NEW RVer Advice (from our Viewers and US!)
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- We always get asked for advice for a new or aspiring RVer. Since that can be so subjective, we decided to ask YOU (our viewers) and some RV CZcams friends of ours. 😀
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Love the Hanx with their many pranx!!! Love the humor they inject into their videos!!!
Love the Hanks !!!
My wife and me started 6 months ago today. I was used to having instant access for all things and I have learned to relax and enjoy the journey. Everyday is a adventure for the Toodler's...
Armchair RVer. Chad, you are the best tech explainer though electricity remains a mystery. Wishing you and yours the best.
"Read the manual". Yep! When I taught motorcycle safety, we used to say, "If you have any questions, Ask Mom!" using the acronym "MOM", Motorcycle Owner's Manual. In this case, it could stand for "Manufacturer Owner's Manual".
I was also told buy your last rv first
Great video. I loved the celebrity cameos!
ThNKS FOR SHARING YOUR JOURNEY!
GOD BLESS!
Phil and Stacey made a great comment about, don’t trust a salesman. Now I’m pulling a 40ft keystone 368 mbi and once I got it on the scales and realized that I’m maxed out on my GVCW rating.
Good advice
Compromise is big. Be willing to change direction. We’re still very new, only a few months into full time RVing. We got the Momentum 376THS-R. Starting out I personally didn’t like this model bc you don’t get the patios like traditional Toy Haulers. I hated that deeply. But we race motocross. Therefore we needed that living space for us and our 6 yr old boy. While maintaining permanent storage for race bikes in the RV. Turned out that the 376THS-R was perfect for our all around needs and I had to compromise by not getting the cool patio. Zero regret and we’re making the most of this new journey.
After doing research and planning for almost a year, we finally made the leap and every single one of these tips, I'm sitting over here screaming ..... YESSSS that tip is 100% accurate!
My questions is why are their not people with comments that don't live in a fifth wheel. We have a 30 foot travel travel trailer pull behind. But I do enjoy your channel and your viewers comments. Safe travels , take care love you home base .
I love your channel. My husband & I are avid RVer’s but own our own corporation so doing this full time is not in the cards for us. I personally would love to see how you fix up your gorgeous log cabin, decorate, etc along with your RV videos. It’s life. And that changes all the time. Good luck and really hoping you get well and are able tolerate the treatments really well with some much needed rest. Thank you for your advice and recommendations as well as the repair and upgrade videos.
Great. Info.we have a Jaco Eagle 33 foot pull type and love the room inside. We’ve had it for about a year now.
Great video. Good tips. I should say the try it before you sell the sticks and bricks is the best advise.
My wife wants to "kinda" full time doing dog shows for like 6-7 months across the country then come home. We already have the class A. So this past month we tried a multi-state trip to try it out. She has come to the conclusion it's not for her. She is too stressed being the passenger, hates the constant set-up and break-down for the three days or so traveling to the next location. Also, the dogs don't like it! They miss the doggie door to the 1500 sq. ft. of lawn back at home.
While we do use the class A every 2-3 weeks, we have found full time or several months won't work.
So many great opinions. Keep it going, we don't know what we don't know!
Great advice all around. See y’all at the rally. 👍🏻❤️
RTFM:
Read That "Friendly" Manual 🤣
Hi guys, watching your episode where you’re getting advice from other RV’rs. I’m single and retired last year. I like you am renting my house for the first year and the renters want to buy it completely furnished (everything except my personal stuff) I even put my car in storage. I’ll be going full time for the first year, then decide whether I want to continue or buy a cottage in Florida. My motorhome is a 24’ 2002 Class A and I pull an enclosed trailer with my 1963 Chevy Nova SS to drive (if needed) I also have an e-bike for every day use to go to stores, laundry, adventures, etc. Hope to see y’all out on the road.
Oh and being a Boy Scout in my younger years . I still use the Boy Scout moto everyday be prepared .
I got lucky it was in this video thsnkyou again LOL
I always hit like before I even watch your Channel
Thanks! 😊
We had ordered a Tiffin Wayfarer twin bed model here in Texas. When it was delivered the RV inspector sent us a 180 page report, 140 problems, 40 pictures. We knew we were in line to buy a lemon. Spoke to our salesman at Vogt RV and said, No. We ordered an LTV rear twin bed model. Folks, spend the money on an inspector. We will have the LTV also inspected upon arrival. The Tiffin's generator did not work under power, there was a hole in the slide. It was a nightmare.
