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Any RV enthusiasts here?

For what it's worth, storms are scary in an RV. The castle is rocking.
 
For what it's worth, storms are scary in an RV. The castle is rocking.

Most campgrounds have some sort of designated storm shelter, even if it's just the cinder block shower house. If it gets too bad don't be shy about going.
 
Most campgrounds have some sort of designated storm shelter, even if it's just the cinder block shower house. If it gets too bad don't be shy about going.

Our campground hosts offer their home. It wasn't too bad, although scary. We imagined to be on a cruise,lol. Something we have to get used to. Not the first time we have weathered a serious storm.
 
damn right!!!! sheeeit, the last time i went rving there wasnt a person within 10 miles of my rv that had a stitch of clothes on ,...
 
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I'll have to look for this on Am Prime. Thanks.

Truck camper. I mostly go horse camping, pulling my horse trailer.

Completely electricity independent, but it's nice to have hookups for the ac. But my diesel truck has 2 batteries, horse trailer has one, camper has one...so charging multiple devices hasnt been a problem.
 
Ok, back to camping. It is getting nasty out there.

What are your thoughts on gutting an RV? I am going back to buying an older one, replacing all the iffy parts for sure. What I am mostly interested in (husband disagrees), is taking out useless stuff.
We also have to have a decent size bunk, or elevated bed, for the "horse", which, when built into the floorplan, just makes the entire space awkward.

The propane/elec fridges are very expensive. Are you planning on always having electric hookups? Just elec fridges are much cheaper.
 
We like to go camping, back in the day it was tents, now we have a pop-up truck slide in camper, perfect for us. RVs are way too big, we don't stay in campgrounds but drive on dirt roads to get away from people. We usually camp in spring and fall in Colorado, never do winter camping. No furnace in the camper, we put on the stove burner if we need it some nights. 40 gal fresh water tank, cassette toilet, 2 propane tanks last easily for 3 weeks. small built in propane/AC fridge.

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As a young man in a rock band I helped do the conversion work on the 1956 Flxible Visio that we turned into our touring coach.
Thus far I remain a committed "coachy" which is a lot like a "schoolie".
Schoolies are RV folks who like to convert school buses while I guess a coachy is someone who likes to do that to commercial coaches.

BTW we did something very unconventional back then. (1970's)
We took ten 4D size batteries totaling about a thousand pounds and used a commercial inverter/rectifier to get the 60Hz AC out of them and had enough power to enjoy modern conveniences out in the middle of nowhere and charging them off ordinary mains was a breeze...just convert the AC back to 120 volts direct current.
The added weight was not as much of a concern because we were not hauling fifty or sixty passengers, just eight to ten young punks and some instruments and we'd removed a lot of the seating, so it wound up almost as a bit of a tradeoff.

The only downside was that the battery system required almost daily care and feeding, as those old lead-acid batteries were messy and we learned very quickly to pay attention to corrosion, which we encountered a fair bit of in day to day use.

We never really encountered much in the way of repairs other than routine stuff. That old "Screamin Jimmy" two stroke diesel wailed its one note song with hardly a care in the world, no matter how much we revved it.
Most of our maintenance was tires, various bushings, oh and we encountered an issue with the steering box that scared the crap out of us one fine day but was quickly dealt with at a scrapyard, LOL.
 
Camping season is getting closer here in the frigid Midwest.

Year before last I lived in our camper for 3 months straight and thought maybe I had burned myself out and ruined camping for myself. Nope, come last spring I was ready to go again. Then this year, I lived in the camper all of Sep-Oct. Only September was for work purposes- October was a vacation.

Anyway, counting the days to the first excursion of the year.060.jpg
 
I've got my first scheduled camping trip for 18 days in May. 4 days at one COE campground, 10 days at another, and then back to the first for 4 days. The 10 days are on a real nice lakeside site overlooking a sailboat marina in a sheltered bay. The water is deep enough to get my boat to the site and the bank is gentle enough to beach it there and leave it in the whole 10 days. It will only be about a 100 foot walk from my campsite to the boat.
 
Damn I hope the campgrounds are opened again by May.
 


That looks distant enough, socially speaking.

I'm not sure I understand the logic of closing off that particular avenue of recreation.

I'm still hoping that my May reservations aren't cancelled. The lake the campgrounds are on is still open for fishing and recreational boating. I don't see how an extended stay at that lake in a completely self contained RV will harm anything.
 
I'm not sure I understand the logic of closing off that particular avenue of recreation.
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I agree.

Here's an interesting take on living remotely full time in a truck camper during COVID 19. Not quite the answer you'd think it might be.

 
I agree.

Here's an interesting take on living remotely full time in a truck camper during COVID 19. Not quite the answer you'd think it might be.



No, full timing isn't an answer to Covid-19. My aunt full times in Florida for roughly 6 months a year. They normally would have been coming back north by now but have decided to stay put for the time being. Her and her husband still have to go out to the store for supplies periodically. Though their 40' motorhome can hold a great deal, they're really in about the same situation as if they were living in their house.
 
No one into RVing?

Yes, I like RV's. I don't own one but I would like to someday, I have rented them in the past.

I also worked for an RV dealership as a parts salesman, mechanic, and installation technician.

I learned a lot about them and I think they're very cool.

Just what I ask me about parts and repairs feel free to ask me. That goes for anybody.
 
Yes, I like RV's. I don't own one but I would like to someday, I have rented them in the past.

I also worked for an RV dealership as a parts salesman, mechanic, and installation technician.

I learned a lot about them and I think they're very cool.

Just what I ask me about parts and repairs feel free to ask me. That goes for anybody.


I hope you aren't the guy who fixed the plumbing on my last new RV and broke the cabinet while doing it. :shock:

Just kidding, but that really happened. The slight leak under the sink was repaired under warranty, but the repairman broke the cabinet in gaining access. Then he just kind of stuck it back in place so we didn't notice until we took the RV home. Necessitated another appointment with the dealership and another period of a couple weeks we didn't have the use of our camper.
 
I hope you aren't the guy who fixed the plumbing on my last new RV and broke the cabinet while doing it. :shock:

Just kidding, but that really happened. The slight leak under the sink was repaired under warranty, but the repairman broke the cabinet in gaining access. Then he just kind of stuck it back in place so we didn't notice until we took the RV home. Necessitated another appointment with the dealership and another period of a couple weeks we didn't have the use of our camper.
I was an engine in frame guy, two codes that work on the generator I never went doing plumbing and stuff the last guy you were doing your clothing I can do just about anything else.

yeah the RV world sadly is like that and you repair shop. They're backed up for months. I remember at times we had a 6-month line at our shop
 
Well, after several cancellations it looks like the campgrounds are finally going to be open here in nine days. I have about 18 days reserved starting from then. Would have been more but they aren't opening until part way into my first block of reserved days.

We went to a private campground last weekend because we really were jonesing for some camp time. It was nice, but not as nice as the COE campgrounds we are used to. Way more expensive too.
 
Ok, back to camping. It is getting nasty out there.

What are your thoughts on gutting an RV? I am going back to buying an older one, replacing all the iffy parts for sure. What I am mostly interested in (husband disagrees), is taking out useless stuff.
We also have to have a decent size bunk, or elevated bed, for the "horse", which, when built into the floorplan, just makes the entire space awkward.

So what did you end up getting?

I've always wanted to refurbish an old bus or camper, too...but never did. I love gypsy caravans.

I haven't watched the RV shows but I've watched a few videos on refurbishing old buses and campers. I have a second floor the size of a tiny house that I want to make into a studio apartment so I'm always looking out for new space saving and inexpensive ideas.
 
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