-I'm gonna do the slides.
-Hold up, wait.
Babe, you forgot again.
(mysterious music)
-Really?
Don't do that.
-Do you want to tell me what that was out there today?
-Speak for yourself.
-What? What did I do?
-What didn't you do?
-I'm glad we're having this discussion right now because there is a lot of stuff...
that you should not do when you're RV living.
-No.
-We've been living in an RV for several years now.
And we're about to tell you all the stuff you should not do...
when it comes to the RV life. We made a list for you guys and we're about to give it to you.
-And if this is your first time to our channel, welcome to HappilyEverHanks. My name is Kyle.
-My name is Renee. -And we're about to...
blow your minds with a new way of living called, RV life.
So stick with us because we have lots of good things coming your way.
And maybe some bad things, that you don't want to do.
-Don't...
bother someone...
that is setting up their RV, or taking down their RV.
-Okay. That's aggressive.
Setting up an RV is serious business.
And when you get out here, and you're on the road, and it's new to you...
you're talking about new environments, that could create dangerous situations.
-We're talking about distractions. So when you see Joe Schmoe...
across the way, that just pulled in, and you're like...
'oh man, he's from Florida, I grew up in Florida. We're gonna go chitchat'.
-It's hot. (laughing) -It's hot down there.
There's a time and place to have these getting to know you conversations.
And when somebody is setting up or taking down or disconnecting or connecting,
It is really not a good time to be approaching people.
-Well I like that disconnecting one because...
I saw you out there but we'll get into that later. We'll get into it.
-Speak for yourself. Which takes us into our next one.
Don't...
walk through people's campsites.
Need we say more?
Get back here.
Don't assume your slides are clear.
-When you get out to the RV parks, and you're getting ready to hitch up and go...
don't assume, even though you're not under trees or any obstacles,
that there's not going to be anything on your top of your slides.
-But, besides checking the tops of your slides...
make sure you have someone outside spotting your slides, when they go out.
Don't assume everything's always clear because you did your measurements properly.
-Make it a habit to get up on top, take the extra time,
save yourself the extra stress, and check your slides.
-Good way to get us into our next one. Don't...
leave your awning out.
-And it's so easy to do. How many times have we gotten out on the road...
we left the awning out, and we came back and was it like super windy.
(wind blowing)
And man, the awnings just, they don't take a lot of force to actually do damage to them.
-They're like a parachute.
-Just take the extra precautions, if you do want to have your awning out...
put it in after each time you use it.
Don't leave it out for the night. -Don't leave it out overnight.
The wind will just, psh. -Take it away.
We're not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy.
-You know what? Follow me.
We're going to talk about some more 'do nots' for camping. Here we go. -Okay.
(falls off bed)
I just don't know anymore.
-Before we move on.
We?
We, hello?
-We, we, we.
We. Oh, did you make me a coffee?
What was that back there, by the way? Can we not do that anymore?
-What was that? Could we not do that?
Now that we are both here.
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But without further ado, do not trust strangers. -Don't.
Sometimes, people will come out of the woodwork,
when you're in a bad situation, or you're having a hard time backing your RV up.
And they will give you advice, and a lot of times that advice is great. -Yeah.
But if they are giving you advice...
and you know that your truck is not gonna be able to do that, or your RV...
-Keep a clear objective mind.
-Don't listen to people if your gut is telling you not to do that.
Because guess why.
-Why? (laughing)
-When something goes wrong...
it doesn't matter to those people if you bump into something,
or you clip a tree going around a corner. I feel like we had a personal experience with this.
-Yeah um, I had multiple guys coming out and being like, 'hey, let us help you'.
With my truck being a lifted truck, it just can't make quite as tight turns as other trucks can.
I knew that. My gut was telling me that. I had to tell multiple people...
'thank you so much for your help but we're gonna have to figure it out and do it a different way'.
-Yes. -Trust your gut, keep an objective mind.
-Yeah, cause when you accidentally hit the tree, they're gonna be like...
'Well that sucks. Have a nice day'.
-You know what's another one I always hear people questioning is
should I leave my black tank open or closed?
-Don't... -Don't...
-leave it open. -leave it open.
-Can i speak here? Jinx.
-If you're not sure what we're talking about, the black tank is what holds all your waste. AKA, your poop.
-Yeah. And you don't want that constantly draining out and becoming a...
slush fund of all the goodies. -A nice pyramid. -Oh.
If you guys have no idea what we're talking about, don't sweat it.
We got another video, related to everything you need to know about your black tanks, and we'll leave the link above.
-Not gonna lie, I'm kind of nervous to talk about this next one.
-Yeah. Me too, me too.
-Don't...
-Don't walk in between your truck or tow vehicle and the rig itself.
Especially if you have a fifth wheel, don't be walking in and under that thing.
-I feel like we made a habit of this and we try to stop it all the time.
-Until Renee decided to try to stop the travel trailer the one time.
It became like not coupled on the hitch ball.
Yeah it started rolling at her and then she was like...
-Ahhh. I will stop you.
It's just not a good place to be.
-Yeah. -The RV can disconnect from the tow vehicle and guess where it's gonna go?
-Right into you.
Yeah, the wheels are chocked but we all know crazier things have happened before. So don't make a habit of it.
Just take the extra steps.
Make sure you have good spacing from your tow vehicle and your trailer.
Make sure everyone's at a safe distance.
Good to go.
-Also, if your partner is in the truck, and they're ready to move it back and forth, and you think,
'I'm just going to hop over this real quick'. -Yeah.
-They don't know you're hopping over it real quick. They're just going to take you with.
You're just gonna go for a ride in between the trailer and truck.
-Okay.
-Don't...
share your travel plans on social media.
-That is huge because...
When you're out there and you're traveling away from home...
it becomes like a safety risk. If people know where you are.
And even more so they know where you're not.
-Yeah, just don't give intruders an easier opportunity to break into your home when you're not there.
Share your photos when your trip is over.
But do not share the fact that you are super far away from home...
or just a couple miles from home for a couple days.
Don't do it.
-Just stay smart about it.
And if you want to know some other smart things to do when it comes to RV living...
be sure to check out one of these playlists right here.
Because we go over everything you need to know before hitting the road.
Thank you guys so much and if you haven't subscribed yet, be sure to hit that subscribe button.
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It's HappilyEverHanks, we'll see you next week. -Bye. -Bye guys.
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