New RV, First Trip, Let's GO! Class A Gas Motorhome Power and Noise
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- Опубликовано: 7 ноя 2024
- We're heading up into the mountains for a weekend of boondocking in our 2016 Fleetwood Bounder 36E Class A Motorhome! A lot of you have been asking about gas motorhome engine noise (because the engine is in the front) and how the new rig handles going up steep grades. This Bounder has a Ford V10 and we have been very happy with how well it goes uphill and the engine noise really isn't that bad, but you'll just have to hear for yourself so come along for a ride!
One of our Roadrunners invited us up to this beautiful boondocking spot NW of Divide, CO. Thanks Christy!
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It's just $$$. That's all. The memories and life experiences are priceless. Enjoy. Every time I take my bus out there is something to attend to. Not major things just little things. You will have the same experience. Just accept it and have fun. My father owned 7 motor homes and now I have one. I understood that when we purchased. Nothing better than making great memories.
We had really good luck with our last RV - 18k miles towed and we only had to replace tires and a few small things like lights and vent fans. Hopefully that luck sticks around with this rig too!
Great to see you enjoying the traveling with your daughter, making memories is what it is all about.
Thanks! We just upgraded from a travel trailer to a Class A. We're taking it out soon. I've never done this, but y'alls video has been the best of the dozens of video's I've watched. Keep up the good work.
You guys look very happy out in the open air! Kids are really growing. Wonderful memories!
It's nice to get out in an RV again, we're excited to get back out there full time next month! Thanks Jim!
Way to go, Terra! She's a pro, and her little giggle throughout the ride was the sweetest sound!
I hope that you're all enjoying your time camping 😊
We had a great time, thanks April! 😍
This is great. Glad that you folks are sharing your class a experience.
I'm surprised at how much noise and rattling you have going on. I have an 03 Itasca Horizon 39WD and thankfully it doesn't rattle unless we are on a rough road.
We've camped for years with our toy hauler and have now stepped up to the class a. We've done 2 trips and so we are just getting acquainted with how everything works.
Thanks again for sharing.
My first RV trip was in a class a 36ft winnebago vectra. Drove from Florida to New York to Boston then back to Florida. Over 2 weeks first RV trip.
Nice! That's quite a haul!
Yes on the wood that you say is 18 to 20 inches away. Then thought must be a drop down bed. I once had a 79 journey that also had a drop down bed. Top speed was 65 flooded 70 down hill lol. 440 engine. Now a 20 footer 73 Dodge 360. Like the old ones lol. Easy to park as if it was a van lol. Ok thanks on the reply. Blessed weekend.
Thanks Lee!
Have a beautiful time. With wonderful memories! I have Firestone Air Lifts on my Pleasure-Way. It helps for a smooth ride.
Hugs to you all!
MommaFaye 🌺
Thank you so much! 😍
You may want to consider getting either Snap Pads, or Hush Pads for your jack feet. Reason being, that if the ground get s wet, your jack feet will sink right in the ground, go unloved, and may have a heck of a time getting slides in. Also, if you are in RV parks, or on asphalt in the summer, the jack feet, without pads, can sink in the asphalt and do some damage. Nice rig - enjoy!
Good first drive. We often camp on off-level spots that cause challenges with the auto-levelers, so we carry a tote full of foot-long 2x4s and a dozen of the orange plastic LEGOs to stack under the low side jacks. We also carry a 4 ft. carpenter’s level under the dinette to check level (often that little green light LIES!). And if all else fails, use the bathroom door test - if it swings open or shut all by itself, you’re not level!😀
We're not planning to camp like this much at all. Boondocking to us is a night in front of a Walmart to break up a long drive 😂😂😂
Wow! Looking good, guys! Beautiful drive up there! 👍. Great pics of the kids too. Wish I were there with y’all. ❤️. Poor dog 🐕. My dog reacts the same way in the RV. But he absolutely loves camping, when everything is still again. Have fun!
Thanks Jolene! Vector rode in the car on the way home and was MUCH happier 😂
I'm an R V newbie I found your channel, I am enjoying it very much, can't wait to see more of your adventures
Thanks Susan!
