Things you need and Things you don't

Well plans are moving at a pace now, we have been visiting the RV each day and getting things in order. We have booked the RV in with Signature Motor homes for some habitation servicing and for the Air assist units to be fitted along with other items.
The Trailer for the Toad (Towed Vehicle) has been ordered and we hope that will arrive before the end of the month. So the next step is the sale of the 4X4 and purchase of a Toyota IQ.

IQ on Trailer

It soon becomes apparent that some of the items that we have purchased need more work than we originally planned, for example:- we purchased a Macerator, this is a 12volt pump that connects to the 3" waste outlet of the RV and will chew up and pump black waste (smelly poo) and grey waste (sink waste) down a small 1.5" hose to the waste dump which could be up to 30 meters away from the RV.

Macerator

This equipment saves a lot of hassle in that you don't have to move the RV to the waste dump or have to dump the smelly waste into containers and then drag them to the dump every time your tanks fill up.
What the blurb doesn't tell you is that you need to have a 12volt connector close to the 3" outlet to connect the unit to, and that the wiring must be able to handle the steady voltage demand. As with many things they then tell you that the hose is of course a separate purchase from the Flowjet.

Flowjet Hose

Ah well that's another job for Signature booked in. We have also purchased a DRY-MAT this is placed between the beds mattress and its solid wooden base to stop condensation building up and therefore preventing the formation of mould and mildew. This will help prolong the life of the mattress. 
The thousands of individual micro springs promote constant airflow under the mattress while you sleep.
As you move in your sleep your mattress yields to your pressure points. This gently compresses and releases the springs in the DRY-Mat, forcing the air around and out. 

The Dry Mat

We also found out that American RV beds are Queen size, so getting the right sized fitted sheets without paying a fortune meant a visit to IKEA.

There are loads of little jobs that are building up as we are preparing to hit the road but that's all part of the adventure.

My main gripe at the moment is that there is no water close to the RV and the outside is in desperate need of a good wash and clean. So it could mean transporting buckets of water down to the storage area.

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