Me and the wife are recently retired. We thought about going full time, but it didn’t make sense for us to do so. We have a fully paid for house, our kids and grandkids live less than 5 minutes away. We live in Florida, (where it seems half of all full timers live in the winter!) We love the Florida waters for great things like fishing, diving, scalloping and lobstering. We currently have a 2019 Grand Design Momentum 376th that we take on short getaways and month(s) long trip whenever we want. We both feel very blessed for the lives we live!
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It's pretty funny that you had Cory from Wandering Weekends on this video because I've watched both your channels for a long time and for quite awhile (when I wasn't paying very close attention) I thought Cory and Chad were the same person!! Until I see you both live and together in person, though, I'm not sure I can be convinced that you are not, in fact, the same person...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love all your videos I'm an OTR driver single female and I purchased my first 5th wheel toy hauler grand design of course ....
Had my tractor retro fitted to pull it and now I'm trying to set
up working where ever I go, this is my personal version of simi retirement ... LOL
THANKYOU for you just one thing in one of your videos you showed a school that teaches you all about your RV can you please resend the ne of that school I only remember it was a red bldg. I think I'd love to attend this school and learn how to do minor repairs
Blessings to the both of you 🙏🏾
Sorry for the miss spelling
Plz send the information on that school
Congrats on the new fiver! Here's the school: changinglanesrv.com/nrvta-rv-school/
Good advice. I am currently looking for my first RV. Looking for a Class A since I recently sold my 3500 and got a Jeep. Looking at diesels since I am not a big fan of big gas vehicles, never have liked their reliability. Man are they expensive these days.
Really useful video! Great job! One minor correction… We’re from Cape Town, South Africa. It’s a little further South and on a different continent to Canada. 🤣
😂🤣 I think last time we chatted, you were either in or near Canada? Northern Washington? Don't know how I got that in my head. I mean.. I knew you are from South Africa, but I thought you lived in Canada now. 😳
One thing I did not hear, at least not explicitly, is a bit of advice from programming (software): YAGNI = You ain't Gonna Need It.
Basically, *do not* buy every tool, wizbang, or gadget you see suggested.
See also, any "regret purchase" videos.
Hello guy’s we have a home but selling our home we have a travel trailer love it had fun now we are going full time next year in a motor coach can’t wait also we home school in two year’s we plan to buy another home in Michigan some where we can keep our RV 😊
Don't forget to check out Bell MTN in hiwassee Georgia..........
"Every decision you make in an RV is a trade-off for something." That is a great statement. So very true.
Thanks so much for letting us join in on the fun! So many great tips for those thinking about getting into this lifestyle!😊
Thank you for having us guys!! RTFM!! 🤣
Hey guys, great video! My wife and I are starting our full time adventure in October. I am a 54 yr old retired police officer and my wife is a real estate agent. The one topic I am surprised no-one discussed was planning and booking your sites. Being retired, I was hoping we could just head out on the road and wing it, stay as long as we want at each campground and move when we get bored. We learned real quick when trying to book camp sites that you have to plan months and sometime years in advance to stay at places you want to stay.We haven't even left yet and we have spent months planning our 6 month vacation in the US. Even with all of this planning we are still very excited for our next adventure RVing. We love your channel and look forward to your video each and every week.
Brian and Lisa from Canada!!
great video. but no thing not mentioned your mail service...fyi when we first went full timing everyone said their mail went to a kids address. we dont have kids so that wasnt an option so we found a mail service that worked for us in S.D. also giving us registration option for our truck& 5th wheel..
Hi Deb, yes mail services are great. Here is a brief article from the website on how we do it: changinglanesrv.com/faq/?Display_FAQ=2172
Thank you for so much guys...
a) For building your channel to the point of burn-out.
b) For gracefully admitting and recovering from the burnout
c) For rebuilding the channel in a sensable manner.
You have great content, and present it so well - I'm looking forward to lots more content coming up in the future.
Love you both! - Cheers!
Great video guys and great advice everyone!
Jason and Jen
Thanks for the tips. I will add one as newbies BRING A POLE SAW. We have had to cut down some branches because our 5th wheel is 13 feet 4 inches tall. Remember to ask first before cutting!
