Travel trailers make traveling easy because you can take your accommodations and belongings with you on your vacation. When planning your vacation, you will usually need to make a reservation at an RV campground to park your trailer. These campgrounds require you to know the length of your trailer to ensure that all the trailers they book can fit on the grounds. You might also need to measure the length to fit your trailer for accessories like a protective cover. Although the manufacturer's label has dimensions listed, it is always best to take your own measurements.
Become a Travel Agent in Michigan
The travel industry is always looking for fresh talent interested in planning dream vacations for customers. In Michigan, a multitude of universities, technical colleges and online schools offer hospitality and tourism programs that lead to travel agent certification. Upon graduation, a variety of travel agencies across the state are potential sources of entry-level jobs.
Remove the Skin on a Travel Trailer
The most common reason a travel trailer's outer skin must be removed is to allow repair of substrate ruined by water leaking in. Substrate is normally particleboard, which separates when it becomes wet, or luan plywood, which will flake apart if allowed to remain wet. If a leak has been unattended and delamination or rot has set in, removing the travel trailer's outer skin to fix the damage is necessary. Because travel trailers typically are manufactured from the inside out, all the structural integrity is created before the skin is installed. This means removing the skin should not affect the rigidity of the trailer; no bracing should be necessary.
Travel With Pet Rats
Traveling is a way of life for many, so chances are your pet may be traveling with you at some point. More people are choosing rats for pets due to their low maintenance and intelligence. Follow these steps if you cannot find someone to watch your pet while you travel.
Properly Adjust Travel Trailer Sway Bars
Travel trailer sway -- the uncontrolled side-to-side motion experienced in cross winds, when being passed by 18-wheelers or during heavy braking -- is a dangerous and disconcerting event. It is colloquially referred to as "fish-tailing." The experts at Lakeshore RV, referenced below, advise that all trailers over 24 feet long should be fitted with twin sway bars properly adjusted to exert equal pressure on both sides of the tow package. Aside from having properly adjusted sway bars, you can minimized side motion simply by loading heavy items as close to the trailer floor as possible, and distributing them so that approximately 20 percent of the trailer's total weight is on the tongue.