↓ Episode 109 – Winterizing Your RV, Why You Need to Do It!

INTRO

Winterizing your RV. Why you need to do it. This is Eric Stark with TheSmartRVer podcast, Delivering the Smarts. You need to enjoy the freedom of the RV lifestyle without the fear of breaking down. So today we're doing the show a little bit different. We're going to record it for YouTube and we're going to do this from here on out.

Each episode will be available on YouTube, so if you're listening, you know, via podcast, whether there's iTunes or Spotify or another channel might sound a little bit different, but we're going to try to focus more on the audio of it than the video. So it's not going to be a big show and tell thing, although if you want to go back and watch.

The, the video later on. It'll definitely be on YouTube as each episode gets published. So Alexis is with us this morning. How are you doing today, Alexis? Hello. I'm doing good today, Eric. Well, that's good. Mm-hmm. . So here we are. We're ready to talk about the RV life living, the RV life. Mm-hmm. .

RV LIFESTYLE

So this time year, the leaves are changing around the country or we're getting into it, and it's really quite a sight to.

You know, they start changing color and it kind of inspires people to get out and view nature, which, you know, that's a great thing to do. It's one way to get out and get a little exercise, but more than that, it's a great way to get out and use your RV. So with an RV, you can go anywhere you want. If you think the leaves are changing, you want to see it on the West coast, the east coast, you can just take off and go here in Montana.

They're starting to change, starting to fall on the ground. So I'm already dreading the great big cleanup of making leaves forever. Me too. And it piles up. Remember last year, God, we had so many leaves. It just seemed like endless. We tried burning them. That didn't work. It's just a chore no matter what.

Alexis- Did you jump in them?

Eric- Now I took pictures off . Oh good. So no jumping up and down, now it hurt my legs too much. So if you're thinking about that, wanting to get away, maybe plan your trip around where the leaves are, where they're going to be falling, you're going to see the change of seasons as it were. You know, the east coast I think is more popular for, it has a bigger reputation for it, but leaves change in a lot of different areas, big trees.

So check it out on a map, you know, you can go and look. , in fact, we have a link called, it's , the leaf peeping map. So it sounds kind of odd, but that's going to be on our website to Smart RVer.com under the RV life section, actually under this episode as well. So if you want to go out and explore and find some different areas to go check out the leaves, now's a great time to do it.

Start planning now. So, when it's, Or actually by the time this episode airs live. It'll already be happening, but nonetheless, get out and do it. It goes on for quite some time, October, November, and it's awesome to see. Sometimes even just seeing the leaves on the ground around the trees is cool looking because you see the massive amounts of them, you know?

Oh yeah. And a lot of people don't even clean them up, so they're there for months, , until the snow comes. It's a great look. . That's right. So now we're going to get to the nuts and bolts of the show, staying on the road. And today we're going to talk about winter rising your RV and why you need to do it. So winter is coming, you know, it might seem a little early for this, maybe there's not snow on the ground where you're living and the weather's still, you know, somewhat decent during the day.

Might still be okay to go out RV. But there can be a lot to do to prepare. It's not just a five-minute thing. It's not something you just wake up and I'm going to do this today. Because you might only do half of it. You know, you're probably busy getting your house ready. Maybe, uh, getting the yard kind of cleaned up, you know, getting all of them leaves out of there.

So, there's a lot going on and so, you know, it might make the to do list overwhelming, and we don't want the to do list to be overwhelming. What we really want is for you to be able to do this without stressing out, and that's why I'm here. This is my goal to help you do that. The stress reliever, so you're still going to be work, but we're going to try to try to make it easier.

So don't stress, just do it as you can do it. Just the main thing is to get the fresh water done before it starts freezing. That's the most important part of winter rising, to get that freshwater system done. Otherwise, you'll just have ongoing problems. Come springtime. You don't want to miss that one.

STAYING ON THE ROAD

But let's break it down First.

You know, you have the inside of the RV, you have the outside of the RV. The inside basically consists of the freshwater system. The outside of the RV is everything else that you know, should be looked at, maintained at some level before you go into storage. It's not mission critical but is always good to just do it that way.

