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 […]
How you power tour fridge when traveling and boondocking really depends on the type of refrigerator it has. If it’s a 2-way RV fridge where it works off of 120v or 12v+battery, then you need to have propane on and your batteries enabled for it to work. If it’s a 12v only fridge, you need […]
Most people who own them like them. Many people who have never owned them won’t use them for a variety of reason (google “Andersen failures” and you’ll find a handful of catastrophic pictures that get shared often). I had one and absolutely hated it. My camper had a very low pin weight percentage (15% on […]
Switching to residential is very easy provided you have large enough doors to get this one out and the new one one. That’s usually the hardest trick. unplug old fridge cap off propane line to it (assuming one exists) remove from RV fill vent panels with foam boards put new fridge in its place plug […]
If you are just going to be boondocking periodically or aren’t even sure if you are going to like boondocking (or want to get started as budget-minded as possible), I’d go simple for now: – plan on a small generator. Either a 2000/2200 watt generator that will give you 120v power but won’t run A/C […]
