I’ve camped in two locations in coconino where individuals have left RV’s. I think the first one I saw was actually abandoned but at the other location there were literally 6 or 7 towables and 5 th wheels that were left there. One or two truck would show up on the weekends. They even left a couple of Rzrs parked next to them. Ridiculous.

I’ve seen same. You won’t see more enforcement as budgets are slashed. In future, the “smaller government” congress/leadership will tax less, spend less. Think before you vote.

Imagine that. Or should I say 'who didn't see that coming'? Mr. Golf instead of doing his job (and golf is the only time he steps on anything but a paved/tiled/carpeted surface) thinks the out of doors is only good for golf and allowing others to rape the environment and getting his palm greased in the process. "Forest Service? Nah, we don't need them, they just get in the way of people ruining the planet for a buck!"

Yep! I've seen the same thing. I have Corp of Engineers RV park on a lake on the Oklahoma/Texas border that I use to love! I was recently there and shocked by how many of the RV sites were being used by tent campers. And many of these tent campers had at least 8-10 ADULTS in each site. These sites are $22/night. So basically each person was paying about $2 per day to stay there and they got water, electricity, bathrooms and showers. Where else in America can you live for $2 per day? And apparently the park was putting no limit on the number of people or the number of tents in each site. I was shocked! There's a 14 day limit, but they can come back in a week, which they all do. There has to be rules/laws but there also has to be enforcement. This has gotten completely out of control!

@@brucewallace3860 Yes, vote red so that we're not wasting tax income, but putting it where needs to be like forest management and a good forest ranger budget.

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Without a doubt. 100%

There's quite often a big difference in campers and bums. And if you're a camper who trashes a site then you become a bum as well. But a lot of people are trashy and irresponsible in their everyday life and they carry this over into their recreational life. A lot of folks camp who can't afford big trips or resorts, etc... and then think affordable without supervision means they can be the same slobs they are at home. Some think someone else will come clean it up Others pretend that "because I pay taxes" I shouldn't have to clean up my mess. Remember, the U.S. has a population approaching 340 million people. Even if only a small percentage are bum campers or just actual bums that's still millions of trashy people out there. It's like the fools who won't put a shopping cart in the corral because "they aren't going to tell me what to do." It's not about that. It's about not having carts running into peoples cars or blocking traffic when they roll out into the lanes. But fools only see it to be about them. And some of them get mad when a cart scratches their car. Well, too bad. One of your partners in lazy selfishness should have put the cart away.

@@davep2945 We can thank all the stupid mothers who birthed from the 1980s ON, who REFUSED to dicipline their children and train and teach them - but instead, let them run around and curse and scream and do what ever they want. NEVER SPANKED THEM!!!!!!!!! NEVER taught them manners, decorum, responsibility, inhibition, respect for others, respect for older people, and being CLEAN!!! Mothers are the blame for the trash state of this country. Ya have a baby, TRAIN THE THING!!! DICIPLINE the thing. So what do ya got now????? TRASH GENERATIONS!!! Trash thug talk, dirty craps for people, and mean and selfish bums.

Yeah, when things went from a small percentage of full time travelers to van lifers, bus lifers and car lifers not because they were travel lovers but because they were homeless, addicts, or just bums who didn't want to work then the problem got worse very quickly. As I tell people this is a country approaching 340 million people so even if the percentage of bad apples were just 1 % that would still be 3.4 million bad apples. I suspect the percentage is higher than that so we got a bad orchard on out hands.

@@davep2945 Not sure if you are being too kind or too naive. We have boondocked or stayed in state or federal parks near people in $500,000 Prevosts who leave garbage in the fire pits and bags of trash when they leave. People in a brand new Winnebago left a pile of dirty diapers and chopped down living trees. Addicts and bums are not the only pigs in camping life.

They are referred to as the Baser class.

@@jemase7931yep I see this often in the ‘entitled’. Doesn’t matter what they are driving/towing… I do think our tax dollars should be used to clean up BLM instead of shutting it down. That is OUR land!

Doesn't work for motorhomes where you have auto transfer switches determining whether to use shore, generator or inverter as the AC power source.

You won't see degradation immediately. But any areas near any factories the rivers even two states down will be affected by letting companies decide the level in which they care for the environment

How, exactly, is it (the Chevron ruling) “good for all of us”?

Agencies setting environmental, financial, health care and insurance protections over the past 50 years, allowed the middle and lower class to live a decent life. Wages has been consolidated mostly in the Wealthy 2% so now expect protections to disappear as well with Chevron gone. So now being without a home will be a crime in cities. I don't see how that can help any campers in any way. I often catch a sleep night in transit in a city I'm passing through. Maybe someone can explain this better to me. Jason is getting spineless on every topic so I don't expect his clarifications to be meaningful.

You can’t think that departments whose whole existence is to keep abusive companies from ignoring their responsibilities to their employees (that OSHA looks out for) is less informed than the courts that are taking bribes from billionaires.

Thank you so much!

