TRIP CHECKLIST REQUEST

[GM0406]

One of the challenges of owing a coach is making sure all the things you need are on board before departure.  Does anyone here have a checklist that they use for this purpose?  I can probably do it over time, but thought that some of you who have been doing this for a long time might be able to forward a list to help.  Thanks,  Bill T.

[Blacksheep]

Only thing I remember getting on the bus is better half! She thinks of almost everything except salt! She seems to have problem with salt! She bought new S/P shakers and they had a picture label inside and when we got to our campsite, well you get the picture! I did and no salt! Other than that, she does a pretty good job!

BS

[DrivingMissLazy]

One of the challenges of owing a coach is making sure all the things you need are on board before departure.  Does anyone here have a checklist that they use for this purpose?  I can probably do it over time, but thought that some of you who have been doing this for a long time might be able to forward a list to help.  Thanks,  Bill T.

Excellent pre-trip inspection write up by Mr. R. J. Long but it does not contain a checklist for all the goodies that are needed.  This is on the BNO board.

http://www.busnut.com/bbs/messages/12262/16203.html?1167072614

Richard

[TomC]

Clothes and personal bathroom products is all I take to the bus.  One of the nice things about your own RV is to keep it stocked for travel.  Then just buy some food, put the clothes away and go!  It's not like we're traveling in the outback or in the jungles of Africa.  There's a WalMart, Kmart, Target, Costco, Sam's, Safeway, Pharmacy, etc in nearly every town.  Good Luck, TomC

[skipn]

Bill,

  You might consider loading it up then live in it for a week. (at the convienence of your own home)
  From that you can determine the little things that are usually forgotten. It beats being out somewhere
  and then figuring out darn I need this little item etc. (I change all battery operated things once a year
  at my birthday) 
  We always had the RV loaded except for the parishables. A lot quicker for load up and fewer things
  to forget. When we got home clothes and the likes would be washed and hung back out in the RV.
 
   Just a thought
   Skip

[bobofthenorth]

We started RVing years ago with an 18' Scamper.  One of the rules we have had from the very beginning is that the rig is ready to go at all times.  That means clothing, toiletries, food - everything is in the rig and ready to at a moment's notice.  We used to come home Friday afternoon, hook up the trailer and head for the lake without giving a moment's thought to what was in it.  That's my advice - don't have a list, just keep it completely ready to go.

The only time we used a list was in the fall.  We would record everything that went into the house when we winterized in order to ensure that it all went back out in the spring.  That was mostly food.  Skip's suggestion of living in the rig in your own yard is a great one.  We used to go to the regional park (a mile away from home) for a weekend shakedown cruise.  Its the simple stuff that you usually forget - toothpaste or ketchup or tea bags or your swim trunks.

[prevost82]

We're in the same camp as Bob ... everything is in the bus, clothing (winter and summer), canned goods, toiletries etc. The only things we have to put in is boozes, meat and vegges. We can leave in a moment's notice ...

We do have a check list for hitting the road, to make sure everything is secure and locked down inside and datastorm dish is stowed, power is disconnected, bay doors shut, etc on the exterior.

Ron