9 Exceptional RV Upgrades that have the MOST Impact (RV Life)
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- Опубликовано: 20 июл 2024
- Do you want to make the most impactful upgrades for your RV life? Look no further! In this video, we'll show you 9 exceptional RV upgrades that will take your RV lifestyle to the next level. Whether you're a full-time RVer or just starting out, these DIY upgrades are sure to make your travels much more enjoyable.
We have just passed our 6th year of full-time RV living. It is so easy to get LOST in a sea of upgrades. Today, we want to keep things light and fun with you while showing you our favorite and affordable RV lifestyle mods.
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Some tips for Alaska. 2 mounted spare tires for both truck and trailer. Auxiliary fuel tank for the truck. Fuel isn't always a guarantee at a fuel station. Good set of tools, a jack and at least a 4 way wrench and/or impact wrench. Minimum of a 2000 watt generator and increase your battery bank to a minimum of 2 batteries but 4 would be better if you have room. You may find yourself between campgrounds for multiple days. You pretty much must plan on being self sufficient and only relying on yourself to get out of trouble. Help can be hundreds of miles away. Carry extra fuel filters for the truck too. Plan for anything that can leave you stranded.
Good advise. Some days you may be the only rig on the road!!
Great advice! Thanks so much Ted!x
I am currently going opposite the way, and I agree with everything in this message. Except for 4 batteries that'd excessive if you have a small generator, you'll be fine.
I drove from the Dallas/Fort Worth area to Fairbanks, Alaska in April for my summer job in Denali. You are going to see the most amazing and beautiful scenery on your drive. The roads are pretty good and the frost heaves are well marked. I had the Milepost book as a guide. I’ll be heading home in late September. It was and will be the drive of a lifetime in my little Fiat 500C. Enjoy your journey!
The Happily Ever Hanks episodes keep getting better and better. PS) Glad you two finally discovered Lithium batteries.
Just purchased a new/used RV and being a newbie, can’t thank you enough for your videos. I love watching- all are informative, entertaining and educational!!!
Keep all the videos coming👍😄
Congrats Diana! That is so awesome =)
I actually look forward to thursdays now!! Y’all are like family after binge watching all of your videos. Fellow nurse here but I do work from home. Just bought my first fifth wheel and I am now trying to talk the BF to go FT… he is still looking at me like I have three arms but I am working on him.
Congrats on your 5th wheel! It's easy to convince him, just don't show him any of our mishaps lol
😂😂😂3 arms…😂😂😂
About 3 weeks ago I watched one of your videos and was so amused that I was hooked. I subscribed and binge watched all the episodes up to today. I recently was vacationing in NYC and fell down a flight of stairs and broke my left foot and sprained my right ankle. I also sprained both wrists in the fall. So now I get around on a wheelchair and knee scooter. I was having a hard time getting around in my house so I decided to move into my RV. It's a lot easier to get around and I can reach things easier. The distances between rooms is also smaller. Anyway, when I get down in the dumps, I watch your videos and it cheers me up. I also love the professional video editing and wacky humor. I turned my wife onto your channel and now she's hooked. Keep up the good work.
Lately my day is not complete unless I see one of your videos.
I love your interactions, totally not how my husband and I interact lolol but you're a good example.
My family andI have pulled our camper to Alaska and back in 2021 and 2022, and I’d like to give you advice for your trip to Alaska. Take the Alcan and on the way up and the Cassiar on the way back. Both are amazingly beautiful but the Cassiar has a lot of unpaved miles on it. Once you get outside of destruction bay in the Yukon, don’t even try driving more than 70 KPH (all Canadian speed limits are in KPH) because the frost heaves are really bad and will sneak up on you. The sad thing is that the road is going to be very bad all the way to Tok Alaska. I’ve seen lots of people post about broken camper frames, leaf springs, and even axels. Take plenty of time in Canada to watch for animals and the scenery. Carry an extra 10gals of diesel in the bed of the truck. Some of the gas stations are very far apart in Alaska and Canada and the comfort of knowing that you have some extra fuel will take the stress off the drive.
Thanks so much Zack!
😂that’s km/h on our speed signs. 🍻
When we moved from Alaska to Arizona we had a uhaul we were driving down. In the Yukon in the middle of nowhere we got 2 flats. That was a nightmare 😂 Be prepared for the worst. Lots of pot holes.