Thank you for having us on. This was a great video and we love all of the advice. Safe travels to everyone and we hope we see you all soon.
I drove a semi for 8 years and used a garmin. To me they are the best. But I did earn never 100% trust it. In trucking true trip planning is the best.
We just jumped into full time in June and like you the first night we slept in an RV was when we moved into it. Alot of good advice, appreciate you sharing it. Especially liked that you featured other full-time CZcamsrs.
I just want a 5th wheel to park in my driveway and live in it so I can fix my shack.
RV site costs. I heard with the veteran's national parks pass, you can save 50% off certain sites on federal campgrounds. Ever heard of this?
never trust a computer, have paper maps of where you are going read them before you start. if a corner look bad to you, if you can not see everything, do not turn.i drive a class A rig and pull a 48 foot trailer. i get looks from people at what i just did. but this after 40 years worth of driving, and yes backing up is the worst thing you can do. but i have back ed more miles then some over the rd drives do going forward. i have many years experience in it. and i still go slow. and as needed get out and look. only use a spotter you know and trust. get two way radios.
Which video were you guys in the RV while going down the road? Very interested in the inside video
and Where are your solar panels at?
Nice place
Great info!!! Love me some Hanks!!! Lol
Update GPS software
How do I find the RV shows schedule in Texas. Is there a CZcams or FB group?
Manage Expectations is a great guideline.
RTFM = Read The Full Manual
Our kids learned RTFQ (Q=Question) when in high school.
Great video. As a retired couple full timing in our fifth wheel, the best advice I can give is 'don't retire FROM something, retire TO something.' Have a goal for your full time years or you will be bored silly.
Great video and advice from all the folks that are out there doing it already. Thank you for including us!
Traveling alone
The biggest thing about GPS's is get a Big Truck/RV Model that allows you to put in the dimensions of your rig, and then the biggest thing is keep the software updated.
Thank you for this part one segment and the amazing line up of experienced rvers . Great video and advice folks , and on a side note …beautiful cabin …enjoy ☺️
I am solo with three black labs. I just traded my small trailer for a 33 ft. travel trailer with one super slide. I thought I would boondock, but found that I love COE campgrounds. They have no limit on number of dogs, and I get half off with my Access Pass. So right now I am in Arkansas and its only $8 per night with electric and water and 14 day limit. It is the best kept secret in America. Never plan ANYTHING else on travel days, just getting point A to B, nothing else.
Great collaboration with other rv'ers. All great tips and advice.
I've known a few that just decided to buy truck and rv and just hit the road full time. Long story short they had to back up and rethink what they didn't know at first. Both survived restart and are happy.
One said he loved his wife, he just didn't know how much he loved her when they had a little more space to get away from each other a little more. ❤️
Keep up the great videos. Good luck on your adventures.
What is the best way to purchase a tow truck . I can’t afford to pay cash, I have a 28’ toy hauler and currently no truck .
Great comments and ideas. Thank You guys!!
As a first year full time traveler. My husband and I are retired. We would like to know how you plan where you are going. Is it by things you want to do at certain locations or do you plan your locations and see what to do in the area once you have arrived?
It is really a bit of both. 😎
YEAH Y’ALL, start small - we moved very slow so we were able to get use to Fulltime RV living while not dealing with moving all the time. We stayed put for 3 months when we left home. We started out in our weekend warrior rig and went to AZ to find out diesel pusher. We learned what we needed and what we didn’t. Workstation was definitely needed. Thanks for including us!!
Good stuff. I went from a 40' motorhome to an Airstream because it made sense at this time in my life. Being solo, the MH was too big and too many systems although I loved it. I dream of full timing in a slightly larger Airstream. First, I need to get rid of "stuff". I went from boats to motorcycles to RV's.
I have no plans to grow up but worry about being a senior solo traveler. I'm just not ready to sit and stare out a window.
Love the new crib. Thanks for your videos.
Thanks for taking the time to make something like this. I had grown up Rv camping every weekend with my family and knew I would one day get my own and travel. Now in my mid twenties I was fortunate enough to have that opportunity. The journey took a lot longer than I had expected and many miles were driven to see different RVs. The advice of an Rv salesman will sell you on anything is so true. Had one salesman try to sell us a used travel trailer. It was raining outside and literally leaking inside. He said “that’s just condensation that had built-up”. It was actually this channel were I had really began to do my research and watch some how-to videos. Thanks again!
