I am pleased that after roughly 70,000 miles and over eight years of fifth wheel trailer towing I have thankfully haven’t had a traffic accident, a tire blowout, or ran out of fuel. I started as a complete newbie, never having towed a thing in my life. The first thing I did with the new … Read more
In this video, I show you how I have the 8-foot bed of our new 2018 Ram 3500 truck organized for life on the road as full-time RVers. It took me a few tries, but I think I have everything sorted out the way I want it. My primary goal was to have easy access … Read more
Two years ago I installed a Tadibrothers wireless RV backup camera system. I found the backup camera remarkably useful, but not so much as a backup camera. I found the killer application for it was as a rearview camera. I love having a clear view of exactly what’s behind me when towing the rig down … Read more
In this first video, I take a closer look at the factory Ram M20 fifth wheel hitch. Then Anne and I hook up our new 2018 Ram 3500 truck to our fifth wheel. Everything goes well, yay! Afterward, I check the bed rail and tailgate clearances and discuss a bit about the trailer level and … Read more
After waiting over three months for our factory ordered 3500 Ram pickup truck, we finally got it! We had decided to factory order since we had the time and wanted to get just the features we wanted at the lowest cost. Oh, and we wanted Blue. :) So many dealer lot trucks these days come … Read more
In this video, I go into detail about why I’m not fixing our old 1994 Ford F350 and buying a brand new truck instead. If you saw my previous video – Sad News Our Old Blue Ford Truck is Toast you’ll notice a lot of the YouTube commenters thought I should be repairing old Blue. Even … Read more
A little while ago I had a commenter on the Love Your RV YouTube channel request I shoot a video detailing what we carry in the bed of the truck and how I have it arranged. I set up the cargo exactly as I have it when we are towing the fifth wheel. Hopefully, the video … Read more
Why Install an Air Ride Pin Box? A “pin box” is the part that connects your fifth wheel trailer to the hitch located in the trucks bed. The standard pin box you see on the majority of fifth wheels is solid steel with mounting holes on one end and the connecting kingpin on the other. … Read more
Why A Fancy Pin Box? Our Keystone Cougar 276RLS trailer came with a basic solid steel pin box. This works well on smooth highways, but things can get a bit jarring when the roads get rough. I find it particularly annoying when we travel through larger cities where the highways have been badly worn down … Read more
Adventures with Willamena Whale – Grim and Grimmer – Guest article by Charles Lloyd Sara and I own “Willamena Whale”, a 2006 37-foot Heartland Big Horn 5th wheel towed by “Baby Huey” a 2005 Cummins powered Quad Cab Dodge Ram 2-wheel drive pickup. Since our purchase last September we have traveled from Kansas to Akron, OH … Read more
Our Friend Big Baby Blue I’ve had several requests through email and in comments on the blog and YouTube to give a little more information about our truck. You likely have seen him in my photographs. He is a 1994 Ford F350 truck that we affectionately nicknamed “Big Baby Blue”. Blue came to us like … Read more
Practice, practice, practice! This has to be the all-time best tip you can get. You can read all the information you want, but the only way to truly learn is by doing it over and over. It’s how you learned to drive your car, right? So take some cones and mark out pretend scenarios, like … Read more
For a better view of the road behind and a decreased blind spot area add a convex “fish-eye” mirror to your regular RV mirrors. The more you can see the safer your RV adventure will be. Also aids in backing up the rig or trailer into your campsite.
Tips for the RV Life eBook I’m very excited my first eBook Tips for the RV Life is finished! All monthly newsletter subscribers receive a *free* copy! The LoveYourRV.com newsletter is also being changed from basically a weekly blog update to a full-fledged newsletter. Plans are to include the most popular blog post excerpts, a … Read more
I have battled a problem of intermittent trailer running lights for a few months now. Every once in a while the marker/running lights would go out and I would find the fuse powering that circuit in the truck blown. I would replace the fuse and things would be good for a few trips then bam … Read more