You have one good last look at your RV before it does start snowing, or it gets too cold to really do anything. You get that wet weather, you know, all sudden leaks up here. It's harder to fix a leak when it's raining out or snowing, or the roofs covered in snow than now when it's dry or dry air. So, let's start with the tires.

So, you know, if you have an RV, whether it's a motor home or trailer, fifth wheel travel trailer, doesn't matter. Air up the tires, check them all, you know, whether they're in great shape or not. You know, that's a different story, but just get them all aired up and, you know, uh, motor homes have their maxim capacity.

All trailer tires should be at air. Maxim air pressure capacity is set on the side of the tire, the maxim psi. So you want to do that, Make sure they're aired up. Because more than likely during the wintertime you're not going to be doing that. You're not going to go out there with an air hose and compressor and air up your tires and you might not be able to see if they're lower, not anyways.

So air them up and then take a look at your batteries. You know, if they're lead acid batteries, if you're going to leave them out in the cold and they're going to freeze, make sure they're charged first. If you don't have a way to charge them outside, then take them out, bring them inside, and get them charged up.

And since you have them out, you might as well leave them out. You know, there's the ongoing debate over whether batteries can freeze or not freeze, or be left in the freezing temperature, I should say. Batteries can't freeze. But whether they should be left in the, the freezing cold. So that's a personal decision.

There's a lot of people that just make sure they're charged up before the wintertime hits, before they go into storage, or they leave the RV plugged in. So, it's constantly charging. And we are talking about lead acid batteries right now, or AGMs, you know the ones that, well, those are the two. Mm-hmm.

and lead acid would include golf cart batteries because they're lead acid batter. See the problem. If you leave them not charged up, they will definitely freeze and then come springtime, you might have to buy new batteries. Sometimes they can come back from that. Sometimes they can't. A lot of people just air on the side of caution, Take the batteries out.

You know, it takes 10, 15, 20 minutes maybe, depending on how your RV's wired. Maybe take a picture of it if the wiring's complex or make a note of it or mark the cables where they go. So it comes springtime. You're not guessing, you're not burning something up because you wired it wrong, which that happens.

It comes to batteries, sometimes they get wired wrong. Even the, the best of the best can make mistakes with that. So you want to avoid. . Now let's talk about lithium batteries For a moment. To charge or to remove or to even heat them. Lithium batteries, they can freeze, but it's better if they don't. And you can use them while they're freezing.

You know, if it's freezing out, you can discharge I lithium battery, but you can't recharge it. Usually in the 32 degrees and under range, every battery has its own little specifications there. But let's just stick at 32 degrees, excessive freezing temperature. So you can discharge, but you can't recharge.

So if you know you're not going to be using the RV and you have lithium batteries in it, just take them out for the. Wintertime, unless you have bags that go around the uh, batteries to heat them. And that's the best way to heat a lithium battery. Is the bag not an internal heater like, uh, some brands might have and really sell that as a great way to heat, but the heat should be evenly dispersed around the battery working its way in.

So, you know, most people are just going to take the lithiums out because it's such a huge investment. They don't want to take a chance of damage them. And that makes sense. , that's probably what I would do. Well, that's what it is. What I do, even with all my batteries, they all come out during the wintertime.

I got some NOCO chargers, they're smart chargers and just hook them up and let them go. You can get them where they work on one bank, two banks, three banks, four banks, so forth. And they're great to have, Easy to use. And they're smart, so they're going to charge it properly so you can put them on and forget about it.

Alexis- So even if you have a good warranty, you should still take them out. You don't want to mess with that. Is that what you're kind of recommending?

Eric- That's what I'm recommending. And so, you know, speaking of a warranty, a warranty, generally you find out whether it's good or bad. When you need it. It's kind of like insurance, like those people in Florida, they're finding out a lot of those insurance companies now are going bankrupt.

Yeah. Yeah, So, So it's better to air on the side of caution and those chargers aren't that expensive, you know, Especially compared to a battery. If you have more than one makes life easier and you'll always have a use for it. Even during the summertime, you know? Yeah. Battery goes bad, dead or something happens, you got a way to charge him up.