OMG.. What a slimy salesman to say that!
great video thanks!!
Y'all look good! Seems like coming off the road for a little while has helped a lot. i hope Daisy is happy and doing well..😊
I am in my 2nd year solo full time but rving for several years with family. For people looking for the first time, I think this was probably the best video I've ever seen. Thanks for all the great input from so many different styles of RVrs. You guys put out great info consistently.
Watching you two is the best way to research and study. I'm not rving yet ( 1.5 years left), but you have educated me and wendy thoroughly and I am going to be comfortable when we start doing it...thanks
Absolutely Loved this video !! Thank you, Safe Travels guy's 💙
Awesome info guys 👍
My wife and I are weekend campers , but we soooo looking forward to going semi-full in the future .
We have a 41' Brookstone 344Fl
5th Wheel.
Awesome show as always !
Take care
Tony & Donna
Felton De
Nooooo! RV Crushes Truck....LOL! Saving truck beds around the world with that mistake video. Great tips guys! Thanks for including us friends!
I also use garmin rv 890 and have rvlife app. have you guys been able to create a route and be able to share with both? I'd even settle for a cpletely different program to do the 'creation'. Thanks in advance!
Please see: changinglanesrv.com/faq/?Display_FAQ=2946
Just curious how much does an inspection cost…just ball park.
That really depends on the inspector, the rv and how long it takes them. Contact several to get quotes.
RV Inspector Locator: nrvia.org…
So much great advice! Thank you so much. We are in the purging stage. Still in the house and have been selling items that we don’t need. We already have the rv and truck just trying to downsize in the house and get ready for full time. It’s a lot and I’m glad I’ve already started because can’t imagine doing this all at once. It’s frustrating at times but I keep reminding myself that everything I donate or sell is one step close to freedom.
Great part 1 looking forward to part 2.
I appreciate all the info y'all put out. Your channel along with Phil and Stacy's were the first two I subscribed to and show my wife. We are both retired Navy and y'all struck a chord with us. Still a couple of years away from pulling the trigger, but it will be on us before we know it. Hopefully, we will see you out there someday.
So much of this advice is right on. We found all of that out when we left our sticks and bricks and moved onto our sailboat. We did find out that going big was a downfall. There were so many places we didn’t fit and in our case so many bridges we didn’t fit under that it caused more stress. The extra size also meant we had to pay more everywhere we went because in boats you pay by the length at every dock. We also found out that we didn’t like traveling by boat - it was far too slow, but we enjoyed the times we sat still and toured the areas we were in. So now we know we want to RV. We’ve set up a home base in Florida and are ready to start shopping. Lots of good advice. Can’t wait for the next episode.
Do use the mapping on the 450? I am debating on weather or not I want to pay the annual map fee on our new 450. I do like it on that screen. I was thinking we could use some RV travel on a phone app? Thoughts?
Almost never use it. We use apple maps when not towing and our garmin GPS when towing. changinglanesrv.com/gps
Thanks for the great advice! We are lucky to have amazing friends and family that have let us stay with them while the RV is being fixed. One day we will figure out where we want our home base!
Thank you for the tips. It is great to see the community of RVers coming together and sharing advice. Each family and / or channel has different things to share. Get out on the road and enjoy the adventure.
Love you guys
These are wonderful pieces of advice! Thanks for putting it together! Looking forward to the next one! Loving your hair Miss Tara!
Great advice from everyone. We’re weekend warriors and so far working great in a solitude.
*WOW ..... I LOVE WHAT you guys have done to your RV* ....LOLOL Grand design sure has STEPPED UP their RV interiors 😁🤣🤣🤣😂😅😁
Chad, Tara and Daisy. Thank you. I went to a RV store to look. I am still in the dreaming stage
I CZcamsd for months on months before we got our first camper. It was the right one for us at the time, but I was still tight on our payload. It lasted us 5 yrs and we just got our first couples fiver aft more months and months of CZcams and finally a trip to the Tampa show to walk through our options. We decided on an Alliance Avenue 32RLS and we love it. Y’all are a great channel to learn from and thanks for all of your knowledge.
Hi Chad and Terra I love your channel. I have used the RV Life GPS and it was terrible. You have to know ahead of time your directions. For example, the RV Life GPS will say go to I-75, you will need to know the direction North or South. This is not good when you are concentrating on the driving.
