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"Let's start out with only 5 stars...'cause why not". Classic. My thoughts exactly. Love your guys' videos. They are the first reference that I use when I have ANY questions about our RVing.

I bought my TST TPMS from TechnoRV and it works great. I’ve got the cap monitors on my truck and trailer so when I’m not towing the trailer I know how my truck tires are doing. As soon as it’s in range of my trailer it picks those tires right up. TechnoRV’s instructional videos are amazing. This 59 year old single gal programmed and installed it myself!!

Just bought our Garmin RV895! Excited!

What an Awesome video. Getting a home on wheels and being absorbed by it, can make you forget little things. If you don't have a place to park. It'll be a short vacation.

You’re more than welcome. Glad you got to those places. You’ll never run out of things to see in those parks. Love your show.

Love the video......I worked with a full blooded German gentleman......and with a thick German accent he would say "Marcus, preparation is the key to life".....and you just proved it...thanks..m

Being a truck driver helps a whole lot with trip planing

Thank-you for sharing this. My wife and I are planning our first long distance trip and the tools and tips you showed are going to save us a world of hurt. :)

Great video!! I picked up a number of tips and pointers. Will continue to watch, to see what I missed , forgot or did not think I would need. Planning is everything

Thank you for sharing. Very helpful guidance. My wife and I enjoy all your videos. Stay healthy, Safe travels.

Need to get to the Calgary Stampede, Calgary AB Canada, in 2021. Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth. It is awesome. Nice KOA west end of the city. Sites will fit your monster RV.

Again, well done! You two do not miss a detail. Thanks again.

WOW you guys are the first to review the same GPS that I purchased 6 months ago and was trying to find someone to review it to see if we like and dislike the same things. I would like to see you guys do a full review on the GPS pls.

OMG! We learned a valuable lesson on using trip wizard. We tried to plan our trip and we thought it would be easy to plan EVERY stop. We learned that we need to plan on what we want to see and where we want to spend the night not every rest stop of filling up with gas. Of course we stop every 2 hours. Our trip is going to be about 3,500 miles totally.

Thank you so much! This was fantastic! I am a planner! If we are ever able to get on the road like we want to, this information will be so important to me! Can't thank you enough!

Well before I found your channel I decided to buy the exact rig you have, in fact, this is how I found your channel to begin with. I thank you for your channel because I now have a starting point based on all the mods you have done as well as your planning process.

You guys are the most well organized people I've ever seen, thanks for sharing those helpful tips I'm sure that they will come in handy for our next trip. Take care and God bless you 👍🏼❤

Wow! That RV planner is GOLD!

Wow!! Best RV trip planning video I’ve seen yet!!! Thanks guys!!! The wife and I will be joining you on the road in 21 months.

Superb video. I had subscribed to RV Trip Wizard, watched all their videos but still learned more from this one. Thanks.

First off my wife would like to say to Tara that you have pretty hair. Thanks for your informative videos Chad. We are in a 40ft and had previously stressed about the Glamping sites. Now I will look into this.

Thanks so much for your quick response, I will definitely make sure to check the route against another reliable source. Peace and love

love you just throwing out this...lol "That's just STUPID, Ford." LOL! when talking about how they charge for updating their own car GPS. THANKS for all this info!! We are BRAND NEW Rv owners going full time NEXT WEEK! AAAAHK!! makes me feel more at ease about our first day!....

You two are amazingly thorough! I know everyone that watches your videos is better for it! Thank you for spending this time preparing us while doing your own thing! Safe travels! Ps I geek out every time I see your videos😎

We plan many months in advance so glad we arent the only ones!

Thanks for sharing! As newbies, this was really great information :)

This video has more information than any I have seen in a long time. We are planning our fall trip now and this was very helpful. Great video!

Great video and great info for planning. Thanks for sharing. "Large and in Charge".. y'all should put that on your next T-Shirt! 👍😎

I use my Garmin Dezel trucking GPS. It gives you the option to set the length and height of your tow rig and well help prevent you from going down the wrong roads. Works great for 18 wheelers as well. Great info guys.

Solid information as truck driver over 15 years planning is always key never can over plan . Wish I could have planned out like you but was day by day but learned going thru same areas. Two thumbs up on video solid information

What a perfect program. Talk about taking all the guess work out of locations and access to them. Great video, well done!!!

Great video, thank you. I've skipped the experimentation and accepted your expertise. RV Wizzard and Google Maps are the way to go. Safe travels

WOW! Fantastic tutorial! You guys ROCK! I definitely see how beneficial these tools are in planning your trips and stays with your large Rig. But just as useful for anyone planning trips. Great job! Our modern technology these days is so Amazing! Thank you, many happy trails! Love watching all your videos, you do a great job of editing!

