I was waiting on the replacement part. Wanting to...