It was nice to ride along thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. Thanks for sharing. I have a tip you can try when going up and down hills. To avoid transmission gear hunting, shift out of overdrive, try to avoid large throttle movements, and try to keep your RPM up. Also, the best practice for going down the hill is to be in the same gear going down as you were going up. I think your Ford chassis has a tow/hall mode. If you do, turn that on and that should help you as well. Safe travels!
Thanks Daniel! Going up that particular stretch of road is a pain because of a bunch of slow corners. Even in a car you have to slow down a lot so you lose momentum over and over again. Coming back down was a breeze - those curves actually helped temper my speed a lot and I was barely braking at all except when entering the turns. Even without tow'haul on it was very well behaved going downhill.
When I had my diesel pusher I always put towels in the cabinets and pantry to muffle the sounds. It helps a lot on the dishes.
We're collecting towels and some other materials for dampening once we put dishes in there, but for now it's just the rattles of the dash and some other parts that we're going to work on...
Great Terra Cam.
To eliminate some dash rattles, take screws out of dask and put thin rubber washers or silicone, between where mounted. Rattling dishes, you can put paper towels between them. I noticed your floor rug was curling up on corners, roll them up backwards when storing and it will reverse the curl and flatten out when in use.
Good luck..
Great tip about the rubber washers - I'm seriously thinking about dismantling the dash and/or adding another support under it over near the passenger seat. It just hangs out in space and is really bouncy.
@@hoss1003 If you want to eliminate noise get a Prevost 45 foot Marathon diesel pusher, lol
@@Five2Go if you go to the dollar store you can get a bundle of like 30 cheap washcloths for three or four dollars they work perfectly.
Hello from Canada! I was watching for the report on boondocking ... I have a class A 35 ft gas coach, much older and it drives just fine. I never go over 55 km/h and on hills, it depends, but I will trade speed for steady climbing anytime. Driving along, we can talk as we would in a room. It is only loud when it drops out of 4th. I take upwards of 60 seconds to get to speed so even accelerating does not make that much noise. Do you have solar?, run the generator? Batteries? How long before the batteries are flat? How big is the parasitic electric load? Travel safe. Henri
Thanks Henri! There's a small solar panel up top but it's just for keeping things topped off when the rig is sitting. We had the inverter on to keep the fridge cold and run things overnight and we ran the generator on and off throughout the day to keep things topped off. I'm awful about being able to read voltages and draw and know what's left in a battery and all that, but I do know we have enough for the batteries to last at least twelve hours running the residential fridge and some fans.
Thx for sharing. Looks like your in for a wonderful weekend. It's raining all weekend here in S Florida, wish I was there...Enjoy!
It's raining here now! We actually left that area early because of this storm and we're glad we did! We really didn't want to get stuck up there...
Wow, I just looked at the weather map out there in Colorado and it looks no different than here in South Florida! Stay safe you guys.
We had some hail, sleet, and a ton of lightning earlier, plus a 50-degree temperature drop from yesterday. We'll be back into the 80's by Tuesday. The weather is nuts out here. 😂
A 50ﾟ temperature drop? That's crazy!
Awesome video! What a wonderful family so happy for you all enjoy your time together and traveling!! Looking forward to your next video thanks for sharing!! :)
Thank you so much!!
congratulation on your new Bounder!!!!
Thanks Juan!
i enjoyed the 'Its fine its fine every things fine'
Haha, thanks Anton!
Looks like you are set to have a great weekend! Anybody say jealous!! Lol
Terra good job and my word you have the most beautiful color blue eyes!! Enjoy! Have a s’more for me. I’m living through you guys! 😋
Thank you so much Cathy! 😍
Terra is so adorable! She did a fantastic job filming. I can’t wait to visit Colorado, it looks beautiful! My grandson’s live in Colorado Springs with their mom, so I hope for a visit soon!
Colorado is gorgeous in every direction, you HAVE to visit! 😍
Looks like a great shakedown trip... here's to many more fun experiences in the fabulous new rig 🤩
Woohoo! We're so excited to get back out there on the road next month! Thanks Roadrunner!
Great stuff. Thank you again for sharing your experiences with us. It’s been great learning tool.
Glad you enjoy it!
Are you planning on flat towing your Ford? You can reduce noise on the V10 by putting Dynomat hood insulation under the doghouse. Its important to watch out for rough pavement, as it not only makes for a rough ride, it can damage your suspension. Whats with the blue painters tape on the dash? 5 star tuning is basically reprogramming your shift points on your transmission among other computer program improvements. When leveling we use an actual level to verify level when manually leveling. Phone leveling apps work good too. Happy travels!
