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397. Our Biggest RV Travel Mistakes

RV Miles Podcast

RV Miles Network

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🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

This week on the RV Miles Podcast, we’re digging deep into the memory bank to relive some of our biggest mistakes on the road — and yes, there have been plenty. From exploding spaghetti sauce and black tank blunders… to campsite miscalculations, rookie towing moments, and those “what were we thinking?” travel decisions — we’ve learned a lot the hard way over nearly a decade of RV life. If you’ve ever made a mistake in your RV (and who hasn’t?), this episode is proof you’re not alone — and hopefully you’ll learn from ours instead of repeating them. *Support independent RV journalism and unlock great perks by becoming a Mile Marker 👉 https://rvmiles.com/milemarkers *Get your FREE weekly Road Signs Newsletter at https://rvmiles.com/mailinglist/ Support our Sponsors: *Check out all Blue Ox has to offer at https://BlueOx.com*Find all the RV parts and gear you need at etrailer: https://www.etrailer.com/vehicle-finder.aspx?etam=p0001*Find Liquified at https://liquifiedrv.com/ Track SSTK_MUSIC_ID  437726– Monetization ID MONETIZATION_ID AMXDXB4BX5FLHUYE 00:00 Introduction00:58 Tiffin Consolidates in Red Bay07:22 Alliance Buys Midwest Automotive Designs10:29 Studio Updates14:54 Sponsors16:08 Disaster Stories Begin18:36 The Marinara Explosion20:43 Inside-Rig Mishaps25:40 Exterior Damage Hall of Fame34:45 Driving Blunders38:24 Campground Scramble44:50 The Jerry Can Shower Disaster49:16 Yosemite Exit Chaos52:31 Trust the Nagging Feeling54:27 Black Tank Flush Overflow58:47 Black Tank: Ram/Jeep Towing Module Recall01:01:59 Fresh Tank: Love’s Expands RV Stops01:03:47 Black Tank: Don’t Order Domino’s to an Active Crime Scene01:08:05 Fresh Tank: Why MasterClass Is Worth It

Transcript

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0:00.0

10 years traveling in an RV has given us a lot of wonderful memories, but it's also given us

0:06.2

a lot of incidents. So this week on the RV Miles podcast, we're going to talk about some of our

0:11.6

major mistakes traveling down the road. This is RV Miles. Welcome to episode number 397 of

0:19.0

RV Miles. I'm Jason. And I'm Abby, and we are two RVers who for the last 10 years have been criss-crossing North America

0:26.1

on one epic road trip, making some very epic mistakes. Here at RV Miles, we talk all things

0:33.9

RV and outdoors from industry news to travel destinations, our national parks,

0:39.8

and so much more.

0:41.6

A lot to get to today.

0:43.1

I'm excited to get to some of these stories because we had a really fun time putting

0:47.4

together the list of the things that we wanted to chat about on this episode because

0:50.9

there's some doosies that a lot of you have heard over the years,

0:56.6

but it's always fun to bring them back up.

0:58.1

And a lot of you are new, of course.

1:02.4

But before we get into all of that, we want to talk about a couple things happening in the news, some real big changes happening in the motorized area of RVing.

1:07.7

So first of all, I talked about this on the news episode last week, but Tiffin has announced

1:13.6

in a very press release-y type way that they are consolidating their operations in Red Bay, Alabama.

1:21.3

Tiffins are famously built in Red Bay, Alabama, and not in Elkhart where a lot of the other RV brands are built.

1:30.1

Most of the other RV brands are built.

1:32.0

But Tiffin, but this press release saying that they're going to be consolidating production down there,

1:38.4

getting all of their, I believe it's their Class C motorhomes, which were not in Red Bay, to Red Bay. And of course,

1:46.3

last year it was also announced that Integra coach diesel production, which is another Thor brand.

1:52.3

So Tiffin's owned by Thor's since 2020 and Integra's owned by Thor. And Integra is,

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