Renting RV Camper for the first time (help) (1 Viewer)

[Skipdog77]

The full on RV are pretty spendy, but if you don't have a serious vehicle I would not pull one of those campers and tear up your tranny.

You just sold him.

Or I may be getting my AZRon stories confused. 

 

[encaitar]

What's easier to drive, a motorhome or a fifth wheel pulled by a heavy-duty pickup?  TIA, will answer yours.

Depends.  Pros and cons for both.  In an RV you're sitting way up in the air and it's a different experience than driving a pickup.  Some people aren't comfortable with that.  Also, your blind spot is much larger in an RV, so you have to deal with that.

A fifth wheel camper is one hell of a trailer to pull, so if you're not used to pulling trailers it can be more challenging.  Very easy for a rookie to forget about trailer sway(although almost every pickup built after 2005 has protections and assistance automatically built in for that.  Pro being that you're still driving a pickup, something a lot more familiar to most people.

 

[IC FBGCav]

I'm wagering Ron doesn't understand this post at all. Lol

I bet he gets tearing up a tranny.

 

[Jaysus]

Do not use the ####ter in the RV.  I repeat, do not use the ####er in the RV.  Stay at state parks or family campgrounds and do all of your business, including showers, in the facilities provided. 

 

[jomar]

From what I could see there are RV campgrounds around Nashville.

do they allow black guys?  I'm only half kidding, these places can be kind of rednecky

 

[Arizona Ron]

Do not use the ####ter in the RV.  I repeat, do not use the ####er in the RV.  Stay at state parks or family campgrounds and do all of your business, including showers, in the facilities provided. 

Why?

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Depends.  Pros and cons for both.  In an RV you're sitting way up in the air and it's a different experience than driving a pickup.  Some people aren't comfortable with that.  Also, your blind spot is much larger in an RV, so you have to deal with that.

A fifth wheel camper is one hell of a trailer to pull, so if you're not used to pulling trailers it can be more challenging.  Very easy for a rookie to forget about trailer sway(although almost every pickup built after 2005 has protections and assistance automatically built in for that.  Pro being that you're still driving a pickup, something a lot more familiar to most people.

My current car (Mustang) is probably the biggest car I've ever driven on the reg.  The most weight I've ever towed was probably when I accidentally ran over a plastic bag or something.  I'm thinking I should stick to hotels.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Why?

Probably because you have to empty the waste tank.  I've been in an RV when this was being done and now I know why people say to avoid doing it.  Ungodly olfactory assault.

 

[Arizona Ron]

do they allow black guys?  I'm only half kidding, these places can be kind of rednecky

A major concern.  I haven't seen ANY minorities in pictures of these campsite let alone black ones. 

 

[Arizona Ron]

Trying what? Doing this is only going to affirm that one or both of you will want to kill each other.

Things have been cool.  We deal with each other's idiosyncrasy better.  I also don't go out as much and spend way more time with my daughter now. 

 

[encaitar]

Real answer...  If you've never done RVing before it can be fun, but it's also more of a chore than you'd think.  If you're just looking for the "nature" experience without all the extra concerns, a cabin on a great lake somewhere is 10 times better IMO.

 

[matuski]

Don't forget to bring a gun so you can shoot yourself.

 

[fantasycurse42]

you need to get your pansy ### out and see a little nature.

I'd punch a bear in the face.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

I'd punch a bear in the face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrFTR9fucr8

 

[jon_mx]

I'd punch a bear in the face.

Something like this

 

[AAABatteries]

I’d there’s an optional “semen cleanup” package? I’d recommend getting it.

 

[AAABatteries]

The full on RV are pretty spendy, but if you don't have a serious vehicle I would not pull one of those campers and tear up your tranny.

I see what you did there.

 

[DocHolliday]

I just rented a 26 foot 5th wheel camper last weekend for my wife, daughter and me.  It was not a high end camper but was new.  Toilets and showers work like any toilets and showers.  Not sure what those comments were about.  The beds were spacious enough but the mattresses were not good.  People with campers that I know immediately upgrade the mattresses.  I understand fully now.  Be prepared for not sleeping on great mattresses. 

Space in the camper was tight but not horrible.  Once everyone is sitting down to eat or watch tv, you are fine.  Three people moving around at the same time in a small box gets some getting used to.  You do have everything you need in RVs or campers these days including AC, heat, showers, toilets, fridges, stoves, microwaves, tv.  It is not roughing it at all. 

Go for it AZ.  Life is about experiences. 

 

[gmbacm]

Why?

Having a ####ter in rv is positive of camping. Beats heading to the public ####ter and having to deal with whatever condition they are in. Emptying out rv septic is easy, im sure rental place will show you. 

 

[KCitons]

Are you planning on doing anything other than camping? You'll have to drive the motor home for everything. Traveling with two women, there will be something they forgot. 

 

[Arizona Ron]

Are you planning on doing anything other than camping? You'll have to drive the motor home for everything. Traveling with two women, there will be something they forgot. 

Nashville is about 10 hours from my house.  I'm planning to make one or two overnight stops to check out scenery.  When we get to Nashville, go the camp site and rent a car to tool around the city in for a few days then either drive straight home or take the long way through Kentucky/Ohio and pick up Rt. 70 back to NoVA making stops to again check out scenery.

I figure we'll either appreciate our country more seeing some heartland, get divorced again or lynched.  

 

 

[JuniorGong]

Do they have glamping down South? They have started to open up here in New England. High end tents with a lot of amenities, probably more comfortable than a RV and less expensive.

 

[Ned]

Why?

Having a ####ter in rv is positive of camping. Beats heading to the public ####ter and having to deal with whatever condition they are in. Emptying out rv septic is easy, im sure rental place will show you. 

Just go to campsites that have full hook-up service and you won't need to worry about dumping when you leave.  You have to mess with the hoses regardless of what you do, but it's infinitely easier to to go a full hook-up site.

For AZ - you hook up the waste tube directly to a 'port' in the ground so the grey water (sink/shower) and black water (####ter) drain immediately instead of going into your tanks in the RV.  If you don't go to a full hook-up site, you're now using the storage tanks on the RV to store the grey/black water (separate tanks).  That requires a bit of monitoring to make sure you don't overflow them (that's what @Jaysus was probably getting at).

There's a lot to learn with campers, but they're a ton of fun.  I agree with @encaitar - it can be a chore if you don't know what you're doing.  It might make more sense to do the cabin thing if it all seems like it's going to be too much.

 

[Hov34]

Nashville is about 10 hours from my house.  I'm planning to make one or two overnight stops to check out scenery.  When we get to Nashville, go the camp site and rent a car to tool around the city in for a few days then either drive straight home or take the long way through Kentucky/Ohio and pick up Rt. 70 back to NoVA making stops to again check out scenery.

I figure we'll either appreciate our country more seeing some heartland, get divorced again or lynched.  

 

Why not all three?