The current plan is to tow that car and have Erin follow in the van with the two youngest. We may sell the van though, we keep going back and forth on it. The painters tape is for an extremely annoying chirp coming from those two spots of plastic rubbing together.
Helpful is what I would call ya'll. My family is just getting into this RV game. Found you guys doing a review of the cruise america 30' RV because we are renting it! But now I think we'll be buying instead (funny how that goes). Anyhow thank you for doing these videos. I'll be coming back for more tips and other things.
Thank you Jason, safe travels!
Very nice video. We just purchased our first motorhome and we are going out next month for a 6 month trip and we have no clue on what to do. We will however drive across the southern part of the country and then drive up to Denver to visit our son in the spring so we're both excited! Good luck
6 months starting in October? I hope you're staying south as long as possible! RVing in the snow and cold isn't so fun 😜 If you have questions about anything, join our discord server - there are about 500 other RVers on there now and it's a great place to get advice! www.five2go.com/discord
love your videos, here's a guy from the other part of the world enjoy watching your videos.
Thanks Sal!
Looks like you had a successful first trip in the new class A! It looks great too. Catch you on the next vlog😊
Thanks Debbie!
I really miss Colorado. Hope to get back someday. Found you through Matt. Enjoying your videos. My husband and I are looking to get a bounder, yours is beautiful.
Thanks Sandy!
Have a great weekend, stay safe.
Thanks Cindy!
Glad to see you guys back out and camping!
We are too! This was just a quick trip, and without hookups we couldn't really do everything we wanted to do as a test of living in it, but it was nice to get out there. We've only got about 5 weeks to go!
@@Five2Go Awesome! We are headed out in about 2 1/2 weeks. Making our way out to Pennsylvania.
Great video. Terra did an excellent job with the camera!
Thanks Jim! I'll pass it along! 😀
Cool video! Love my Colorado home! Been living in Nevada for almost the last 18 years and do miss the Rockies, but still drinking Coors!
The mountains are so great. We're heading East next month and will miss them for sure.
Very enjoyable to watch. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Michael!
Great video and nice rig! Can’t wait to see the next one.
Thanks Barris!
Saw you on Matt's RV Review, Saw this video thumb nail pop up on RUclips, To bad Matt and Andrea couldn't do a review like you are doing, I'm glad that you are doing this review, I can tell the difference a Gas and Diesel powered RV coming up past Manitou Springs on Ute Pass, I'm in Sacramento, But, Use to live in Colorado Springs back in the early 70's, Very pretty scenery you are filming, I sub'ed and hit the notification Bell. Thanks !!
That's awesome, thank you so much!
God bless🙏Wonderful Video and Beautiful Family😊❣️
In my opinion you guys and gals are the best and my favorite RVers on RUclips. Just wait for the name to become six2go. Thought I seen/heard something about a name change?!?!
Thanks Jacob! No name change for the main channel, but we did change the name of our patrons from Five2Go Family to Five2Go Roadrunners!
Ours fill for gas is on the rear, we love it! We usually fill in parallel to the road gas station or truck stops. As far as the guy with the trailer you were too kind. The guy had a RV so he should know better than to expect you to move for him, it’s called planning out your moves in advance he know that, but would of learned it if he had to sit and wait.
Love your family, thanks for sharing your adventures. Nice rig. 👍 I'm in FL so everything is flat around here.
Thanks Rejean!
I am from Pa. And have been watching you for awhile.love you's
I am sure gas has its good points but for pushing my 42000 pound RV I could not imagine wanting gas. As long as you are having fun I think thats the main thing. Thanks for the video. Makes me hope summer comes soon.
Gas motorhomes are also way lighter than that. Ours is only 22k gross, which is about as heavy as they get really. The cost differences were really the biggest deciding factor in why we went with gas, plus we didn't know if we'd like it compared to truck and trailer. Now that we've had the Bounder for almost two years now we're in love with motorhomes and our next one will probably be a DP just so we can have more interior space.
Sounds like a regular school bus not too loud you kinda get used to it! Have a great trip!
Exactly, that's a good analogy. Thanks Jessica!
