Motorhome travel
Motorhome travel
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Route with Full Travel Support
We will create a personalized route tailored specifically to your wishes and interests. You’ll receive a detailed travel guide with descriptions of must-see attractions, up-to-date prices, and helpful tips. We’ll book your campsites in advance and mark convenient stopovers, so everything is planned for you.
Prefer spontaneous travel and making decisions on the go? We’ve got you covered with full support along the way. We’ll be in touch with you 24/7 to:
Find and book a great restaurant or tour along the route;
Help locate nearby service points, like water disposal or refueling stations;
Quickly adjust your route if you’re in the mood for new experiences.
With us, your journey will be easy, well-organized, and truly free.
Prefer spontaneous travel and making decisions on the go? We’ve got you covered with full support along the way. We’ll be in touch with you 24/7 to:
Find and book a great restaurant or tour along the route;
Help locate nearby service points, like water disposal or refueling stations;
Quickly adjust your route if you’re in the mood for new experiences.
With us, your journey will be easy, well-organized, and truly free.
How to drive a motorhome
Five driving features that need to be considered.
Have you noticed that the crowns of the trees overhanging the roadway have the shape of a cut-out corner from below?
I didn’t pay attention to it either until I found myself driving a motorhome. Branches are cut for tall trucks, buses and for us traveling on a camper 3.3 m high, 7.5 m long and 2.4 m wide.
Such dimensions determine some features of management:
I didn’t pay attention to it either until I found myself driving a motorhome. Branches are cut for tall trucks, buses and for us traveling on a camper 3.3 m high, 7.5 m long and 2.4 m wide.
Such dimensions determine some features of management:
Evgeny Byakin
Founder
"Great RV Trip"
"Great RV Trip"
1. Height of motorhome
This factor makes the road space three-dimensional. Now you need not only to look at the road below, but also at the wires hanging from above, height signs on bridges, at the ceiling level at the entrance to the parking lot, etc.
2. Large blind spot
The rear-view mirrors have additional small convex mirrors that show the blind spot. There is no way without them, because the car going next to overtaking completely disappears in simple mirrors for a few seconds. Therefore, the gaze focuses on four mirrors instead of two.
3. Reverse gear
Backing down is not a task for the faint of heart. If something is standing exactly in the middle behind the camper, then it is impossible to see it in the mirrors. Someone sets up rear-view cameras, and my wife guides me, watching the maneuver from the rear window :) You also need to keep an eye on the rear upper corners.
4. The turn
I feel like a bus driver when I make a turn at an intersection. I start turning later, rolling out behind the half-moon traffic light, and only then do I start turning the steering wheel so as not to take down the corner sideways and run the rear wheel over the curb.
5.Ground clearance and rear overhang
Our Ford Tioga has high ground clearance. We’ve never had issues with this. However, during steep ascents or descents, there’s a risk of scraping the RV’s undercarriage because the rear overhang extends 2.5 meters beyond the wheels. That’s why we tackle sharp hills not head-on, but at an angle.
In short, geometry meets physics in real life :)
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2093 PHILADELPHIA PIKE #7170
CLAYMONT, DELAWARE 19703, USA
© GREAT RV TRIP, 2017–2026
Motorhome travel agency
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Address:
2093 PHILADELPHIA PIKE #7170
CLAYMONT, DELAWARE 19703, USA
© GREAT RV TRIP, 2017–2026
Motorhome travel agency
Let's go on an adventure!
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