That's true. Okay, so we're going to jp from the ground to the roof now and the roof. You want to get up there and you know, I push the roof. Actually everything we talk about is kind of a repeat sometimes, but we're going into winter storage, so you don't want any, any leaks to happen on the roof. You want to try to prevent as many as.

Because remember, you're going to park that RV and maybe walk away from it for four or five, six months, and you know, there's hot days, cold days, and that water, the snow is melting, freezing, melting, freezing, so the water can leak in and be causing damage that you're not even aware of until you go back in the springtime and like, holy smokes, what happened?

You know? Mm-hmm. , there's water everywhere and you know the signs of water. Mm-hmm. . So now is the time. It's warmer. It's a better time to get up there and check the roof for leaks. Make sure you're, you're all the seals around the vents and the seams are sealed, that there's no broken spots. Use. If you have a rubber roof, get up there with some lap sealant and don't go crazy with it.

Just fix where it looks like there's a potential for a leak. Make sure your vent lids are. If you have Max Air or CAMCO vent covers or another brand, you know, peek in there, make sure the lids are not cracked or anything. If they are, just replace them. It's easier to do it now. Like I said, check the skylights too.

Don't forget about the skylights and even the plumbing vents. Just get it all done while you're up there. You know, some of these things can be a disaster in the winter or if, if the roof is covered with snow and they do break or crack, you know, even getting up there and cleaning the roof off during.

Wintertime cause it happened to me. You know, a skylight broke. Not the best time to have a skylight break when there's snow on the roof of the RV. . And having the snow on the roof, you know, it starts way up or you know, gets heavy and so you might see your, uh, the roof Boeing on the inside. You know, a lot of new RV have the curb roofs, or at least trailers do.

Yeah, for better or worse. But you still want to get that snow off if you can, at can calves cause problems and it also hides everything. If something did just break, you wouldn't even know it because the snow's covered it. So it's also going into your RV and checking it out once in a while in the wintertime too, making sure everything's good.

So you're going to take care of everything on the roof, you know, maintain it all, get it done. And so you want to just get outside and inspect the rest of the RV. You know I talked about this in episode 107, so you might want to go back and listen to it because there's a lot of things on the outside of the RV that might need to be rese.

you know, you got a, uh, you know, hatches, you got latches, you know, doors, refrigerator access doors, you got lights, you have all sorts of stuff to trim on the roof and the sides. So, inspect all of that. Make sure there's no problems there because if there are, you know, that water will get in there. And, and don't underestimate what water can do, it doesn't take much.

And once it starts getting in there, Mold starts, deterioration starts, it starts to rot away, and that's it. It will just keep on going. So you want to stop that. So now if you want to cover your RV, that's a question that you know we get asked a lot. I get asked a lot. It sounds good in theory. But is it good in theory?

Yeah. You know, an RV cover, we'll cover the RV. , depending on where you're at, the kind of weather you have, maybe it's great. If you have a lot of rain, then the cover might be the perfect thing, especially if your roof's a little spotty and you get a cover that has tyvec on the top of it or something that's waterproof.

That will definitely help and protect the roof, and that obviously will protect the rest of the r. , but sometimes, you know, the cover's going to get loaded down with snow and that might cause it to tear because the weight starts piling up and it might catch a corner on the air conditioner or something else and it might tear it.

Or you get up there to clean the roof and you might tear it. You know, you get in a shovel trying to be careful and you tear it. or you start pulling on it, trying to shake the snow off, and you know, if it's powder, it'll come off, but if it's frozen, that becomes a problem. So that's a personal decision.

You have to kind of look at where you're at and really decide if the cover's going to be worth it or not. If your RV's in good shape, remember the, the winter time is wet, but it doesn't have the harsh u rays, like the sun time or some summertime. So covering it might not be that big of a deal in the wintertime where as soon as it thaws out and spring comes, maybe you want to get the cover on it to protect it from the sun.

