Sometimes while you are staying in an RV full time, things break down.
And also at times, important stuffs break in the middle of nowhere.
Yesterday, I bent each of our RV trailer hitch rails wanting to back to a tight spot at our RV car park. I was attempting to loosen the RV hitch from a “tow” position into the “maneuver” position and the darn thing bent in the bed of our truck.
The RV trailer hitch is a important piece of equipment that are used to pull the 5th wheel RV. If perhaps it is broken, you aren’t proceeding anywhere soon.
If the rails are bent (even slightly), you just cannot take a chance on it and attempt traveling by using it.
Must it be stated that if you're RVing full time across the country along with a wife and 2 kids, you don’t like the fifth wheel RV to fall off of the back of the pick up truck?
We have a Reese Sliding Hitch, and as expected, all of us do not recommend you get that equipment…
We all do recommend the Husky RV Sliding Hitch instead.
Unlike the Reese Sliding Hitch, the Husky RV Hitch has more support with RV hitch rails because they are basically screwed on to the frame of the pickup truck. Also, since it is so secure, you’re less likely to bend one.
The Reese rails are bolted to the bed of the truck.
I’m no technical RVing guru, but it does not appear like a great thing when you are carrying six tons.
As soon as we purchased our truck, we got the hitch as an add-on at the car dealership (another place we don’t really recommend - but also will remain unidentified) and these people gaveus all the less expensive hitch.
Just what are the chances for a car dealership doing that?
$537.99 along with a scenic ride into the Wisconsin country side after that, we'd the RV hitch rails repaired out in Wisconsin at Mound View RV in Belmont, Wisconsin.
Thankfully that RV dealerships in the Midwest are almost as common as cornfields.
So if you’re deciding on RVing full time, consider for the things failing and plan for everything not going just exactly as you intended it - despite that you planned it as carefully as you could.
Things usually go badly, even more so if you are 100 % full time RVing novices exactly like us.
But just get up again, find out how to deal with your issues and get it done. Even if it costs you a little cash to get it done right, you should not conserve money or cut corners if you are carrying a six ton RV behemoth.
If you would like to learn more about how to go RVing, click here to learn more about how you can go RVing full time.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
The Best Purpose to RV Full Time
When we finally started to RV full time it had been a bit hard.
It had been not easy to get used to the small living quarters, the toilet smaller than a telephone booth, long drives on unexciting interstates, determining just how the cable television operates at each camping area, oh-so much fun black water drainings, really chatty “RV” neighbours, missing relatives and buddies back at home….
Yet even with all thatafter the first few days, we started to discover how well RVing suit our standards of living, how relaxed it is and just how the little place actually enhances your life and exactly how liberating the trip really is.
However by far, the best part of residing in an RV full time is definitely the absolute and utter freedom from “the scheduled life”.
If you have children, you know what I am talking about.
It is the continuous running to baseball practice, lacrosse practice, swimming lessons, chess club, drum lessons, various family activities, countless birthday celebrations, play dates and just about every other activity that occupies majority of of a typical suburban family’s daily routine schedule.
It’s stressful…(I didn’t even accomplish a majority of it in our own family)!
Although all those activities are great and are fun to do, when you’re RVing, you're completely free from that daily activities and you are also able to live life “unscheduled”.
When you are RVing full time, you go where you want to go and what ever pace that pleases you. Not that we do not create a schedule, since we do.
In reality, you must have RV park reservations along with 2 kids in the heart of the summer season. Mainly because RV parks fill up quickly and you have to reserve in advance or you will be shut out.
Sure, there are hundreds of RV blog writers that talk about how living in an RV you're your own boss, there is no reliance on hotels, airport terminals, restaurant reservations and becoming “at one” with the great outdoors.
Do not be misled by any of that. The best reason of all is freedom from the scheduled life.
Freedom and “location independence” is exactly what driven each of us to build lives that will assist a full time RV lifestyle for one year…or longer than that. After I read The 4-Hour Workweek three years ago, it became all over for myself. I believed I had to make it happen. And article author Tim Ferris does not have kids so he never actually brought up this kind of independence and freedom.
But for me There is no other freedom that tops it. I guess at some point in our odyssey I’ll miss all of that scheduling, all of the parties, all the activities but for the time being I am not. It’s a fabulous break and also for me its the #1 objective to consider RVing full time.
If you would like to learn more about how to full time RV, click here to learn more about how you can go RVing full time.
It had been not easy to get used to the small living quarters, the toilet smaller than a telephone booth, long drives on unexciting interstates, determining just how the cable television operates at each camping area, oh-so much fun black water drainings, really chatty “RV” neighbours, missing relatives and buddies back at home….
