Owning Two RVs

Deb,

Felt tip permanent markers (black or blue) work great to label contents on even clear plastic tubs and containers and the containers and pens are all very cheap and kast for many years. We almost never use any lids and simply pen label on the front vertical side. Stuff never gets dirty in our RV's but some RV's aren't sealed as well or havent been sealed by the owners some may be hauled or driven down a lot of dirt or dusty gravel roads at high enough speed to create big dust clouds when they have air leaks. It can make a real mess! Haste makes waste!

joe b. wrote:


I have a couple of tubs, clear Rubber Maid types, in a 17 qt/16ltr, size, that I keep odds and ends in that go with my camera gear or computers. Extra batteries, chargers for cameras, cords for iphones, ipads, etc., Sleek WiFi range improver, SD chips, flash drives of different sizes, computer cables, etc. This box gets moved back and forth and in between trips it resides in my home office. The other box of the same size we keep medicines in that we don't want to leave in the heat of the RVs parked here in Florida. That box comes into the house between trips as well.

Both boxes have a specific place to live in the RVs so it is easy to see if they are on board or not.

That's kind of what I'm envisioning? I bought some fabric-covered storage cubes that should fit inside the RVs' cabinets - I can label what's in each cube, and designate a space in a cabinet for it.

joe b.

We like those Rubber Maid and Sterlite clear tubs too and have a lot of them in and for our RV's. You can see what's on the bottom thru the walls and they come in so many convient sizes. We like and buy RV's with dinettes in our trailers etc as there is so much storage under them and each has a real door. We use 2 of the 13" wide X 37" long X 7" deep clear tubs to put our canned goods and heavy stuff in and are kept right under the dinette seats. The floor is carpeted so the tubs totally filled with canned goods slide out or in almost like they're on ball bearings which is a real plus for my disabled wife. No hunting or reaching in for items as they are right in front of you! The tubs can't move hardly at all when traveling because they are trapped on all sides. This also keeps the heavy items down low and really on the floor. The light items go in the slideout pantry and on the upper cabinets. Storing locations should be selected from the floor level to the ceiling acording to item weight as much as possible. The long dinette seats are also great for sitting up in with your legs up also while just talking, relaxing, games, or planning things etc. The 4 RV's we've had with table and chairs setups were quite uncomfortable after a while of sitting even in our very high end RV's because you can't really change your position much at all. Just our personal choice!

We use other sizes as needed to transport and store our medicines, and the things you use them for too. Even keep areosol cans and liquid containing bottles having contents that would stain or create any problem if they leaked and the tubs on the shelves which prevents this. No hunting thru shelves, just pull the tub out to get what you want and shove it back. We are blessed with many usable proper size storage areas and that is big criteria to us when selecting a model/floorplan. You KNOW you'll need plenty of storage for long travels or long times so it's very important. Even use them in the outside storage areas and therefore know just where everything is. So positive and easy to see what you need the replentish when you get back home and never have to move stuff from one RV to the other etc until the day you empty the RV to sell etc it!

Even use them under the liftup bed for about everything and it keeps stuff organized and little things don't get lost.

In general, A place for everything and everything in it's place! It works for keeping all the multiple RV's and boats you own and works great in the stick and bricks too... Nothing's perfect though!

We keep both of our RVs stocked. At first we tried moving the "junk" back and forth but we never had what we wanted in the rig we were in at that time.

I have a couple of tubs, clear Rubber Maid types, in a 17 qt/16ltr, size, that I keep odds and ends in that go with my camera gear or computers. Extra batteries, chargers for cameras, cords for iphones, ipads, etc., Sleek WiFi range improver, SD chips, flash drives of different sizes, computer cables, etc. This box gets moved back and forth and in between trips it resides in my home office. The other box of the same size we keep medicines in that we don't want to leave in the heat of the RVs parked here in Florida. That box comes into the house between trips as well.

Both boxes have a specific place to live in the RVs so it is easy to see if they are on board or not. Some tools I have duplicated for both rigs but since we use the same truck for both the 5th wheel and the truck camper, most of the tools reside in the truck, such as the 12 v. air compressor, wrenches, bottle jacks, etc.