That's probably causes the most damage. And during the wintertime, it's not nearly as harsh. So that's a personal decision. Now we're going to get to the freshwater system. So this is the big one. This is the most important one. Well, besides the roof leaks, . You know, are you going to use air or antifreeze? Are you going to blow it out?

Are you going to buy one of these blowouts plugs in the package? Might be hard to see, so it screws into the city. Water hook up, you hook an air hose up to it and blows out your water system. Now, I'm not going to get into the details of how to do this. We're going to talk more of which one is better. Which one should you.

On the website, it's a smart ar.com. Under this podcast episode 109, there's going to be instructions there to do it either with air or RV antifreeze. So either one will be there, and it's pretty thorough. It covers it all. , now there's some variations too with each RV. Sometimes things are plbed a little bit different.

They're made differently, so the instructions might not match it a hundred percent. So be realistic in your expectations. It's not going to walk you maybe a hundred percent through your RV, but it's going to get you close because that's the way instructions are sometimes, especially with an RV. Okay, So to use air or antifreeze, you know, that's a, it's a tough question because some technicians prefer air, some prefer antifreeze.

, we sell a lot of antifreeze and we sell a lot of these blowout plug. . So it's a kind of a tossup election. Would you agree with that? Oh yeah. We sell 50 50 of both. Yeah. You know, people buy more anti-free. Someone of them might come in, buy three or four or five gallons of anti-freeze, but you're only going to buy one blowout plug.

Yeah, exactly. So that's where it might seem like we do more anti-freeze then air. All in all say sale, You know, if you break it down to sales, right. . And then there's the people that do both. They blow it out with air , and then they run antifreeze through the system because they don't want to take any chances.

They're overachievers. Overachievers. There you go, . You know? So it's definitely a tradeoff. But here's the thing, if you do it yourself, you're going to save money. Even if it doesn't go as planned and come springtime, you have to replace a water valve. Maybe the water valve and the toilet cracked of faucet cracks.

, you know, a water pp gets a little more expensive, but you know that's right in there with a faucet though depending on what faucet, if one were to break. So sometimes no matter what, you're going to be money ahead. And the other side to that is if you do it yourself, you know more about your r. Because what we get in the store sometimes is people, they just, they don't even have a clue how to get to anything on the RV.

Where's my water pp? And they literally don't know where the water pp is. They don't know where the back of the water heater is. You know, it's on the back of the water heater, . , how do we get to it? You know, there's probably an excess access panel. They've never seen it. Or maybe they've seen it a thousand times, but they never associated it with anything.

It's just something the manufacturer, the RV put in. So it helps familiarize yourself with the RV and Alexis, do we not have a lot of do it yourselfers that come into our store? Oh, all the time. Yeah, definitely , right? We have a lot of them. And you know, they're all learning and it's interesting because it's a learning curve.

Mm-hmm. , very much so. You know, and I'm not trying to discourage anybody from doing it, it's just the reality. Sometimes these things are there and you don't even know what they're there. I mean, we hear it all the time. No, there's no switch. There's no way. There's a switch on the wall. . I'm telling you, there's a switch, , they go back and they call later on.

Yeah, I found that there is a switch. You're right. So it's a matter, not a matter of being right or wrong, it's just we, we have a clue and we're trying to help everybody else to get a clue. Make you the smart RV. Mm-hmm. . And so doing it yourself is not that hard. So don't panic. You know, take a deep breath and you can do.

And if you, Yeah, don't get it a hundred percent right the first time or the second time, no big deal because I'll guarantee your shops bundle it too. And RV tech technicians bundle it. And what happens when a shop does it? Sometimes they make it sound like, Oh yeah, come springtime, if anything's broken, we'll cover it for you.

That's not always the case. The first thing they're going to say is, or accuse you of doing, is taking your RV out and using it. Then you did a haphazard uh, re winterize on it. It happens almost every time unless you have a good shop you go to. So don't sweat it. Even the professionals make mistakes here, so, you know, I can't recommend one or the other.

You know, if you're not, if you know you're not going to use your RV for five or six years, then don't do anything. It'll just freeze one winter and every winter thereafter. , it's already winterized, right? I mean, that's kind of what I did with my RV. , not intentionally, but that's what happened. But, Make a choice.

