Storing an RV for the winter

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Welcome to this week's
RV podcast, episode four.

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19. And in this episode,

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we talk about storing your
RV for the winter time.

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Hello everybody, I'm Mike Wenling,

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and this is my lifelong traveling
companion and my bride, Jennifer,

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who are coming to you this week from
the beautiful Emerald Coast of Florida's

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panhandle. Uh, the end of October.
As we record this episode,

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this is a glorious time to be
here on the beach. And, uh,

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we've got, uh, a conversation that
has to do with the winter time.

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Doesn't feel like winter
in October and Florida,

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but it's coming to most of the country,

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and it's a time when most people
put their RVs and stories,

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and we're gonna hear all
about that in this episode.

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We're gonna change the
format a little bit, um,

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based on some feedback that we've had
for many of you who've suggested, uh,

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that we kind of hit the main topic first,

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and then we'll pick up the news of
the week and then your questions and

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comments. Well,

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this week we are going to
continue a conversation that
we really began last week

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with Todd Henson. Todd is
the, um, uh, certified, uh,

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Master RV Tech and the director
of Education for the National

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RV Training Academy. Last week we
talked about winterizing your rv,

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and, uh, we asked him to come back this
week so we could kind of follow up with,

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once we've got it winterized,
it's time to put it in storage.

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And that's a pretty timely topic, I think.

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It certainly is. It is that time
of year, there's no denying it.

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We gotta do this.

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And, uh, with no further ado,

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here is Todd Henson and let's
talk about winter storage.

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Joining us now for our second week
of discussions about getting your RV

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in, uh, winterized, which we
talked about last week. Now,

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the second part of that is where do you
store and how do you store your rv, uh,

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when you're not using it in the
off season for a couple of months?

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Todd Henson from the National RV
Training Academy is back with us. And,

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uh, Todd, uh, thank you for, um, uh,

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agreeing to do two of these back to
back for us. We sure appreciate it.

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We got it winterize last week.
We got it winterize last week,

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and now we're gonna
put it away. All right,

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Where do we go from that
when we talk about storage?

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You go south.

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, store it,
warm weather. Yeah, I like.

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That. I mean, I, that was one,

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that was one method of winterization
and storing we didn't talk about,

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and that's to go south . Yeah.
Yeah, if you can't do that. All right.

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So, um, first and foremost, I'm,
I'm from Texas, and so, you know,

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we win a rice and then we
store it in our yard. But, um,

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let's go over a lot of the
considerations. I mean,

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we have a large investment sitting,
you know, in the, uh, cold weather.

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And the one thing we don't wanna
do is just simply just, you know,

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leave it out there. And
in all cases, you know,

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so let's look at some of the best
preferences. So number one is, is,

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if it's possible, is to store it
indoors, right? Store it indoors.

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The worst thing that we can do is leave
this out in the field by itself, Okay?

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But I know that in some
cases we've got no option.

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So how do we protect that investment?
If you can't store it indoors,

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I would recommend storing it
even outside of trees. Okay?

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I know some people would say,
Well, if I sit it next to trees,

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the problem with that is, is that,
you know, most trees, of course,

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they go into winterization mode as well,

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and that's when we get a lot of foliage
that drops. Um, and then of course,

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we get limbs that drop. And
guys, most of our roofs are,

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are either some type of rubber
men, uh, membrane or PVC membrane,

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and they're following the
objects are not desirable.

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So I would recommend, you know, storing
it in an open air, uh, situation.

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Now, from there, what are some
other things that we can do? Okay,

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Now we know that these RVs, the
tires are just sitting there. Um,

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there's a couple things that I
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if you can roll 'em up on,
you know, some wooden blocks,

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especially if it's gonna be on concrete,

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go ahead and roll 'em up on wooden
blocks. The second thing is,

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is that as the, uh, air gets cooler
and there's really not much going on,

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the tires can deflate. So I'm gonna
ask you to look at that, you know,

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every once in a while, because we've
had several situations, even with fema,

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where we would store these, uh, and of
course we had survivors living in them,

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but the tires would, you know, begin to
actually decrease their pressure, right?

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Release of pressure, however you wanna
say it, right? And the frame would frown.

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And, you know,

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our survivors couldn't get out the door
because the frame was f fring .

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So we wanna make sure that we're
keeping an eye on it. So, uh,

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what we wanna do is just, uh,
make sure that, you know, we're,

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we're checking on this
every once in a while, uh,

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checking the pressure of our
tires, but also maintaining for,

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or looking around for any
signs of rodents, um, uh,

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any other type of wild, uh, uh,

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animals because they're looking
for a place that's warm, right?

