How often do you drive your RV?

Almost every day I drive as I don't drive every day because I'm retired. It's my "SUV", heh. It doesn't have winter tires (Just All Terrains) so if I have to go far from in town stuff I use my '85 Olds which has 4 winter tires on it but around town I use the van.

My B is my daily driver. 25,000 miles this year. I drive a minimum of 3 days per week ... round trip 60 miles to my part time job.

I try to drive my B at least once every 3 to 4 weeks.

Mine is my only vehicle... so it is out about 3 times a week when I to to the gym and run errands.

Mine is in inside storage in a barn an I have taken the insurance off for the storage time. My GMC is in Orlando, FL getting updated a little. When it is finished I will go down and camp my way home. It gets cold here and everything needs to be winterized. 6" of snow yesterday and all CGs are closed.

We live in SoCal so we get out about every other week.

I try to run/drive our MH 1/month or more and run the generator 5 or 10 minutes. I may plug it in in between to get the batteries fully charged especially in cold weather. I don't think more often rather than less will hurt. Generally it doesn't go more than a couple of months without us using it.

about every 3 weeks is good for the tires ( flat spots) when parked.
jacks and stands can be used on the chassis frame to relieve weight from the tires and suspension.

when you do run it, make sure that it is fully warm- warm enough to boil out any moisture from the oil, warm enough so that the piston rings expand and fully seal the cylinders.

short starts without a full warm up will allow byproducts of combustion to corrupt the oil, and moisture to accumulate inside the cases and exhaust due to condensation.

when storing, change the fluids first. do not let old oil sit in the motor- it contains acids and water.

our genny has a fuel petcock- we rarely use it and it is dry ( from hot and fully exercised, turn petcock off, let it run until it stalls)
I do hit the starter every couple of weeks to splash lube the motor internals

good call on running the ac- the ac refrigerant contains the lubricant, so by running the ac, you keep the lube moving through the system.
in any car it is good to run the ac once in a while- even through the winter to move the lube.

mike

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.

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.