What items are must haves?
Great camp-sites?
Tips for driving...
Does anyone have checklists for setting up and things to do before you leave the campsite?
Where can I take it for an oil change? (It is 12' high)
Does it have to be winterized if the temp. never reaches freezing?
How-tos for cleaning, maintenance, etc.
Anything you think would be helpful to this newbie!
PS) I live in Los Angeles, so if you know of local resources let me know. Thanks!I just bought an RV (motorhome). Any "words to the wise" from Veteran Rv'ers? Tips..how tos..helpful hints...
Practice driving and parking --- lots. Practice changing a tire. This sounds silly but believe me, trying this for the first time on the side of a busy roadway at night only to discover your spare is flat and your hydraulic jack isn't big enough to lift the RV is REALLY irritating. Buy an inexpensive battery charger (around $30.00 for a decent one) and store it on the RV. My dad does this because he once left the 12V lamps on all day and it drained the batteries almost to zip. Really nice to be able to plug into the campsite dock power and charge the battery overnight if needed.
You will have tons of fun in your RV -- especially since you probably didn't spent 150K for it! I used to borrow my dad's and although I was nervous at first I soon discovered that most everyone gets the hell out of your way when they see you coming (probably due to all that swerving and swaying). It wasn't long before I was driving the monster over one-way, sideless bridges, backwoods dirt roads, mountains, etc. The only place I stayed away from was busy cities (like metro Atlanta -- gad!) and the French Quarter in N.O. Have fun.I just bought an RV (motorhome). Any "words to the wise" from Veteran Rv'ers? Tips..how tos..helpful hints...
Don't empty the Crapper while going down the Freeway.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/110鈥?/a>I just bought an RV (motorhome). Any "words to the wise" from Veteran Rv'ers? Tips..how tos..helpful hints...
I guess you could call me an rveer i went on a 14 state raod trip last year.here are some hints
I dont know if you will be bring a pet with you but if you are here are some must haves
rabies record
at least 2 leahes( i left my leash at a campsite once, you could say i was left in a boat without a padle)
tick treatment ( for every one!!)
make sure the campsite allows dogs
now about that rv
you will need rubber gloves!!
(you never know when a dirty job comes into play)
make sure all hanger and hooks (or whatever else is hanging on the walls) are safe .. we had a medicane cabnet fall off our wall
now accersories
you need batteries! you never know when your power will go out!
fans plenty of fans we were in the middle of arkanas in the middle of the night and in the middle of the summer and our ac gave out!
extenction cords!!
campsites
if your planing before time you'll be ok but if you went as you go like we did here are some hints
when talking to the park host remember these things!
1) how long is your camper and how long is your space your resvering?
2) how far away is the eletric plug from your site( we ended up reserving a site and we coulnt even reach our plug!)
3)last but not least YOU NEED DETAIL!!
i got a site off the fl coast and the paper said " snorkling, swimming, home cooked meals,canoes, dog walks, wonderful shade trees and off the beach" we thought paradise! what we got was NO s\norkling, if you wanted to swim it was in a swamp with the gators, the home cooked meals was "oh we have a coke machine!",No canoes, dog walk included a dirt path next to the gators!, the shade included A dead tree and "off the beach" was off the swamp beach next to the gators!( the beach was 7 miles away)
Hope you have better luck
MY LIST COULD GO ON AND ON
youre welcome (over look the spelling mistakes, its late)
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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