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And they will chew their way in,
uh, and get outside of the, um, uh,

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cold weather. Now, to me, um,
because people ask this all the time,

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how can we prevent, you know, mice?

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And if I could come up with a surefire
way, I would be a gazillionaire. I think.

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Um, we're on their property,
we're on their turf, right?

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Most of us we're on their turf.
Um, the best that we can do is to,

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you know, do whatever we can to
try and stop them. But, you know,

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all we can do was maybe limit what
happens. Um, I have heard of lights,

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I've heard of putting soap down.
Um, and while some, you know,

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there is some, um, I, I guess, uh,

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good effects from that I've seen
where it, it doesn't matter, right?

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So the best thing that
we could do is keep,

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keep our eyes on it and try and mitigate
it as much as possible, honestly. Um,

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having a good, uh, feral cat.

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, yes. Yeah. Come
in as get a cat. And,

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and there are so many different ways,
and they all, everybody has a theory.

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We'll put links to those, uh, along with
the, in the show notes to this thing.

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Uh, but checking it regularly,
uh, so we, we have it stored.

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A a big question that I
get all the time is, uh,

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particularly those in really cold climates
where they get a lot of snow is yeah.

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Should they put a cover over the rv.

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Right? I, um, well, and to me, I'm
gonna, I'm gonna say, you know,

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I would like for it to be covered
simply because, um, UV damage, right?

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If I have it covered,

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I don't get the UV damage that's going
on top of that roof because now I've got

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something at least blocking
it or blocking much of it.

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But I also know that that also causes,
you know, some potential problems.

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We can get, um, rain up under there.
We can get, not rain, I'm sorry,

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we can get air up under there if it's
not set right, We get puddles. Um,

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cuz of course now we're putting a fabric
up there and sometimes when it rains,

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you know, it'll puddle and
now I've got water puddling,

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whereas if I didn't have a cover, there
wouldn't be a puddle factor, right?

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So while there's some benefits to it,

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there's also a lot of
considerations and, um, you know,

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having that puddle of water
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it isn't terrible until it freezes.

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And now we've got a frozen block up there
and it's just going to rip. Um, that,

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so it, where, where one
we're saving something too,

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we, you know, there's just more
consideration. So I'm going to see, uh,

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on that as well. Um, that is a preference,
uh, matter when it comes to that.

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I like the idea of not putting
UV damage up there on the roof,

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because that's where
most expensive parts are.

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Yeah. The the other thing that covers
that I hear all the time is, uh,

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people have had really bad experience.
They, they buy a is cover are good,

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cover is expensive, you know,
it's, it's, it's gotta be, uh, uh,

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water resistant, but it
also has to be breathable.

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And they're just buying right? These
blue tarps at the big box stores.

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And that is, oh, no. Yeah, So, so
I, I'm glad to hear say that. Yeah.

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That's, I didn't imagine that
whenever you asked the question.

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Uh, I've been saying, don't you don't
need one , but, uh, that's good.

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There's a big color industry and they
get mad at me when I say that, but I, I,

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I'm glad to hear that. What about
the, uh, so, so we get it on,

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on wooden block, we get this tires on
wood. If it's outside, um, you know,

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we're going in looking for mice
damage and all of that stuff.

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What about the batteries?
This is another one. Uh,

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should people triple charge the batteries?
Should they remove the batteries, uh,

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turn them off? Should they keep it
plugged in? If they have a hookup,

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what kind of things should they do when
they're RVs in stories or not being

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used? All.

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All those answers were yes.

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. Oh, good. That would be.

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Yeah. So a,

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a lead asset gel or AGM battery is
gonna self discharge its voltage roughly

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one volt every 30 days. So the best thing
that we can do is keep it, you know,

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on charge. If you have access, uh, to, uh,

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run power out to rv, the simplest thing
you can do is just simply plug it in.

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It doesn't, it does, it doesn't
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In other words, if you have a 50 amp rv,

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you don't have to plug it in to 50 amps
providing that you don't turn anything

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else on because the gen, I'm sorry,
the, uh, converter that we have,

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or the battery charger in the RV
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a battery maintainer. It's
sometimes called a triple charge.

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So the best thing that we can do
is keep those batteries charged up.

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The best way to explain it is, you
know, whatever your favorite, you know,

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frozen drink is where you,
your mixing your ice and your,

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your liquid of choice, adult
beverage, whatever, right?

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And then you add whatever,
you know, flavoring, you have,

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you stick it in a blender, right?
So you get it all blended up. Well,

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it'll stay blended for a little bit,

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but after a time when you turn that
blender off, things begin to separate.

