My best improvement is the insulation cover sheet that I can pull down from under the madrass in the alcove. Thick curtains between driving- and living room is not enough a cold Swedish winter. Find a good Bag in Box wine. More wine, less space and little waste when empty 😃👍🚐
In our camper I made a wine-cellar in the waling area, next to the table. When I open the hatch I’ve got a air-cooled wine rack with light. It can keep 6 bottles of wine, and they keep very cool beneath the camper. Perfect !
Thanks Herr Herman, nice tip on the foam for storing glasses will be sourcing that. Find the best place to store wine is about 9 inches below the mouth, works wonders for me. Happy Roaming.
I have also seen people use the cheap give away can coozy's (like they give away at shows with advertising on them) to cover glasses. They simply cut out the bottom and slip the remaining foam tube over the glass. It seems to be space efficient while preventing breakage of the glassware.
I'd say my favourite improvement is the Dometic onboard diesel inverter generator, although since then I saw an NHS artic trailer (parked in Tesco car park for about a month of cancer screening), it had an Onan Cummins generator which was impressively quiet. A £22 20W solar panel on the roof keeps the leisure batteries happy in storage, plus can use lights and a TV for a few hours to keep children/wife happy when I go to do a few little jobs that need doing. A secondhand compact Zanussi washing machine fitted perfectly under the kitchen sink. At least two TVs are essential if you don't want to get stuck watching Pokemon, although you'll need a degree of separation, the living area and the bedroom work well for us, if we had a smaller motorhome, the bathroom would be fair game for an hour of TV respite. A 2TB NAS hard drive with DLNA server is great for storing all the movies you could ever want to watch. A macerator pump is useful for emptying your tanks, some UK campsites are designed with cassette toilets in mind, with disposal points some distance from the road and often quite high up, crap won't flow uphill! 50ft of 1in flexi pipe (lay flat hose is a big mistake) is a lot easier to manage than the sewer pipe. A new shower head is a cheap and satisfying upgrade, a few lights, like one in the bathroom, one in the hallway, replace their incandescent bulbs with LED bulbs and you can leave them on overnight, even without an electric hookup. A curtainrail behind the front seats and some thick floor to ceiling curtains keep the habitation area cooler in summer, warmer in winter and if your chosen rest stop turns out to be a bad location, you can drive off at a moments notice. Not really a modification, more a little preparedness until I can afford the modification, but carry a tow rope and get your wife to follow in the car, usually there's no problem, but I did get stuck on one grass pitch after 7days nonstop rain (why don't more motorhomes come with 4WD, a lot are built on chassis/vehicles with a 4WD variant).
Herman the Hymer You're too kind, I might have to try that, if I can get my wife to narrate for me. I have a Damon Challenger, on a Chevrolet P30 chassis. It's only 30ft long, in car parks backing onto flat grass I can park it in a single corner space with the nose only sticking out a few feet. In the village where we used to live, one of our neighbours has one of the smaller Hymers, it's still what the Americans call a Class A type (no idea what we call them) like yours and mine, even though it's only about 18ft long it's very spacious inside and it's their everyday car, which is great for their dogs. I'd like one myself.
Bonjour felicitation pour hermann il est vraiment magnifique, moi j ai un B584 de 2002 et je voudrai remplacer les caoutchouc des elargisseurs d aile, ou peux ton trouver ces caoutchouc parce que en france je ne les trouve pas merci pour ta reponse
Bonjour Antoine, thanks for your lovely comment. I brought the fender rubbers at the same time I brought the fender. These were brought from Brownhills in the UK who are a Hymer dealer. They are selling the rubbers on ebay. I hope this helps. Ads www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184333911699?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338624526&toolid=10001&customid=35b9759deb7ff87a2d43e00b5bc0ed1c
As for the narrow locker for bottles/wine storage.......correx sheet is plyable, rigid and shapeable, cheap. All sorts of kitchen/automotive brackets can be used
@@HermanHitstheRoad its usually used within the packaging and horticultural industry. A small section is usually used as a washer replacement. If you have a look on TH-cam at some of the cycling trailers made from it, this will show just how flexible of a product it is. Plastic, metal or wood bracketing can be used
Thanks. I did the sink in the middle of winter for some reason. Very cold. I could have waited 4 weeks really. Thanks for watching and spending the time to comment
Hi Doug, we had considered installing the air bags a few years ago. They would help going round bends, roundabouts and passing lorries. They look simple to install. No idea where we'd put the pressure valve though. Do you have them installed?
