Leaving RV for a few days while travelling

We leave our MH in private parks frequently. Sometimes for 2-3 weeks. As several have suggested, we turn water off, set a/c to high setting etc.. Depending on length of time absent we may leave slides out. We tell manager and, if available, security we are leaving. Never had a problem. I don't care for storage in CG, too much activity and rarely electric. We follow rules in COE & BLM CGs and don't plan any side trips. Fortunately we have not had to make any unplanned side trips.

msmith1199 wrote:
What happens when the park loses power at 3am and your generator comes on and you aren't there to turn it off?

My autostart has a setting for quiet hours. It will not come on during quiet hours. If that's a concern, I'd set the tolerances lower on the auto start A/C, heat and generator. Hopefully, the battery would survive until quite hours are over.

Mr.Mark wrote:

msmith1199 wrote:

Mr.Mark wrote:
We have also done that several times. We left the motorhome at Yellowstone at the Grizzly RV park and drove to Jackson Hole, staying in a Hotel to tour the area.

If you store your coach, make sure that your generator is set to come on in case you lose power at the RV park.

Good luck,
MM.

What happens when the park loses power at 3am and your generator comes on and you aren't there to turn it off?

On our previous coach (which is the one we were in), it would kick in to battery power until the batteries got low, then the genny would kick in recharging the batteries then turn off once charged fully.

On the new coach, I have two options. I can set the genny to come on immediately when power is lost then it will turn off once city power is restored. Or, I can set the genny to come on when the batteries reach a certain point to recharge. That cycle will continue until the power is restored.

The batteries would last quite a while running just the fridge and other small demands. When leaving the coach, I would turn off the electric water tank.

The new coach has a very quiet generator as it's in a 'hush box'.

MM.

What is the discounted per day rate when leaving your unit, basically in-storage there? Or, wondering is there a discounted rate available at RV parks, in general when storing a unit for days/weeks on your spot?

Two Jayhawks wrote:
We have done it several times and it never occurred to me it would be a problem for the CG. If I owned a CG and I had customers that were paying full price and (I assume) turned water off and HVAC off or low what would be the problem?

FWIW,

A few years ago my Mother passed away in a nursing home while we were on the road west of Ft. Worth in a COE park. I needed to get home ASAP for the funeral. Went up to the office and told them the story and how I was going to fly out of Dallas and leave the rig for a few days.

I was told that COE rules were all rigs had to have someone there at all times. This was to keep the park from taking on that "run down" look. What was the real kicker was after I told her my story thinking she would make an exception she said "Sorry, I can not lie for you, but maybe my husband might." I didn't want her to "lie" for me so we moved on and left the rig at another park, and flew home for the funeral.

We have done it several times and it never occurred to me it would be a problem for the CG. If I owned a CG and I had customers that were paying full price and (I assume) turned water off and HVAC off or low what would be the problem?

msmith1199 wrote:

Mr.Mark wrote:
We have also done that several times. We left the motorhome at Yellowstone at the Grizzly RV park and drove to Jackson Hole, staying in a Hotel to tour the area.

If you store your coach, make sure that your generator is set to come on in case you lose power at the RV park.

Good luck,
MM.

What happens when the park loses power at 3am and your generator comes on and you aren't there to turn it off?

On our previous coach (which is the one we were in), it would kick in to battery power until the batteries got low, then the genny would kick in recharging the batteries then turn off once charged fully.

On the new coach, I have two options. I can set the genny to come on immediately when power is lost then it will turn off once city power is restored. Or, I can set the genny to come on when the batteries reach a certain point to recharge. That cycle will continue until the power is restored.

The batteries would last quite a while running just the fridge and other small demands. When leaving the coach, I would turn off the electric water tank.

The new coach has a very quiet generator as it's in a 'hush box'.

MM.

Osborn3s wrote:
We are meeting up with friends in Phoenix area and will leave MH for a few days to take side trip. Will RV parks allow us to that? Any input would be appreciated. Newbie

As someone else said just ask the park.

As a general rule, government parks want a rig to always have someone there. Private parks will not care if they are told first.

We have done all of the above over the years. Storage lots are my last choice although we used one in Charlottesville just a few miles from our son's house and he checked on it every 30 days (we were gone three months).

When we have left it in a campground, up to two weeks, we clear with management and we were lucky enough one time to befriend a neighbor who held a set of keys and our contact information. Left power on, furnaces turned down to 55 and water off and hose disconnected. I have read nightmares of people leaving the water off and the hose connected and a helpful handy man turning the water back on after a water system shutdown.

We've done that several times over the years. Some places had a storage area.

One time the Camping World in Morgan Hill, California let us park our coach in their lot when we did an overnight trip to San Francisco.

So ask around.

Turn water off at the pedestal. Turn water heater off and shut the gas valve on the propane. You can probably leave the AC off for a few days without any problem since this is not the hottest time of year. Make sure that your refrigerator is on shore power. Let them know at the park office that you will be gone and leave them a phone number to contact you in case of a problem.