Take the doghouse off and put dynamat on the underneath side. Cuts the noise and heat considerably. Forget auto leveling, get a 2 foot level and do it manually. Get yourself a Scangauge II. You need to watch the transmission and cooling temperatures.
The sound doesn't bother me actually, but that's a good solution. Reminds me of the days of putting large subwoofers into small cars! 😜
If you Put on airbags on your rig you would hear a lot of that it would be a smoother ride. Plus thank you for doing this video I appreciate it I look forward for everyone.
We just filmed an episode with some friends that have a diesel pusher and we compared a lot of things including noise and ride, keep an eye out for that next Tuesday 👍👍
Well done Terra 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 🎥
Hi, this is your first video I have watch. I will come along for the ride. I am looking forward to it. I am glad it is start to opening up. I started on May 1 traveling. I may had been a little early. I just started this new RUclips channel. I have just put up my first two RVing videos. I just wish I had your talent. Don
Yeah, things have been a little crazy out there. The shutdowns almost caused issues with us getting a rig in time for getting back on the road, but luckily things are easing up a little bit. Safe travels Don!
I had an 15 seater Ford E350 van with V10 engine. Your Bounder is quieter than the van. I guess the engine cover is thicker with better insulation than the van I had. Nice RV.
Am enjoying your videos. You have made your RV very homey. My question is about your curtains. What are you going to do when you travel in hot climates? We have have total blackout shades and in warm climates the coach gets very hot with two air conditioners going and the blinds down. The insulation on an RV leaves a lot to be desired. Travel safely, enjoy and stay healthy! Thank you for sharing your adventures.
One word: reflectix. Even if we had left the blackout roller shades up, as you noted, it would still get very hot because those black shades are "catching" all of that solar heat inside the rig and it's going to leak in. If you cut reflectix to the size of your windows and cover them with that, it will instead reflect a LOT more of that heat instead of letting it bleed in. We did the same in our last RV and just put it up in the sunny windows depending on what direction we were parked. Yeah, it's kinda ugly, but it's a life saver. Here's the stuff: amzn.to/2X0dH6E
@@Five2Go what about white roller shades instead? We leave ours down when it warm too and they do not seem to absorb heat. Also, get something to cut heat and light from the ceiling vents. Helps preserve your plastics as well.
Terra did a great job!
Thanks Rebekah!
Such a pretty motor home! 😀
Thanks Andrea! We're really loving it so far!
I love her face when you told her you aren't watching TV.
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Great job Terra! Thank you
Thanks Sonja!
Vector will get used to it. I have traveled with several different animals over the years and they just had to become accustomed to the new noises in each rig. One cat that went on many long trips was always a nervous wreck until we slept the first night. After that it was home and she loved it.
He was calm for a lot of the ride, but any sharp or loud noises wound him back up. He will have the option of riding in with Erin in the van and he'll be more comfortable there. Once we were set up he loved it! In our last rig he couldn't really see out unless he climbed up on top of the couch. In this one he can see straight out the screen door from anywhere in the living room. He was a big fan of that 😍
Beautiful rig and family!
Great trip thanks for sharing!
Thanks Franceska!
Have a great time, look how grown up your daughter is now (so sorry can’t remember how to spell her name). The scenery was stunning.🏴👍🏴👍🏴👍🏴 only just spotted name in corner ☺️☺️
Thank you so much Linda! If Terra is going to ride shotgun with me she'll have to man the camera more often. 😂
Nice Good Video You guys awesome See you on the trails :)))
Thank you so much!
How is the swaying in the rig and how is the steering? In our 31 foot class c we had to add heavy duty sway bars front and rear and a steering stabilizer than we could drive better and NO swaying.
I added a steering stabilizer and it made a massive difference. I've been ok with the swaying but it could definitely be better. Those are a much more expensive upgrade though so I'll leave it as is until something breaks and needs to be replaced.
I just watched a video where you could move the front sway bar back on the f53 chassis and it really makes a difference in swaying
Hello from Saudi Arabia. This video made me HOMESICK. I have plans to but a class A next year. Thor outlaw 38mb. I know how much you love thor products Haha. The 37rb has like 3 bedrooms in it.
I think Outlaws are a little higher end for Thor, it's the ACE and Hurricane lines that we hear complaints about so often. We were actually looking at one of their older toy haulers at one point.
