Things I'm learning about RVing from forums and Youtube

[CZNEDY]

You had me at "Don't watch people back in". I wanna go camping with DadJokeDad

[rmkali]

Outrageously hilarious AF [emoji23]! The unabridged story of my 2-month RV-LiFE!

[HR Endeavor]

Nailed it.

[TowerRat]

If you have the ability to make the list a single printable page, I’m willing to PAY for it....... I have a 13x19 printer and laminator BEGGIN’ to make THAT poster!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[robiwan]

About old people's brain capacity....that is why I drink. Kill off the weak brain cells so I get smarter. Great one!!! Still laughing.

[buddy110]

Originally Posted by DadJokeDad

1. Don't watch people back in.
2. Watch people back in, it's great fun.
3. Don't talk to people when they are backing in.
4. Be neighborly. But leave people alone.
5. Don't run lights, your AC, or your generator at night.
6. You can drive with your propane on.
7. Don't drive with your propane on.
8. You can drive with your generator on.
9. Don't sleep at rest areas. They are for truck drivers only.
10. No they aren't. Yes they are. No they aren't.
11. Have a checklist or you're going to drive down the road with hoses flapping, awnings flying, and your family dog tied to the bumper.
12. RV Internet is super easy to figure out, you just need a flux capacitor from T-mobileAttSprint, 7 yards of coax cable, and a wine rack on your roof. But have two other systems as back up just in case.
13. You think RV Internet is confusing, let's talk solar setups!
14. Batteries. Probably going to need more no matter what you do. Let's see how many golf cart batteries we can fit in the basement.
15. Insulate the wall behind your fridge. Add seven fans to your fridge. Probably still not going to be enough and you're going to lose your food several times before you figure it out.
16. Don't bring your dog in your RV. Or your kids. Or anything that makes noise.
17. Dogs, kids, and summer fun-noise are essential to RVing! Bring them all!
18. If your RV is over ten years old, you go to the back of the park, next to the swamp, watch out for those rusty barrels marked TOXIC that are right on the edge of your site.
20. Get walkie talkies. You need them for backing in.
21. Get a surge protector. Your RV will fry without it, and if you don't lock it up, it will get stolen.
22. Get an RV GPS. If you don't, you'll probably end up dead under a low hanging underpass. Whatever GPS you get, it's probably going to still try to kill you when you aren't paying attention.
23. 300 miles a day or you will be sorry.
24. 800 miles a day or you are a lazy meatsack!
25. Harvest Hosts are awesome! Unless you are an alcoholic because 95% of them are wineries.
26. Plan ahead! All the good spots are taken.
27. Don't plan ahead, enjoy the mysteries and freedom of RV life! Stay where you want!
28. Walmart parking lots are great.
29. Can't stay at some Walmart parking lots. Other Walmart parking lots, you're probably going to wake up in your bathtub missing your kidneys.
30. Cracker Barrel is the place to stay now! Except they only have 4 RV spots and now everyone knows about Cracker Barrel so head up to the Rest area on the freeway, but wait, don't stay there because truckers...ugh.
31. Whatever you think you're going to tow, you can't! It weighs too much because that number you thought was important isn't the right number to be looking at. You need a Ford F950 to pull that corolla!
32. Horse Hockey! I can pull a train engine with my Class C! Watch me!
33. Full Timers ruin it for everyone.
34. Casual RVers ruin it for everyone.
35. RV Renters ruin it for everyone.
36. Millenial Rvers ruin it for everyone.
37. Boomer RVers ruin it for everyone.
38. Boondockers ruin it for everyone.
39. Stay at RV parks. Leave the Boondocking for people that need to boondock.
40. Boondock. You haven't lived until you've boondocked in the desert with coyotes curled up at your feet while you play the wooden flute and drink home made tequila while it's 110 degrees inside your non-AC travel trailer.
41. Coach-Net is the best. Good Sam sucks donkey butt. FMCA is great too.
42. FMCA? What the heck is that? Never heard of it.
43. Good Sam saved our lives! Coach Net is for snobs in new Diesel pushers that get to park up front at the park.
44. They all suck. Just use the one that comes with your insurance, stupid noob!
45. Cable TV at a park. What's that? Cable? People still have cable?
46. Free Wi Fi at a campground is apparently the newest circle of hell.
47. KOA is the greatest place on earth. Except when it's the worst.
48. If you don't go to Destin, you are nobody.
49. Florida is full. It's booked up through 2032.
50. You're going to screw up your black water tank/dumping procedure and get covered head to toe in poop. it's inevitable. Just accept that it will happen.

I say all this in the spirit of humorous learning and excitement at the adventures ahead of me, and as a thank you to all the folks teaching me so much that will hopefully keep me from many of the mistakes mentioned above.

Hands down the best tutorial list for RV'ers I have ever read!

[wandering1]

Lot of expert wannabes out there.

[bgkoontz1]

Pretty much sums it up. You forgot one
Camping world sucks
No they dont

[DrTomIverson]

The number obsession of YouTubers.
The 8 ACCESSORIES you must have!
5 MODIFICATIONS you want to do your first week!
The 15 MISTAKES we made boondocking!

But kudos to the folks that go out of their way to look up part numbers, take photos of their fixes or make videos, and generally provide expertise that we would have to pay $150/hr for. I have learned a lot, and feel better prepared.

[trippy]

Auto levelers must be up when opening slide out

What kind of gas mileage does your diesel pusher get

Auto levelers must be down when opening slide out


Great list! LMAO

[Tourbustoo]

Originally Posted by propchef

Boondock? I think you meant dry camp. :-)

Great list! And true.

I’ll add two more:

- California is great with amazing natural wonders
- California is terrible with $200 campsites and $40 gal for diesel.

You can actually dry camp AT campgrounds. Boondocking is by your lonesome self or two or three, out in the middle of nowhere.

I TOO want to go camping with DadJokeDad. That was A GREAT (pee my pants funny) post.

[Rosebud3]

Originally Posted by DadJokeDad

1. Don't watch people back in.
2. Watch people back in, it's great fun.
3. Don't talk to people when they are backing in.
4. Be neighborly. But leave people alone.

Love you sense of humor. It is all true!

[forkman]

Spot on!

[franklin99]

Thanks for the humor. It reminds me of the time I almost left my dog tied to the bumper as we were leaving the park, thanks to a someone yelling at us and a long rope saved the say for us and the dog.