Since 2006 when we first bought a PW Excel, I have made sure to drive our RV at least every 3 weeks or so. I want to warm up the tires, run the generator, shift the transmission thru all gears, run the AC, etc. We keep it under covered storage. I replaced the Excel with a PW Pursuit last year and have continued to do the same.I am curious as to what other owners do. Thanks for any feedback.

Even as easy as the Class B's are, they're not driven much. I am looking for a 2006 Sprinter-based B now and those with only 50k miles or so are readily available.

I take our Class A out the first of every month for about a 20 mile drive. It is enough to lube everything well and get the tires warmed up.

I try to make sure it gets to go out and run around every 2-4 weeks. This ends up being loaning it to people who need to haul something, more often than driving it myself, when I am at my S&B. When camping in one spot, I run the engine for half an hour every couple weeks, but I don't make an effort to find reasons to drive it. It's a bother to tie things down, get the library off the dashboard, etc. It might sit for 6 weeks sometimes.

We have put about 20,000 miles per year on our 2004 Sportsmobile/Sprinter 2500 every year since we bought it new. We bought it to travel and plan at least one trip from Connecticut to Florida early next year. I expect there will be several other thousand mile round trips too. When we are not traveling, we keep it plugged in our yard, winterized if necessary. Most weeks it goes to the grocery store and sometimes other errands. Recently, we corrected some major rust problems as well as having a rebuilt transmission installed. Now, we hope for another 10 years of traveling convenience.

When I had it home and winterized for the winter. I drove it once a week. Depends where you live too. I lived in Wisconsin so if there was going to be several days of below freezing and often below O I started it 'every' day.Biggest problem I found from letting it sit and not actually driving it often is rusting calipers and exhaust. Maybe not the first time you take it out but you will be replacing them sooner than those that are started, moved and/or driven everyday.

How often do you drive your RV? | Good Sam Community

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Naio
Explorer II
Nov 21, 2015
I try to make sure it gets to go out and run around every 2-4 weeks. This ends up being loaning it to people who need to haul something, more often than driving it myself, when I am at my S&B.

When camping in one spot, I run the engine for half an hour every couple weeks, but I don't make an effort to find reasons to drive it. It's a bother to tie things down, get the library off the dashboard, etc. It might sit for 6 weeks sometimes.
Grandpere
Explorer
Nov 21, 2015
I take our Class A out the first of every month for about a 20 mile drive. It is enough to lube everything well and get the tires warmed up.
DougE
Explorer
Nov 21, 2015
Even as easy as the Class B's are, they're not driven much. I am looking for a 2006 Sprinter-based B now and those with only 50k miles or so are readily available.

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