I want to know about your mountain experience since I'm headed West soon. It appeared that you remained in overdrive the whole time. I believe you said it was a 6-7% grade. Did you feel as if you needed to use the brakes allot? Just trying to make a determination on when I'll need to downshift. I don't have tow haul. I'll have to switch overdrive off and go to 2 or 1 depending on how steep the mountain is. You seemed to breeze through with no problems.
Beautiful babies!! Love the red hair. The rig looks great and what a gorgeous spot.
Thank you so much Gina!
Oh wow i actually thought you guys were already living in an RV full time anyways, Congrats! That's a great feat!
We were in a truck and trailer from 2017 until last summer. We're heading out in this rig one month from today!
@@Five2Go Ah, I didn't know that was different, thanks for clearing that up.
Your kids are very adorable 😍 💕! I have a question ,why do all not ride in the mortor home and tow the car ? Do you feel safer with the kids in the car ?
Can’t wait to see your next video. How did you boo dock? Generator or solar! Love Colorado❤️
We used the generator when we needed to top off the batteries. There's a solar panel up top but it's only powerful enough to keep the house batteries topped off when bigger things like the fridge aren't on.
Have a great time! G-D speed and happy travels!
1) motor coaches are surprisingly noisy on the road.
2) that looked like a fun weekend
3) did I catch a Seahawks hat? #GoHawks!
They're definitely louder than driving a truck pulling a trailer, but that's one of the trade-offs with this style of RV. It's really not that bad though.
Y’all must not be too far from us! We live in our RV right outside Peterson AFB!
Yep, we're right down the road near the shopping center with Safeway! I hope you guys fared ok during all that rain yesterday, we saw and head about a lot of flooding around town.
Five2Go Wow! Y’all are close! Saturday was pretty crazy with all the rain but we needed it! We were trying to watch movies and it was sooo loud!
Love your kids red hair🤠❤️
Terra did a great job filming. I recommend to use the TowHaul mode all the time towing or not towing, grades, or no grades. I am sure you will mitigate the rattles, i.e. microwave plate, stovetop covers, screen door, etc. Safe Travels guys.
Tow/Haul just locks out the overdrive gear, right? Is there a reason you'd want to do that while just cruising?
@@Five2Go, On the Ford 6R140 6-speed transmission tow-haul mode, also functions as an engine/transmission brake, Transmission, and engine calibration changes from the fuel to timing to valve body line pressures. If cruising in 5th or 6th gear there is very little to no difference, RPM's, etc. But if an emergency braking situation would occur in tow-haul mode would assist in stopping. I keep my on all the time. Just a disclaimer I am a Ford product development and test engineer.
I second this. Some say the tow/haul mode should be on by default (but isn't). It helps for city driving as well because it helps you slow down when approaching stop lights. And yes, definitely helps for holding you back while going down hill.
My Fleetwood Pace Arrow had the gas filler in the same spot, but my rig was 33' long. It is a pain, but you'll get used to it. At Costco the hose will reach from either side.
I've definitely seen pumps with those long hoses on retractable cables, but I'll aim for driver side pumps unless they're really obvious. Our last rig was 62' total between a 37' trailer and an F350 so I'm used to gassing up being a pain in the rear 😂😂😂
Great video guys - I hope we are joining ya'll soon in a couple of years exploring :)
Hello five 2 go from the State of Washington and I'm a new subscriber
Thanks Billie!
Thank you for your Video.
I’m just wondering what is the strap on the passenger side dash for? The reason i ask this is I just bought a new motorhome, the passenger side dash is super loose and shaking during driving. Is the strap for this reason?
I'm curious to know if you have a gas and electric fridge or a residential fridge because you went boondocking for a weekend how did your fridge stay on that whole entire time
It's a residential fridge but this rig has plenty of battery capability plus a generator that we ran every once in a while to top them off.
I agree with you about the gas fill ours is on the back and I do not like it.
So many people tout that as a feature like it's going to make things easier. It wasn't a big deal somewhere like Buc-ee's where there's a ton of space, but in these smaller stations it kinda sucks to have to pull SO FAR forward! It's also harder to eyeball from the driver's seat, and the rear camera doesn't help either... Any tricks?
Amazing views
Colorado mountains are beautiful no matter which way you look!
Enjoy
Be safe😁
Thanks Linda!
