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Hi I'm Mike and I'm Miha from World Travel Bug. We just recently purchased a brand new travel trailer
and discovered there are a lot of things that you need to buy after you buy the trailer. Yeah,
we thought that many of these things would come with a trailer, um guess what, they don't. Yeah,
so on this episode we're gonna break it all down for you, we're gonna show you all the
things that you absolutely need before you take off and hit the road as well as a number of
things we think that you probably want to get uh and we're gonna link to make it even easier
for you we're gonna put links down below the video and on top of that we will create a PDF
checklist downloadable checklist to help you yeah even more absolutely and full disclosure many of
the links you'll find in the description box will be amazon affiliate links and that just helps us
produce more helpful content for you so come along with us and let us show you around.
First and foremost what do you need more after air before food
water agua and although we don't drink water from this we have a water filter because you know it's
for cleaning the dishes and everything is not just for showering and everything the very very first
thing that i urge you to buy no it doesn't come with a trailer yeah actually let's uh break this
down a little bit so this is a water safe hose you definitely want that you don't use just any
old holes the other thing there is an attachment here you want to get a filter yeah again we don't
drink the water from here but you could certainly could uh but that's that's something else so and
attached to this it's not here oh it's actually here oh yes this is huge yes we found out later
you know by experimenting you need a water pressure regulator after a few floods
one flood a number of leaks see what happens is when the water comes in from say city water
to campground you have very high pressure at some some locations and so you need a pressure reducing
valve like this that just screws onto your hose and this will reduce the pressure to be safe
for your rv why this is not built in i have no idea it's ridiculous and i'm laughing because
in the first days we're just enjoying the pressure of our showers like oh my god we're
in a trailer and look at the pressure little did we know what was coming to us later on
yeah so these are only i think maybe about seven or eight dollars it's solid brass you definitely
want to get one of those nope the next one is this here which is your sewer or septic hose
uh it doesn't come with one definitely have to get one of these you can get one at Walmart uh
amazon has them oh yeah um it hasn't happened to us but we were reading and seeing some videos
where people's trailer started moving so you really need this to put under your wills to stay
to to keep your trailer from moving once you unhook unhitch the the truck yeah actually you
know if you're driving a motor-home or an rv a class c for example you don't really need these
but you absolutely have to have them for a travel trailer because once you've unhooked uh this
thing could just roll forward or backwards so you absolutely need some of these chocks
and you can put them on the front and the back of the wheel depending on if your trailer is
leaning to one side or the other i would probably get four we just actually have two of them but
might want to get four of these so this isn't quite essential but most likely you'll want to get
a weight distribution hitch which is all this componentry here and the reason you'll want to
get one of these is because it will really make your ride much more comfortable it will alleviate
the trailer from swaying back and forth at high speeds and with high winds so these things run
this is a husky which we would certainly recommend it's proven really a great product for us it is
i think this particular one was around seven hundred dollars installed uh but you can depending
on your size trailer you could get maybe a smaller unit that would be less expensive okay this is
one thing that you absolutely have to buy that doesn't come with the trailer it blows my mind
a lug nut wrench we have this one here they come in a different varieties and styles
but can you believe that the lug nut that goes with your vehicle most likely will
not fit the trailer wheels which is just mind-blowing that they do not uh
include this with your trailer but this is something you want to buy right away
when you're driving things will shift and move around so getting some storage bins is essential
from small ones to hold your food to larger ones that can be stowed below
you'll also want to get some for the refrigerator getting a couple of power adapters could also
prove helpful down the road this one converts a 30 amp cable so it'll fit into a 50 amp
outlet and this one will let you take your 30 amp cable so that you can fit it into a 110 socket
you might want to get an extra lp or propane tank as a backup or to run your barbecue or generator
if you want to watch cable tv at your campground be sure to pick up a coaxial
cable if you plan on unhitching your trailer to go explore you'll want to make sure to get
a lock for your hitch so that someone doesn't take off with your trailer to minimize odors from the
toilet consider getting some of these deodorizing tablets getting a surge protector is another good
idea we mounted ours below the table so that we could easily plug in our sensitive electronics
a small carpet for the bathroom and kitchen area will make your unit feel a little more homey
we stream almost everything to our iPad or laptops so we have not purchased a tv yet
