49 min
RV Camping at a Truck Stop RV Lifestyle RV Podcast
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- Places & Travel
This week on the RV Podcast:
* The chain of Love's Travel Centers is opening up more and more space for RV camping at a truck stop, not just overnighting, but multiple night stays if you want. We’ll share the details in our Interview of the Week,
* What’s up with this? Crackerbarrel is closing some if its restaurants where RVers like to overnight.
* Where can you get the oil changed on your Class C motorhomes? Our RV Community has some practical suggestions.
* And answering one of our questions of the week, we tell you just how strong the wind has to be to flip an RV.
* All this, plus the RV News of the Week and much more coming up in Episode #494 of the RV Podcast
To watch a video version of the podcast, click the player below:
For an audio version, use the player below or download to your favorite podcast app.
SOCIAL MEDIA BUZZ - Wendy Bowyer
Wendy Bowyer reports on the hot issues most talked about this past week on social media and our RV Lifestyle Community group.
In our RVLifestyle Community General Discussions Space, Russell asked: "Where can I go for an oil change for a gas Class C? I am new to a Class C, I've always had Fifth Wheels. I'm looking for a place in Houston to get an oil change. It's on a Ford e-450 Chassis, but the Ford dealers will not do oil changes on them. Does anybody have any ideas of where to look?"
Bob and Roxy suggested Russell find a semi repair shop that will do an oil change or a place like Flying J.
Marc and Brenda also suggested a semi repair shop and they went so far as to look one up in Houston, and while they had not been there personally, confirmed on the shop's website they do oil changes, copied the phone number and shared the number with Russell. Talk about kindness! This is an example of what I love about our new community - people are so helpful and kind.
In our Community's Plumbing Space, Julie said she has a 2023 Imagine with a Dometic 300 series toilet. When she depresses the foot pedal to flush, a small amount of water drips from under the pedal. The tech at the RV dealer's service department said he flushed it multiple times without any leaks but as soon as they took it out again, Julie said it was doing the same thing so she asked if the group had any thoughts on what it might be.
Rita and Jeff said their valve used to drip like this, too, and they couldn't figure it out so they kept a small cloth to catch the water, which was a super tiny amount. This worked fine but when they replaced the base for another reason and got a new valve, the dripping stopped.
Ditto for Brenda and Marc. They bought another foot pedal part, and no more leak.
Meanwhile over in our RVLifestyle Facebook Group, we had a post that just took off like crazy last week. It was from Matthew and it said: "The usual progression of camping. Year 5 is our actual current setup." Mathew shared a photo with five scenes.
This week on the RV Podcast:
* The chain of Love's Travel Centers is opening up more and more space for RV camping at a truck stop, not just overnighting, but multiple night stays if you want. We’ll share the details in our Interview of the Week,
* What’s up with this? Crackerbarrel is closing some if its restaurants where RVers like to overnight.
* Where can you get the oil changed on your Class C motorhomes? Our RV Community has some practical suggestions.
* And answering one of our questions of the week, we tell you just how strong the wind has to be to flip an RV.
* All this, plus the RV News of the Week and much more coming up in Episode #494 of the RV Podcast
To watch a video version of the podcast, click the player below:
For an audio version, use the player below or download to your favorite podcast app.
SOCIAL MEDIA BUZZ - Wendy Bowyer
Wendy Bowyer reports on the hot issues most talked about this past week on social media and our RV Lifestyle Community group.
In our RVLifestyle Community General Discussions Space, Russell asked: "Where can I go for an oil change for a gas Class C? I am new to a Class C, I've always had Fifth Wheels. I'm looking for a place in Houston to get an oil change. It's on a Ford e-450 Chassis, but the Ford dealers will not do oil changes on them. Does anybody have any ideas of where to look?"
Bob and Roxy suggested Russell find a semi repair shop that will do an oil change or a place like Flying J.
Marc and Brenda also suggested a semi repair shop and they went so far as to look one up in Houston, and while they had not been there personally, confirmed on the shop's website they do oil changes, copied the phone number and shared the number with Russell. Talk about kindness! This is an example of what I love about our new community - people are so helpful and kind.
In our Community's Plumbing Space, Julie said she has a 2023 Imagine with a Dometic 300 series toilet. When she depresses the foot pedal to flush, a small amount of water drips from under the pedal. The tech at the RV dealer's service department said he flushed it multiple times without any leaks but as soon as they took it out again, Julie said it was doing the same thing so she asked if the group had any thoughts on what it might be.
Rita and Jeff said their valve used to drip like this, too, and they couldn't figure it out so they kept a small cloth to catch the water, which was a super tiny amount. This worked fine but when they replaced the base for another reason and got a new valve, the dripping stopped.
Ditto for Brenda and Marc. They bought another foot pedal part, and no more leak.
Meanwhile over in our RVLifestyle Facebook Group, we had a post that just took off like crazy last week. It was from Matthew and it said: "The usual progression of camping. Year 5 is our actual current setup." Mathew shared a photo with five scenes.
49 min