You got the wrong F150, they go up to 2,450 pounds payload even with the HDPP gone, enough for pretty much any bumper pull that's not a 2 story destination trailer.

Much appreciated!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Welcome!

Hey, thanks!

Very welcome!

Which? Is it a heat pump?

@@andrewfidel2220it’s made by Furrion. It’s called the Chill Cube. I do believe some OEM’s are going to start including them standard.

Oh no...a major RV manufacturer literally told me that. Some of the mattresses they put in cost them less than $10 each. They considered just not putting them in, but dealers want them to be there. It's staging. Not all brands, but most of the mass market brands.

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People try but then are ticketed thousands a day for allowing that in their property that isn't zoned for it.

It's one of hundreds of laws though. I've read dozens of them, and many are concerning.

@@RVMiles I would rather deal with the effects of laws that are maybe too strict than continue to deal with campgrounds and parking lots becoming homeless encampments.

Since this very corrupt court gave Biden so much power, too,(while he’s in office)…..he should make it an “official act” to rid us of the two extremely corrupt, politicized judges….namely, Alito and Thomas. That would be Justice served

No, but three liberals decided not to follow the constitution. Besides, that decision will help ALL past and future presidents. Let's face it, Obama should be tried for being the ONLY us president to ORDER the death of a born in the USA citizen outside the USA. And he did it with a drone. So go rest your pea sized brain on a lap of some freak.

Yep! Crooks hate being robbed even more than honest people hate being robbed.

Hah! I often park my truck (or car) there, but this happens to be someone else's. I only wish I owned an F350 limited!

@@RVMiles That's what I'm going for - a game within each video!

We'd do an entire recap series on that.

@@RVMiles someone tell Netflix!

your story reminds me of an experience I had in a cabin in North carolina. The neighbors did some similar things and it ruined it for us. they stayed one night nearly burned the woods down.

@@tennesseeterri it made me not want to stay in that spot any longer….in case they came back or someone else came and behaved the same way or worse

Maybe people need to be shamed by having pics of their rig along with their trash, etc posed to certain camping sites

Some do put in real mattresses. Most are a piece of cheap polyester foam, or a spun biodegradable material. I have talked with manufacturers extensively about this. They mattresses that are put in most trailers cost under $10, but they feel they need the "look." They often consider putting real mattresses in, but find that the customer would rather choose one one their own. But essentially - most RVs are built like theater sets. They're meant to be sold, not used.

Sure you can. Get a lift and all terrain tires and go deep

@eladsgarr 15 years ago, the whole country was wide open when I started watching it. You could camp in any city and park in Residential areas. You could park in any town anywhere. You're never paid to sleep anywhere and you didn't need to lift kit In order. To go deep the whole country was your back door and cops didn't touch you all.

@@AB-tc8lx you look at things a little differently than I do. I’m retired law enforcement (28 years). I do my best to avoid cities and people. I’ve been full time for close to three and a half years and will never understand the desire to overnight on city streets or in any type of parking lot. To each their own. I’d just as soon not have people that can’t respect our public lands stay in the city with the filth and garbage they created there as opposed to bringing it to the wilderness. But every year in the short time I’ve been doing this I watch it grow worse and I believe because of that ruling it’s going to get exponentially worse at a much faster rate. At least on the outskirts of most wilderness area as a large majority of these people don’t have the wherewithal to live and survive too deep in the woods, mountains, and deserts. Especially in weather extremes.

@eladsgarr You have to go into cities to do laundry pick up packages and do grocery shopping a lot of times if you're doing a lot of stuff like that. You may want to spend the night in a city. I agree that you want to be out in our beautiful country. But there are times when you may need mechanics or Stop at Lowe's and do a little wood working in your Van. And you may want to spend a night or 2 every other week in the city and not be harassed by the cops. I used to love it when van dwellers who had a really good stealth vad would go to Yellowstone for a whole week. And find a nook or a cranny every night and not pay a dime.

Unfortunately the problem that has arisen is that too many people in America want to live for free. City streets, public parking lots, city parks, etc., all have to be PAID for by someone. The locals whose taxes dollars pay for these places, don't want people from out of state coming in, not paying taxes, not paying for parking, and not paying the local campground. I'm sorry to disappoint so many people, but America was not built by Vagabonds and Nomads. The reason that we have all of these beautiful places in this country is because of the people who put in the work to build it. Sorry but "Van Life" does very little to contribute to the betterment of society.

Especially when the paint starts to come off.

BLMs biggest issue is they have 1 law enforcement ranger for every million acres of land. Or put another way, they're policing 1/8th of the entire US landmass with a force smaller than the town of Rockford, IL.

@@RVMiles that is truly amazing, and sad

I think the truth of the matter is ‘they’ do not want us on NF/BLM even the state and national parks anymore. They want us inner city in stack and packs, and wild lands left to the elite. It’s getting crazy!

With?

That would be similar to making the national speed limit at 10 mph to save more lives. Not practical

@@Ed-BrokeExpat🎉true😂 It really cracks me up some of these comments. Why are non campers even on this channel?!