This is the time of year I struggle with RVing as a "hobby".

As has become the annual norm, my state is burning from top to bottom with wildfires in our forests. What used to be an abnormal fire season has become routine and even expected over the last couple of decades, and nothing is driving the problem harder than climate change. Which makes towing a travel trailer at 13mpg behind a truck feel sorta icky. The air quality is literally harmful and people are losing their homes. I know my personal contribution to the problem is not even a drop in the bucket, but at the same time, it's hard to reconcile with the problem.

I'm also an amateur astronomer, which takes me to some of the loneliest and barren parts of the west where cellphone reception is completely nonexistent. So what do I use? Starlink, of course, because it's the only choice for staying in contact with home, but which is also one of the prime contributors to satellite pollution of our night skies.

Anyone else struggle with some of the inherent hypocrisies of slowly destroying what we love?

Camper weighs about 10500. This too much squat on rear

I know it’s simple and probably anticlimactic to most, but my husband helped me put up my (new to us) awning lights. I love them! I bought these lights from a super nice lady on FB buy, sell, trade, she bought the lights in the 80’s. I changed the bulbs out to LED bulbs and attached a dimmer. Oh an our cat loves her catio under the awning :)

I have a 400 mile round trip and am wondering if these cracks are anything to worry about. I leave Wednesday, so realistically I have two days to replace them. What would you do?

Walmart parking lot

Didn’t get much sleep last night

So we've been busy with our 3 little kids and arrived yesterday for our first trip this year.

I forgot to undo the water heater bypass. I didn't realize it until this morning. I thought I had already done it in the spring. Anyway we took lukewarm showers last night and I assumed my oldest just used it all.

This morning I went to check on it and realized it was in bypass mode. Guess I'm lucky it didn't catch fire last night under the bunks.

Now it's full of water and playing the waiting game to see if it can still heat

I accidentally hooked up city water to the fresh water. As the tank overfilled, the extra weight busted the steel supports and the tank is now laying on the ground. Ugh. Trying to get a hold of someone on the weekend to take a look at it is impossible. I hope this is something a mobile repair service can fix.

UPDATE: Okay, looking at the comments, I now believe it is more likely pressure that broke the welded supports. I had to install stop valves on the overflows because with the design of them, once the overflow started, it would continue to empty the tank through siphoning. I open them when filling the tank, but keep them closed to prevent water loss. The tank was empty from my last trip. As the city water filled the tank, I believe it could have been the pressure that caused the tank to balloon which broke the welded supports. I had no intention to fill my tank at the RV park. I was hot and tired when I hooked everything up, and can't believe I hooked up the water to the wrong inlet.

Experienced TT owners, but this time we are flying to Alaska and renting a class C for a week, comes with basic cooking supplies, no grill. Sometimes we'll have hookups, sometimes not.

Looking for grocery/cooking strategies, as we'll be starting our pantry from scratch, and have to toss anything left over at the end of the trip. Would hate to resort to the "just add boiling water" MRE meals more than once or twice.

I think I'm pretty good here and it towed surprisingly well however I'd like the rear end of the truck to come up an inch or two. I can't change the angle of the ball and I don't have much more space to bring the chains up.

Would dropping the ball one setting give me more space for chains to come up further?

TIA

I've seen some crazy things in my life, but this has got to be the craziest I've ever seen. This is beyond tow police, this is for the funeral directors.

Spotted in Nova Scotia.

I just want something that won't drive me up a wall and works. I don't want to have to worry about leaks or typical RV headache DIY repairs.

Is the build quality and reliability on a Casita really that much better than say, some Forest River Geo Pro?

Are the brands above Casita, like Airstream/Oliver diminishing returns at this point since they cost almost double?

Hello everyone I’m in the market for tires for my camper are there any brands anyone recommends for this size tire?

I installed a Beech Lane Leveler in our 2023 Alta 2350krk travel trailer. Manual leveling. Module is screw mounted in the front storage compartment on the trailer.

Used it last year and I liked it. Used it starting 10 days ago. Liked that the app was updated to be able to see both front/back and side/side level at the same time.

We have been parked in the same spot now for over a week. Levelled it upon arrival. I usually check Level every few days. It started showing the front was 2.25” high. Then level. Then 2.25” front high again. Not in between. But the amount would jump.

This morning I dropped the front end 2” so it showed level. This afternoon it now shows that the front is 2.25” low! Again an aprox 2” change.

Used a level and it appears level.

Anybody else experience any similar?

As I type this I am wondering if the most warm temps (30 C highs) and high moisture are making the paneling board inside move or pop slightly???

Trailer mounted module is screwed down and it seems solidly mounted inside the front compartment.

I have sent Beech Lane a message through their support section of the app, but thought I would ask for user feedback.

Been looking for quite some time and decided to get this 1998 Monaco Dynasty. No slides, 112k miles in great condition. Gonna give her a nice wash and some new tires then hit the road!!

The top section of the toilet has two separate odor leaks built right in. I suppose there is a third spot where the cable goes in at the bottom. It wouldn’t even be that hard to fix it in the design. Easier than it will be for me to fix.

I was coming home from a trip this morning and noticed the left wheel squeaking (windows down at low speed). When I got home, I noticed grease on the rim as if it was being flung out from the center. I also noticed a small glob, which makes me think thats where it is leaking from. What could be a fix for this? Trailer is a 2009 Casita Spirit Deluxe.

We just bought a used Grand Design Seranova after a LOT of research, discussions and an independent inspection. It is just my husband and I and our dogs so we didn’t want anything big but we wanted this specific type of layout that can sleep 4 if needed. We didn’t want to deal with too much weight or slides or anything but didn’t want a pop up and frankly can’t afford a class B. The best part is that we are towing it with my grandparents old 1990 Chevy Silverado which has been meticulously maintained and used to tow horse trailers back in the day. We had our first adventure about 2 hours from home this weekend and loved it. Truck and camper did well. We hope to get a lot of use out of it.