Thanks so much for sharing your experiences.... as my wife & l are getting ready to retire to the RV life. You are helping us in ways that you can't imagine.

WOW . . . A great video on trip planning!

Great video! Thanks for taking the time to create this.

Awesome info. I recently got my new to me/used xlr boost (40’ toy hauler). I’m a working contractor so I pretty much wing it. (Hate that)!.. but I really luv y’alls channel.. I’m from Texas and think y’all are the bomb.. yes I’m learning a lot from y’all. Still have internet issues but I am just starting my journey.. I’m one month in.. after my dad passed I went all in!.. I’m 48 and have to do this... life is short!.. lol. Safe travels.. set ya somewhere!. Keep up the good work..

I still plan my trips the old fashioned way with a map and highlighter. I'm old school...I do use the internet for places to stay. But I'll wing it if I need to...my camper can park anywhere.

Excellent, looking forward to following your formula!

Tom Tom has a truckers/RV GPS. It has many of the features you mentioned. Tom Tom comes with LIFETIME maps plus crowd sourced corrections. If enough users report errors the maps are updated. I get updates at least once a month. You can have multiple vehicles entered and easily switch between them. I have the rig (same size as yours) plus just the tow vehicle entered. Escapees Club has a planning map as well. If you go to Joshua Tree there are VERY few spots for a giant. I found Joshua Tree Lakes RV Campground. ALL the spots for RVs are pull through. They have water and power but no septic. You can use the dump station as you leave. They have a lake (in the desert) and an astronomy site to see the stars. The prices are much less than the 'premium' resorts since it is also near Palm Springs. In addition, many of the Moose, Elks and other such organizations have RV sites!

We loved this video because we are planners too! Rv Trip Wazard was a new discovery & totally worth the $39 annually. Lou💚

Love your system for planning trips. I too like to plan. Thanks for sharing.

We are extreme planners. This video is great. It's very instructive to see you use the apps onscreen

Nothing wrong with planning. You two do a great job explaining everything. We will look into your suggestions. Take care and be safe.

Thank you 😊 you two are amazing to follow. We are new to Rving with a 40’ Fifthwheel toyhauler and have planned our mi winter to beautiful sunny Fl. I have planned three and 1/2 months but it took ALOT of internet/phone and planning to get into the different Rv parks. I will definitely be investing in one of these gps . Thx again for letting us follow you through your travels of so much knowledge!😊Happy Glamping😎

Rand McNally has come a long way in the past few years. The trucking company I drive for has the older TND760 commercial use navigation, messaging, and logging units. I’m liking the updated graphics of yours. The older McNallys looked like an elementary school class drew and colored the maps. Looking into retiring with a class A or larger C (30-35ft) in about 4-6 years. I’m loving the information you and a few others are putting out there to help getting my ducks in a row. Safe travels to you always. 👍🏼🗺

Thanks for sharing this,it’s going to let me be less stressed on road trips.

Awesome content! Absolutely applicable and fully of lessons learned. Thank You!

Great video with a ton of useful info. Tara, pink is definitely your color!

This was one of the most informative, and helpful, videos we've seen. Thank you Chad & Tara for all the effort you put into this one! All good stuff, and I never got a single whiff of horse poop.

I do enjoy you kids. I shared your channel with my brother, a USN retired E7 that is a full time RV’er and he watches you as well. They are currently in Medford OR.

Thank you for sharing! You both plan like my hubby and I do. Only you have better toys to work with. We will for sure get one of these to plan our next vacation!

This is an awesome episode. We are going to be following the information presented here when we go full-time next spring.

Really want to say I have enjoyed watching your videos and really have a lot of good information and entertaining to watch.

I really enjoy all the info you share

Thanks for the great info! We totally need to start using these things in this way! We had no idea some of these tools exisited within what we use.

Guys, this is awesome, appreciate you spending the time and sharing your experiences!!

❤ the bloopers! Soooooo much helpful info. Thank u!

You guys are AMAZING!! Now that our rv is ordered, we were teying to figure out how to start planning the trip, and BOOM! You posted this video!! Chad and Tara, Paul and I appreciate you guys so much. All the work you put into these videos so that people like us maybe won't have to struggle so much is truly wonderful and helpful beyond words. Thank you very much!!

Awesome video. Lots of good info.

