I need to get a checklist of essential gear (this will vary) to take a long distance/long term trip. I'm planning to leave at the end of May when my kids get out of school. They going to their mothers' houseand I'm going RVing. Probably starting at Outer Banks NC seashore, then maybe Gettysburg, Washington DC, then who knows. On this type of trip gear is life. Please help newbie get it right. It probably only me but possibly one companion. No pets no kids. Would like to pull with my Jeep GC but will prob use my 95 Suburban as it more suited for travel

Think about stuff you cannot buy or is not readily available along the way. Prescription Drugs, sewer, water, electric items for hook up, spare bulbs, wire, tape, silicon, chocks, level, shovel, planks, \===. Make and use a hitch and unhitch check list. Otherwise take sunglasses, a camera, and a credit card. and Have fun ;)

Walmart or the like can solve a lot of sudden problems.Foul weather clothes. Clothes for working on the RV. A small collection of office supplies - pens, markers, envelopes, some postage, note pads.Extra phone chargers, list of passwords for accounts and websites, important phone numbers not in your phones.A credit card or LOC that you could put $10K on in an emergency.Matt B

you wanna watch your list very close, you,ll over pack and be over weight real quick. remember your camping.

Climate is what we expect - weather is what we get.Be sure to include a medium jacket and some long pants. You hopefully won't need them in the summer, but you never know - and you don't want to try to find a coat at the beach in summer.

General Checklist for Essential Gear on Long Term Trip

PawPaw_n_Gram
Explorer
Feb 03, 2015
Climate is what we expect - weather is what we get.

Be sure to include a medium jacket and some long pants. You hopefully won't need them in the summer, but you never know - and you don't want to try to find a coat at the beach in summer.
midnightsadie
Explorer II
Feb 03, 2015
you wanna watch your list very close, you,ll over pack and be over weight real quick. remember your camping.
midnightsadie
Explorer II
Feb 03, 2015
roll duck tape.
oldmattb
Explorer
Feb 03, 2015
Walmart or the like can solve a lot of sudden problems.

Foul weather clothes. Clothes for working on the RV. A small collection of office supplies - pens, markers, envelopes, some postage, note pads.

Extra phone chargers, list of passwords for accounts and websites, important phone numbers not in your phones.

A credit card or LOC that you could put $10K on in an emergency.

Matt B
NMDriver
Explorer
Feb 03, 2015
Think about stuff you cannot buy or is not readily available along the way. Prescription Drugs, sewer, water, electric items for hook up, spare bulbs, wire, tape, silicon, chocks, level, shovel, planks, \===. Make and use a hitch and unhitch check list. Otherwise take sunglasses, a camera, and a credit card. and Have fun ;)

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