hello welcome back to how to RV I am Jason and today I want to talk about some things that you
need to think about before you go on your next camping trip I've been receiving some comments
lately and asking some questions based on some things that didn't work when they got to their
campsite and I want to talk about some of those with you today and speaking of comments just like
we've been doing in the last few videos I am going to review some of your comments from the
last previous videos and we'll have that at the end of this video so no matter if you're
going boondocking which is camping without any external hookups or you're going to an actual
Campground itself it's good to make sure that some of these things work before you leave the
first one on the list is your refrigerator if you've had your camper in storage or not
hooked up to anything or actually running in a while it's good to make sure this refrigerator
is actually going to work when you get to your Campground so go ahead turn on your refrigerator
make sure that everything is going to work and if yours is anything like mine you could
turn on the propane side and start cooling off the fridge in a previous video that we made on
this channel we were talking about some things that you could put inside of your refrigerator
that way you can check the temperature on the inside and if you're interested in that video
I'll leave a link down in the description so you can go see that after this video another little
cool Pro tip here is if you haven't used your refrigerator in a while or is not cooled off
already then take a couple of water bottles or a two liter Pepsi bottle and fill it up full of
water put it in the freezer at home and have it frozen and then put those inside of your freezer
and your refrigerator inside of your camper and it'll help it cool off cool quicker now this next
item on the list is something I get in comments all the time and that's kind of why I wanted to
start this video and that is your water pump now naturally you have to have water inside of your
fresh water tank in order for your water pump to work but nevertheless you need to check out to
make sure that it's going to turn on it's going to work and it's not going to leak now you may think
to yourself you know I really don't need my water pump I'm going to leave my house I'm gonna go do
the campsite that has pool hookups and I don't really need it but yep there is a reason why you
might I know that a lot of times when we're going down the road there are times when you need to
go to the bathroom or you want to get a snack or something like that any way you want fresh running
water so that you can get a drink of water or you can use the facilities or the restroom inside of
your camper so those of you who may need to use the bathroom on your way to the next Campground
that you're going to go to or you just have those little ones who just can't wait then go ahead and
check to make sure that stuff's going to work so that you have it available if you need it the next
one on the list is talking about the water heater I've had a lot of comments from people where they
get to the campground they want to know why their water heater is not running it's good to go ahead
and make sure you check this before you leave and get to the campground that way you can enjoy your
stay and not have to worry about working on side of your RV so go ahead turn on your water heater
get that propane fired up if you have that availability and go ahead and get some water
running you've already checked the water pump and go ahead and make sure that your water heater is
going to work like you want it to that way you don't have to worry about it when you get to your
next campsite and if you're boondocking well this is probably a good time to go ahead and get it
checked now before you get there and have nobody or nothing around you to help you get it fixed the
next on the list is to check your AC the reason you're going to want to do this is because most
likely you're going to be camping in the summer and when you get to your next Campground you're
going to want nice cool air to be blowing out to keep you nice and comfortable inside of your RV
now I happen to have a campsite set up in my house so I can keep mine on and running and checked all
the time but if you don't then I would suggest that possibly getting a generator that way you
can go and check out your RV wherever you have it stored that way you know that everything is
working with your AC going to keep you cool and you can enjoy your trip not have to worry about
it when you get there now another thing that's good to check is your propane now you can go out
to the tanks and you can tap on the tank or lift them up and see if they feel lighter than they
normally do or whatever to get them filled up but nevertheless there's another way that you can do
this to make sure that you have propane and it's a twofer or a bonus you can check to make sure
that something else is working and to make sure you have propane all at the same time and this
one has to do with actually using your stove if you haven't used it again I'll leave it down in
the description one on how that that stove works inside of your RV but nevertheless if you fire up
the stove and get everything on then you know you have propane and that you have propane actually
getting through the lines and to the things that you want to use now I know this won't tell you how
full your tanks are and that's pretty easy to do you just take them off and go get them filled up
and if they're already fairly full then it won't take that much to top them off but in this case
you know you have the propane on you know that it will go through the lines and you know that
your stove and oven will work and the next one on the list is talking about your slides and
your awnings it's been too often that I've been to a campground or seen in the comments on some
of my videos about where somebody said that they got to the campsite and their slide outs wouldn't
come out or their awning wouldn't work like we said in the other ones there's nothing worse than
getting to the campsite and finding out something doesn't work when you're getting ready to have fun
they're there for a reason right you want to go camping you want to enjoy your time so in this
case get out there and make sure your slide outs will go out and come in like they're supposed to
and make sure that your awnings work so in kind of a way this was a twofer as well not only are
you going to make sure that your side else work and your awnings are okay but you're also going
to be using the battery to do so and you'll know that your battery is okay or at least turned back
on and everything is operating the way that you want it to all right on to the comments
this comment came from Zen Decker on the video about the Forest River gray wolf 26 dbh repairs
and upgrades he asked do they come with leveling bubbles so Zen this is a very good question RVs
typically do not come with some kind of leveling system already in them now some of them do have
Auto leveling which means that they set it up they hit a button and it auto levels itself but in your
case I guess you're looking for something that has some kind of level bubble or something like that
it'll tell you if your RV is level in my RV I did not have anything like that already attached to my
camper so I use some kind of level like you would if you were going to do some kind of construction
work a bottle level that way I could put on the floor I could put it from front to rear and side
to side and check my level from the inside now speaking of how to use your oven inside of your
RV this comment can came from that video and it is from Tigger Lily gzz or jeez I guess that's
how it is but nevertheless it says I have not used my oven ever because no one could figure
it out thank you heart smiley face so Tiger Lily you are most absolutely welcome I had a lot of
people ask me how do they use their oven or they don't know how to use it or even they are scared
to use it because they don't really understand it so I'm glad you got to watch the video and it did
something for you this next comment came from Alfred guterreras and if I messed up that name
I apologize and his comment came in asking about the fresh water pump inside of his RV he says my
pump runs shakes a while then pumps water out of the city water connection when I turn off the pump
water continues to drip steadily from the city water connection when I first opened the panel to
check the system I found that all the screws from the pump face had come out when I reassembled the
pump and put it back and retested the pump ran for a short while then shot out water from the city
water connection again and again the screws came out so after offer and I know that I've already
replied back to your comment but in this case if you have a problem that is failing like this then
I would suggest in my case to go ahead and just replace the pump they're not super expensive you
can look them up on Amazon order one and replace them fairly easy so go ahead in this case and get
you another pump and put it in its place the reason I say this is because the pump is not
only just failing but when it comes apart there are parts inside of it that could come out get
lost or get misplaced or go in places that you may not be able to find so I would suggest to go ahead
and just replace the pump in this case well that does it for the comments and make sure that you
check these items that we talked about inside of this video before you go on your next camping trip
and until the next time enjoy your trips make sure everything's working right and God bless