Stopping Overnight

[JC435]

We're going on our first real trip soon and have a question about stopping for the night and leaving the campground the next morning. Is there any problem with just keeping everything hooked up for that length of time? Assuming we're in a level spot, should we use the stability jacks? Is there anything else we should do/not do in the 10 hours we're there? Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

[dadmomh]

Ditto on leaving everything hooked up and also on putting the stabilizers down. Fast and easy.

[MarkTwain]

jmtandem wrote:
For just a night I never unhook. You might disconnect the power cord to the trailer if your trailer takes power from the tow vehicles battery and reconnect before taking off the next day.

X1, the only thing I do is lower the front jacks just slightly to relieve some the pressure that might occur as you are walking around in the RV.

[beemerphile1]

We have overnighted many times without any set up. Leave it ready go in the morning.

[DutchmenSport]

For over-nights we never unhitch either. My previous camper had no slides, so we just parked, hooked up water and electric and went to bed.

Our Outback has 3 slides. Now, when doing an overnight, I will put the jacks down before extending the slides, and level as much as possible. I never extend the slides unless the jacks are down and the camper is "stable". But no need to unhitch.

[haste_maker]

When stopping for the night, I don't unhook the PU, I do hook up my power & water hose & just for one overnight stop I don't drain the holding tanks the next morning.

[jmtandem]

For just a night I never unhook. You might disconnect the power cord to the trailer if your trailer takes power from the tow vehicles battery and reconnect before taking off the next day.