Beyond the Wheel

Remote Work School With the ever-growing popularity of RVing and the increase of working remotely, it makes sense that more & more people are trying to figure out how to work from the road. Camille Attell, from Remote Work School , joins us today to share how her program can teach you how to successfully work remotely. When Camille hit the road full time she started a blog and, from that, was...

FMCA Discount We start this week’s episode of Drivers Edition with a great discount! If you heard our episode with Chris Smith, CEO of FMCA , and thought you would like to join, now is a great time to do so. We have partnered with FMCA to offer you $10 off your first-year membership. Use our discount code BTW10 during checkout and get $10 off your first year, making the membership fee only 5...

Family Motor Coach Association If you are an RVer, then the name FMCA, also known as the Family Motor Coach Association , is familiar. But maybe you don’t know all of the benefits of being a member. Chris Smith, CEO of FMCA, joined us to talk about the history of FMCA , including changes made throughout the years. It is now open to all RVers, towables and motorhomes alike. During the intervi...

Hey everyone, RVing, camping, and grilling almost go hand in hand. Today we are excited to welcome Dustin Green from Weber to the show. Dustin is the Culinary Weber Grill Master and the Director of the Weber Grill Academy. He works with several aspects of the Weber company including marketing, R&D, product testing, and more. Dustin shares the long history of Weber grills and brings us to the p...

Safe-T-Plus We are always happy to have a company on the show that is trying to make RVing safer. Kenny has been using Safe-T-Plus on his RV for over 85,000 miles and wouldn’t want to drive without it. David Leake, National Sales Manager for Safe-T-Plus joins us to discuss all of the benefits. The Safe-T-Plus was originally designed to help you safely steer to the side of the road in the event of...

Temp Stick – New Sponsor We recently interviewed Jason Miller CEO of Temp Stick. Jason was so impressed with how the interview came out and our knowledge of RVing that he would like Temp Stick to be a new sponsor of the show. We hope you will welcome Temp Stick to the Beyond The Wheel family by visiting their website. If you purchase anything while there be sure to let them know you heard of...

About GasStop Does your RV use propane? If so, you will want to check out today’s episode with Mike Ray from GasStop USA. GasStop is the only emergency 100% shut-off safety device for bottled and portable propane systems. In the event of a major leak, GasStop will instantly and automatically shut off the flow of gas. GasStop is designed for RV propane bottles and fixed tan...

Harvest Hosts Acquisition of Boondockers Welcome In today’s episode, we welcome back Joel Holland, CEO of Harvest Hosts, and now Boondockers Welcome. He was previously on episode 31 . Joel tells us how and why he purchased BoonDockers Welcome and what it means for existing customers from both platforms. Joel also talks about the growth of both companies and how he will continue to keep that growth...

Spartan Power Are you looking to upgrade the power system in your RV? Don’t forget your cables! Today we have Steve Kjeldgaard from Spartan Power. Steve tells us the secret behind how they make their Spartan Power cables so flexible. “Regardless of what cable you go with, I believe that even when you get up to four gauge wire, our cables are really flexible because of the copper strand...

On this episode of Beyond The Wheel Podcast Drivers Edition, Kenny and Sean sit down to chat about RV news. KOA to build a campground at a Loves Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA) announced that it has signed a franchise agreement with Love’s Travel Stops to build a new KOA campground at the Love’s location in McComb, Mississippi. Senior Director of Franchise Development Larry Brownfiel...

Temp Stick Do you travel with pets? If so, you should have a way to monitor and be alerted of temperature spikes in your RV while away? Jason Miller, CEO of Temp Stick, joins us to discuss how a product created to monitor wine cellars and food applications turned into a top-rated tool for RVers to protect their pets when left alone. Temp Stick monitors temperature and humidity and can alert you th...

Care Camps Today’s episode could be our most important episode yet! We have Jennifer Mercer, Director of Development for Care Camps, joining us to tell us all about the wonderful things they do for children with cancer. The organization was founded 36 years ago by a small group of KOA campground owners. They wanted to help children with cancer go camping, forget about their problems for a while, a...

