The weekend or trip has come to an end and now it’s time to pack up your campsite and head home or to your next destination. If only you had a checklist. You do! Not only am I sharing a checklist with you, on this week’s T@b Talk, I walk you through the process of […]
Everything You Need to Know About Overnight RV Parking
You’ve been ont he road for at least eight hours and it’s starting to get dark. The last thing you feel like doing, is setting up camp, especially when you know you have an early start tomorrow. You don’t have to set up camp. You can just park and sleep. It’s called overnight RV parking. […]
Dewinterize the 2021 T@b 320
Spring is upon us and if your T@b has spent the winter in hibernation, it’s time to wake it up! Dewinterizing with the Nautilus Water System in the T@b 320 couldn’t be easier. Instructions: For the 2021 T@b 320 with the Nautilus Water System: Connect hose to inlet labeled “City Water Connection”. Set bot the […]
RV Solar Basics
I was clueless. I didn’t even know my dealer battery would only give me a few hours of power, so forget about solar. I didn’t want to learn more. Surely other people could just tell me what I needed to get and that would be all. That was me when I brought home my first […]
Here Are 6 Reasons You Might Get Turned Away From a Campground This Year
It’s getting late and you can see the sun starting to sink, quickly. But you aren’t sweating. You have reservations. You crack open the door, as you stretch and hop out of your tow vehichle. Your progress towards the office halts abruptly when the bold letters on a sign catch your attention. It calls out […]
Stop these 5 things from derailing your first RV trip
That sinking feeling in your stomach. “Did I buy a lemon?” “Is this the “Money Pit?” Most of the time, that feeling is replaced with a sheepish grin as you realize that the problem was user error. Sometimes, however, there is something not quite right about your new RV. A lot of times people become […]
RV Electric in Plain English
Just nod and smile Converters. Inverters. 12v. AC. DC. 110v. Parasitic drain. Shore power. Fuses. Feeling a little lost you pretend you didn’t see the words or that you don’t need to know what they mean. It’s the one thing that can make you feel like you are in over your head with your new […]
Tiny is Terrific: 10 Reasons why a tiny trailer might be right for you
The tiny trailer craze is real. The US saw record sales in 2020 and even more expected in 2021. Tiny towables like the teardrops, fiberglass trailers, and a-frame trailers started to surge in in the earl 2000’s and rocketed to new highs when more people took to camping for refuge when the pandemic broke. In […]
Demystifying RV Batteries
Battery life, capacity, voltage, series, parallel, amps, amp hours. You might as well be speaking another language, right? Let’s make it a little more simple for you, right now. What does my RV battery do? Your RV battery powers the 12v appliances and outlet in your trailer. In a T@b 320, that includes: USB and […]
Camp Longer This Year By Knowing These Three Options for Extending Off-Grid Power Capacity
Driveway camping went perfectly and you are ready for your first weekend at that nice little National Forest Service Campground a few hours away from home. You arrive just before dusk and rush to set up your campsite. You quickly cook dinner, running the fan to exhaust food odors and cool the air, while listening […]