Hi. I imagine you've probably solved your wine rack question by now. My thought on seeing the space was to suspend the bottles horizontally under the shelves. In other words a 3 or 4 bottle wine rack under each existing shelf. I like your sponge rubber drinking glass storage idea. I'll try that. It will be perfect in my 4WD bus. Thanks.
I have a plastic bottled beer crate inside the habitation area with a soft covered lid to put our feet on or to use as a portable stool. Got me thinking, you could cut one down to use for wine storage in your ski locker.
+Elizabeth Chappell hi Elizabeth, we got someone else to do that. I don't know where he brought it from but it was expensive (£250 to £300 if my memory serves me). He told me that he had to remove the cupboards above the window to replace the blind.
Hi Elizabeth, I've been looking in my email for the invoice of the LED lights but I can't find it. I also can't find the exact product online either. There are others and they maybe easier to fit. Anyway, the LEDs came on a reel of lights which you can cut to length and it has a sticky back to it. For 12v you need a small bit of circuit with two wires coming from it which I brought from the same place. This "thing" is so you don't damage the LEDs when you start the engine or plug in to power. I had to solder it on to the LED strip and also connect it to the on/off switch of the original light over the sink. The original light was one of those fluorescent strip lights and it had a load of electronic circuitry to power it. I realised that all I needed to do was wire up the new LED lights to the switch, bypassing the original electronics. The 12v "thing" sits between the LEDs and the switch inline. I've left the original circuitry where I found it, nothing is connected to it. I hope this helps. Sorry I couldn't find the invoice etc. I think it would of helped my description.
Some good tips. Mind you the pegs on the wipers will leave indents in the rubber, better to just spray and wipe with silicone spray. That front tow bar you replaced was well rusty, I just wondered how that passed an MOT. How old and what mileage is the van?
Hi Robin, thanks. The pegs don't touch the wiper blades. The ends of the pegs grip the wiper and the blade rests a few mm from the peg. The front cross member isn't structural. It's bolted on to the chassis. The only thing it does is hold the radiator. Herman is a 1998 Hymer B564 with 80k miles
Lots of good tips thanks. I use corks under the metal part of the wiper arms, near the bodywork end. They very slightly keep the rubber blades of the windscreen. We always seem to have plenty of spares....
Some really good improvements made to Herman. I might have to copy your idea with the foam; I can't be doing with melamine mugs!! For the wine storage, would a plastic collapsible crate work? Or a 'notbox'?
+The Stealth Saint Hi Saint, I brought the foam online from efoam. For my wine storage I'm after something where the bottles won't roll around. I've never heard of notbox before. They might come in handy for something else, thanks
+Herman the Hymer Thanks, I'll take a look at efoam. Maybe a couple of the supermarket cardboard wine carriers would work inside your existing cardboard box. ATB Al.
Hi x1mx, we got them from someone rather than a store many years ago. They are fiamma roof vents so you should be able to find them online. I hope that helps 👍👍
Hi jjyo99, that's a great question. Pros would be; cheap fuel (it cost about £13 to fill up), you don't have to worry about emptying the bottle before getting a new one because you can fill up when you like, it's propane so you can use it in the winter, there is a gauge on the side so you can see how much gas you have. Cons; there are not many filling station in the UK (lots in Europe), filling is not dangerous but it can be fiddly, I've heard that France doesn't like you opening a door to fill up the tank (the filler cap must be mounted on the outside) I hope that helps
Thanks for that mate, Does it help? We're waiting delivery of our first 'van in April. In our very limited experience we've found NOTHING is straight forward in 'mobile living world'. There is an array of multiple options on everything when you enter this field (no pun..). We envy you experts but are looking forward to finding out for ourselves through trial and error about the wonders of living the outdoor life.
@@HermanHitstheRoad We're actually just taking up camping this year for the first time ever - we have a coleman oak canyon 6 (for two people). We'd love a motor home at some point but i'm terrified of driving one. I'm just watching your video at the minute "how to drive a motor home" :)
But there is one thing i do understand now which i had never considered before was the weight and the speed restrictions, aerodynamics or lack thereof next time i am stuck behind a motorhome one a twisty, single carriageway Scottish road!