but that may be something to consider as your travel trailer will not come with one
another must have are some leveling blocks these are particularly important when boondocking
so something that might be a little bit more obvious your bedding
uh you'll want and this will be on the checklist so it'll really help you uh but you'll want to
get maybe a couple pillows a comforter duvet it does come with a bed or a mattress i should say
not the most comfortable yeah while we can put this in the optional part
for us it was really not optional and we've heard many people that did the same thing so we would
strongly strongly recommend it now one of the challenges is in our travel trailer this is
a full queen but it's a short so it's only 74 inches versus 80 inches so um the there aren't
that many mattress makers that make the queen short so what we ended up doing is getting a
mattress topper we got one at costco i believe and it's actually tempur-pedic the name brand
and do you remember how much it was like 160 180 or something like that yeah and this
really is i mean when you get on this now it is on top of the mattress the kind of mediocre mattress
it is quite comfortable now yeah and and i was laughing because unfortunately we didn't film
that but uh the way we cut it yeah uh with a very small knife you know cutting that thing
yeah we actually um this this was a full queen at 80 inches so we had to cut six uh six inches
off of here so but it works yeah uh the side that is not completely true we have up there
another thing that you have to have is either a dust broom or a vacuum cleaner
we've got both we've got the dust room first but it wasn't enough so we got this little guy
another thing that is a must for us and i would venture to say for almost everybody out there
is wi-fi so this little guy was a lifesaver for us um because the wi-fi in the campgrounds
is so bad it's horrible um and if you are further from the reception area you don't get
anything whatsoever we are relying on our phones initially and that's no good either because you
don't have good connection or you don't have enough so anyway this this is from nomad internet
and it works perfectly everywhere fast reliable yeah you know back to the campgrounds as somebody
who well both of us we've stayed at so many hotels around the world and you kind of expect
there's good internet in your hotel room so i sort of expected that at campgrounds they would
be broadcasting internet it's an essential utility today it's not a luxury uh so i'm i
was quite surprised by that so most of the time at the campgrounds you only get internet at the
reception area and if they do offer it it is very slow and you have to pay for it it's not included
yeah so if you're going to be camping out boondocking or at campgrounds you're going
to want to get a wi-fi hotspot to operate your ipad and your computer and your phones it works
for everything yeah we are streaming out of it so we are using it for for everything and we work we
work a lot a lot of pictures videos editing and and it does run off of the cellular network so
it's it's not perfect but most of the time we have been out there it has been extraordinary good so
nomad internet is uh where we get this and also this over here is an inverter
uh inverter generator and this is if you're gonna be boondocking at all this is absolutely essential
if you're not going to be boondocking it might be a luxury item or something that you might want
but not necessarily need and this is powerful enough to operate our entire travel trailer the
air conditioning the microwave your hair dryer all of it it's it's amazing and it's a very um
it'll be it's somewhat portable it's helpful if you have two people but you don't need them
it's got this really nice handle so you're able to maneuver it around your campground this thing runs
off of propane or gasoline which is amazing so if you run out of gas spare gas you can just hook up
one of your propane tanks and you're all set to go so this is from champion it's their 3400 inverter
so something else that is maybe more on the things you might want and don't necessarily have to have
are a couple of scooters we absolutely have fallen in love with these they are fantastic they're not
only great for commuting around a city or an area of a national park that we want to explore but
some of these campgrounds you stay at the they're massive so it's a long way to the amenities like
uh laundry the swimming pool things like that so you may want to get there a lot quicker so we
purchased these from fluid free ride we actually their headquarters are in Miami and we just happen
to be in Miami but they sell all of their scooters online and this one goes 25 miles on a charge
uh i'm sorry 40 miles on a charge 25 miles per hour yeah we just got these things here
which uh open up and allow you to store stuff not a lot but you can put your phone maybe a camera
things like that in there uh what's so awesome about these two is they're very easily collapsible
and now you can just pick it up and store it in your the back your truck or you could actually
just open your trailer door slide them right in there if you want and they're very easy access
we could go on and on but don't want to make this video too long we wanted to provide some
of the highlights and list the most important items hey well that's it from this episode of
things that you need to buy after purchasing a brand new travel trailer and don't forget to
download our free pdf checklist or let us know if you have any questions comments or even if
we forgot to mention anything yeah absolutely hey well thanks so much for watching and until
next time we'll see you on the MikesRoadTrip.com...