Love the footage from car on the rv . Hey the guy you backed up for to let him around....he could of gone the other way. You were not out of line the way you parked to get gas. First come first serve. Hold your ground! Lol
My 2000 southwind with triton V10 rattle's like crazy but I like the F53 chassis
What app or how so you find out what the grade is... ex. You said you were going from 6,000 to 9000ft. Do u have a RV gps, if so what one? That's good to know about the gas tank fill..
We just know about this climb and the grades because we live 20 minutes away from it. There are RV GPS options out there but they're really expensive one-trick ponies. We just use Google Maps and a few apps (Roadtrippers, All Stays, etc) and do our research before moving days when it comes to distances, grades, gas station stops, etc. We'll do a video on that this summer once we're back on the road.
Such a nice wonderful family
Stick with this rig for a few years and then get what you really want as your list of complaints grow
Noisy Going down the road clink clink clunk lots of noise everything sounds noisy
and lack of power going up the hills and driving around
that gas engine
it’s terrible
I would never get a gas engine in an RV Please forgive me if this sounds too harsh but this is what I really think. I do watch Matt’s channel all the time and I don’t blame him this is probably the best he had in your price range I really don’t know I’m not an RV owner yet still dreaming about it thinking about it so I agree that some of my comments might be inaccurate due to a lack of experience
It's not as powerful as a diesel pusher, but it's also half the price and we got around just fine. The Ford V10 is a very popular engine for a reason - it's a work horse and will get you there with no issues. We chose this RV and were never going to get a diesel because of the huge cost difference up front and further down the road with maintenance, and that has nothing to do with Matt. As for the road noise, it's not bad at all. There are some creaks and clanks, but they can all be tightened down and addressed, and that's going to be in any RV except for the most expensive brands (and even then...). We've been in hundreds of RVs and can tell you after just a month with this one, Fleetwood builds a nice rig. There may be some rattles when hitting potholes and other junk in the road, but this thing is built solid and to last.
Love gas cap on back! And you just have to learn to not be in a hurry, if you’re fueling just let people wait. Oh btw your tank is most likely 80 gals. Keep on trucking.
It is 80 gallons. Why do you love the cap being so far back though? We're never in a hurry when filling up, but it's a pain to have to block an entrance just to get gas.
nice video. just curious why this place has no No water and electricity?
Most gas stations have adjustable hoses now. Its a breeze to fuel up. Have a great weekend.
"Most" isn't "all", and we have a knack for finding the old stations! 😂😋😜
Five2Go true👍
What's your mpg?
do you have the 7.3 v8?
What’s the length of your rv? And what the motor that’s in it? And do u think it would pull a Jeep Wrangler up the mountain?
It's just shy of 38' and we've been pulling a Wrangler all around the country, including Colorado, for the last year. It ain't fast but it gets there no problem.
Thanks. Trying to decide gas or diesel. So thanks for the info. I won’t go 38. But probably 34 at the most.
What motor f do u have in there
It's the Ford Triton V10
Ok. Thanks.
Safe trip!
Thanks Frank!
OK family, research th cheap handling fiix. And no you can't reach the fill with right side pump at most gas stations. BTW no auto level, manual is your friend. Perfect level is unnecessary with residential fridge
I've been looking at the CHF. I may crawl under there and do it this week. Auto level is my friend - I manually leveled a trailer in almost 150 different campgrounds over two years so if I can do it with one button I'm going to! 😜
I can respect that. Safe travels 🙏
Hello Brian and Erin. Thank you for sharing your first camping trip in your new rig. Oh....I really do like that rig! This should be a great shake down trip. If I recall the walk through on Matt's channel, your refrigerator is a residential fridge, correct? If so, how is that managed while boondocking? The house batteries will power it through the night and you'll have to run the generator for a certain amount of time first thing in the morning?? Have fun and stay safe!!
That's correct - the inverter powers the fridge and almost all of the outlets so I'm able to use my cpap and we ran a fan too. The house batteries had a ton of charge still left in the morning. It was at least 12 hours of batteries-only between running the generator around dinner time and then in the morning to recharge. It's pretty nice!