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And that's what's going on
inside the batteries. Uh,

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because they have electrolytes in their
kind of salt. If we don't use them,

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the salt's gonna basically
stratify and sit down

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because we're not keeping it charged.
We're not keeping the blender on.

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So if you have power to it, yeah,
go ahead and connect it to power.

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If you don't have power, yes,
if you can remove the batteries,

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bring it to your home location
and put a, a battery maintainer,

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put it on a battery maintainer,
that would be great.

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What, what about lithium batteries?
Lithium battery, any, they,

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they supposedly are
maintenance free. Is that true?

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That is true. They have very little,
uh, they have very little, uh,

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electrolyte in them, and they don't
off gas, so they are maintenance free.

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There's not much we have to
do. Hallelujah. Um, I know
a lot of people will say,

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Hey Todd, I do know that lithium, you
know, the consideration is, of course,

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when it gets really cold,
well, when it gets really cold,

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we don't wanna charge
them. So lithium batteries,

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when we get right around the freezing
point, that's when lithium batteries,

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the consideration is, is not
to charge them heavily. So,

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um, if you are winterizing and
you don't have anything else on,

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even with a lithium battery,
you can leave it there, um,

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in the RV with a small maintainer
charge because it's gonna drop it

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down to five amps anyway to
charge it. So you're fine there.

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If you want to take those
back to, um, your, uh,

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home place of residence or whatnot,

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you can just simply set
those and let them set. Um,

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most manufacturers will
say up to six months,

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you don't have have to charge
them back up. Right? Good.

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It's ideal to keep 'em on a charge,

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but lithium is a different
chemistry altogether. You,

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you don't have to keep 'em on.

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A charge. Then the question about, uh,

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everybody seems to be
getting solar panels. Uh,

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what concerns about
those? What if snow can,

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can they handle snow on top of them?

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They're obviously not gonna be very
effective in charging, but, uh,

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do we have to do anything
special with our,

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with our solar panels
when the RFS and storage?

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Oh, so most solar panels, well, one,

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they're gonna have a longer warranty
on the solar panel than on your roof

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. So your roof is supposedly
10 years. Come on. Uh, best at two.

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Uh, but solar panels are good for about
25 years, uh, depending on, you know,

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which ones you buy, they'll have even
a rating for hail. And I tell you,

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I'd much rather have a, a hail damage
to a solar panel than on my rv.

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Solar panel's a heck of a lot cheaper
to replace. Um, they can handle snow,

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right? Um, definitely can handle snow.
The consideration is, is when you, um,

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come back to de one arrive, she may
wanna get up there and clean them.

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They won't be very
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if there's a 200 wat panel that
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you may only see 60 or 70 watts. So
we gotta get up there and clean them,

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just like you would say
your, um, windshield. Um,

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and really one of the best things
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just with regular wind deck or whatnot,
coming back with some, you know, some,

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uh, what is that, Rex? Or something like
that, where it gives a very thin film,

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um, wax film, so that way when
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So treat it.

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Just like windshield.

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I I think the most valuable
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go South until it's warmed up.

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So after that it was all downhill. It.

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Was all downhill. Well, we
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We now know what to do with it and
keeping it in storage. And, uh,

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uh, two more great interviews, uh,

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racked up with Todd Henson from the
National RV Training Academy. Uh,

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Todd, uh, we wanna give another pitch
for the, uh, course that you guys make.

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It's,

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it's really one of the finest courses
I've ever seen that teaches us all how

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to maintain our RVs. Now,

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I know a lot of people just go have
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and that's the easy way to do it.
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uh, just the importance of people being
able to do their own maintenance, uh,

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would you just address that a little
bit, that it's not that complicated,

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even I can do some of it .

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So talk about why we need to know that.

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Yeah, and I think what happens is, is
we, we get deflated. We go in, you know,

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brand new, the RV lifestyle. We think,
well, we've worked on homes. We've,

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we've done some stuff in the house.
RV's not gonna be that much different.

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And it's a lot of nuance, right?

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There's things that just don't operate
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And because of those little
nuances, a lot of us, you know,

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we just totally don't know what to do,
you know, with the rv. And so, you know,

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having this course, our, you
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put together was to help
you pass all those nuances.

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Because most of this stuff, once it's
fully explained, you're like, I got this.

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You know, this is now not that hard.
And that's, that's our whole goal,

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is to make the RV lifestyle, you know,
the RV is achieve what they're really,

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you know, what their goal is. And
that's to, you know, go experience life.

