As usual, it pays to know all you can about how you are spending your hard earned bucks. RV maintenance can be a daily event. We should always be thinking about, "what is best for my rig". It's also a good idea to keep your Class C Motorhome tires off the ground. Park you rig...
How to Accurately Measure Your RV’s Height ClearanceTo guarantee that you’ll never hit an overpass, get up on the roof of your motorhome, travel trailer, or 5th wheel (they can be really tall!) and check the height of the tallest item installed on the roof. You’ll need to ...
The radiatorin a Class A RV, much like those in a typical automobile, passes coolant through the vehicle's engine block to circulate coolant and decrease the engine's temperature. You might want to remove a radiator when replacing one that's malfunctioning, or if you are storing the RV for...
For years I discussed the importance of checking and adjusting the inflation pressure in your RV tires. This needs to be done when an RV is taken out of storage, before leaving on an RV trip, and while you are traveling. One problem is, finding a portable air compressor capable of inflat...
How to RV New Zealand To jump to the section you're interested in, below are links to each week of our trip. EP 144: Picking up the Motorhome from Wilderness EP145: Kaiteriteri & Able Tasman National Park EP 147 Punakaiki & Wanaka Week 1: Picking up the
A person who is handy with tools,has a visual and creative mind, loves camping but is short on cash, can convert a box truck into a very serviceable motorhome. These trucks can be purchased used at a reasonable price and with some effort transformed int
So having your own bedroom & kitchen with you on your travels can save you quite a lot.But the reality is that driving a large rig like an RV can be expensive too, due to the cost of fuel as well as maintenance, insurance, and general upkeep on the motorhome. RV parks and some ...
To check if you’re running low on fluid, take your car for a short drive to warm it up and then lift the hood and read the dipstick (be sure the vehicle is on level ground). Unlike motor oil, transmission fluid is not burned off or consumed by a car so if the level is low th...
There were two other RVs camping on site when we arrived (one Class A motorhome and one camper van). They even offered RV hookups (for a fee), but we parked on the side of the camping area furthest away from the hookups and relied on our portable generator for the evening. The loca...
We just entered our fifth year on the road full-time as RVers, and we recently changed from a 2012 36’ gas Class A motorhome to a 1999 40’ diesel motorhome! We bucked the trend and went bigger (and older and cheaper, but much higher quality), and we’re actually doing a complete...