Love your energy. So happy you guys got lithium! 🎉looking forward to your future adventures. Thanks for taking us along. ❤️
Turn Key and Set and Forget are some of my favorite concepts.
My wife and kids moved into our first RV 3 weeks ago for full time RV living and I really want to thank you guys on our behalf. We started this journey in august of 2022 and finally in May 2023 we finally made a move and purchased and we owe you a huge #thankshanks you have helped us more than you know and I hope one day in the future we get to hang out somewhere extraordinary.
That is so exciting! Congrats =)
I haven't commented in a while.. But 100% yes to the thermostat. It's so convenient and works so much better than the stock thermostats. Being in the north, sometimes you need heat and AC in the same day and I like that it has an auto feature. Most RV thermostats don't.
Looking forward to hearing about your trip to Alaska. Hopefully you get some good boondocking opportunities!
Great video goof balls. I cant believe you waited so long for a mattress lol. That was the first thing i did..sweet water filtration. those recliners look amazing
Thanks 👍
Great list you two. Been thinking about a couple of your upgrades and a made a few myself including the air conditioner air flow. It was a game changer.
Great video Thanks for all the hard work y’all do for us RV’ers
Thanks Hanks. As always fun and informative
Fun and informative. Thanks.
Watched this upgrade video and just installed the “rv airflow system”! It’s fantastic! So quiet, cools the camper down way faster..
Thank you for the tip and the link!
Enjoy Alaska
My favorite upgrades so far have been the Micro-Air thermostat, the Levelmate Pro+, the RVLock keyless entry, Pepwave Cellular router, and installing a Synology NAS with my entire video and music library installed. I love being able to turn my AC on while I'm on the way home from a day out and having it cool when I get there. I love knowing when I'm the closest to level I can get without having to get up to check my bubble level on the counter. Being able to unlock the door while I'm grabbing the groceries out of the car is fantastic. Having internet where-ever I can get a cellular signal makes it so I can work remote from just about anywhere I want to be. And when I can't get internet, I still have movies or music without taking up space and weight of a huge DVD/CD collection.
My next upgrades are Victron equipment and LIFEPO4 batteries and a SeeLevel tank monitoring system. I can't wait.
Once again, another awesome video guys! Love yall!
More great info... Ty for the VOD. 👍👍
Excellent episode!
Awesome upgrades!!! Love the storage benches; every spare inch counts in a rig. So many great ideas; will definitely bookmark this video for reference. Thanks!!!
Another amazing video. I watch yall every week but I didn't realize all the upgrades that you've done. Thanks for sharing all that ya'll have done. Stay safe
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video this week. ❤. Always enjoy watching you two.
Thanks for watching!
Always Awesome videos.
Thanks
You guys are doing such a great job with the videos. Can't wait to see what things you find on your way to Alaska. That trip is definite on our bucket list.
Love the ottoman bench idea to replace the dining table chairs! That’s definitely going to happen. Thanks Hanks!
Great video!!! Thanks 😊
Safe driving,Hanks❤
Your YTs fill in my day.
I love all the Dexter spots. You guys are the best!
‘Like buttery biscuits!’ LOL 😂
Good description.
Y’all’s videos are so funny.
Hubby and I just got another travel trailer, so we are getting re-acclimated to camping life again. Happy travels!
Congrats on the new rig! Have the best time ever 🤗
Love you guys! So helpful!
Safe travels!!
Thanks so much!
Thanks for the update on some of your add-ons, anticipating your travels to Alaska. The wife and I are looking to make that trip in the future. As always, continued safe travels.
Thanks so much!
Excellent content as usual. Lots of great take aways from this one. You guys rock!
Much appreciated, Brad!
Another great informative video. I have almost every one of the upgrades that you mentioned. You're spot on. I went with the Waltech thermostat instead, as it uses wifi or cellular. It switches to whichever is available automatically. Just for the record, if RV Airflow here's you call it Styrofoam, they will be very quick to correct you. One last item... it took you until now to upgrade your mattress?! You've been missing out on a lot of quality sleep. Please keep the videos coming. Oh. I'm in the middle of a forest watching and writing to you because of Starlink. Zero bars out here. You've got to love that.
Top notch videos Hanks, great job!
