How do you eat a whale? 1 bite at a time. So the house, start in 1 room and step by step. Make a few piles: As you cycle through each room, you’ll find that the “no idea” pile gets easier to deal with and the “keep” piles get sorted to others as you go. […]
What do you use now? You’ll use them in the RV. For real. We lived in: Our cooking is identical no matter what our house looks like. To figure it out: pack everything up now, but label the boxes well. When you need something, go get that one thing out and make note of how […]
You have a water leak. Could be anywhere in the camper OR it could be the 1-way check valve inside of the water pump itself. The latter will allow water from the water lines to trickle back to the freshwater tank. When the pump senses the drop in water pressure in the water lines, it’ll […]
There’s no single best provider. If you’re traveling and NEED Internet, then you need a primary and a backup. If you’re stationary, your options are possibly different. For me, we were travelers- we had T-Mobile Home Internet first, then Starlink, then AT&T, and finally Verizon. (Yes, my Internet bill was super high, but it supported […]
I’ve driven cross country a few times now with the truck and fifth wheel or our class A motorhome. We’ve stayed at a variety of spots over the years. I wrote up our cross-country travels for I-40 here. Here’s where we have stayed on/near I-10 (and maybe a little I-8 out west):
Walmart, Cracker Barrel, and any other retail establishment don’t care one iota about your slides being out AS LONG AS you don’t block the roadway or take up double the spaces because of it. I’m 64’ tip to tail with my motorhome and it’s toad. I’m going to take up the whatever # of spots […]
For solar, you’ll need: This will give you 12v power. If you also want 120v power (aka household outlet power), you’ll need to add an inverter. For that, you’ll need: The inverter installation can either be simple (you plug extension cords into it), complex with individual automatic transfer switches for specific breakers, or fully integrated […]
I had a buddy who tried it with a Toyota something or other. Similar size to a Smart Car, just seated 4 (as long as 2 were tiny and his kids were tiny). There’s a few things to be mindful of: The garage itself has a maximum weight carrying capacity that is different than the […]
You have 2 options for plugging in your camper at home. The simpler option is to just use a regular garage outlet and plug into that. The more complex option is to install a proper RV outlet and plug into that. Regular Household Outlet You’ll need an adapter for the RV end to go from […]
Here’s what you do if your gray tank is clogged. Usually this is a new rig to someone and they just haven’t found the pull handle for that particular tank yet. There are often multiple gray tanks. Sometimes they’re called “gray”, sometimes they’re called “galley”. But more often than not, when someone has a new […]