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Not to worry about why isn't this
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That's a lot of stress that you don't
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you're, you're not smart enough.

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It's just simply because that
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So that's what we're actually
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Well, we will, we will suggest that
and put some links to it. And, uh,

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we'll have you back in a couple of
months. We'll be having you back, uh,

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how to get our RV outta
winterization and, uh, how to, uh,

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get it outta storage.
So Todd Henson, great.

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Thank you so much for making
the time with us today.

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Thank you for having me. Well.

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If you enjoy Todd's instructions,

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he makes available a home study
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maintain and service your rv.
And, uh, it's a great resource,

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one that we recommend. Uh, we'll
put a link on the screen and, uh,

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for those of you watching on YouTube
and in the show notes that you'll

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find@rvlifestyle.com, uh,
will we come back in a minute?

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We're gonna talk about, uh,
the RV news of the week,

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and we wanna urge you to stick
around to the questions time,

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because we're gonna talk about
putting an RV in in storage,

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and then what do you do about the tires?

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And that will be an
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a little bit later on
the podcast. Right now.

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Let's take a quick break and come back
then with your comments and questions.

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When we're asked, what's the most
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it's an easy answer.
Battle born batteries.

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Battle born batteries are quality, safe,

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reliable lithium batteries
that allow us to stay out there

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off the grid longer. Lithium
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They charge fuller, they're longer
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they just dropped into the existing
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and it'll probably be
the same on your rig too.

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Battle born battery experts
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just like they did with ours. They can
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the inverter, the charger, the
solar controller, everything.

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Jennifer and I swear by
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they allow us to bo dock
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Welcome back. And now it's
time for the RV News of the.

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Week. You know, and I hate to have us
be known as the bad news, uh, bearers,

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bearers, get it. Um,
but, uh, we kind of are, uh,

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we've got lots of paths to share. A
couple of stories at least. Uh, the,

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the first is of a looming crisis.

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Diesel supplies in the US are
at their lowest levels now since

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1993. And, and this is
causing a lot of worry, uh,

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among all of the experts
for a lot of reasons.

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It's causing a lot of concern
in the RV world because, uh,

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many of us have diesel
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or diesel powered motor homes. And, uh,

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the US now has only a
25 day supply of diesel

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fuel. And, um, that's the lowest
it's been in, in a long time.

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Um, in the northeast,
this is the time of year.

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Many people are stocking
up with diesel oil,

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which they used to heat their house.

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We're coming up to the
Christmas shopping season.

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Yeah, this time of year.
Normally we need more.

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Fuel. We need more fuel. We've got
trucks on the road delivering, uh,

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supplies. Everybody's still trying
to, uh, to catch up with the, uh,

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with the, uh, supply chain issues
that are out there. The trucks are,

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are just working as hard as they
can. They are all fueled by diesel.

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So our, uh, railroad
cars, uh, railroad, uh,

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engines are almost all diesel
these days. And, uh, it's, it's,

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it's crazy out there. Um, so there's a
lot of concern going into the winter,

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and there's a lot of reasons for this.

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Mostly there reasons are being
blamed on some other complicated

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market training trading practices. Um,

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and if I can simplify it greatly,
it means that traders, uh,

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will pay more for prop
deliveries rather than worrying

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about a future delivery in which right
now the trend is that diesel prices are

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going up. So, uh,

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they're ordering as much as they can
right now that's reducing the supply.

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And uh, they, uh, they figured that
they're gonna save money. Cuz uh,

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the bedding is all that diesel
prices are gonna be very high,

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just like fuel prices
are going up and up and.

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Up. Well, that makes a lot of sense.

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It does to try to get it right
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cuz it's going up so crazy.

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But it's cutting down those reserves.
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there's been a steady decline on
the east coast of refining capacity

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over the last several years, uh,

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that has made that area particularly
reliant on overseas sources.

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Uh, and that usually comes across
the Atlantic from Europe and Russia.

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And the Ukraine war, as you know,
has, uh, put a stop to that.

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So it is pretty grim for,
uh, the trucking industry.

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And of course the RVers, uh,

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RV industry and RVers who run with diesel
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um, uh, it's, it's frightening.

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We'll have a question about that from
one of our readers who's worried about

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fuel. Um, not just diesel, but gas
as well. But this is a big issue.

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It.

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Is a big issue.

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A lot more. Yeah.

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What else? And, uh, well, the next story.

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Have you ever been out there
taking a hike? And, you know,

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you run across all those piles.
People pile stone upon stone,

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and I don't know how you feel about
that, but in Texas they have, uh,

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the state park officials are asking
people to please stop doing that.

