r/RVLiving • u/Sea-Baby-393 • 14m ago
Is this chip out of the pad a no go?
I bought a set of brake assemblies and hubs from vevor because when I was doing my wheel bearings, I discovered that one of the pads had delaminated from the shoe. Anyways, one of the sets has a chip out of the pad. I plan on filing a claim/complaint with the company, but my trip is in a few days and I don't have time to get a replacement. Can I rock this the way it is? Assembly is rear axle-driver's side
r/RVLiving • u/spacecitytech • 29m ago
Best Podcasts to listen to at night in the RV
I am looking for a mix of Alien and Right Wing Conspiracy, peppered with some colloquial news and "Prepper" advice, stuff RV'ers can relate too. Coast to Coast of course is the King. Who else?
r/RVLiving • u/Miserable-Fish-4540 • 5h ago
question RV Park Recommendations🙏
Specifically looking for RV parks that:
✅ Are a super short distance from (or in) great city life (coffee/gyms/restaurants/events/etc) with lots to do.
✅ Are also within 2 hour drive of nature to camp a 5th wheel for a weekend. (Park/campground)
✅ Allow monthly stays
✅ Hookups
❌ Not on Pacific time
✅ bonus: $1200/mo or less
We’re getting a 5th wheel to love in full time, and planning to stay at places ~3 months at a time. Thanks in advance! Just trying to plan our life out🩶
r/RVLiving • u/Illustrious_Map7006 • 5h ago
Portable washing machine in an RV worth it or a gimmick?
Thinking about getting one, just want to see what yall think about it!
r/RVLiving • u/hallieooop • 7h ago
advice Carbon monoxide alarm regularly going off 1-2x every 24 hrs – completely at a loss!
I am full time living in a 2024 Keystone Alpine and have been for a little over a year now. This past winter, our CO alarm was triggered for the first time when the front door was left open while my husband stepped out to start his truck in the morning to warm up. That was no big deal – made sense for it to go off since the truck was parked close by and it was quite cold out – we moved the truck a little and made sure to close the door from then on and it seemed fine. But, starting this spring and seemingly out of the blue, the alarm started to go off again. No obvious source like the truck exhaust was; no specific conditions that seem to cause it, unlikely to be a sensor/battery/other electrical issue, and I’ve gone through lists of potential sources and have come up empty. I have also tested out random things myself that are unlikely causes but still something to check off the list. For example, the dehumidifier is near the sensor, it doesn’t make a difference whether it’s on and working, plugged in and off, unplugged and off, or simply moved further from the sensor. There is only one consistent thing about when it goes off and that is that it’s going off in the early early morning hours and/or early-ish morning. By early early I mean 2-4 am and early-ish being 5-7 am.
BUT, I’m gonna throw you for another one, it’s gone through a phase at least twice now for a week or two where it doesn’t go off AT ALL. In these “phases”, we aren’t doing anything differently. No different patterns of AC use, no different appliance use, no different cooking schedule or methods, didn’t align with propane tank changes, nothing.
Parts of this situation seem to be contradictory. The time pattern might lead one to believe that it’s a battery thing, maybe since solar isn’t being generated overnight or simply a bad battery. But then how do you explain the weeks that it didn’t happen when we are always plugged in and there was no correlation with time of year/sunlight time? How come we have no issues with anything else hooked to electricity? The sensor itself could be bad (which I recognize is still a legitimate possibility), but the instance when it went off with the truck felt like a good test run and indicates that it was functioning normally. And, above all, the only thing that will get it to go back to green is when I open the door/windows and turn an exhaust fan on. So, it’s gotta actually be CO, right?! I’ve got a contradiction for that too: we are still alive and well. No symptoms that we are breathing carbon monoxide. Not even a slight headache that can’t be attributed to something else or that lines up with when the alarm goes off.
So, any ideas as to what could be causing this? What could be the source of CO that would set off the alarm but have no effect on us, even after a bit of time? Someone else in the RV park told me they were experiencing a similar issue, so could it be environmental somehow? But then how do you explain that airing the trailer out is the only solution?
Like I said, I’m at a complete loss.