And if you want to do both, do both. It doesn't matter. If you want to run the air through it, then run RV antifreeze through it, that's fine too. But make the decision and just stick with it and don't overthink it. You can only get so much water out of the system. You know, There will always be some water left in it.

Even running antifreeze through it, sometimes a little bit of water gets stuck someplace in a crevice of a valve or whatever, and it still might. Those things happen, but just follow the instructions and all of the winterizing stuff, you know, the water heater, bypass kits, they have instructions on it.

There's a a water pp converter kit for winterizing, and it's permanent. Same with the RV bypass or water heater bypass kit. So this would go on. RV water pp. There's instructions on it that tell you how to do it. There's pictures, so if you just follow the instructions, and like I said, if you go to TheSmartRVer.com and look at episode 109, there'll be links to these instructions.

They'll be on our websites, so Smart RVer.com. So it's just important that you get it done. It doesn't matter which way you go with it, just get it done. Now, if you live in California, you know Central Southern California. Arizona, Texas, Florida. There's some places like that where you don't have to do a thing.

It's just nice temperature all year round. So this isn't going to apply to you, although in some of those states it does freeze a little bit in the wintertime. You know, you might have in Arizona freezing temperatures in the month of January, in the morning for a half an hour, depending on where you're at.

So you know that you probably don't need to do anything about, it's not going to freeze the inside of the r. If you had a waterline lane on the ground, it might freeze it. So that might be worthy of consideration. Cover it or, uh, bring it in, or just make sure there's no water in it. So different areas do different things.

Mm-hmm. , you know, the main thing is to get it done. And then even in the winter times, you're not going to use your RV, even if you're in Arizona someplace like that. Just look at us. An opportunity to get out there and check everything out before the, before you stop using it for five or six months. Just a good way to get some of that maintenance done.

And then while you're doing this, you're just looking at the whole RV. So it's a good time to just see everything it might need and you might look, look at it and say, some of this stuff can definitely wait till springtime. So make a list, put it on the list, and keep the list going. You know, there's always something to do with an RV, but keeping track of what's most important.

So when you're not using RV, it doesn't come back and bite ya. All right, so go to the Smart RVer.com and download the complete guide to Winterizing your RV's fresh water system today. That way you have it.

The NEXT STOP

Eric- All right, so now we're going to the next stop. Today we are going to Bristol Tennessee. Woohoo. I had to pause there because I always think of Bristol, Indiana. Oh sure, yeah. You know the RV capital of the world and that's where Bristol Manufacturing is. It's owned by Laal, Bristol. Hey, I didn't know that. So there you go. , so that's how my mind work. It's always in RV mode. . I love it. Better or worse. Exactly. Okay, so Alexis, this is your area of ex of Specialty

What is there to see in Bristol? Why would I want to go to Bristol Tennessee?

Alexis- Well, do you like race cars?

Eric- I do then.

Alexis- That might be a really good reason because they have the Bristol Motor Speedway there. Very, very popular. Very exciting.

Eric- All right, I'm glad you brought that out cause I was going to call you out on that one. Yeah. So that's, uh, you know, a lot of these Speedway and Bristol and some of the others that are just cool to see no matter what. Yeah, absolutely. , especially if you could get in there after hours. Or one that's deserted. Yeah, . But yeah, so that's a great place to go. You can spend a week in there for a big race.

Alexis- That'd be nice.

Eric- And so what else is there to do besides the racing? That's not for everybody, right? That's pretty exciting.

Alexis- But there's also the Bristol Caverns. I guess you can go down there and take a tour. That might be kind of fun if that interests you. There's also a big lake there, South Holston Lake. Uh, so if you're into fly fishing, that might be a good option for you. Okay. So back to the caverns. Is this, would this be similar to like Carlsbad Caverns, do you know? Just the New Mexico?

Alexis- I think it's kind of similar to Lewis and Clark Caverns.

Eric- Okay If there's a comparison. Yeah. Okay. So everybody, most everybody knows about Carlsbad Caverns. You know, it's quite a place to see, but you know, any, actually, any set of caverns you can find are pretty cool.

