In today's van life video, I'm going to talk about the things I would change in
my Winnebago Travato but look at this look at this awesome view all right let's go.
What is going on youtube! Greetings from a state park here in Missouri. Today i'm going to talk
about three things that i would change in my rv but what i really could have titled this video
is three things i'd look for if i decided to get a new rv
but first check out this place on that i am at a state park in missouri called saint francis
state park and it's just gorgeous here it's beautiful there's this beautiful river here
there are cliffs overlooking the river it's just a really really cool place to come and hang out
spend the day make a video national parks get all the hype but if you haven't explored any
of your state parks you really should this is one example of one in missouri here all right so the
first thing i would change in my rig or something i would look for if i was gonna buy a new rig is
i'd get rid of propane in my rig there are four things i have to fill up i have to fill up my gas
i have to fill up my water i have to fill up my electricity and i have to fill up my propane when
you camp the way i do the things you have to fill up are what dictate how long you can stay off grid
winter camping has taught me that out of those four things i need to fill up
propane is the most restrictive and the one i have to make the most trips in town to take care of
getting rid of propane takes me from four things down to three things i need to fill up i know
what you're saying but kevin you need propane you heat your rig with propane and you cook
on your cooktop with propane the cool thing is i can use one of the other two fuel sources i have
to accomplish those two tasks so the electricity from my volta system could power an electric range
so that gets rid of needing propane to cook and my gas tank which is much bigger than my propane tank
could be used to heat my rig there are heaters on the market that siphon either gas or diesel
whichever tank you have to use to heat your rig the second reason i'd want to get rid of propane
is the tank takes up space underneath my rig that could be used for more fresh water storage
so really the whole theme of this video is going to be about expanding the different tanks i need
to stay off grid longer so by getting rid of propane i'm tapping into my gas tank which is
much bigger than my propane tank so i can stay off grid longer if i need heat and of course if
you have a rig like mine with a volta system you have almost unlimited electricity so you'll have
no issue powering your cooking range right now i have 13 gallons of fresh water storage on here
if i got rid of that propane tank i could add at least another five to seven gallons of fresh water
stored underneath my rig where that propane tank currently resides hey if you're enjoying this
video so far do you mind going down that little like button and giving it a little tickle it makes
the youtube algorithm all giddy and they'll show this video to other people all right so the second
thing i would change about my rig or look for in a new rig is i'd swap out my toilet for a cassette
toilet the number one reason for that is it's just much easier to find a place to empty a cassette
toilet than it is to find a place to empty your black tank i can empty a cassette toilet in places
where i can empty a black tank but you can also take them in the pit toilets port-a-potties and
if you don't fill them all the way up you can take them into a public restroom and dump them in there
you just have to hold the toilet lever down and you can just dump it in there there's just so many
options for dumping a cassette toilet then there is a black tank the biggest reason though
and this goes back to what i talked about earlier the tank capacity of this travato
is if i had a cassette toilet in this rig i'd be able to get rid of the 12 gallon black tank
that's underneath the rig and replace that with more fresh water storage and gray water storage
so think about that if i got rid of the propane tank i got rid of the black tank i could
double my fresh water storage in this rig and that would allow me to stay
off grid a lot longer and actually be able to take showers if i wanted to take a shower every day
okay so that's a great segue into my next point i know what you're thinking you're saying okay kevin
all right you're adding all this fresh water what are you gonna do with it you don't even like your
shower and your rig so the third thing i would change about my rig or look for in a new rig
is a more functional shower so for me probably the biggest headache with this rig is that the shower
isn't really functional you have to do a bunch of mods to make it functional and even when you
do those mods it's still not the greatest thing if i was going to redesign that bathroom i would pull
out that closet make that whole back area bathroom maybe something like the echo has with the little
sliding door that separates the shower from the toilet somewhere where i had a complete shower
compartment and it was easy to clean it didn't mess up my entire rig every time i took a shower
all right so those are the things i would change about this rig what do you think about the things
that i said i would change or look for in a different rig do you think i'm a big baby i'm
complaining too much or do you think those are some good ideas let me know down in the comments
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to the trees forgot what i was chasing i spent so many nights living out at sea then
my heart has gone vacant and everybody was close to me all stayed on dry land
so now i'm driving back going into state west i just gotta feel something
i'm not gonna wait till the morning because i'm just gonna
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