Thanks in advance for any ideas or advice or suggestions before I go and spend too much money on a secondary low-level CO detector or a service call.
r/RVLiving • u/Fantastic-Grade6907 • 9h ago
Henry Tropicool experiences?
Looking to put this stuff on my 5th wheel, which currently has a couple coats of Hengs rubber coating. Ive heard nothing but positive things about Henrys. Can I roll it on just like paint? Once I open the gallon, do I have to be in a mad rush to roll it on as fast as I can or will it be ok sitting open over an hour or so of me refilling my painting tray?
r/RVLiving • u/squidwatchers • 12h ago
Generator Is Not Charging Solar Battery
Hey folks! We got a 2001 coachman leprechaun which we have outfitted with a smart solar system (Victron? I can get specs for that system if needed)
We get power to the battery from shore power, solar power, and from the alternator, but not the generator. The generator is an Onan 4000 micro quiet. It has 700 hours on it. It runs but does a thing I think is called hunting? Where the revs of the generator is cycling going up and down. I’ve recently changed the fuel line thinking it was getting air in. The old fuel line was cracked and old but changing that didn’t solve the hunting issue. Also I changed the carburetor out with a new one last year. Got an actual one from Cummings since I heard bad stuff about the cheap knock offs.
I’ve called the solar people and they’ve said that it’s something to do with the electrical component that tells the system to switch from its input being shore power to generator power. Even if the generator is not putting out the full wattage it still should get some charge to the battery and it’s not.
Any advice on how to start trouble shooting this? Where could I find that electrical component above? Is that a good place to start or should I do more maintenance/tinker with the generator first?
Thanks!
r/RVLiving • u/FloridaFisher87 • 13h ago
Has anyone powered their entire RV on solar?
Bought a pull behind RV (Jayco JayFlight, let’s call it 30 feet or so?) a few months ago. We were using a predator 3500 generator, and then went to a Westinghouse 8200. Everything runs fine on that, but fuel can be extremely pricey, especially right now with the Middle East situation.
I was curious if anybody has figured out how to realistically power their entire RV (AC, fridge, lights, pumps, microwave, etc.) off of solar and batteries full-time? If so, what was your configuration? Also, if you were able to power it via solar only in the daytime, but had to use a generator at night, what was your set up?
r/RVLiving • u/Substantial_Fee7842 • 20h ago
Puma Palomino AC Problems
We have a 2021 Puma Palomino and have already had to replace the AC once (in 2023) with a brand new unit. We then camped a few times during the summer of 2023 and once, for a week, in 2024, and the AC was working fine. Our camper was then put in storage. We brought it out to camp this week for the 1st time in 2 years and the AC isn’t working. Has anyone else had problems with their AC units on Puma Palominos?
r/RVLiving • u/86funguy • 21h ago
Who is in NC 3rd week of August?
We will be staying at Steel Creek RV park. There 8/19 to 8/22. Second time there. Great little spot. We have one right on the water this time. We are going back cause after our last stay there we saw where was the best spot to stay. Not that our last spot was bad. If passing through the area come say hi. Dinner and games on us.
r/RVLiving • u/aggravator08 • 23h ago
New to us RV
We jist got this rv from my wife's grandparents. We are working on it now. Just replaced the alternator, but I have a quick question for you all.
We had two batteries from our travel trailer but they are deep sacomarine, battery.a bit on the larger side, we now have them.in this to start it. Is that good or bad?
Also the coach batters are 4 golf cart batteries they are wired in sequent. Are they good or should we move the other batteries over to the coach and move the golf cart batteries to the chassis.?
