7 Traveling Tips for your RV

Todd, everyone talks about doing a Pre-trip walk around. I believe you should also do a Post trip walk around, to look for damage or things that where not there when you start the trip. On my last trip to the Carolina's , I noticed damage to the tag axle tire,that was NOT there when I started the trip. I had sign of early tread separation. I was able to get the tire replaced the next morning before going to into the mountains. This probably help avoid a Tire blow-out . Sharing

Makes me glad I have a residential refrigerator. I also like that I can heat water using heat from the engine. Lots of good tips

I see many comments relating to propane absorptive refrigerators, and there are two upgrades worth considering for those units. One is to add a DC heater next to the AC heater, there are retrofit kits for most Dometic/Norcold absorptive refrigerators. Note that the DC heater has serious amp draw, I think over 100 amps, so you may need to upgrade your alternator as well. Or consider replacing the “guts” of the absorptive cooling system with a DC compressor cooling system, you keep the existing refrigerator box, just swap out the guts. The DC compressor uses about 100w so only a 15 amp draw on the electric system. The best option is to replace the entire absorptive refrigerator with a new DC compressor refrigerator designed for RVs, for example those made by Furion. Avoid retrofitting residential refrigerators, they don’t work well in RV environments, especially when not designed for.

Wow! I didn’t know that about the propane for the fridge, OR that I could run the generator for the a/c units while driving.

Rest areas with dump stations often have the free water, too.

Thanks for the great info Todd, great video and keeping the smiles going too!

I try to keep myself at about 60. Bad things can happen fast going fast. I try to keep about 3 gallons of water in the fresh water tank and the same in the black tank. We also put frozen gel packs to keep stuff cool and they're reusable.

Great video!, alot of awesome tips and value!

Took your advice and upgraded our suspension to a MoRryde IS and wow. Its amazing the difference in pulling. It rides so much better than before the IS was installed. Going over RR tracks were once a tighten up moment but not anymore. Its a big improvement.

Great Tech Tips as usual. We have a tpms but still check them at stops. Can’t wait for the new unplugged!

Great tips Todd!

Excellent advise.. thanks

Great tips as always

I keep ice packs in the freezer and move them to the fridge on travel day, just like a cooler.

We have used an app for water and dump stations and we have been left high and dry without water. The app said the water was turned on and it wasn't. So we had to drive back down into the nearest town and fill up our water which in turn used way more gas than if I had just filled up the water tank before we left home.

We like to use a lot of ice packs that we've acquired from the take home meal services, to help keep our travel trailer fridge cool while traveling. We try to keep it to less than 4 hours to ensure the food we are bringing stays in the safe temp zone.

Longest 2 minutes ever. Thanks for the tips!!!

I agree about the propane. Part of my take off list is to shut off the tank. Regarding the reefer, if it already cold and you haven't left the door open, a rv fridge will stay cold for 4 to 6 hours. However, when traveling keep the fridge closed uslee for a quick crap. A/c on a towable with a gen set in hot weather. That's us. When pulling into a rv site, after I'm level, first thing is power, with a surge guard, then jump inside to fire up the a/c to cool it down. Makes wiffey happy?. thenn the rest of the setup. Point. In Texas in July by the time I finished setting up, I looked like I had just fallen into a pond, soaking wet but cured by the a/c and an ice cold beer!

Thanks

We have found buying a eater bladder or tank depending on yoir needs is better to truck in AFTER you've set up at your boondock spot!