Yea.. we've found it seems to take a longer router than our Garmin most of the time.. That's why it's strictly a backup for us... 👍🏼
Love RTFM! So true with anything and everything you buy, lol.
Lots of good advice. Just do things with your eyes open! Love me some Hanks!! And not doing everything the gps says for heavens sakes....
Dat-Way RV - Jerry (USMC Retired Vet, still work full time IT VOIP systems engineer) and Rebecca (Domicile Sgt. Major), 2 Boston Terriers Sammy and Dean, GD 380FL-R/F-450. We've been weekend warriors in several makes and models of Travel Trailers and 5th Wheels over the past 10 years. We finally weighed our options took the leap of faith and took our dreams to the road after taking a look at how to do remote work (from your channel) and what it would take as well as the travel direction we wanted to go. We've used yours and other channels to help decide on equipment, tools, needed items and left EVERYTHING else that didn't sell in 3 months of yard sales, donated to VA.
We too have a small storage space 5x10 with items we didn't want to get rid of, Purge 2 will come at the end of the year. As of now, we throw a dart at the map, stay for 30 days and visit as much in the area as we can at night but mostly on the weekend, throw the dart again, rinse and repeat. So far it's a GREAT way to see things, currently in Wyoming. Here we are 8 months later and we need a new dart and map. BUT, in all transparency, for us that 30 day stay (and sometimes 2 months out pre-rent costs can get pricy). We do have a few stipulations.
1. We have to ensure that there's the simple things pretty close by (no further than 25 miles) and that we need to have (Gym, close by pet veterinarian in case something happens to Sammy and Dean and Cellular/ISP coverage)
2. Try and stay as close to a budget as possible which really isn't that hard. As we found out on month 4, BE SURE to have some pretty decent savings, those little things popup that could cost a bundle. Dean had a double hernia that needed emergency surgery, Sammy ate some horse poop and came down with some intestinal stuff. You get the idea. So far, there went 7K unexpectedly.
3. We also ensure that we try and stay close to the seasonal weather. Rebecca calls it good weather chasing strategy. We are prepared with minimal cash on hand, and bugout bags ready for last minute Oh CRAP weather where we can't move the RV. Grab-it and goooo.. Haven't used them yet, but that's a good thing.
Like a lot of folks, we've been following your channel for a while. You guys have invaluable information. We've been traveling full time in our new Grand Design since January 2022. What we DID learn most, we can live without ALL of the things that we accumulated over the past 25 years in our house. Yes, we had purge remorse. Some of the things that we "thought we would need" still hasn't been removed from our RV storage.
Lastly, the best advise that we have, DON'T OVERTHINK it so much that you become engrossed into the little things that you lose focus on the big picture. Once you commit, BE SURE that you want to go from a larger house, mundane day to day routine (you still have them but get refocused on other routine things) and be sure that you can live with the person you going to live with. That's simple to say but trust me, there will be times that you have different ideas than the other person. Learn to come to a mutual agreement and communicate on most everything.
Be safe,
Dat-Way RV: Jerry and Rebecca / Sammy and Dean
Good stuff! Glad you found your pace! 👍🏼
Great RV advice everyone especially from my FAVORITE RV Channel Changing Lanes , CHad n Tara what RV Advice is a RV that can haul 8 foot kayaks with you my heart ♥️ is with the Grand Design 397th toy hauler since there’s lots of them on CZcams
We impulsed bought our class A 3 months ago to try out the rv life. Now we’re wanting to upgrade to 5th wheel! Any brand recommendation? We’re looking into keystone brand atm.
Grand Design of course! 😉
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This is the way
Hey, Chris! 😀 👋🏼
Great info! Currently planning to “half-time” RV. Downsize to small home base and add hookups. 2 pads with full hookups.
You’re FINALLY making somewhat of a move in that direction. Can’t wait to see how you add your RV hookup to your new place.
What you like or love might not be what you need.
My dream kit is pretty much what you have guys, but in 2015 was very sick and ended up having a liver transplant and left me with issue with my right arm.
So we bought a 36 foot fifth wheel and a ram 2500 in 2019 but locking and unlocking the hitch was very difficult so we decided to change for a Motorhome.
And we love it cause we are travelling Canada and US anyway :-) yeah