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Best tip in this video is the last one. Having worked in bottling, you don’t realize how quickly sitting water turns ugly. Another well thought out video sir.

I grew up in a RV shop. My dad always put 5 gallons of water in the black tank BEFORE we left on every trip. The first thing we did when we arrived at our destination was dump the tank. I was amazed that the water was dirty with no use on the road. He would dump the tank before we hit the road home and add 5 gallons again. Then dump at a rest stop just up the road. Have never had a problem with the tanks getting stuff built up in the tanks.

Thank you for these videos! You always do an amazing job! You always answer the questions, that are not asked. That’s priceless! Thank you!

My husband learned the hard way about the water valve. Wish this video was out last year!

Great stuff. Thanks for posting

Excellent suggestions! I am so guilty of the wet bay knobs under pressure and I just sanitized my hot water tank with bleach this year! Now I know. Thanks for sharing these!

Nice video and good info

Great video Ross! And,,, we love our SnapPads. 👍

One of your best videos! I am guilty of the wet bay and flipping switches under pressure. Makes sense

Compressed air packs the dirt into the coil, use chemical and water hose, You are correct

Ross you are a constant go too for my RV. Keep up the great work!

Great video, thanks! I can't believe the number of people who leave their RV with the awning out, whether overnight or all day while they are gone. An expensive mistake! Thanks again Ross!

Great video Ross all great tips I myself as well use vinegar now to do the water lines and to clean the hot water tank thanks

EXCELLENT information

Thank you!

Thanks again for another great RV video. You get right to the point and don't sugar coat it. You heed me a lot when I started with my travel trailer 4 years ago and I learned a lot from your guidance. My trailer is not as complicated as the ones you show but it's always interesting to watch. I use diluted bleach on mine and bypass my hot water tank. So far so good. Keep doing these videos and happy camping season. Cheers 😅

First tip is great, never knew this and guilty of not reading my manual. We have the same panel as yours.

Good info

We use awning tie downs with heavy duty spikes and springs to keep it in place. Never had any issues with it.

Another great video Ross, please keep them coming!

Thanks for another great video. I agree about not using compressed air for cleaning, 90 PSI is too much, believe it or not, 35 PSI is the recommended pressure for cleaning, and that is with a cleaning tip. You can get things in your eye with it if not wearing safety glasses.

I use awning tie-downs every time without fail!

Great reminder to drain the water between trips. This is also why RVTT checklists are so important -- as following it will help prevent some of these "don'ts" and remind you of the "do's". Whether for maintenance or for the camping process, we've found Ross's checklists to be invaluable -- and fully modifiable to meet your unique needs.

Thank you for the information

My favourite part of this video was the sneak peak at the editing studio. Sweet set up! Let's see more of the BTS on making these awesome videos

Okay, I'm not disagreeing with the point about using foaming cleaner for AC fins versus compressed air - but being a mechanic it's pretty easy to spot that there is no nozzle on the compressed air gun that was used for the comparison which would significantly impair its function. Plus, the compressed air should be applied to the rear of the fins if you're trying to blow contaminants off the front.

Don't forget to clean hoses, I've literally had salad growing in mine in a summer in fla. Where our RV was being used as a horse show office.

Wow, RVing 12 years and always learning.

Usually I'll drain my water heater by removing the anode rod first and use a water wand to flush-out any sediments that may have accumulated. Then if need be, open the low point drains. Opening the low point drain first has the potential of getting debris in your plumbing lines.

Ugh...I have that model transcend in the clip with the awnings in the wind, gave me a twist in the stomach lol.

Hi just bought a pop up

Vinegar, I use that stuff in my inground swimming pool, eats algae, I use it on my drive way with oil leaks, it removes the black that tires leave on drive way cement, electric coffee makers, washing machine, every water tap, shower heads. After soaking in the vinegar the places I used it now become like new again

Awning tie outs are a requirement...stakes and ratchet straps run out to the ground. I dont like the modern scissor type awning frames. They are only good for indorr RV sales displays...they have no actual lateral strength in any wind.

We have the same awning as you have you ever adjuyours if how? Ours pulls to one when closing. Thanks

#1 - moving valves with water turned on…. There are “recommendations” and there are things that are just commonly done…. #3 I did a minimal amount of research on bleach and rv water heater tanks and have since changed my mind - the dilution of bleach/water we’d be putting into a water heater tank in my conclusion won’t hurt anything #5 Love the Amazon van delivering next months RV gear to be tested ◡̈ #should do: flushing through the plumbing - yes, yes, yes 🙌

Always enjoy your useful relevant content. Can you publish a video regarding the “cupping” issue with leveling jacks feet? Cupping prevents a good secure fit for SnapPads and the pads could fall off. Our class-a leveling jacks feet/pads are made of a thinner metal and tend to cup (bend upward) and create an illusion that the pads are “snapping” on correctly. I called SnapPad and they are aware of this situation and provided us with very useful information. I have reached out to our motorhome dealer and provided options. Waiting for a response.