Thanks guys! Great video. I was already planing to get a RandMcNally Overdryve 7 RV, but now I'm sold! LOL. TechnoRV sounds like a great resource. I wasn't very familiar with the RV Trip wizard, but thanks to you I am now. Will be checking that out next. You two make very helpful videos.

Tip from a former over planner. Plan less, see more, relax more. A great example of this can be seen on some other channels that also have very large rigs that never make reservations. Less planning means less stress to keep a schedule and gives you the freedom to change plans on a moments notice if you see a sign for something interesting along the way. It really comes down to how much time you have and if you are vacationing or full-timing and moving with the temperature/seasons and enjoying life as you go. Best thing I have found is to look at CGs websites in the area and then using the satellite and street view to get a good idea of if you can fit. Reviews are somewhat helpful but consider people are more likely to leave bad reviews than they are good ones in general.

MOAB!

Great video. So much great information, I couldn't write them down fast enough. Thank you for all your great videos. I really love your bike rides, brings back wonderful memories. Can't wait for your next video.

Perfection. I'm pretty anal about being as prepared as is practical. RV Trip Planning...that's a game changer! Trip planning will be my job, and this video is crazy helpful! ❤️

Great video and one every RV traveler should watch. I have been planning our trips on spreadsheets for years using our Passport America guide and AAA trip planner and it has saved us a good deal of money. Keep up the good work!

Whoa,,, such a detailed information on road trips n finding camp-ground,,, thanks so much sor sharing,,, Safe, happy & blessed travel on your all journey,,,

We really like the RV Trip Wizard. Will be getting it through your link tomorrow. It is going to making planning so much easier. Thanks for the advice.

Another great informative video from Changing Lanes! For the full time RV'er this is a "must see",but well worth an investment of your time to watch for any RV owner. Good information.

Man, awesome video and tips... We have a 38F Motorhome, so yeah, no internal Parks for us either... happy travels,

You are the bomb! Timely advice on the GPS - we have been using a Garmin 660 - just received the 760 and it is DOA. We will look into the Rand unit for sure! Keep the outtakes - they show us that you are REAL people! :)

Thank you for this video. I dont like to plan ahead, but the GPS overview was great.

Thanks for the help. We are almost at retirement age and am looking to travel 3 to 6 months at a time. Look forward to planning our trips.

I feel your pain, I have a 42’ fifth wheel and is not easy to get around. But we love it.

Great strategy you guys, you mentioned some apps I’ve never heard of, thanks, Wayne from Windsor Ontario

Another great and informative video, my better half and I watched and will be using many of these planning tools in the future. Thx!!!

You guys do such a great job explaining. I appreciate. I found some nuggets. Thanks

Good video, detailed and great info. Last, you guys are funny. Be safe and happy travels.

Very well done tutorial. Like that gps a lot. We are still just week here week there campers, but that would be very helpful even for that. Thanks

Great information! Thank you for your hard work. You guys make it look easy.

Very helpful video! Bought Trip wizard and a new GPS unit from your recommendations. Garmin 890.

This will be a video I will have to revisit to dissect and take notes! Incredible info, so helpful. I am also a planner also, so this video is incredibly helpful. I really appreciate the work you put into your videos! THANK YOU!!! 😊

Yes, I'm a planner! Thanks for some great information. Safe travels.

WOW, Talk about great information! THANK YOU! Great Video

Another great video!! This has a lot of great info!

This video was awesome! Appreciate your honesty in all your reviews. I'm a planner too so this is great! Thanks for sharing.

Very helpful video guys ❤️👍😎🚌🎶🎬🎥 just getting into RVing and learning a lot of fun stuff thanks to y’all. Watched it twice ❤️👍🤪 love your videos 😎🎈🌎 thanks for sharing and safe travels

As always, pretty people (the two of you) doing pretty work. Thanks, and please keep it up.

Awesome info! I understand it takes longer to explain than to actually do, especially for seasoned RV’ers like you two! Thanks so much for your willingness to share info! #safetravels

We are starting our new nomad full time in one week. We are excited. This was a good video. Thank you for sharing this information you both have explained your trip planning easily for us newbies. ☺

We absolutely love your channel owe are starting part time travel. We would love to see if you do an updated version of ur travel apps and planning software using Now. Tks

Lots of very good information. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Just got back from a weekend trip to Grand Lake Colorado. We stayed at the Winding River Resort in our 44’ Fuzion 5th wheel Toyhauler. I would recommend this rv park for your big rig. Paved all the way to the park entrance. Park offers numerous activities including ATV rentals on site, horse back riding on site, hay rides, and pancake breakfast. Loads of fun especially the ATVing right outside the park.