Yet even with all thatafter the first few days, we started to discover how well RVing suit our standards of living, how relaxed it is and just how the little place actually enhances your life and exactly how liberating the trip really is.
However by far, the best part of residing in an RV full time is definitely the absolute and utter freedom from “the scheduled life”.
If you have children, you know what I am talking about.
It is the continuous running to baseball practice, lacrosse practice, swimming lessons, chess club, drum lessons, various family activities, countless birthday celebrations, play dates and just about every other activity that occupies majority of of a typical suburban family’s daily routine schedule.
It’s stressful…(I didn’t even accomplish a majority of it in our own family)!
Although all those activities are great and are fun to do, when you’re RVing, you're completely free from that daily activities and you are also able to live life “unscheduled”.
When you are RVing full time, you go where you want to go and what ever pace that pleases you. Not that we do not create a schedule, since we do.
In reality, you must have RV park reservations along with 2 kids in the heart of the summer season. Mainly because RV parks fill up quickly and you have to reserve in advance or you will be shut out.
Sure, there are hundreds of RV blog writers that talk about how living in an RV you're your own boss, there is no reliance on hotels, airport terminals, restaurant reservations and becoming “at one” with the great outdoors.
Do not be misled by any of that. The best reason of all is freedom from the scheduled life.
Freedom and “location independence” is exactly what driven each of us to build lives that will assist a full time RV lifestyle for one year…or longer than that. After I read The 4-Hour Workweek three years ago, it became all over for myself. I believed I had to make it happen. And article author Tim Ferris does not have kids so he never actually brought up this kind of independence and freedom.
But for me There is no other freedom that tops it. I guess at some point in our odyssey I’ll miss all of that scheduling, all of the parties, all the activities but for the time being I am not. It’s a fabulous break and also for me its the #1 objective to consider RVing full time.
If you would like to learn more about how to full time RV, click here to learn more about how you can go RVing full time.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Methods to Hook Up a motorhome When RVing Full Time, Part Two
What we really needed if RVing full time is a check list that outlined each of the methods you must do when you setup your Motorhome in the Rv campsite.
Everyone goes online and we weren't able to find a great Motorhome setup guidelines just about anywhere. So we made a thirteen step checklist to help you setup your own Motor home when you go to a camping area. We will feature steps 7-13 in this posting.
7. Connect the Electric
* Withdraw the electrical cord from your electrical hole. If ever the electric cord won't reach you must have 30-Amp RV Extension Cable as a back up. It really stinks to park your RV and the cord is not going to reach the electric outlet!
* Next, open up the electric package, guantee that the actual circuit breaker switch is in the off position then hook up the electrical power cord.
* Lastly, turn the circuit breaker change to the on position.
8. Slide Out the Slideouts
* It is simple! Simply press the switches in each room per slideout and the slideout should go out.
9. Let Mom Inside!
* Open up the entrance door for her and allow her to go into the RV. She'll be thrilled!
10. Hook Up the Water
* Take out the water hose and then screw it in to the water input valve of the RV.
* Position the water levers in the "on" or "town water" position.
* After that activate the water from your RV campsite.
11. Hook Up the Sewer
* Connect your RV Sewer Hose Kit with Swivel Fittings towards the gray water tank output drain. And then affix to the campsite sewer drain.
12. Roll out the Awning ( if required)
* Click the awning switch till the awning is all the way out. Then pick up one side of the awning then pull it down around 6 in. lower than the opposite side of the awning*.
* Tighten up the screws on the awning pole till its already tight. Then tighten up the awning screws on the opposite side so each side are secure.
*We all recommend you accomplish this to make sure that whenever it rains, the rainwater will drain off the awning and so not at all gather on the awning itself. It stops rain water from breaking the awning!
13. Place Down the RV Patio area Pad
* To help keep dirt and pests and stuff put of the RV, place down a big rug, artificial turf or exactly what we recommend would be the RV Patio Mat such as the one we've got. It folds and is nice to perform whittling on too.
* Put this on to the ground right on the outside of the RV and spread it out in-front of the RV doorstep.
14. Put Up the Antenna
* Go into the RV and crank up the TV antennae so that you can sit back and watch Phineas and Ferb while doing RVing full time!
15. Become Well organized
* Organize and set aside any item which fell off shelves and drawers when you were RVing.
* Pick-up your unclean outfits on your bed room floor and then place them in the hamper (in our full time RV the hamper is underneath the bathroom sink through a awesome secret trap door).If you do this without having to be requested, Dad and mom would be very happy!
