The RV World is Changing Fast: Here's What You Need To Know
RV Podcast - Stories From The Road
Mike Wendland
4.5 • 704 Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Episode 600 of the RV Podcast is here, and we are marking the milestone with a packed episode.
Mike and Jennifer are on the road near Gainesville, Florida, prepping for their spring rally with RVCommunity.com members in St. Augustine, and they have a lot to share.
First, Love's Travel Stops has been quietly building something big for RVers. Full hookups, dog parks, and campgrounds were just the start. Now Love's is offering tires and batteries to RVers who need them on the road. Jim Wheeler, Love's Director of RV Operations, joins us to explain why Love's keeps expanding its commitment to the RV community.
Then Mike and Jennifer make the case for New Mexico as one of the most underrated RV destinations in America. Carlsbad Caverns, Roswell, Santa Fe, Taos, and the remote Gila region - this is not a drive-through state. It rewards the RVers who actually stop.
Jennifer shares her first-night campsite setup routine, the simple approach that avoids the frustration of trying to do too much when you are tired and just arriving somewhere new.
And Tom from Arizona asked about cargo carrying capacity - and the answer may surprise you. This is one of the most misunderstood numbers in all of RVing, and ignoring it can affect your braking, your tires, and your safety every mile you drive.
Six hundred episodes. Twelve years. We are just getting started.
Show notes and links at RVPodcast.com
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| 0:00.0 | This is episode 600 of the RV podcast. |
| 0:04.4 | And this week on the podcast? |
| 0:06.1 | If you stop at one of our loves RV stops and you're staying overnight and it's one of the |
| 0:11.6 | locations that does have the tires and batteries and you're looking for some service, we will |
| 0:17.0 | have a tech come right out to the RV stop and take care of you. |
| 0:22.6 | In this week's episode, we're going to hear how loves the big highway truck travel center |
| 0:27.8 | people have developed a huge love affair with RVers. Plus, we'll share travel tips, |
| 0:34.2 | how to set up your campsite on the first night and answer an RV question about a mistake |
| 0:39.0 | way too many RVers make overloading their campers. This episode is being released on April 15, |
| 0:45.6 | 2026. |
| 0:47.0 | Text day. |
| 0:48.0 | Uh-huh. |
| 0:48.6 | Whoa. |
| 0:49.6 | Hello, everybody, and welcome to the RV podcast. I'm Mike Wendland. This is my co-host, my lifelong traveling |
| 0:56.0 | companion, and my bride, Jennifer. Hello, my dear. Hello, my Michael, and this is the RV |
| 1:02.2 | podcast, Stories from the Road edition. You can find complete show notes for this episode at |
| 1:07.2 | RVpodcast.com. And remember, we release two episodes every week. This edition, |
| 1:12.7 | Stories on the Road, focuses on the RV lifestyle, the people, the places, and the experiences |
| 1:18.1 | that make life on wheels so special. And then every Monday, we bring you our RV News edition, |
| 1:25.4 | covering the biggest stories of the week that impact your travels. |
| 1:29.5 | And wow, 600 episodes. |
| 1:32.2 | That's what today's milestone is. |
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