Without a Hitch

One unanticipated cost I discovered I’d have to factor into my Airstream renovation budget is for a sway-control hitch. For those of you who are newbies like myself, a sway control or anti-sway hitch is hardware that connects the ball hitch on your tow vehicle to the A-frame of the trailer, and helps to give you a more balanced, controlled connection between the two vehicles. When I originally...

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First Things First

December 2 – 4, 2011 Here is the Airstream parked at its (temporary) new home in Long Island, NY. Quite a far cry from the idyllic farm life it had in Virginia! But, home it is… safe haven for a makeover & a new life. A couple of days in, I’m excited, but mostly daunted by the huge amount of unfamiliar work I have ahead of me. I...

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