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When you pile up all those stones, you're
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a lot of little creatures that,
uh, live underneath those stones.

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You're just messing up nature and a lot
of these little creatures that become

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vulnerable to predator. So stop
doing that. Texas is saying,

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Please don't do that. And.

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I think we've heard about
this from other states too.

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Yeah, there's other states that are,
um, saying, asking you to do this.

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Stop doing this. I don't
know why this craze started.

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I guess people somehow want to be
significant and pile stones on top of each

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other, I guess you're either
one camp or the other.

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You either like that and you do those
piles of stones or else you're like me and

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think, leave it the way you found it.

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The whole thing with camping is
leave no trace that you were there.

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And that violates that
right off the top that.

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Violates that. So I'm
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piling stones up on one on top of another.

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So Texas state officials now.

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Saying, Thank you, Texas.

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Don't do that. Other states
saying the same thing.

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The Texas being very vocal about it
these days. And speaking of Texas, um,

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a woman there this past week
was gored by, uh, a bison.

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This happened at Caprock Canyon
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she actually posted a video
of the whole thing on social.

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Okay, now, who was, uh, videoing this?

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Uh, somebody else was taking
it obviously, cuz she was, uh,

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she was trying to pass this bison
slowly on foot. She got too close,

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the bison charged her,

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and it literally tossed her
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she was able to call for help.

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A helicopter had to come and
take her to a hospital. Uh,

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she had a three inch puncture wound in
her back. Uh, authorities of course,

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recommend that people stay at
least 50 yards away from bison and

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people constantly violate that and
they're being tossed and bored.

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Um, we'll put a link to a story about
that on the show notes. But, um, you know,

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stay away from bison.

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I just don't understand this. It's hard
for me to figure it out. But we've got,

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uh, another story here. This
is a sad story of Michigan.

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There was a 40 year old
Missouri man who, uh,

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died while camping from carbon monoxide.

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And it's good that reminder for all of us,

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make sure that your heater
is working properly.

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Don't just presume and have that monitor
to let you know if you're in a bad

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situation. So this 40 year old man
from Missouri and his two dogs,

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they both died.

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And this happened at a campground
in, uh, Iam County, uh, near the, uh,

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capital of Lansing in
Michigan last week. Um,

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we were camping with all of our, uh,

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RV lifestyle fans and supporters
last week in Tennessee.

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And that cold snap came through
and everybody's propane was on.

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And you always worry about that at
the start of the season. Mm-hmm.

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. Uh, now our
folks all did a really good job.

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They all check their propane, but, um,

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lots of people don't use
it much during the summer.

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It's important that you
check it regularly. Uh,

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we hear about carbon monoxide
because of faulty propane.

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We hear about fires because of it. Uh,

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we know that bees hornets love to
make nests. They love the smell of it.

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Spiders do you, you really
need, even if it's a new rv,

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check it regularly.

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Just open that little propane area up
and make sure that there's no gunk in

429
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there. Um, propane carbon
monoxide, fire dangers,

430
00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:36,040
they're always present
when you use propane.

431
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,160
Now that's not saying
propane's dangerous. It isn't,

432
00:25:39,780 --> 00:25:44,600
but it is dangerous not to have it well
maintained. How's that? Yes. All right.

433
00:25:45,130 --> 00:25:49,480
Uh, alright. We've got some comments and
some questions that when we come back.

434
00:25:49,710 --> 00:25:50,960
When we're in a road trip,

435
00:25:51,090 --> 00:25:56,040
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436
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437
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need parts and accessories for our RV or

438
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just on a shop. In fact, uh,
we have so much fun with, uh,

439
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Visit camping world.com.
Welcome back everybody.

449
00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:50,920
Now time for Reader feedback and
your RV questions of the week.

450
00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:51,610
Okay.

451
00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:56,160
So our first feedback comes from
Raymond from Big Sky Country of

452
00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:59,960
Montana. Good morning
and Happy RV recently,

453
00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:03,240
the question was asked about keeping
eggs from cracking while camping.

454
00:27:03,870 --> 00:27:07,840
Here is my tip. We've been doing
this for at least 30 years.

455
00:27:08,210 --> 00:27:13,120
We crack our eggs open and put them into
a container and then place them in the

456
00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:14,840
refrigerator or into a cooler.

457
00:27:15,410 --> 00:27:19,240
We have even done multiple containers
depending on our meal plan.

458
00:27:19,630 --> 00:27:24,600
A full dozen for the breakfast casserole,
three eggs in a container for a cake.