CampgroundViews.com Wouldn’t it be nice if you could do a walk-through tour of a campground online before you booked? Now you can. Mark Koep, founder and CEO of CampgroundViews.com tells us how it was created. As an RVer himself, Marc wished there was a Google street view for campgrounds. Something that would let him navigate virtually through a campground with 360-degree views and see what the ca...

Episode Notes Today Sean and Kenny are sitting down to interview themselves. In this episode of Drivers Edition, get to know the hosts. We had some listener questions sent in and thought what a perfect way to share our own stories from RVing and how the idea of the podcast came about. Also, we tell some of our most embarrassing stories from the road, what we enjoy most about RVing, bucket destinat...

PetHub Do you travel with Pets? Then this is an episode you are going to enjoy. Lorien Clemens, the COO of PetHub, joins us today to talk about the many advantages and features of their pet identification tags and services. PetHub tags are ID tags that can be scanned by smartphones to receive information about your pet. Because all of the information is stored online, it can easily be updated as y...

Roadmaster Active Suspension Today, Nolan Mast from Roadmaster Active Suspension joins us. Nolan tells us about the history of RoadMaster Active Suspension and how it was an idea that came about while driving on the rough roads of South Africa. The system adds strength and stability to your vehicle at all times. Once installed, there is no need to make any adjustments. Nolan also talks about how t...

TDS Ladders and Little Giant What does it mean to be a factory-direct store? Today we find out as we sit down with Tony Davis, owner of TDS Ladders. Tony tells us the history of TDS Ladders and how they became a factory direct store for Little Giant Ladders. He also explains the many advantages of buying from TDS Ladder and how Covid drastically changed its business plan from being a mostly roadsh...

5G or Starlink for RVers 5G service can deliver up to 20 Gigabits-per-second (Gbps) peak data rates and 100+ Megabits-per-second (Mbps). This new interface, which uses a millimeter-wave spectrum, enables more devices within the same geographic area; 4G can support about 4,000 devices per square kilometer, whereas 5G will support around one million.  The shorter w...

Winnebago Factory Service Center Winnebago Factory Service Center General Manager Tom Olsen joined us to talk about the history of the service center and all of the benefits of having service done on your Winnebago RV there. Two of the main benefits are access to parts and their trained technicians. “ Our technicians are homegrown. M any of them have come from our manufacturing center, so th...

Weigh Safe Do you tow a travel trailer, 5th wheel, or maybe even livestock? Would you like to increase your confidence while towing or improve your overall towing experience? Then you will enjoy today’s episode with Chris Procopio from Weigh Safe. What advantage do Weigh Safe hitches have over the competition? Weigh-Safe is the only hitch to provide a built-in hydraulic scale allowing you to measu...

RVers Online University Are you looking to learn more about RVing or thinking about making the transition from part-time to full-time RVing? Then today’s episode is for you. We talk all about Escapee’s RVers Online University with Travis Carr, President of Escapees RV Club. Joining Travis are Brandon & Kerensa Durr, two of the instructors. Created in 2017, RVers Online University has recently...

KOA National Camping Report KOA published an interim National Camping Report that was focused on issues surrounding camping and COVID-19. The information for the report was gathered by a third party market research company at the end of April 2020. We thought it would be interesting to look at the report and compare it to what we have seen during our camping throughout this pandemic. 2020 Travel P...

AirSkirts We love when we hear about new companies and products introduced to the RV industry and when fellow RVers create them, that’s even better. Today Jim Phelan, the founder of AirSkirts , joins us. Jim is a Full-time RVer who wanted to improve the way skirting goes around an RV, not only with the install process but also with the skirt’s overall performance. Jim talks about how he took...

CLEAR 2 O You may remember our interview with Keith Bernard, CEO of CLEAR2O. Keith came on the show last year to talk about their DIRTGUARD sediment pre-filter. We were both so impressed by Keith and what he had to say about the DIRTGUARD that they each bought one. Keith returns today to talk about their new product, CLEAR2O Personal Water Filter. The Personal Water Filter will allow you to d...

H3R Performance Hey everyone! Chris Dieter from H3R Perfor m ance joins us today to talk about their line of fire extinguishers, Halgaurd and Max Out. He also shares a lot of knowledge of extinguishers, such as the different types, ratings, maintenance, the differences in discharge time, and their extinguishers’ construction. Chris also talks about the importance of having a fire extinguishe...