Nice upgrades thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching
Always love to get stoned and watch your videos 😂 I’m currently saving up to build my own mini house on wheels out of a cargo trailer… very excited too hit the road in a couple years. I just started watching you guys a few months back and your content is getting better by the video! Thank you for the all the laughs n smiles, safe travels!
you guys are my favorites ,so fun to watch ,wish I was young again! Keep up the good times !
Looking good Hank’s. ❤❤❤
Love you guys.. we just moved into our sierra luxury 38 okfo 3 weeks ago and still getting the hang of things. We will be living full time for the next 5 years+ hopefully. Buy man today was our toughest travel day so far ... lol couldn't have do e it without you guys!
Congrats! You guys are rocking it! We still have rough travel days and probably more to come!
Woweee!!! So many upgrades for you guys! Loved them all and I cannot wait to watch you guys travel to Alaska and what you will do in Alaska in the summer. #thankshanks for these videos. Safe travels 🥰🤩💜🐱🐾🚌
Tip: If the temperature in your RV is hotter than outside -- open the windows and turn on the vent fans until the RV temp drops to the temp outside, then close the windows and vents and use the AC to lower then temp. It is a lot quicker that way.
Unless it’s humid out, you just sucked in the moist air.
Very good and yes on the humidity, you gotta weigh those pros and cons lol
We have a mid size dehumidifier when we are in the southeast, allows the AC to work better on start up or just sitting under the RV port.
I've been meaning to tell I love you guys and really appreciate the videos
Great post y’all, as always we wish the best from Florida! We are finally headed out this week
Great video as always!! 😂looks of laughs from me!! Best thing on Thursday nights since FRIENDS!!!
Thanks!
Thank you so much for this video. My wife and I just got our mattress from Brooklyn Bedding. Tried the same one you guys have. So much better than the stock mattress in our 5th wheel. #thankshanks
A lot of good info thanks
Thank you for watching!
Great ideas
Great upgrades thanks for all the tips 👍
WOW you have upgraded a lot of stuff. Three things that interest me are the 1. AC upgrade because It can get hot in side an RV in the summer. 2. The filtration system would be really good at the beach. I use the tube filter like you showed us and it works okay but I still get the salty taste. I will be looking into the filtration System soon. and 3. The Lithium batteries. I will probably go with three of those and three solar panels. Okay the Bonus would be the air pressure system to let me know when the tires on the RV are low. #THANKSHANKS. Safe Travels and Have a great time in Alaska. I'm Jealous.. Hello to Dexter.
Great to see you got some new things to make life on the road that much more enjoyable, that water filter is something that would be so much more convenient and the new mattress too, as soon as I saw the recliners I said those are new. Looks like you got very good and useful upgrades that will really make a difference not just some fancy things that don't really contribute much to the True function and comfort of the R.V. and I'm sure Dexter is head over heels happy with his new mattress as he demonstrated and probably feels the same about the new recliners. Can't wait to see some traveling in Alaska as I've wanted to go there for so long.
Great episode of your favorite upgrades!!
Excited for your Alaska adventure!
Great tips for the journey, Just stumbled across your channel. Thanks again from the the Great Southwestern Mohave Desert🌵
We have the same Lion Energy batteries and we love them! They are game changers over our original AGM’s. BTW - Our 280 watts solar easily keeps them charged. 😊
Thanks Hanks!
That storage bench is super cute & practical!
Coooooool video. Thank you.
How can someone not watch your videos to the end?! Love the bench storage seats! Never understood the chairs...storage is important in an RV! The bench seats are one more thing that does not have to be fastened down, which makes more fun time! Smart!
You guys are the best!
Love the video. You guys make me want to spend all kinds of money! But, most importantly, enjoy the RV experience. Welcome to Canada!
Omg the dexter in bed part cracked me up!! Seriously hilarious! Love you guys 💕
I feel very peeped, thanks hanks
I’m so glad that you are getting to go to Alaska. Everyone needs to see that gorgeous state at least once. We will be flying up to Anchorage, Cordova, and Nome this summer to see our daughter and grandsons and son in law, and we will do some traveling around the state together. I am so very excited. It would be so much fun if somehow we crossed paths.
You are going to LOVE Alaska.
Love watching you guy!, Can't wait to see your journey in Alaska!. Good luck and stay safe. Your 100k subscriber.😂
Another great video. Love the upgrades. You'll definitely need them on your Alaska cruise (Oh, that's right, you're not going on a cruise, you're RVing)!