459
00:27:24,740 --> 00:27:29,480
And the Dutch oven. Hope this helps.
It sure works for us. And Raymond,

460
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:33,360
thank you for saying that you love our
podcast. So I have never thought of.

461
00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:36,280
That. So you just crack the
eggs and put it in a container.

462
00:27:36,430 --> 00:27:39,720
Yeah. When I first read this, I
thought, how do you separate 'em?

463
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:43,600
Kind of guess at how how much the egg
white egg yolks are kind of easy to tell,

464
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:44,400
but it makes sense.

465
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:45,233
Maybe it just stir it all.

466
00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:49,080
Together. No, if you're gonna make like
a cake and you need two or three eggs,

467
00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,720
you'd put that in one
container. And like you said,

468
00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,840
for a breakfast casserole
where you need a dozen eggs,

469
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,560
you'd crack those and put those
in another container. So you,

470
00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:58,520
you'd have a few containers with eggs in.

471
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:00,320
There you go. Uh, thank you Randy.

472
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:01,880
You don't have to worry about
'em cracking on the road.

473
00:28:02,250 --> 00:28:04,240
We love getting your comments, uh,

474
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,520
anything you heard today and
we love getting your questions.

475
00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,440
And the best way to reach us
is through our personal email,

476
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:14,160
which is mike and jen rv
lifestyle.com. All right,

477
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,760
we got a couple of questions that we
wanna do. You wanna do the first question?

478
00:28:16,780 --> 00:28:17,200
All.

479
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:21,400
Right, first question. Uh, we are
looking into purchasing a van,

480
00:28:21,740 --> 00:28:25,040
but we're if, uh, gas will disappear,

481
00:28:25,380 --> 00:28:26,800
How do you feel about this?

482
00:28:27,010 --> 00:28:31,120
We are 68 and we have
one chance for a van.

483
00:28:31,370 --> 00:28:35,600
My husband has some health problems and
we wanna enjoy camping while we can.

484
00:28:35,900 --> 00:28:40,120
But worried spending all this money
and not having any gas available.

485
00:28:40,550 --> 00:28:45,320
What do you think as to gas
availability during the next

486
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:49,600
five years? That's a tough question
cuz nobody knows the future.

487
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:53,240
Nobody knows what tomorrow will bring.
I can't believe that we wouldn't have.

488
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:53,880
Guests. Yeah.

489
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:55,480
I mean, I mean it might be pricey.

490
00:28:55,530 --> 00:28:59,720
As much as we talk about,
uh, electric vehicles. Uh,

491
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:04,560
and they are awesome. Um,
they really are. But you know,

492
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,840
we're not ready yet to get
away to do away with gas.

493
00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:11,720
I don't know what they're gonna do in
California. That's California. But, um,

494
00:29:11,990 --> 00:29:16,440
I don't see gas being
unavailable. Uh, you know,

495
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:20,680
a lot of it is depending on, uh, who's
in charge. the government,

496
00:29:21,010 --> 00:29:25,320
no matter what I say, I will be attacked
by either the right or the left.

497
00:29:25,810 --> 00:29:29,640
Uh, one will blame it all on Trump.
The other will blame it all on Biden.

498
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:31,840
But the fact of the matter is, is uh,

499
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:36,200
gas prices are incredibly high now it
looks like they're going to continue to be

500
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:37,800
high. As we reported earlier,

501
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:42,720
diesel prices are high and there's
that potential diesel shortage.

502
00:29:43,540 --> 00:29:44,880
All that's to say,

503
00:29:45,450 --> 00:29:50,400
we still are planning to do a lot of RV
traveling and we don't foresee a time

504
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:54,800
when gas will be unavailable.
It will be expensive.

505
00:29:55,180 --> 00:29:59,640
But I guess my best advice that
I would say is, uh, you know,

506
00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:04,400
this is your shot. You know, you have
been working for this, get your van, uh,

507
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:07,080
they're looking for a class B van and, uh,

508
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:08,880
go out there and enjoy it as best you can.

509
00:30:09,270 --> 00:30:13,560
I think that there will always be gas
available, but the country has to have it.

510
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,640
They have to have it. They
can't survive without.

511
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,800
It. There will always be a
reason not to do something.

512
00:30:19,260 --> 00:30:23,120
And you're saying that you're 68 years
old and your husband has some health

513
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,200
issues. So if you're gonna do it,

514
00:30:25,220 --> 00:30:28,320
I'd say you better get doing
it because like you say,

515
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,240
this might be your last
chance if you live cautiously.

516
00:30:32,310 --> 00:30:35,360
I, I mean I heard a lot of people say
the same thing during covid, you know?