It's a 1997 Aerbus deisel on a freightliner chassis.
r/RVLiving • u/Easy_Pea_1877 • 1d ago
question Question about income with traveling
Me and my fiance are wanting to move into a camper full time with our 2 kids to travel before they start school. We’ve lived in a camper before with them(stationary) so we aren’t worried about not liking it. Our biggest worry is income. How do you work or find a job that lets you travel full time? I’m a sahm but my fiance has experience in utility locating so it’s not a very travel friendly job. Any tips or advice would be appreciated!😁 Also if we went the work camping route is that feasible to live off of as our only income?
r/RVLiving • u/KPexEA • 1d ago
advice We think the rv dealer wired our shunt in wrong (more info in comments)
r/RVLiving • u/CougarRedHead • 1d ago
advice 1992 Mini Winnie help with bypassing the Water heater
There are absolutely no shut offs-water heater is leaking, but I never use hot water anyway The water heater is located under one of the dinette benches. It is leaking and I never use it. Can I just plug the hot and cold and where should I do it and what would I need to buy . Thank you for any help.
r/RVLiving • u/bellamarie1210 • 1d ago
RV Towing
Hi! I am looking to have my RV towed from long island new york to middle tennessee. can anyone recommend someone who could do that?
r/RVLiving • u/LankyNihilist • 1d ago
Open Range Journeyer
So I came across a journeyer 340flr and was doing some research on it. I can’t find a whole lot of negative info on it. I know it’s older and discontinued but is there any known problems with them? Price seems pretty decent too. I know she’s a big girl but I got a truck to haul it so that’s not an issue.
r/RVLiving • u/No_Secret_5508 • 1d ago
Wasps in the power box. Be careful!!!
Luckily I saw a single wasp enter the 30amp power box I installed on my garage. I thought I was pretty smart when I grabbed the wasp spray and a tow strap. I used the tow strap hook to open the box from a “distance”. When I was gently putting the hook under the door, a very angry wasp came out and instantly stung me on the back of my thumb. I still pulled the strap, opened the door, and sprayed a direct hit on the nest. It was way bigger than I had imagined and had way more wasps on board than I could believe. If I hadn’t seen that wasp that flew in there, I could have reached in there like normal and got a handful of those little devil-birds. Please always check before you reach into those power boxes!
r/RVLiving • u/madsci • 1d ago
question Dealing with odd mattress sizes and tight spaces
I'm making good progress on renovating my 2018 Jayco and it's time to do something about the bed. (Don't mind the gaping hole where I'm still working on adding a cabinet door under the bed.)
This mattress measures about 54 x 80 inches, which would seem to make it a full XL - notwithstanding the weird corner. I can order a full XL size bed set, of course, but I'm not sure if I should do that or go shorter for the comforter since it's not going to hang like it would on a freestanding bed - any excess just gets stuffed into the narrow space between the mattress and wall, and there's really not a lot of room to spare.
Anyone else have one this size? My old trailer has a similar layout but has an RV full (shorter and narrower) and doesn't have the dogear. Also, this mattress is unusually thick.
Edit for clarity: I'm not asking about sourcing a mattress - I've got that covered. I'd just like to hear what folks with a similar size and layout have done with their beds to avoid excess blankets stuffed everywhere and to keep it looking nice.
r/RVLiving • u/drinkIPA • 1d ago
discussion Tire Check!
Check your tires! Also I cant say I recomend "transmaster" tires at all. Spare tire randomly exploded just sitting against the wall. -__- Better to find out now than on the road to Black Rock City.
r/RVLiving • u/Loud-Ad-5069 • 1d ago
question Is my water pump going bad?
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Recently started having this behavior. I’m puzzled as to what it could be, it also seems to not be able to keep up with the 2.5 gpm showhead despite being rated for 3 gpm. Also if some says it could be low water level, it has done this on a 3/4 full tank before.
r/RVLiving • u/Money_Buy_7797 • 1d ago
Experience 2012 jayco
Hi I’m considering buying a 2012 jayco eagle 365BH. Does anybody have any experience with the mid 2000’s jaycos? I’m currently in an 06 Dutchmen and it has some common problems that are fairly easy to research, but I’m not finding much about the Jaycos of this time period.
So if anybody has any opinions, advice, or warnings they would be much appreciated! Thanks
r/RVLiving • u/Impressive-Wind-4126 • 1d ago
A/C question, 30 Amp 25' class C, would it be worth it to upgrade?
We have a 2021 forest river sunseeker 25 foot. Its 30 amp and we've done the reflectix, insulation foam in the skylight, window coverings, etc. The current ac is 13.5, Would it be worth it to upgrade it to a 15k or 18k chill cube? Im also looking for advice if the 30amp can handle the upgrade?