That's great. Good luck with your first camping trip. Where are you thinking of going on your first trip? HermanFest is in June this year in the New Forest. All are welcome.
Driving a m/h is fun. Each journey is a new adventure. You shouldn't be worried about driving one. It's a great way to see the countryside even if you're on a narrow Scottish lane 👍😉
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My best improvement is the insulation cover sheet that I can pull down from under the madrass in the alcove. Thick curtains between driving- and living room is not enough a cold Swedish winter. Find a good Bag in Box wine. More wine, less space and little waste when empty 😃👍🚐
Some really good tips. Thanks @joakimhansson1322. I particularly like the idea of having more wine🤣🤣
In our camper I made a wine-cellar in the waling area, next to the table. When I open the hatch I’ve got a air-cooled wine rack with light. It can keep 6 bottles of wine, and they keep very cool beneath the camper. Perfect !
Some good tips. I've got my van in storage. I think the clothes pegs on the wipers is a good idea!
Thanks Temp. Glad you found the video useful 👍
Thanks Herr Herman, nice tip on the foam for storing glasses will be sourcing that. Find the best place to store wine is about 9 inches below the mouth, works wonders for me. Happy Roaming.
I have also seen people use the cheap give away can coozy's (like they give away at shows with advertising on them) to cover glasses. They simply cut out the bottom and slip the remaining foam tube over the glass. It seems to be space efficient while preventing breakage of the glassware.
Very informative thank you
Glad it was helpful, @colinlainchbury8760 👍👍
I'd say my favourite improvement is the Dometic onboard diesel inverter generator, although since then I saw an NHS artic trailer (parked in Tesco car park for about a month of cancer screening), it had an Onan Cummins generator which was impressively quiet.
A £22 20W solar panel on the roof keeps the leisure batteries happy in storage, plus can use lights and a TV for a few hours to keep children/wife happy when I go to do a few little jobs that need doing.
A secondhand compact Zanussi washing machine fitted perfectly under the kitchen sink.
At least two TVs are essential if you don't want to get stuck watching Pokemon, although you'll need a degree of separation, the living area and the bedroom work well for us, if we had a smaller motorhome, the bathroom would be fair game for an hour of TV respite.
A 2TB NAS hard drive with DLNA server is great for storing all the movies you could ever want to watch.
A macerator pump is useful for emptying your tanks, some UK campsites are designed with cassette toilets in mind, with disposal points some distance from the road and often quite high up, crap won't flow uphill! 50ft of 1in flexi pipe (lay flat hose is a big mistake) is a lot easier to manage than the sewer pipe.
A new shower head is a cheap and satisfying upgrade, a few lights, like one in the bathroom, one in the hallway, replace their incandescent bulbs with LED bulbs and you can leave them on overnight, even without an electric hookup.
A curtainrail behind the front seats and some thick floor to ceiling curtains keep the habitation area cooler in summer, warmer in winter and if your chosen rest stop turns out to be a bad location, you can drive off at a moments notice.
Not really a modification, more a little preparedness until I can afford the modification, but carry a tow rope and get your wife to follow in the car, usually there's no problem, but I did get stuck on one grass pitch after 7days nonstop rain (why don't more motorhomes come with 4WD, a lot are built on chassis/vehicles with a 4WD variant).
Wow. That's an impressive list. Thanks. You should make a video. It sounds like you have a larger motorhome. What do you have?
Herman the Hymer You're too kind, I might have to try that, if I can get my wife to narrate for me. I have a Damon Challenger, on a Chevrolet P30 chassis. It's only 30ft long, in car parks backing onto flat grass I can park it in a single corner space with the nose only sticking out a few feet.
In the village where we used to live, one of our neighbours has one of the smaller Hymers, it's still what the Americans call a Class A type (no idea what we call them) like yours and mine, even though it's only about 18ft long it's very spacious inside and it's their everyday car, which is great for their dogs. I'd like one myself.
I've just seen a photo of one. Very impressive. We also call them A classes.
Some good tips / upgrades. Thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks for sharing. I like the idea of the foam for cups and glasses!
Thanks for watching, Jennifer. Do you have a m/h or c/v ?