As always, AWESOME video. Being a previous truck driver. the GPS that I have is the Rand McNally model TNDT80. The curve warning feature is awesome. It is about the same as your new one except for the rv camping feature built in the system. Someday I will have my RV rig. Thanks for all the technical know how. You all be safe, safe travels and live long and prosper.

I bought a Rand McNally OD7RV just received it. Found out if you buy from Amazon there is only a 3 month warranty. Also unit does not accept Canadian postal codes had to put dummy number in. Probably means maps for Canada are poor as well. Love your channel well done just bought our first motorhome (Winnibago 40KD) so lots to learn.

This is the best video! Thank you so much for sharing all of this great info!

Right after your intro I always press LIKE 👍 you're that good

such an incredibly helpful video!! we are prepping to go full time and this absolutely helps with the super planners that we like to be! with 4 kids, we need to have things pretty well laid out. thank you SO much for taking the time to put this together!

Your demo is pretty much the trip we just did. Gros Ventre is a great campground for Grand Teton. I think they can accommodate RVs up to 45 feet, and they have 30-something sites with electric. One good thing there was that I finally had good AT&T connection. Jackson is nearby, and so is GTNP. Nearby is the booming metropolis of Kelly, which has the Kelly Gros Ventre Deli, where you can get awesome sandwiches. And just down the road (up the road?) is the Shane cabin, used in the movie Shane, which provides great framing for pictures of the Tetons. Take a rafting trip on the Snake with Black Dog rafting company in Jackson. Those guys are great. Two things about Gros Ventre is they don't take reservations, and I'm not sure if the 45-length includes the tow. But if you arrive in the shoulder season (May or Sep), you shouldn't have a problem getting a site. If you want to get the iconic Teton photos, start at Oxbow Bend at sunrise (so you get the reflection of the Tetons in the river), then move south, stopping at the Snake River Overlook, then move on to Schwabachers Landing, and then the Moulton Barns (which aren't far from the Shane Cabin). The light at the Moulton Barns is good until about ten a.m. There are many, many more photo spots, but those are some of the classics. For Yellowstone you're going to be doing a TON of driving, because it's such a big freaking park (bigger than Delaware and RI combined.). It gets crowded once school is out, especially at the usual suspects (Grand Prismatic Springs, Lower Falls of the Yellowstone, & Old Faithful, to name a few.). The road system only lets you see 3% of the park and that's about all that 95% of the tourists ever see. So plan on some hikes. Learn how to use bear spray and never hike without it. That goes for all three parks. Best wildlife viewing is Lamar Valley, sunrise and sunset. Hayden Valley is good, too. Ask the rangers if there are any bison or elk carcasses, because that might allow you to see the two of the Holy Trinity of Wildlife (griz and wolf. The 3rd is the moose. You have a better chance of seeing them in Grand Teton.). When you head north to Glacier, if you're in no rush, take state road 83 north of Butte, which will take you past tons of lakes and state parks, such as Salmon Lake, Seely Lake, Swan Lake and so on. You could spend an entire summer just on those lakes. Make sure you get your grocery shopping done before you get to Glacier, because there really isn't anything near the park, other than those little general stores that sell a limited number of things for five times the normal price. You won't be able to take your rig on the Going to the Sun Road, which you probably know, but your truck is fine. If you want to get a parking spot at the Avalanche Lake trailhead or at the Logan Pass Visitor's Center, you have to get an early start. I mean really early. Hikers park at Logan Pass, and then head out on all day hikes. That's why there's usually no parking for people just traveling the road and wanting to stop at the Visitor's Center. The good thing is that the park does run a free shuttle along the GTTS, so that's always an option. I'd say spend half your time on the west side of the park and then drag your rig over to the east, so you can see Lake Saint Mary and Wild Goose Island, plus Many Glacier. It all depends upon your time available. I would recommend that one day while on the east side you drive up into Alberta to visit Waterton Lakes National Park (which borders Glacier). It's very close. Have afternoon tea at the Prince of Wales Hotel, one of the iconic hotels in North America, built by the Great Northern Railway in 1927. Oh, and AT&T cell service is great in Waterton, as opposed to non-existent in Glacier. My wife considers staying at the POW camping. Anyway, didn't mean to make this so long, but I've been going to those parks since 1969, and I'm sort of addicted to them.

Thank you for showing RV Trip wizard as a subscriber - the options and views give a lot better explanation of that it will do and show versus the "free trial" version. We are starting to plan a southern trip next year, and this gives me a lot better concept of what the program will do and how it does it.