In case you’re new to RVing, you will not be accustomed to the language utilized in RV tradition. That will help you acclimate rapidly, RVT has compiled a recent listing of RV lingo you should know. Be taught these widespread phrases, and also you’ll quickly be talking like a seasoned RVer.
Widespread RV Lingo
1-in, 1-out: A useful tip for managing litter. If a brand new merchandise comes into the RV, one other merchandise ought to exit.
2-2-2 Rule: Journey not more than 200 miles (322 km) per day, arrive at your vacation spot by 2 pm, and keep at the very least two nights. Arriving by 2 pm offers you time to discover a good location and arrange. Staying at the very least two nights offers you one full day at your vacation spot.
Black water tank: An onboard tank to carry bathroom waste. Black water is uncooked sewage and have to be correctly disposed of at dumping stations. At all times put on gloves when disposing of sewage and guarantee your sewer hose is tightly related.
BLM Land: Public land managed by the Bureau of Land Administration in the USA. Tenting is usually free, however there are often no facilities. The Canadian equal is Crown land.
Boondocking: Tenting off-grid with out facilities, usually in distant areas. When boondocking, all the time bear in mind to go away no hint.
Bunkhouse: An space of the RV that has bunk beds. Might also confer with an RV ground plan that features bunk beds e.g. bunkhouse mannequin.
Cab: The entrance of a motorhome the place the driving force sits. Additionally referred to as the cockpit.
Cab-over: A sleeping or storage space positioned above the cab of a motorhome.
Captain’s chair: The driving force’s seat.
Caravaning: A number of folks touring and tenting collectively in their very own separate RVs.
Coach: A Class A RV.
Diesel Pusher: A Class A motorhome with a diesel engine positioned within the rear.
Diesel Puller: A Class A motorhome with a diesel engine positioned within the entrance. Additionally referred to as a FRED (Entrance Finish Diesel). Today, most new Class A diesel motorhomes are rear-engine.
Dry Tenting: Tenting with out hookups. Usually used interchangeably with boondocking.
Dump station: An space for the authorized disposal of black water and grey water.
Fiver: One other identify for a fifth-wheel trailer.
Full-timer: Individuals who stay of their RV full time.
Grey water tank: An onboard tank that holds wastewater from sinks and showers.
Hookups: Facilities you ‘hook up’ to at a campground or RV resort. Hookups usually embrace water, sewer, and energy. Partial hookups don’t embrace sewer. Cable hookups may additionally be accessible.
Hose bib – A faucet that gives recent water at a campsite. In case you have full hookups, you may hook as much as a hose bib to entry metropolis water. In case you don’t, hose bibs are usually offered in numerous areas across the campground for campers to entry recent water.
Moochdocking: Tenting free of charge on a pal’s/member of the family’s property. Additionally referred to as driveway browsing. Verify native bylaws earlier than you do that. Some municipalities have closing dates for RVs parked in driveways.
Beginner: First time RVer.
Potable water: Water that’s secure to drink (pronounced with an extended ‘o’ sound).
Pull-through Website: A straightforward-access RV website that permits you to enter from the rear and exit by way of the entrance, reasonably than backing in.
Rig: A generic time period for an RV.
Roadschooling: Homeschooling in an RV.
Shore energy: Electrical energy offered to an RV by plugging into {the electrical} grid. e.g. energy hookups at a campground.
Snowbirds: RVers who head south for the winter to keep away from colder climate up north.
Stealth tenting: Staying in a single day in your RV whereas showing to be a vacant car. Many city areas will enable RVs to park in a single day on a public road, however don’t allow sleeping in them, subsequently stealth is required to ‘camp’ there. Class B RVs (additionally referred to as camper vans) are the simplest RV to stealth camp in as a result of they resemble a daily van.
Sticks and Bricks: A standard, stationary residence, similar to a home.
Pungent Slinky: A slang time period for the sewer hose used to dump the RV waste tanks.
Technomad: RVers who use the web to earn cash whereas touring full time. Might also be referred to as digital nomads.
Tribe: A time period of endearment many full-time RV nomads use to explain fellow full-timers. Usually used exterior of RVing as effectively, to explain a bunch of pals with related pursuits.
TOAD: A reputation given to autos ‘towed’ behind Class A, B, or C RVs. Additionally referred to as a ‘dinghy’. This isn’t the identical as a tow car (usually a truck), which pulls a trailer behind it.
Wallydocking: Tenting in a single day in a Walmart™ parking zone. Some Walmarts now not enable this. Verify earlier than establishing.
Weekend warriors: Individuals who get out of their RVs primarily on weekends, as soon as the work week is completed.
Now that you understand a number of the widespread phrases, you may go away the sticks and bricks behind and be part of your tribe for a boondocking journey with out sounding like a whole beginner. Pleased tenting!
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