Howdy Hanks.Great Video ❤
We just installed the Rv Airflow and it’s excellent. It’s also quieter by far.
We watched your "Exceptional RV Upgrades Video" and now we've replaced our dinette chairs with the same bench seats, great recommendation....thank you!
Welcome to Canada ! Hope you enjoy your time here on your way to Alaska!
Thanks! 😃
I love you guys so much!! I haven’t bought an RV yet… I’m in the dreaming stage right now. Can’t wait until it’s my turn! I love that you are doing Alaska and I can’t wait to see the videos. ❤❤
Excellent video
Thank you very much!
I enjoy watching you ! Just took a trip with my daughter and son-in-law to Pirateland in myrtle beach S.C ! Keep doing as you are doing !
As always, you guys are great!!! Interested to see how much you like your Lithium batteries? I’m thinking about it because we do so much dry camping.
Just purchased the mattress you guys recommended. Hope to sleep a lo better soon! #ThanksHanks
Dang! I love your video's. Funny, and informative. So refreshing verses how my travel vloggers I have on subscription have lost focus to what made them enjoyable to watch. Keep up these videos. Your a breath of fresh air in the stinky shoebox of travel vlogs lately! :-)
I'm looking forward to seeing all the places you stop at your way to Alaska.
The water quick connections really are a game changer.
Nice vid, I think we will do the benches in our 380FL. Be careful on the Hwy's in Alaska there hard on the RV's suspension and especially with the front window of the trailer, lots of trucks kicking up rocks
Thanks for the heads up!
Y'all are the best! I don't even have an RV, but I love watching your videos. This info is perfect for folks who own RVs, and folks who just like to dream about owning one.ha
You two are mastering the creative art of infomercials dressed up like travel tips for RVers! Trouble is…I like it. Carry on.
It’s me again!
Love all the great ideas here! Especially the mattress! In my old age, I’ve become the príncess from Princess and the Pea.
Seriously! 😳
Tomfoolery for days🤭! Fun😂
You can also install a microair softatart for 1 of your ac units. Get a 15amp to 30 amp adapter so you can run the ac unit for short periods off the inverter. Make sure you upgrade to very heavy gauge wire (2 gauge is best) for the higher amp draw so it won't get too hot. Perfect for boondocking and cooling the rig for mornings and evenings
Thank you for sharing this so others can learn :)
I've been using Lion Energy 1300 batteries for a couple of years now and they've been great. I just added two more, giving me a total of 420 amp hours. Looking forward to testing them out in a few days.
Interesting…We just bought a B class, near new with 3,000 miles and it doesn’t have a generator but 2 100Ah batteries (considered an upgrade). Never RV’d and were thinking more boondocking but I just went out and turned on the fully charged batteries, then the inverter, then the A\C…on low and it showed only about 2.5 hours of electricity…not good for us. Am going to look in to adding batteries like you did because otherwise this isn’t gonna work.
Awesome video as always. Still some RN travel contracts all around Oregon when y’all come back from Alaska. We’d love to see y’all on the Oregon coast in Newport. Safe travels y’all.
Great video, you will absolutely love the trip up the Alcan! I have done it twice and each time was fantastic. Let us know if you are planning any stops in Anchorage or the MatSu valley. Would love to attend any get togethers if planning any. Have a great trip!
GREAT update ideas! Definitely going to be doing some of these! Did you all still do your mobile nursing?
Pulled a 40 foot trailer on the highway in 1981, the locals said the road was in the worst shape they had seen in 20 years. Only paved roads were near larger towns, the majority was rock, gravel and mud. Had days where we made only 50 miles and could only travel 10 to 20 mph. Some parts were so slippery the trailer or truck would start sliding off the road. You guys have fun and enjoy the views, also the mosquitoes are the size of VW Bugs.😂
I love our dinette storage. Hubby wants chairs...
I'm going to show him this video.
Please share you planned stops on your way to AK. We drove from Fl to AK 3 times and loved it. Hope you have Dawson City on your visit list. looking forward to your videos on your travels.
So fun!
Hi guys, You might want to look at adding sumo springs to your 5er to help with the rough roads!!!
Thanks Hanks!!! This is a great list! By the way, at 8:46, what's the backpack that's in the bench? I noticed you've got your drone and other stuff in that pack & it's exactly what I was looking for!
Dex is so adorable! ❤