Alexis- Right, exactly. You know, even if they're not the same as the last ones you're at, they're still very interesting. Yeah, yeah. You know, there's some in, uh, Arizona. Can't think of the Archer Caverns.

Oh, okay. Yeah. They're pretty cool. And so, yeah. All right. So that would be a good one to go see. Mm-hmm. definitely something. You want to bring a camera with you?

Alexis- Oh yeah.

Eric- Go do. Because sometimes when you take a camera in those dark places, it brings out stuff that you can't see with your eyes when it flashes.

Alexis- Yeah. Like bats or something. Bats or anything.

Eric- You know, bring out the colors. They might be more vibrant than what your eyes can see. Yeah, that's true. You know, unless they have it really lit up and now the lake has trout and fly fishing. Is there anything else going on at the lake? Can you water ski there?

Alexis- I'm pretty sure you can do whatever, uh, interests you. They probably have kayaking, all that kind of thing. So might want to explore that a little bit.

Eric- All right. Very good. And then we're always talking about food wherever we go.

Alexis- Ooh, yes. Need to have, food places in mind.

Eric- What's on the menu in Bristol, Tennessee?

Alexis- Well, for one, there's Cootie Browns. I think that's kind of a southern thing. I think it's a chain, they have barbecue.

Eric- So, barbecue. Yes, barbecue. Barbecue's always good no matter what. Right? That's right. doesn't even matter. Exactly. Sometimes bad barbecue's good.

Alexis- Long as you put enough sauce on it, it's always good.

Eric- And there you go. Yeah. Good barbecue sauce. That's important too. And its colds saw or slaw. Oh yeah. Okay. So what else is there?

Alexis- Not everybody might want barbecue, so, Right, they also have. A restaurant called the Angry Italian, so you can imagine what they serve.

Eric- the angry Italian sounds interesting. , good name. There’s always an Italian restaurant it seems like. Everywhere. Oh yeah. Usually, some Mexican food, Italian food, but Italian food's always good. Mm-hmm. very generally, you know? Yeah. Yep. Sometimes not everything on the menu might be good, but they always have something. That's good. There's something. Yeah. All right, so now you've eaten at one of these places. What about dessert? You going to get dessert there, foodie browns, or you going to go someplace else?

Alexis- Actually, I would recommend Aubrey's because they're famous for their peanut butter pie. So if you're a peanut butter lover, you need to try. Peanut butter pie.

Eric- So must be like a cream that stayed with peanut butter. Exactly. You imagine pie? Just solid peanut butter . That'd be hard to eat. Yeah, I want to be good. Would it? No , P G P B and J Pie? Mm. Okay. So. I'm sure there's more places to eat there. Those are the ones that just stood out to you?

Alexis- Yeah. The good places’. Or the unique places.

Eric- Okay. So now what about staying in Bristol, Tennessee?

Alexis- Oh, man. Yeah. There's so many places to stay. for one, if you want to stay close to, if you're coming there for the speedway, a good place to stay would be the Bristol Campground and event parking, because it's right next to the Speedway. They have, I mean, it's so huge. They have over 2,700. Camp spots there, so you'll probably find one.

Eric- Wow. for, yeah, for that. So that'd be nice. And there's one at the lake as well, or a couple?

Alexis- Yeah. There's a Lakeview RV resort and they have, they advertise for wifi and then, uh, Lake Retreat, RV Park. It's supposed to be pretty there.

Eric- Okay, very good. So, free wifi. Remember that You can dip there and check out the Smart RVer.com on their internet for free. Yeah. Can't beat that . No, you probably can, but while you're there, check it out. Okay. So then the one of these has really good views you mentioned here, Lake Retreat, RV Park. Yeah, it's supposed to be pretty, uh, really, uh, good views of the lake if you're going to stay there. All the camp spots are close. Right. So the one at the Speedway or next to the Speedway of 2,700 camp spots. Mm-hmm. , I'm sure that's like cattle, you know? Oh yeah. .

