Best Checklist(s)

Our first Factory made RV was a 1990 Bounder, as per my signature, we now have a 2002 Winnie. The Bounder had a check list in the owners manual and is the basis for our current list.

This list is the one we follow after we start trips, I do a lot more before we leave on a trip, usually start three days before departure.


Pre Travel Check List


Exterior

Check Tires and Pressure, adjust if necessary

Check All Fluids, fill as necessary

Check All Exterior Lights

Check That All Exterior Cabinet Doors are Shut and Locked

Check Wipers and Washer

Remove All Shore Lines, Water, Electricity, Waste Hose

Remove Wheel Chocks if used


Interior

Lower TV antenna, turn off antenna and inverter

Visually Check that steps are retracted

Raise levelers and check visually

Retract rooms

Lock Refrigerator door

Turn off water heater and pump

Turn off Furnace

Turn off Oven Pilot

Close Cooktop cover

Close Roof Vents

Close all drawers, doors and windows

Check that Thermostat is off

Lock Entry Door

Lock TV mounts


Towed

Check Hitch ball and mount

Inspect and hook up tow bar

Inspect and hook up safety cables

Put lock on hitch lever

Turn off lights and accessories

Connect umbilical and check lights for operation

Put Transmission in Park

Put Transfer case in neutral

Release the hand brake


Like I said, I do a very exhausting run through prior to the start of trip but this is done anytime the wheels roll. When everything is loaded and the DW is through setting her GPS and before the key is turned we go through the list. If I'm moving from storage to home, if I take an exercise run while giving the genny it's monthly exercise any time the wheels turn, I run through the list. Mostly it is the list from Fleetwood but adapted to the Winnie.

Click here and go down to #2 "Checklists and Procedures" for a lot of ideas.
Barney

That is one of the most detailed checklists I've seen...though I haven't seen too many.

There are several duplicates, but the two spouses is very important. If you don't find your spouse during the Interior check, you need to remember to look for your spouse when you go outside to do the Exterior check!

I'm a big fan of checklists. RV's tend to have lot's of different types of users, so, IMO it would best to use the shown list and modify it to suit yourself.

Rather than having it be alphabetical, it would be easier to use if it was more "task order oriented" like a pilots check list. That means that the check list should be written in the order of your pre trip walk around, both inside and out. Otherwise you'll be criss crossing all over the place and more likely to be distracted and forget things, which, . . . . . is the primary purpose of the check list.

Chum lee

SoundGuy wrote:
On the upside it looks like the author has 2 spouses. ;)

That's okay if they both have well paying jobs. :B

SoundGuy wrote:

DarkSkySeeker wrote:
I found this checklist - seems complete.

Don't see any reference to checking wheel lug nut torque. And if propane is turned off as suggested one can't run the fridge enroute. :( On the upside it looks like the author has 2 spouses. ;)

2 antennas too.

It seems the author is a little confused also, that or they have a very different rig than me.

- Drain holding tanks is an "interior" item.

- Gauges (temperature, oil pressure, etc.) are "interior" but 'breakaway connection' is 'exterior' item, a TT or 5'er has an engine?

DarkSkySeeker wrote:
I found this checklist - seems complete.

Don't see any reference to checking wheel lug nut torque. And if propane is turned off as suggested one can't run the fridge enroute. :( On the upside it looks like the author has 2 spouses. ;)