A Frugal RVer does an RV Remodel and Saves Money in the Process!

We've drug our 30' Jayco Fifth Wheel from Arizona to Wisconsin... and New Mexico to the Olympic Peninsula... with Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Nevada, Idaho, and many other points, in between.

I've pulled it into the high mountains west of Esterbrook, Wyoming, with the truck in four wheel drive, to be able to get up that slippery forest road, with that Ol' Cummins a Roarin'... to the shock of the people in that lil' back road campground we pulled into that dark Wyoming night! :-)

... and I've towed it into soft, warm, camps on the Mogollon Rim in Arizona.

So, It's time... time for a Cowboy Carved, RV Remodel!

The carpet is worn and faded... (traveling with two dogs and a cat much of the time works it hard!)... the couch is starting to show wear... and to be honest...

... after using our 5er for all these years... and living in it full time, a couple of times, for months at a time... we've found a few things we would change on a new rig.

Now... rather than goin' through the work and difficulty of an RV Remodel, a fella could just run on down to the nearest RV Dealer and order up exactly the RV he wanted... Brand Spankin' new... with all the customizations he can think of already installed, when they deliver that beautiful Yonderers' Fantasy to his door...

... and wouldn't that be Sweet?!

There ain't one dang thing wrong with that either... The RV Manufacturers sure need the business, their employees sure need the work to keep their jobs... and I have to admit... shopping for a New RV Rig is my idea of a good time!

... but... reality is a requirement for guys like me... at times...

We considered tradin' out to a new rig in times not so far past... but the reality of the past three years is that our finances have took a whuppin'! :-)

So... we'll do what is an equally good thing... We'll take our loyal Ol' Jayco... and give it a lil' tender lovin' care... doing a bang up RV Remodel... RV Renovation... RV Restoration... or Whatever else you might want to call it.

However you want to think of it... We'll take this rig, and with a little Frugal RVing in mind, we'll shine it up and make it our own 'Custom RV'.

It's gonna be a piece of work... 'cause I have a LOT I really want to do with it... and we'll have to scratch the dinero together as we work our way down the list... but work away we will!

Here's a short wish list of the RV Renovation work we'd like to be able to accomplish in the short term...

Projected RV Remodel Items:

• Remove the Carpeting and Install Hard Flooring
• Replace the Desk with my Antique Oak Desk
• R&R the Couch with improved seating
• R&R the incandescent fixtures with Fluorescent
• Put in a Fantastic Fan
• Install a Nice sized Flat Screen TV for our Theater in the Woods!
• Replace the factory CD Stereo with an IPOD DOCK style
• Renovate the Shower Stall in the Bathroom
• Paint the Rig with a Full Body Paint job
• Add at least two Solar Panels to our Solar Power Array
• Add a Wind Generator to our Power Generating System
• Complete a Frame Bracing project to increase my Motorcycle Carrier Capacity
• R&R the broken window frame in the Bedroom area
• R&R the Entry Door Window
• R&R the cracking Plastic Fender Skirts with something more durable
• ... and many more 'fuzzy', floating around in the'dark recesses of my head' ideas! :-)

I'm not sure how much of this RV Remodel list I can get done this winter... guess we'll know next summer! All I know is it's past time to start it... so I'll just step off... move along as I can... and see where we end up!

As always... the new RV Remodel work we do will be on pages you'll find listed right here... I'll show you what I chose to do... and likely make a comment here and there about what my alternative options may have been... and what the cost of various pieces and parts was...

... that part, telling the prices, is to show that you can indeed, build your way into a New rig... for a lot less cash outlay... than buying Showroom NEW.

... the Poor Boys way to High Grade RV Boondocking! :-)

Now, expressing 'opinions' like I'm gonna have to do, is a tough task for me to complete... 'cause as we all know... I'm a shy and quiet Mtn. Cowboy... not known for bein' opinionated. :-)

Huh? B.K. Gore... without an opinion?... and a noisy one at that? ... Yeah right... on the same day that Wyoming has no wind... and the Pope has lunch at Hooters!

Anyhoo... check back on occasion, and find out just how much I've gotten done... and what course changes we made, on the Fly... as our RV Remodel progresses.



To do an RV Remodel you have to do the RV Demolition First!

RV Storage Stairs are the first CONstruction for this RV Remodel Project

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