Tips For Your First RV Shakedown Trip! | Towing Advice And Site Recommendations
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- In Luv Subbin Episode 283, we pass on our 22 years of RV experience to recommend how to make your first RV trip, after you buy your new rig, stress free and productive. We show what you need to buy beforehand, what to look for in your first campground, and how to get over the stress of that first initial tow.
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We just got a text from Cindy’s parents. We consider them the greatest Airstreamers ever - they are indeed the original Airstream G.O.A.T.s. They said our tips were spot on. If they approve, you know you can rely on them. Safe travels.
I like the vintage signs! Don't forget the walk around inspection before pulling out of your campsite or driveway.
Thanks for watching and great point! One of the most important part of the final walk around is having Cindy double check my hitch set up. Safe travels...
Luv Subbin makes another contribution to the RV canon of TH-cam greats!
I wish I'd had this video to prepare me when we picked up our rig ...
Thanks so much for watching and the super nice comment! You totally made our day to refer to our content as being part of the "RV Canon". Safe travels...
Happy Tuesday! The best day of the week!
Great information and always a good reminder, even for seasoned travelers.
Thanks for watching and the super nice comment! I know we geared this for the first time buyer but we hope there is a tidbit for everyone. We like Tuesdays too...
So important to do recon ahead of time!!! Drivers Meeting!!!! It helps to be on the same page with routes and alternates!
Sewer supports I thought were unnecessary until I used them.
Spare keys!
Maybe not right away, but once the weather turns and you need the furnace, you prob want a dehumidifer and some way to get airflow under the mattress… hmmm…. putting in a request for a future episode!!!!!! 😊❤😂
Thank you guys!!!!
Thanks so much for watching! Those are all great tips and we will certainly keep them in mind.
As always, informative and fun to watch. There are shakedown trips, but we're currently in Newfoundland and Labrador having a shakeup trip. 😊
Thanks for watching and we're glad you enjoyed it. We'll be off to Canada next year so we'll get to experience those roads...
Mr. Love Sub, I’d like to add one very important must have - a tire plug kit… its as essential as having diesel in your 6.7 tank!! Also, your mirrors - are they manual? I watch you grab them and pull…just curious - mine are power - Thanks!!
Thanks for watching! That's very interesting. I've never carried a tire plug kit. My theory has always been that the spare will get me to where I need to go and a tire shop can make the repair. Maybe I need to rethink that.... Regarding the mirrors, yes they are manual. Our truck does not have the Max Payload Package and came with standard mirrors. I had the dealer add them before taking delivery. The manual mirrors were $850 and the powered ones were something like $2,300. I remember telling the salesman "For that amount of money I can pull them in and out myself".
@@LuvSubbin I’ve had many times the spare was junk, or two tires got hit with nails, etc. and having the plug kit saved the day. Gotcha- you have manual mirrors.
Be well, drive safe!!
Will watch later... 😀
Thanks guys! We know you guys are experienced but hopefully there will be an interesting tidbit...
Great tips!!!
Thanks for watching! We hope this video will help someone just buying an RV. Maybe even a seasoned RV'er will get a tip or two...
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Thanks for watching! Real. 🎥
We loved your titles and music that reckons back to silent movies! 😍Great tips you guys! OMG. There are so many people who do not know how to merge in to highway traffic anymore. Very fun video as always. We love EVERY Tuesday because it means we get to see you! Michelle
Thanks guys! C had fun with the silent movie theme. And you are so right - no one knows how to merge onto an Interstate - regardless of the state. Have fun in the U.P.
@@LuvSubbin Thank you! We are really enjoying it up here in Yooper land!! 😍
Great info I was wondering have you ever had a lug nut loose checking them that often ?
Thanks for watching! Whenever I take my wheels off to pack the bearings or change tires, I absolutely see a loosening and the need to tighten per the intervals. Honestly, in between that I don't see any loosening. But stay tuned to next week because we came upon a stranded Airstreamer that lost his entire wheel going down the road...
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When you said to torque down your lug nuts every 25-50-100 miles, you don't mean on every trip?
Thanks for watching! No, torquing the lug nuts at that interval is only necessary when the wheel is removed. Otherwise, as part of your pre-departure checklist you should check the torque prior to every trip but it is not necessary thereafter...
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Thanks for watching and total Bummer. If this becomes an issue, we'll collaborate and I'll secretly drop at 4:59 PM...
Shakedown trips are so important! We have been traveling in the same rig for 7 years and shakedown at the start of every season the rig has been closed up for a bit. Great tips!
Thanks guys! Yes, isn't it amazing how "new" things are after only a short season of storage. Also, how can something work perfectly when you put it in storage and the not work??? 😀
I think you meant a 25' extension cord to have a total of 50'. In 2024 I think a rear view camera is a better option than towing mirrors. I have absolutely no blind spot using my stock mirrors and the csmera. It also helps with backing.
Thanks for watching! Yes, that's what I meant - 25' extension for a total of 50'. I will, however, stand by my recommendation of tow mirrors. My previous tow vehicle was a 2001 F-150 and didn't have the tow mirrors. Having had both, I would never, ever go back and consider them one of the most significant safety upgrades we have made to our rig. Also, we have friends that relied on their back-up cam while backing up and struck a fence post causing significant damage. C is much better than any camera... 😀
Cindy & Rich, I believe you might have been the ones who recommended this to me, but y’all did not mention it in this video. I was told to request to spend the night at the dealership to make sure everything worked before we left the lot. That was eye opening for me. I travel solo a lot, so backing the trailer involves a lot of getting out and looking. Fortunately for me the state parks and COE’s that I have stayed do not have many tight spots that I have not been able to navigate. Safe travels
Thanks Cotton Tales! Funny you mention staying at the dealership. We are terrible at Voiceovers and hate doing them. It usually requires multiple takes. This time was no exception. We absolutely mentioned staying at the dealership but that take must have been deleted and we forgot to say it in what made the video. Oh well...
Great tips as USUAL 🍻
Thanks for watching and the awesome "USUAL" comment - we really appreciate it. Hopefully this video will be useful to folks.