517
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:39,200
Yeah. Everybody lost a year.
So almost everybody, we,

518
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:43,280
we continued to travel
but, uh, not as much. Uh,

519
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:47,040
but it was a lost year. And then I
heard people last year say, Well,

520
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:51,160
we're gonna not go anywhere this year
either. I don't have another year to lose,

521
00:30:51,290 --> 00:30:54,800
so I'm gonna keep traveling
and if gas prices get high,

522
00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:58,720
I'll try and cut back elsewhere.
One of the reasons we bought land,

523
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:02,000
our own land and, uh,
Tennessee and now in Michigan.

524
00:31:02,570 --> 00:31:04,320
So we always have a place to go.

525
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:08,920
And it's not necessarily across the
country if gas prices get prohibitively

526
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,280
high, but we have a place
that we can go on camp.

527
00:31:11,790 --> 00:31:15,080
I think there's lots of ways that we'll
be able to get around all this stuff and

528
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:19,880
still be able to enjoy the rv.
We just have to adjust. So, um.

529
00:31:20,380 --> 00:31:23,440
Get it. And, and you never
know, you know, your husband,

530
00:31:23,830 --> 00:31:27,720
I don't know what's going on, but you
just never know and you gotta take a.

531
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:31,680
Chance. You do. Uh, alright,
another question that came in. Um,

532
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:35,800
this is from Jeff and he says we're
gonna be putting a fifth wheel on a

533
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:40,680
permanent cement campsite
by our daughter's house in
South Georgia on the fifth

534
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:42,720
wheel once on the permanent site.

535
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:46,240
We do not plan on moving that
camper for one or two years.

536
00:31:46,890 --> 00:31:47,880
So I need to know,

537
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:52,680
should we raise the fifth wheel so the
tires are off the ground and then cover

538
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:54,240
them to take better care of them?

539
00:31:54,710 --> 00:31:58,360
I will be blocking up the camper on
all four corners and the middle of the

540
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:02,840
camper, uh, where the structure
will allow it to be the most stable.

541
00:32:03,410 --> 00:32:07,120
If the tires wear and
tear is a problem, uh, uh,

542
00:32:07,210 --> 00:32:11,080
we would would wanna move it
one or two years down the road,

543
00:32:11,100 --> 00:32:13,800
but we wanna make sure
it's okay. Until then,

544
00:32:14,030 --> 00:32:16,080
your thoughts and insight
would be appreciated.

545
00:32:16,350 --> 00:32:18,440
It's a topic others may
not have thought of,

546
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:22,640
but with all the talk about owning your
own property and keeping your RV on

547
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:27,080
site, we think it's a good question to
ask. So what's best for camper and tires,

548
00:32:27,310 --> 00:32:29,080
especially if it's on a concrete.

549
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,120
Pad. I think that is
an excellent question.

550
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,640
People are always asking us about
leaving their vehicle, What about those.

551
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:38,640
Tires? You know, it's like, wow. It's
like almost everything these days.

552
00:32:39,170 --> 00:32:40,080
No matter what I say,

553
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,440
I'm opening a can of wos because
everybody has their own pet theory.

554
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:47,760
But I'll give you mine cuz you
asked for mine. And, uh, uh,

555
00:32:47,780 --> 00:32:49,120
one thing I think you're gonna do,

556
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:53,120
you were talking about supporting it on
four corners, and that would be with,

557
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,680
uh, jack stands, I'm assuming that's
what you're talking about. Uh,

558
00:32:56,680 --> 00:33:01,080
instead of relying strictly on your
leveling jacks, that's important, uh,

559
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:05,080
your leveling jacks, you can put
them down and what you would do, uh,

560
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,840
without overly complicating
is you'd make 'em up high.

561
00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:09,640
So the wheels are just
barely off the ground.

562
00:33:09,860 --> 00:33:14,400
Put the jackstands near the wheels on
the frame, then bring those hydraulic,

563
00:33:14,730 --> 00:33:18,960
uh, levelers down. So they're still
down giving support, but not all of it.

564
00:33:19,650 --> 00:33:22,280
Um, other people will, um,

565
00:33:22,490 --> 00:33:27,480
go through about every 30 days and
they will, um, rotate the tires.

566
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:28,200
They'll get them,

567
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,040
they'll kick them up a little bit so
they can do it and then they'll rotate

568
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:32,320
them. Um,

569
00:33:32,500 --> 00:33:35,960
the reason why they don't wanna have
a have it what they call flat topped,

570
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,840
where there's a flat indentation
in the tire from sitting too long,

571
00:33:40,500 --> 00:33:44,880
I'm told by many others that
usually that flat top, uh,

572
00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:48,680
resolves itself as to drive down a
little bit and the air inside starts

573
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,560
circulating. Uh, check the
pressure on your tires,

574
00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:55,360
make sure they're always at the
adjusted cold setting for them.