Dishes, pots and pans, bedding, remain in each RV. We move the satellite radio, from RV to RV and so far have not forgotten to switch it. Our truck camper gets most of it's use in the summer months and we normally spend about 100 nights a year out in it. The 5th wheel gets most of it's use in the winter months, as it is a campground "queen" and seldom gets too far from Florida. (two summers ago it made it to western Colorado and Utah/Arizona and back home) The 5th wheel gets used about 40 nights a year most years, Mostly up to Disney World as we take our grandsons up often as we all have annual tickets to the parks.

Hmmm, our RV is our "baby", and at our age we only have enough energy for one baby at a time!

We keep it and the stick house pretty much dual-stocked all the time ... and can barely keep up with that and maintenace of both.

The whole area up there is beyond gorgeous and we go up there a lot. What a shame that forest fire had done and the lost very long tome lodge too. Stopped short of the Tahquamenon Falls area though which is a blessing.

No doubt about it, Different RV for different trips, desires, and needs. There's not ONE RV made or has been made that does it all or remotely is best for all Rving or camping. That's why we had so many different RV's at any given time! Our various RV's over our last 50+ years included a custom van conversion, popup trailers, a true class B, class C's, class A's, TT's, popup and hard side TC's, 5th wheels, 2 boats with custom designed true camping full enclosures, and yes we even had a cabin tent. Took many boats, canoes, pedal and motorized trailbikes, roadbikes, mopeds, scooters, and enclosed or open trailers along and each had their purpose for adventure and fun. The lasting memories are yours to have for ever and no one can ever take them away from you. If you didn't actually do the adventure or had just talked about it, you'll have NO memories of what was experienced or the fun had.

travelnutz wrote:
Deb and Ed M,

Naa, don't have to use the "C" to pull your Kayak trailer

Oh - but I DO! Because several of my kayaking girlfriends also stay with me in the motorhome - the C sleeps more people :-) It also fits into the most remote, crazy places, like this UP cabin's side yard..LOL!! (We paddled the Two Hearted River through the Duck Lake forest fire burn area last year - very sobering)

Deb and Ed M,

Naa, don't have to use the "C" to pull your Kayak trailer as you can have the best of both worlds and pull it behind the 5th wheel. In Michigan, you'll have to go to the license bureau and take the simple test to get an "R" on your driver's license. "R" is for "Recreational Double Towing". Michigan and most of the states you will travel in allow double towing.

My wife's license even has the "R" like mine. Here's how it went down. I had to go down to renew the truck license plate and asked the clerk about getting an "R". The clerk handed me the form and said to sit down and take the test and then come back to the counter which I did. 100% and so I asked for a pamphlet for my wife, which she gave me. Went home and handed it to my wife and said: "Read this as you have a test in an hour"! The looks she gave me were "precious" but read she did. Went down and took the test and also 100% and she got her "R". She laughs about it now but didn't think it was funny when I handed her the pamphlet.

We always do everything together as it's our way and neither of us want's to be left behind and it's worked great and happily for over 52 years so far! The only thing she nixed was when I mentioned my getting a pilot's license and buying a Cessna Turbo Centurion 210 RG 6 place airplane. She wanted NO part of piloting a plane!!! So I didn't get the license either and it's never bothered me in the least. Probably because I've flown all over the country etc for years and usually not on commercial flights for so many years that I now detest flying. Much rather RV or boat!

Why the hurry to get the "R"? We had quickly (spur of the moment, our way) decided to take a trip up to Indian River near the Straits (Burt Lake SP) with the 5th wheel rather than the TC as the one personal truck we had at the time was setup for the 5th wheel. BUT, weren't licensed to double pull with the boat trailer behind the 5'er and wanted to do the Inland Waterway in the boat. I had to renew my truck plates anyway. Problem solved! DUH, all's well that ends well!

Ha, I thought we were crazy for having to rvs! Hubby wants to keep both because they both have their uses and I cannot disagree...

We have a 20 foot travel trailer that we use for doing art shows (live in the trailer, product in the van). Our funmobile is a 24 foot class C...strictly for travel although I think he had a big part in signing us up for two shows while we are currently out west on "vacation".

Because we are frugal, we move things back and forth between rv's. If we had more money or were willing to spend it, we would have two sets of everything.

I'm also finding comfort in knowing that it's not "crazy" to have more than one RV!!!! The Class C isn't worth all that much, but it's priceless to us; and we still need it for pulling things (either Eds racetruck or my kayak trailer). But we're blown away by how much room is in the 5er!!