Exploring With Intuition

Van Camping and Sailing in North America

Author: Mark Haskell

  • 1Up Bike Rack Upgrade

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    We noticed that the latest 1Up racks have an improved tongue. The new hitch bar and tongue still have the big ball bearing to eliminate any play or rattle in the rack, but now there is a slot for a hitch pin. It arrived with a locking hitch pin with a design similar to the…

  • Swinging Bikes

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    Today’s post is about adding this cool swing arm to our bike rack. We’ve had this 1Up Bike Rack for over four years now and it has been great. Originally purchased for our Sprinter based Plateau TS, it transferred just fine to our Promaster Lexor TS. Aluminum and stainless steel materials make a sturdy and…

  • Is My Lexor ProMaster Overweight?

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    Looking for projects to do in the off season we decided to see if we could learn more about our trusty Lexor. We wondered if it, like us, might have taken on too much weight over the holidays. Here’s the logic we used to figure out if we are within the safe loading limits of…

  • Lexor Cabin Air Filter Change

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    There are some periodic maintenance tasks easy enough that any owner can do them. James and Stef over on the Fit RV web site recently published a post and video about changing the cabin air filter in their Winnebago Travato. The Travato is a class B camper van based on the Ram ProMaster, the same…

  • 2019 Stats

    Happy New Year and thank you to all who have visited our humble little blog. You have pushed the totals to 50,402 views and over 30,000 of those were this year! The most popular posts were all how to “Project” articles, followed by the site index: #1 Winterizing 2018 Lexor TS #2 Can I Leave…

  • 2019 Holiday Greetings

    Dear Friends and Family: It was a rough Spring watching Mark’s dad slip away during a protracted battle with Alzeimer’s disease. After a celebration of Dad’s life in Florida, we were more determined than ever to travel, so set out on our longest land adventure yet. From an alligator ranch in Mississippi, to the soaring…