Can you believe a year ago this week, we were pulling out of Master Tech RV in Elkhart, Indiana – after having spent over 3 months in the shop being repainted and upgraded? What a saga that was. We reported in weekly towards the end as we moved on site to take charge of the […]
summer 2015
Big RV: Little Generator – Downsizing to a 2500W Propane Generator
If you were hanging around our little corner of the web this time last year, then you might remember we had a few little BUNCH of modifications made to our bus. One of the projects we tackled was downsizing from a 7500 watt diesel generator to a 2500 watt propane powered one. We had a lot of […]
How We Added 5 Feet to Our RV – Without Adding Slides
In our continuing catch-up of last summer’s bus renovations, today I wanted to share about something that took us by surprise. Now to start, we didn’t secretly stretch our RV by 5′ during the renovations. But we did end up with 5 addition feet of usable living space. And that my friends, is HUGE. We’re often […]
Bus Renovations: A Cat’s Purrrfect RV Litter Box
An advantage of having a cat rule your life instead of a dog, is the we don’t use the euphemism of ‘lets go for a walk’ to really mean ‘I need to pee or poop all over things’. We cats are much more civilized. We do our business in a box full of sand and […]
Is It Worthwhile to Renovate an Old RV? Why Not Just Buy New?
Some of the most frequent questions we’ve gotten over the years (particularly during our summer 2015 bus renovation) have been around the amount we have invested in our RV, and more particularly – why didn’t we just go buy a newer RV with all the features we wanted, rather than building them in ourselves? Is it […]
Summer 2015 Bus Renovations Tour & Project List
Now that life is getting a bit back to normal and we’ve had some time catching up – it’s time to begin sharing about our bus projects! To start the ball off, we thought we’d share the ‘nickel tour’ with you. If you have the bandwidth to spare, we highly recommend this 17 minute video tour […]
Bus Progress Report #6: The HOME Stretch! (September 10-16)
First.. the big news! We have been sprung free from Elkhart, Indiana and are back on the road! On Tuesday afternoon, after buttoning up the final tweaks and settled up the bill – we fired up the 2-stroke engine and started our journey south and west towards Albuquerque. In this post we’ll catch you up on […]
Bus Renovation Progress Report #5: Con-Du-It Attitude (Sept 3-9)
We celebrated the marvelous new paint job on the bus, and quickly it was back to work. There’s still lots to get done to get us back on the road. Master Tech had a goal of getting Zephyr water tight and climate controlled by Labor Day weekend, so that we could spend the weekend doing […]
It’s All About Cats, Example #493: Creating a Pet Leash Hook on an RV
I’ve spent a lot of time leash training my people – so that they take me outside when the best hunting times are, and I stay safer by not wandering off too far (it keeps them from worrying too much). I love patrolling the nearby bushes and trees around our campsite. Long ago, they got […]
Bus Renovation Progress Report #4: The Paint Job! (August 27- Sept 2)
Ahhh… it’s finally happened. The big project that we came to Master Tech RV for, a new paint job for our 1961 vintage bus conversion. Here’s a quick video overview we took over the past few days following the paint job – which includes some cool action clips of the paint going on: A Quick Summary […]