Oh yeah, another thing: when you are full time RVing, don't be reluctant to ask for help when you are in the RV park. RV folks are really welcoming and will happy to assist you - so ask them for assistance.
And that's how you will set up the RV at the campsite when RVing full time cross-country!
To learn more about RVing Full Time, click here to get more information on how to RV full time.
Everyone goes online and we weren't able to find a great Motorhome setup guidelines just about anywhere. So we made a thirteen step checklist to help you setup your own Motor home when you go to a camping area. We will feature steps 7-13 in this posting.
7. Connect the Electric
* Withdraw the electrical cord from your electrical hole. If ever the electric cord won't reach you must have 30-Amp RV Extension Cable as a back up. It really stinks to park your RV and the cord is not going to reach the electric outlet!
* Next, open up the electric package, guantee that the actual circuit breaker switch is in the off position then hook up the electrical power cord.
* Lastly, turn the circuit breaker change to the on position.
8. Slide Out the Slideouts
* It is simple! Simply press the switches in each room per slideout and the slideout should go out.
9. Let Mom Inside!
* Open up the entrance door for her and allow her to go into the RV. She'll be thrilled!
10. Hook Up the Water
* Take out the water hose and then screw it in to the water input valve of the RV.
* Position the water levers in the "on" or "town water" position.
* After that activate the water from your RV campsite.
11. Hook Up the Sewer
* Connect your RV Sewer Hose Kit with Swivel Fittings towards the gray water tank output drain. And then affix to the campsite sewer drain.
12. Roll out the Awning ( if required)
* Click the awning switch till the awning is all the way out. Then pick up one side of the awning then pull it down around 6 in. lower than the opposite side of the awning*.
* Tighten up the screws on the awning pole till its already tight. Then tighten up the awning screws on the opposite side so each side are secure.
*We all recommend you accomplish this to make sure that whenever it rains, the rainwater will drain off the awning and so not at all gather on the awning itself. It stops rain water from breaking the awning!
13. Place Down the RV Patio area Pad
* To help keep dirt and pests and stuff put of the RV, place down a big rug, artificial turf or exactly what we recommend would be the RV Patio Mat such as the one we've got. It folds and is nice to perform whittling on too.
* Put this on to the ground right on the outside of the RV and spread it out in-front of the RV doorstep.
14. Put Up the Antenna
* Go into the RV and crank up the TV antennae so that you can sit back and watch Phineas and Ferb while doing RVing full time!
15. Become Well organized
* Organize and set aside any item which fell off shelves and drawers when you were RVing.
* Pick-up your unclean outfits on your bed room floor and then place them in the hamper (in our full time RV the hamper is underneath the bathroom sink through a awesome secret trap door).If you do this without having to be requested, Dad and mom would be very happy!
Oh yeah, another thing: when you are full time RVing, don't be reluctant to ask for help when you are in the RV park. RV folks are really welcoming and will happy to assist you - so ask them for assistance.
And that's how you will set up the RV at the campsite when RVing full time cross-country!
To learn more about RVing Full Time, click here to get more information on how to RV full time.
Information on how to Hook Up A Motorhome When RVing Full Time, Part 1
One of the things that we seriously desired when RVing fulltime is some sort of check-list that stated the basic steps you need to do whenever you setup your Recreational vehicle at the Motorhome campground.
We all went on the web and we couldn't find a very good Recreational vehicle setup check-list anywhere. Therefore we created a 13 step check-list to assist you to setup your own Mobile home when you arrive at a campsite. We'll cover steps 1-7 on this page.
1. Park the Rv
* This might seem to be kind of self evident, but you need to park the Motorhome so that the electricity, drinking water and sewer hookups are on the same side as their particular hookups.
2. Level the Mobile home
* Walk inside the Recreational vehicle and take out your level and consequently measure how level the Rv is actually. In the event that the Mobile home is level then proceed to step three.
* If it's not level, then simply get some good 2x10 lumber cut to about 12 inches in length and set them right behind the wheels on the side of the Motorhome that is lower than the other.
* Next back up the Motorhome so that it lands on the boards. It helps to have a spotter near the tires accompanied by a radio.
* As required, increase and adjust the 2x10s so that the Recreational vehicle is level.
3. Chock the Motor home Tires
* Set something ahead of and at the rear of the Mobile home wheels that will prevent your fifth wheel from moving. We highly recommend the plastic chocks since they perform so effectively.
* Blocks of lumber or stones work as well, however , you definitely don't want to be worried about the Motorhome moving so get hold of some really good chocks because they do not cost much.