So do they still make a manual deployed awning? With the braces that would take a beating? I would replace this powered awning in a heart beat!

My RV uses a happy jack type system. on both are slides. I have put them both partially out and in a million times without issue. Have you ever seen a system like that?

You mentioned in one of your videos you had a maintenance list and another list for set up and tear down. Where can I find that list if you still have it. Appreciate the details in your videos and all the supporting links.

All those valves used to be made of metal(brass or stainless) today they have primarily plastic...unable to handle the street pressures that vary greatly from place to place. As for bleach, 1/4 cup to a full fress water tank is diluted enough...then after 12hrs, open all water valves and transfer the water to both grey and black water tanks...let that work for another 12 hrs before dumping and flushing with full tanks

If folks use a quick setup canopy, please tie it down. We saw a bunch of canopies flying around, damaging other people's RVs during a thunderstorm.

You need a different nozzle to use compressed air.

I don’t use fresh water. When I bought my trailer, they filled the tank. That’s 35 gallons at 8lbs a gallon!! I only have 800ccc , I’m not wasting it on water! Plus all that water bouncing/sloshing around could possibly cause the tank straps to fail ( other people with same model have had that happen).

If you own a tankless water heater you still should use the bypass. They DO contain metal.

I’m wondering if vacuuming the AC coils would be another option, depending on the size, power, shape, and accessibility of the vacuum. I realize hauling some up there would be ludicrous. Maybe any soapy spray (dawn power wash??) combined with that brush thingy would do the trick. Along with rinsing with the hose??? Would that be OK?

We're new to RVing, I wonder about if there is a tolerance for exact level with respect to deploying the slide. I can consistently get to less than 1 degree off level, but have yet to hit a perfect bubble.

Please explain again how you reset a ST slide again please. Half out and half in a couple of times is this correct?

Chlorine is used in municipal water systems, you are safe with a diluted bleach solution for sanitation on all items if you flush it through.

What recommendations do you have reguarding water if you are temporarily living in your rv?

Water tanks are black for one reason, bacteria can’t grow without light. What do people with cisterns do with thousands of gallons of water? I don’t feel there is a need when no light is available.

So I'm ready to buy an RV soon, a Super C. Question, the huge gobs of some kind of goo on the bottom of the RV around the pipes/lines, is this normal from the factory or user applied.

I've cleaned a lot of AC coils with air and garden hose water. Can I point out one thing in the video? The way you are showing to do it is you are pushing the debris into the coil. The blower of the AC unit pulls the air and debris through the coil from the outside in. The way I do it is blow the air and the water from the garden hose from the back side of the coil out. Been doing a good job for years. Thanks. Just a thought.

Can you run white vinegar through the hot water heater?

I am mixed on your last tip. wouldn't condensation build up faster in a empty tank until it is completely dry inside? For that reason would it be better to fill the tank while the RV sits for a few weeks? Treated water already has a minimum amount of bleach in it, does it not? What are your thoughts?

You may have answered this. When the RV is parked and not in use, do you recommend the slide out even a bit?

Does the foaming coil cleaner damage the rubber roof ? Even if you wipe it off it will get wet when it rains and run across the roof

The upside to having a tow vehicle that's right at the 80/20 limit is that I have to manage my weight and I empty my RV of all water as I leave the campground.

Ross, your thoughts on using bleach a few drops of bleach in the fresh tank to sanitize water for drinking?

Vinegar does contain an acid. Acids are corrosive as well. The key with bleach, vinegar or hydrogen peroxide is dilution to an acceptable level and not leaving the solution in the system for too long.

Hey Ross! I have a very specific question about my RV, where can I contact you?

10:01 You are wrong about bleach. It is an alkali, not an acid, and wouldn't be corrosive, especially in the highly diluted form used to sanitize the water system. Actually vinegar is an acid.

Didn't realize that opening low point drains would empty the water heater.

Never drive with your slides extended...obvious, common sense right? I went to an RV Show last year and was horrified to watch the dealer moving a Class A in the parking lot with extended slides. I will never buy a coach from them!

Wow the fact that you had to add in your video to not transport your RV with your slide outs put is scary!! But I’m not aurprised

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Do the police take away your RV card if you drive with the slides open? Driver's license stamp prohibits the driver from ever driving an RV again. Told to go home and stay home in the future? 🤠🤠🤠

You being paid by foaming clean I could have but some water and it would have looked the same.

Fact is that all RVs are piles of junk, our family owns an RV lot and I am stunned by how much junk is out there, Americans build RVs same way they build cars, an absolute junk.

Call the 800 number on chlorox bottle and they will tell which product snd concentration to use