We’ve recently got a motorhome. An 11-year-old Geist Phantom. We are just learning the ropes
Oh great. I'm sure you're going to love it. I bet you're excited. Do you have any immediate plans?
Bonjour felicitation pour hermann il est vraiment magnifique, moi j ai un B584 de 2002 et je voudrai remplacer les caoutchouc des elargisseurs d aile, ou peux ton trouver ces caoutchouc parce que en france je ne les trouve pas
merci pour ta reponse
Bonjour Antoine, thanks for your lovely comment. I brought the fender rubbers at the same time I brought the fender. These were brought from Brownhills in the UK who are a Hymer dealer. They are selling the rubbers on ebay. I hope this helps.
Ads
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184333911699?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338624526&toolid=10001&customid=35b9759deb7ff87a2d43e00b5bc0ed1c
@@HermanHitstheRoad very thank you
As for the narrow locker for bottles/wine storage.......correx sheet is plyable, rigid and shapeable, cheap. All sorts of kitchen/automotive brackets can be used
Interesting Warren, is it strong and how do you connect the sheets together? Can you get push on fasteners or something similar?
@@HermanHitstheRoad its usually used within the packaging and horticultural industry. A small section is usually used as a washer replacement. If you have a look on TH-cam at some of the cycling trailers made from it, this will show just how flexible of a product it is. Plastic, metal or wood bracketing can be used
Good work on that sink. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. I did the sink in the middle of winter for some reason. Very cold. I could have waited 4 weeks really.
Thanks for watching and spending the time to comment
Thank you from Zoetermeer in the Netherlands. I had the same problem and didn't knew how to fix it.
Which problem was that?
Try studlock to stop screw undoing on door lock
Thanks, Amby. I've been using Thread Lock which is the same sort of thing
Look up airtags for your RV, another way to secure your RV when on any main highway,and helps when big trucks pass you,etc.
Hi Doug, we had considered installing the air bags a few years ago. They would help going round bends, roundabouts and passing lorries. They look simple to install. No idea where we'd put the pressure valve though. Do you have them installed?
Hi. I imagine you've probably solved your wine rack question by now. My thought on seeing the space was to suspend the bottles horizontally under the shelves. In other words a 3 or 4 bottle wine rack under each existing shelf. I like your sponge rubber drinking glass storage idea. I'll try that. It will be perfect in my 4WD bus. Thanks.
Hi Black Pete, no I haven't found a solution to the wine rack yet. I do like your idea and I'll think about doing that. Thanks
I love the idea of the foam! I hate plastic glasses and mugs! Can't wait to get our own motorhome!
Thanks for commenting, @jackirichards8789
Need to get hold of a Milkman! They used to carry the bottles in a crate with a handle on. They used to whistle while they carried it too!
Thanks. I've now replaced the box with a milk crate
Great video mate, practical videos are always good...i like the sponge idea too
I have a plastic bottled beer crate inside the habitation area with a soft covered lid to put our feet on or to use as a portable stool. Got me thinking, you could cut one down to use for wine storage in your ski locker.
A beer crate would be a create idea. Do you use your crate for beer or wine? Why do you suggest cutting it down? Are they large?
We use ours for ciders and fruit drinks, I thought a full sized crate would be too big to fit your storage cupboard.
good video, Herman looks great. just wondered, are the water connection s plastic so that in the event of freezing they fail first, saving the boiler?
Hi also forgot to ask how did you do the LED lights in the cooker hood please?
Hello. We have a B654 and we are wanting to change the kitchen blind also. Did you buy this from Hymer? Can you remember how much you paid please?
+Elizabeth Chappell hi Elizabeth, we got someone else to do that. I don't know where he brought it from but it was expensive (£250 to £300 if my memory serves me). He told me that he had to remove the cupboards above the window to replace the blind.
Hi OK thanks. How did you do the LED lights in the cooker hood please?
Hi Elizabeth, I've been looking in my email for the invoice of the LED lights but I can't find it. I also can't find the exact product online either. There are others and they maybe easier to fit. Anyway, the LEDs came on a reel of lights which you can cut to length and it has a sticky back to it.
For 12v you need a small bit of circuit with two wires coming from it which I brought from the same place. This "thing" is so you don't damage the LEDs when you start the engine or plug in to power. I had to solder it on to the LED strip and also connect it to the on/off switch of the original light over the sink.