575
00:33:55,940 --> 00:34:00,400
You wanna get the tires off
the cement, the hot cement,

576
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,880
particularly in South Georgia,
it's very hot, very hot. Um,

577
00:34:04,070 --> 00:34:09,000
simplest thing is put 'em on a thin
piece of plywood or those flat little,

578
00:34:09,450 --> 00:34:13,720
uh, Lego blocks that you can
get. Put the tires on those. Uh,

579
00:34:13,720 --> 00:34:17,640
I would not take all of the weight
off the tires, but I would take, uh,

580
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:21,240
so the tires are not
supporting all of it. Um,

581
00:34:21,510 --> 00:34:24,920
some people like these, uh, I dunno
if you've seen them. These, uh,

582
00:34:24,990 --> 00:34:28,320
Anderson levelers, they're
kind of like a curve thing.

583
00:34:28,820 --> 00:34:33,080
And you could put your RV on that
and then put the levelers down,

584
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:37,160
then put your jacks on it.
Um, what other things? Um,

585
00:34:37,710 --> 00:34:40,600
I think that the big thing is, uh, uh,

586
00:34:40,610 --> 00:34:42,840
if you're gonna leave it there
for a long time, putting the,

587
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:47,080
putting it on those, those jacks,
those, uh, those leveling jacks.

588
00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:51,840
Not the leveling levelers, the automatic
levelers, but leveling jacks and, uh,

589
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,200
rotating it, getting it up every,
some people do it every 30 days,

590
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,400
some people do it every 180 days,

591
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:01,560
but just rotate the tire so it's
not sitting in one spot. Uh,

592
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,640
there's controversy over that. Some
people say the flat tops, as I said,

593
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,360
will disappear, but, uh, why not
do it? Right? And one last thing.

594
00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:11,920
Cover those tires, uh, to
protect them from UV damage.

595
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:16,920
You can get tire covers at any RV
store. Camping World has 'em and, uh,

596
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:21,240
other, other, uh, big General RVs stores
have them. And you can find those, uh,

597
00:35:21,240 --> 00:35:24,760
tire covers. So, so that's not,
we're gonna actually talk in a,

598
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,680
in a future episode in just a,
a week or two. We'll, we'll,

599
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,320
we'll talk a whole bunch more about tires.

600
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:33,400
We've been getting a lot of question
about tires, things like China bombs,

601
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,400
those tires that are, uh, kind of, uh,

602
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:40,840
entry level tires that many RV makers
put on their RVs. They're made in China.

603
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:45,000
There's been a lot of anecdotal
reports and problems with them. Uh,

604
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:49,240
we'll report all of that. You hear a lot
of noise in the background. We're at a,

605
00:35:49,240 --> 00:35:53,960
uh, at the, on the water, this is the,
the sound between Chatta, Heche Bay,

606
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:58,200
Chuck Tache Bay, the Gulf of
Mexico. And we're at the, uh,

607
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:02,040
Adventure Marine Docks here, uh, in, um,

608
00:36:02,370 --> 00:36:05,520
in Florida as we record this.
So those are our questions.

609
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:09,080
We would love to get your
questions and your comments. Again,

610
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:12,920
our email is Mike and
jen@rvlifestyle.com. So, um,

611
00:36:13,030 --> 00:36:16,920
I feel a little guilty being in this
beautiful weather and talking about

612
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:21,440
winterizing and all those folks back
north as November approaches now. Um,

613
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,280
worried about cold and winterizing. Well.

614
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,840
I think they're having some pretty
beautiful weather up north too.

615
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,040
And it's fall, It's
beautiful in the north.

616
00:36:28,050 --> 00:36:32,760
It is, it is. Um, so we're, um,
delighted to be with you from Florida.

617
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:36,040
I think we're gonna go enjoy the
sun and another spectacular sunset.

618
00:36:36,790 --> 00:36:41,360
I do like rubbing it in .
For those of you in bad weather, uh,

619
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,680
please let us hear from you, your
comments, your questions. Uh,

620
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:48,440
you can catch this, a transcript
of our interview with Todd and, uh,

621
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,280
all the information we shared
in the show notes for this

622
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:56,080
episode@rvlifestyle.com. Until next
week, we'll see you down the road.

623
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:57,520
Happy trails.