Ok....that is awesome to hear! I still don't know where we will end up; class a or class c. But, a lot of the Class A's that I've taken a liking to have those residential fridges. As you are probably familiar with, over here on the western slope we have a ton of boondockable options (mainly for those weekend or week long trips as you are on now; not the trips we'd take off to tour a specific region in the county) as you are in now. So, I've been curious how that would work out. And when you talk with your salesman, Matt, he seems to generally feel that tons of solar additions on a motor home with a generator is not the greatest investment.Have fun!! My son lives over by you guys. Probably in July we'll be meeting somewhere in the middle for some tent camping. It will be somewhere between where you are now and Taylor Park over by Tincup. My schedule is way more flexible than his; so we should keep it closer to him.
I don't know how people justify those $4,000+ solar setups when a generator is a fraction of that and is literally plug and play. The cost of solar is definitely coming down, but it takes a lot of extra knowledge to install and manage day to day. I think we'll start seeing RVs with powerful built-in solar setups that are easy to manage in a few years, but right now it's very niche and not obtainable or understandable for the average person.
Yes....I definitely agree with your observation. $4k is a TON of generator gas!! Batteries continue to be one of the Achilles heels of society. Of course, there are folks that do extreme remote boondocking for extended times. So, I'd see solar as a better option then. But, I suspect for 75% or more folks that solar is just a nicety. Personally, I'm good with a small cell keeping the chassis battery topped off. But, that could also be accomplished with a 12v plug in $50 cell and keep it in the window; and for FAR less $$ and roof holes than a roof cell. About how long do you have to run your generator to recharge your batteries the next day?Does a rig like yours come with an auto gen start? Or, do you know if an aftermarket one can be added? (just kind of wondering as we have a dog in the event of a power loss at a campground). I was also wondering that for the fridge, but an inverter would cover that until you got back to the rig that afternoon. Have an awesome time on the remainder of your trip!! Our San Juan Mtn town is swamped. However, it is a bit odd as the restaurants are still take out only. Hotels were just allowed to reopen by the county. So, it probably is awkward, at best, for anyone visiting right now. A great argument to have a camper and just park in the woods with all of your stuff !!
So speaking to not knowing all of the numbers with solar and charging and all of that, I really don't know how long I needed to run the generator after 12 hours on batteries 😂 One of these days I'll read about amp hours and voltage and all that and it'll actually stick... This rig doesn't have an auto gen start, but we've seen others in the same price range that have them. We use a Blink camera system to check on Vector while we're away and those cameras have configurable temperature alerts. If things got turned off and started to warm up, we would just head back home. The units are battery powered and our hot spot will run for a few hours on battery, so a power outage is no concern there. We haven't had to do that in two years of fulltiming though, but it's always a possibility and it's nice to know that he'll be safe.
Another great video! Question for you from when you were fulltiming - what do you guys do for copy, scan & printing on your rig? Do you keep anything or only use public options? Most are kind of big and heavy. Rob
We have a laser printer that we carry around, but it doesn't have copy/scan functionality so it's not super heavy. The few times we've needed a copy of something, taking a photo with a cell phone has been more than sufficient. There are always copy stores around too.
Loved the video❤️love tera cam❤️ I know there was a comment on this but question? It’s cold at night in the Colorado mountains so how did you make it thru the night? Love your family. Hope you will share more of the weekend.
We were a bit chilly but we bundled up. It wasn't cold enough inside the rig to turn on the heat, but we have lots of blankets! 😍
I didn't see the entire first trip. Did yall have a video between this one and the checklist video?
Sadly that was the whole trip. A huge storm rolled in so we came back down out of the mountains before it hit up there. We only got one night in the rig up there.
Took me forever to get my family to leave so I could watch..LoL
JK. We had a fam get together today and now I get to watch this
Haha! 😜😍
Beautiful video cute dog . How was your purchase experience?
Thanks Mark! Our purchase experience was fantastic! Everyone at General was great and the whole process was painless. If you go back in our video history a little bit you'll see a couple videos Brian shot in Florida, plus we cover a lot of it in our livestream from April 25.
Five2Go I’ll look for it . I live in Florida . Thanks so much . I’m really enjoying the videos . I like your guys humor
Nice looking rig. What is your average gas mileage you've gotten so far on your rv?
Safe travels.
Right around 8mpg I think. I'm going to make sure and keep better track of it once we're on the road full time next month.
I've been wondering what other boondockers do since the cove it has hit we went farther out into the woods we don't have a home like everyone else we just burn. We love traveling and don't care for sitting down what does everybody do now
Awesome
Thanks Andy!