u/Eye_Donut_Kare

Well, took the family to a dirt bike race in pala as our first trip in the trailer. 3 nights, 4 days. Overall, it went very well. I was told to not go far from home for the first trip and we were only 2 hours away from home that was wasn’t a big deal. I was also told to not dry camp for the first trip…well, I didn’t listen there. We had plenty of water, wife knows how to take camping showers, and kids were mindful of water use too. Everything went great, until the next morning when i was woken up to the inverter beeping at 3am because of low battery.

The next day, ran the generator to build up the battery until solar did enough and we were good to go. That night i decided to run the generator later, and kill all the breakers. Only made it to 5am.

Also, the slide out in the bedroom gave me a 9 beeps error code, something about faulty ground. I’m assuming it was because of the dead battery. I’ll research later.

Come home and find out my truck to trailer clearance isn’t enough and touched truck bed to trailer on the way backing up the trailer up my driveway, the next day I raised my goosebox to give me more clearance.

What I learned
- go to harbor freight and build a RV toolbox, not just bring the mechanics tools you have.
- always look for overhang because your rv is taller than you think.
- feed everyone before you arrive, and before you back up the trailer into the driveway too.
- buy 2 batteries.