Alexis- You know, you're going to be there for the weekend and for the race. So the race is going to be the focus here of your attention, but if you're there kind of for the weekend and the race and other things, one of these other places might fit you better.

Eric- Yeah, exactly. Unless you're just the die-hard race fan. Cause I'm sure it's interesting to be in a, uh, A campground with 2,700 RVers. Wanted to watch a, a NASCAR race. It's probably pretty, uh, pretty fun, Pretty rowdy. All right, so when's the best time to go?

Alexis- Well, you know, I mean, you can travel to here anytime of the year, but April to June seems to be really the hotspot to go, because it's, it's really good weather and the races are at their high peak. So if you're going for that, you might want to want to check out these months to travel.

Eric- Okay. Very good. So, you know, we do these, these next stops and they're not always totally timed with the seasons because Well, we're just throwing stuff out there, giving you guys things to think about. Yeah. You know, next April. Mm-hmm. if you're planning on going there, we'll come quickly. Yeah. Yep. You know, we're in October. So it's going to be there right away. And you know, like in our store and stuff, we try to plan stuff much in advance because time goes by so quick. Yes. You know, you guys have busy lives as well and time flies and so planning ahead. And so sometimes things might seem, that'll sink with the seasons, but we're just throwing stuff out there. That's right. You know, seeing what'll stick for you. You, you get on the map and look, hey, that'd be a cool place to go. We're going to make our plans for April, you know? Yeah, absolutely. And maybe you're not into racing or fishing, but there's other reasons to go there.

Just checking out different spots.

RV ENVY

Yeah. All right, so now we're going to talk about RV Envy. Now winterizing supplies things to winterize your RV. Probably is not going to make your neighbor too envious. like, not make anybody real envious because you know it just winterizing it's work. You need to put some stuff on the water heater if it doesn't have it.

So everything that you're going to need for Winter rising, I'm just going to make this simple, is going to be on our website at Smart RV part center dot. , I used to say Arizona RV Part center now at smart RV part center.com. Okay. So when you go there, that'll be the new name, hopefully a new look. time. Remember I just said, talked about time because everything you need, you know, maybe your RV's already set up for it and all you need is RV for you.

So you just need to go to the local RV store and buy some RV antifreeze. And speaking of which, you do want to buy some early. Because people do run out of it, you know, sometimes it becomes very hard to get. , come October, November, December, I think last year in January we were down to like three gallons.

Six gallons, uh, for almost the rest of the season. Yep. So you want to get it early And we sold a lot of it. It goes fast, especially if there's a cold snap that comes out nowhere, then you can get caught off guard, but your RV might be set up for it. So you don't need anything other than RV any. But if your RV hasn't been winterized and you know it needs stuff, then you want to get on that early as well, because even the supplies can become short.

So, check out your RV if it's new to you, see what it needs if you've already had it for a couple winners and you know exactly what to do. So go to TheSmartRVPartCenter.com and I'll have a link on the website. Episode 109. At TheSmart RVer.com might be confusing. Everything's revolving around theSmartRVer do you see a theme there?

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Okay. So one other thing. , so that's the, we're coming to the, the end of the show here. That went by quick or it seemed like it went by quick. It seemed that way, Alexis. It did. Maybe because we're recording it two different ways. . Millions of people watching it every time. Yeah, it's very powerful. lays with the mind

So one thing we're going to start doing that's going to be new besides today, and how we're doing this show on every other Friday, So our podcasts come out biweekly. So the weeks in between on Friday, we're going to have what is called free tip. It's going to be one tip in 10 minutes, and that will be recorded on audio and put on YouTube.

So either way, so if you're listening to iTunes, you'll get it on iTunes. If you prefer to go to YouTube, it will be there. So that's going to start November 4th. So November 4th will be beginning a free tip Friday. One tip, 10 minutes. Mark your calendars. Mark your calendars if they ever say that by mistake at a NASCAR gentleman, mark your calendars.

All right, So I want to thank everybody for listening today and Alexis coming in and helping us out with the next stop. So this is Eric Stark with TheSmartRVer podcast, and he's been great hanging out with you. If I don't see on the road connect.