Most common problems?

[bullfrog]

^^^One of my friends just got a seasonal job landscaping with a full hook up site. First thing he says he is going to do is put in an on demand water heater!

 

[Cammalu]

I miss gardening and hot soaks.

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Come over Debra. Putting in raised beds. [emoji16]

 

[user 37446]

Parking and temperature control are my biggest issues.

Just today I was trying to find a place to sleep a few hours having worked the 3rd shift the night before and going in for a 2nd shift. So I had about 6 hours in between during the day.

1 - Where will it not be too noisy (as well as ok to park - not prohibited)
2 - temp control. It started out at 64 degrees F and woke me up when the car got too hot inside due to the sun coming in the windshield. While it was only 77 outside, inside it was sweatville, even with my little fan and the windows down an inch. Summer will not be fun.

 

[VanFan]

have a cast iron frying pan that X messed up the seasoning on a long time ago. I need to burn off the old seasoning and start over...

Do you have an acquaintance or relative in an S&B with a self-cleaning oven?  I just did this during a cool spell.  Works great!!  Besides, it's a multi-purpose item:  weight, hammer, etc., right?

 

[VanFan]

Okay.  I'm in.  Climate control and severe weather.  We don't sleep well if it's over 80 at night, or under 40.  For the most part, that's pretty manageable, but can obviously require planning.  Severe weather potential is something we are always mindful of, and have had to run and/or hide from on occasion.  Actually, both of things things have been problematic in a fixed dwelling (Texas), too, now that I think about it.

 

[Ravella and X]

Okay.  I'm in.  Climate control and severe weather.  We don't sleep well if it's over 80 at night, or under 40.  For the most part, that's pretty manageable, but can obviously require planning.  Severe weather potential is something we are always mindful of, and have had to run and/or hide from on occasion.  Actually, both of things things have been problematic in a fixed dwelling (Texas), too, now that I think about it.

Ditto all of that. Sometimes, its not practical to turn the key and go far enough to escape a day or two of bad weather. I just suffered two days of 90+. One was my second vaccine day and the other was the day after, during which I didn't feel so good and just nursed my headache.

 

[VanForNow]

2 - temp control. It started out at 64 degrees F and woke me up when the car got too hot inside due to the sun coming in the windshield. While it was only 77 outside, inside it was sweatville, even with my little fan and the windows down an inch.  Summer will not be fun.

 Auto supply stores sell inexpensive reflective windshield covers. They work well to reduce interior temps. A sheet of reflectix can be trimmed to fit side windows.

 

[user 37446]

 Auto supply stores sell inexpensive reflective windshield covers. They work well to reduce interior temps. A sheet of reflectix can be trimmed to fit side windows.

I've got all that (well not reflectics cause it's not what I want on the sides to be showing). Just have to remember to use the ft windshield block. It was clouded over at 7:30 am and full sun at 10:30.

Operator error that day but in general it's always parking and temp control.

 

[MG1912]

I lived fulltime for a year, and as I recall, my biggest problems were dumping my black tank and ensuring my AGM batteries did not fall below 50%. I always managed to take care of both problems because I had a Thetford cassette toilet in my camper (and thus could dump my 5-gallon cassette in any store or rest stop toilet except a pit toilet), and I had a Honda eu2200i generator to boost the batteries whenever I was running low.

So if I had a way to mitigate both the black tank and the battery issue, then why do I call those issues problems? I would say I think of them as problems because when they crept up, they had to be dealt with immediately, no matter how inconvenient for me. So if I let the black tank fill, then that meant I had to deal with it right then and there or that day. This usually wasn’t an issue, as I could plan my weekly activities around when it would fill. The battery running low in bad weather was dealt with easily enough when boondocking; I could just run my generator for a few hours. But at a truck stop or a Wal-Mart parking lot, I didn’t feel comfortable running the generator outside, both for fear of theft and of bothering people with the noise and smell. Still, since it was just part of the lifestyle, I learned to live with it.

One other thing I might mention is that I never got comfortable with the height of my rig (11’ 6” at the highest point), and I was always afraid I might hit an awning, a low bridge, a tree branch, etc. Because things like low bridges sometimes just show up in front of you in places like New England! So I always had to be attentive to that sort of thing.

Water wasn’t so much an issue for me, as I had a 40-gallon fresh water tank, so I never worried about running low, and it was easy to fill at those water-fill stations that one sees out west in Arizona and Southern California. The water from those machines usually tasted good enough for me to drink, too, so I never bought drinking water. I used the same water to clean and cook, too.

Bathing never bothered me. I liked the wet bath setup in my camper, and the 6-gallon water heater and shower head worked great for a nice shower. Sleeping was always pretty good in my camper’s bed, which was a 4” foam mattress over a Froli frame system.

I never had mechanical problems with my truck or camper. One time, my brake line busted and had to be repaired, but that was the only mechanical issue I ever had in one year of full timing from New Hampshire to Florida, to California, and back again. I did pay more money for a better and newer rig.

 

[abnorm]

Come over Debra. Putting in raised beds. [emoji16]

DONT FALL FOR THAT INVITATION !

It's just another TOM SAWYER project..............

 

[cyndi]

I moved into my class c and then my van to avoid problems. The class c was more maintenance than I cared to deal and the van is about perfect. Nothing I'd consider a problem to add to your list...

 

[user 37446]

While not many here seem to have class C's, I'll echo that they are a rolling maintenance pit, especially when older than say 10 years.

Leaks too numerous to count, falling apart interior due to road vibrations and bumps/potholes as well as the "other" systems.

All those wonderful plumbing, sewage, propane gas, heating, kitchen appliance, generator if so equipped and a/c systems to go south on you. Then there's the 8-10 mpg, at least thats what my overloaded 22' gmc 350 (1984) managed to get. Aerodynamic it was not.

While I and the family liked it for our weekend and weeklong trips (10 weeks once), it was a relatively poor purchase (financially speaking) due to the constant repairs needed. Now there are some I'm sure that are just wonderfully perfect, but mine was not.

Did we save hotel $ yes however a large van with a spacious tent and state or county parks with toilets and campsites would likely have been better. Plus, she was unwilling to drive the pig, and at least with a van we could have traded off.