RV Maintenance

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Some RV maintenance is a one-time install. This is the other kind, the jobs that come back around whether you scheduled them or not.

Sanitizing the fresh tank, cleaning fans and filters, greasing the undercarriage, chasing a leak in Florida, and the dumping routine that goes wrong often enough to have earned its own videos.

Two trips to Brinkley for warranty work sit here too, including the one where most of the list got fixed and some of it quietly did not.

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Our RV Macerator Died Mid-Dump While Moochdocking (The Truth About RV Life)

Published on Jul 31, 2026

No sewer hookup, a full black tank, and a macerator pump that would not turn on. What actually fixed it, the second problem that showed up right after, and a $41 laundromat bill.

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How to Sanitize an RV Fresh Water Tank (Bleach-Free, After 18 Months)

Published on Jul 25, 2026

We went eighteen months without sanitizing our fresh water tank. Here is the bleach-free method we finally used, step by step, and how little time it actually took.

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Brinkley Service Day: Boondocking at Brinkley, Big Repairs & One More Problem

Published on Mar 27, 2026

We boondocked in Brinkley's lot the night before a big service appointment, broke something new while parking, and picked up a rig with fresh wall panels and a brand-new fridge. Mostly a win.

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RV Undercarriage Maintenance Mistakes Every Owner Makes!

Published on Jan 22, 2026

Tire pressure, wet bolts, propane, and the maintenance jobs under the rig that are easy to skip until something expensive reminds you. We work through our list and show what we got wrong first.

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MOUSE INFESTATION in Our RV | Testing Every Trap and Bait We Could Find

Published on Jan 13, 2026

We came back from six weeks in Brazil to droppings, chewed mats, and at least one uninvited tenant. Four days of traps, baits, ultrasonic repellers, and sealing later, here's what actually worked.

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RV Tank Dumping Hacks That Actually Work (After Our Failures)

Published on Oct 17, 2025

Two weeks of full tanks, a 36-gallon tote, a macerator pump, one leaky starter hose, and a mess we now call the Poopsie. Here's the tote-and-macerator workflow that finally worked for us.

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We Fixed Our RV Fan With This Easy Trick!

Published on Oct 10, 2025

Last day of boondocking, so naturally we cleaned every AC filter and ceiling fan in the rig, then skipped our Harvest Hosts plan for a casino parking lot. The slots were bad. The sleep was great.

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Brinkley RV Factory Service: The Good, The Bad, The Missed Fixes

Published on Sep 17, 2025

We hauled our warranty list across several states to the Brinkley factory, toured where our Model Z was built, sat out a tornado watch in a house on wheels, and left with most (not all) of the list fixed.

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Unexpected RV Leak During Our Florida Camping Trip

Published on Aug 5, 2025

A week at East Bank Campground on Lake Seminole: remote work with a lake view, a door that wasn't actually locked, a surprise leak in the passthrough, and a cave tour to finish it off.

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Brinkley Model Z 3515 Issues: Is Our New RV Already Falling Apart?

Published on Jun 17, 2025

Three months into our brand-new Brinkley and we have a hydraulic fluid leak, a jack that needs full replacement, and a growing fix-it list. Here's how the warranty process is actually going.