The original light was one of those fluorescent strip lights and it had a load of electronic circuitry to power it. I realised that all I needed to do was wire up the new LED lights to the switch, bypassing the original electronics. The 12v "thing" sits between the LEDs and the switch inline. I've left the original circuitry where I found it, nothing is connected to it.
I hope this helps. Sorry I couldn't find the invoice etc. I think it would of helped my description.
Some good tips. Mind you the pegs on the wipers will leave indents in the rubber, better to just spray and wipe with silicone spray. That front tow bar you replaced was well rusty, I just wondered how that passed an MOT. How old and what mileage is the van?
Hi Robin, thanks. The pegs don't touch the wiper blades. The ends of the pegs grip the wiper and the blade rests a few mm from the peg. The front cross member isn't structural. It's bolted on to the chassis. The only thing it does is hold the radiator. Herman is a 1998 Hymer B564 with 80k miles
Lots of good tips thanks. I use corks under the metal part of the wiper arms, near the bodywork end. They very slightly keep the rubber blades of the windscreen. We always seem to have plenty of spares....
That's weird, Gordon so do we 🤣🍷
Some really good improvements made to Herman. I might have to copy your idea with the foam; I can't be doing with melamine mugs!! For the wine storage, would a plastic collapsible crate work? Or a 'notbox'?
+The Stealth Saint Hi Saint, I brought the foam online from efoam. For my wine storage I'm after something where the bottles won't roll around. I've never heard of notbox before. They might come in handy for something else, thanks
+Herman the Hymer Thanks, I'll take a look at efoam. Maybe a couple of the supermarket cardboard wine carriers would work inside your existing cardboard box. ATB Al.
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Thanks very much awesome
Thanks Greg. 👍👍
Hi, where you got the roof lights?
Hi x1mx, we got them from someone rather than a store many years ago. They are fiamma roof vents so you should be able to find them online. I hope that helps 👍👍
Thanks 4 the tips my man
+miranda stolte . My pleasure. Thanks for watching. What's your favourite or do you have any tips yourself?
What are the pro's/Cons of the gaslow system? cheers....
Hi jjyo99, that's a great question.
Pros would be; cheap fuel (it cost about £13 to fill up), you don't have to worry about emptying the bottle before getting a new one because you can fill up when you like, it's propane so you can use it in the winter, there is a gauge on the side so you can see how much gas you have.
Cons; there are not many filling station in the UK (lots in Europe), filling is not dangerous but it can be fiddly, I've heard that France doesn't like you opening a door to fill up the tank (the filler cap must be mounted on the outside)
I hope that helps
Thanks for that mate, Does it help? We're waiting delivery of our first 'van in April. In our very limited experience we've found NOTHING is straight forward in 'mobile living world'. There is an array of multiple options on everything when you enter this field (no pun..). We envy you experts but are looking forward to finding out for ourselves through trial and error about the wonders of living the outdoor life.
My problem was: Where are the screws ? I didn't know how I could disassemble the mirror.
Hi Karel, I'm a bit confused. Which mirror? I don't think I show a mirror
Wot no bloopers?
Haha Mr Grumps. This video was filmed years ago when I didn't make any mistakes 🤣
brass will still split if it gets cold enough.....
Sorry, the film in september 2017"fixing the wing mirror" 😱😰
Oh that makes perfect sense now LOL
Herman's so cute.
LOL, thanks Sharon. What do you have?
@@HermanHitstheRoad We're actually just taking up camping this year for the first time ever - we have a coleman oak canyon 6 (for two people). We'd love a motor home at some point but i'm terrified of driving one. I'm just watching your video at the minute "how to drive a motor home" :)
But there is one thing i do understand now which i had never considered before was the weight and the speed restrictions, aerodynamics or lack thereof next time i am stuck behind a motorhome one a twisty, single carriageway Scottish road!
That's great. Good luck with your first camping trip. Where are you thinking of going on your first trip? HermanFest is in June this year in the New Forest. All are welcome.
Driving a m/h is fun. Each journey is a new adventure. You shouldn't be worried about driving one. It's a great way to see the countryside even if you're on a narrow Scottish lane 👍😉
I was a little disappointed with this video. I would not class repairs as improvements nor stick on lights and clock.