4. Place Down the Forward Stabilizers
* First, release the stabilizer supports on your stabilizers.
* Then place extra 2x10 pieces immediately under the stabilizers and extend the stabilizers midway.
* After that tug and drop the Mobile home stabilizer feet above the 2x10 blocks, restore the pins then touch the extend switch until the Motorhome starts to elevate off the back of the pickup hitch a little bit.
* Watch for a sliver of sunshine between the Recreational vehicle hitch and the Mobile home itself. After that tighten the stabilizer supports and make certain things are steady and secure.
5. Place Down the Back Stabilizers
* Just like the front stabilizers, set down the back stabilizers until eventually they practically get to the ground. Place extra 2x10s beneath the feet and after that totally extend the stabilizers.
* The more 2x10s you have beneath the rear stabilizers, the more stable and less rocky the Recreational vehicle is going to be. Generally I put it seven or eight of these beneath the feet so it will be extremely tight. If you do this along with the stabilizer supports, the Motorhome will be as rock solid as home.
* When the feet are completely lowered, firm up your stabilizer supports until the complete stabilizer structure remains safe and secure.
6. Detach your truck from the Mobile home
* You need to see daylight between your hitch on the pickup truck as well as the hitch plate on your fifth wheel Recreational vehicle, after that pull out hitch pin.
* Should the pin gets jammed, shift the truck into Neutral. This process lessens the pressure on the hitch pin so you can discharge it much more easily.
* When the pin is released, disconnect your electrical power line along with the emergency braking system stop.
In our next blog post, we'll complete the step by step list, so watch out for that next.
To learn more about RVing Full Time, click here to get more information on how to RV full time.
We all went on the web and we couldn't find a very good Recreational vehicle setup check-list anywhere. Therefore we created a 13 step check-list to assist you to setup your own Mobile home when you arrive at a campsite. We'll cover steps 1-7 on this page.
1. Park the Rv
* This might seem to be kind of self evident, but you need to park the Motorhome so that the electricity, drinking water and sewer hookups are on the same side as their particular hookups.
2. Level the Mobile home
* Walk inside the Recreational vehicle and take out your level and consequently measure how level the Rv is actually. In the event that the Mobile home is level then proceed to step three.
* If it's not level, then simply get some good 2x10 lumber cut to about 12 inches in length and set them right behind the wheels on the side of the Motorhome that is lower than the other.
* Next back up the Motorhome so that it lands on the boards. It helps to have a spotter near the tires accompanied by a radio.
* As required, increase and adjust the 2x10s so that the Recreational vehicle is level.
3. Chock the Motor home Tires
* Set something ahead of and at the rear of the Mobile home wheels that will prevent your fifth wheel from moving. We highly recommend the plastic chocks since they perform so effectively.
* Blocks of lumber or stones work as well, however , you definitely don't want to be worried about the Motorhome moving so get hold of some really good chocks because they do not cost much.
4. Place Down the Forward Stabilizers
* First, release the stabilizer supports on your stabilizers.
* Then place extra 2x10 pieces immediately under the stabilizers and extend the stabilizers midway.
* After that tug and drop the Mobile home stabilizer feet above the 2x10 blocks, restore the pins then touch the extend switch until the Motorhome starts to elevate off the back of the pickup hitch a little bit.
* Watch for a sliver of sunshine between the Recreational vehicle hitch and the Mobile home itself. After that tighten the stabilizer supports and make certain things are steady and secure.
5. Place Down the Back Stabilizers
* Just like the front stabilizers, set down the back stabilizers until eventually they practically get to the ground. Place extra 2x10s beneath the feet and after that totally extend the stabilizers.
* The more 2x10s you have beneath the rear stabilizers, the more stable and less rocky the Recreational vehicle is going to be. Generally I put it seven or eight of these beneath the feet so it will be extremely tight. If you do this along with the stabilizer supports, the Motorhome will be as rock solid as home.
* When the feet are completely lowered, firm up your stabilizer supports until the complete stabilizer structure remains safe and secure.
6. Detach your truck from the Mobile home
* You need to see daylight between your hitch on the pickup truck as well as the hitch plate on your fifth wheel Recreational vehicle, after that pull out hitch pin.
* Should the pin gets jammed, shift the truck into Neutral. This process lessens the pressure on the hitch pin so you can discharge it much more easily.
* When the pin is released, disconnect your electrical power line along with the emergency braking system stop.
In our next blog post, we'll complete the step by step list, so watch out for that next.
To learn more about RVing Full Time, click here to get more information on how to RV full time.
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