Beyond the Wheel

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...

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone, and welcome to Beyond The Wheel Driver’s Edition!  Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals   Some of our favorite RV companies will be participating in Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. Battle Born Batteries will have their first Black Friday sale and will also run a Cyber Monday special. They will also keep the phone lines open over the weekend to hand...

TAXA Outdoors TAXA Outdoors creates mobile human habitats. Today, we have the CEO and Founder, Garrett Finney. Maybe you have seen one of their habitats, the Cricket or Mantis, out and about. Actually, maybe way out and about! These habitats are designed with the adventurer in mind. Garrett discusses his design process, how they decide what features to include in their habitats, like wireless elec...

About RVnGO We love it when guests come back on the show to give us updates, especially with everything happening in the last year. Paul Kacir, founder and CEO of RVnGO, talks to us about the sudden boom in RV rentals as well as some of their new exciting partnerships. RVnGO has really streamlined the RV rental process for both the renter and the rentee. If you own an RV and would like to start ma...

Grand Design RVs Grand Design RV is a name that everyone knows, but did you know the company is under 10 years old? It is hard to believe that an RV manufacturer that is so young can be so recognizable. That is what happens when you are one of the fastest-growing RV companies in the industry. We believe their success has been achieved by doing things the right way. We talk with Tomm...

This Beyond the Wheel Driver’s Edition episode originally aired live on our new Beyond The Wheel Podcast YouTube Channel . Be sure to subscribe to the channel to participate in the conversation. In this Driver’s Edition episode, we talk about Micro-Air Easy Touch Thermostat Giveaway which begins on October 1st. We have partnered up with Micro-Air to give away one of their Easy Touch Th...

Easy Touch RV Thermostat Do you wish your RV thermostat was similar to the smart thermostats you would find in a modern-day home? On today’s show, Micro-Air’s Roger Krinic tells us all about their new Easy Touch RV Thermostat. With an Easy Touch thermostat, you can control the temperature in your RV from anywhere you have a cell signal. All you need is an app you download on your phone. This...

RV Toll Pass Going through a toll booth is about to get a whole lot easier thanks to RV Toll Pass. Most of us have probably experienced the frustration of one transponder working in one state, but not another. Some of us, like Kenny and Sean, carry multiple transponders to cover travels across the country. Well, that will no longer need to be necessary thanks to a system that RV Toll Pass has deve...