Beyond the Wheel

Sean and Kenny go to Walt Disney World and stay at The Campsites at Fort Wilderness Lodge . The campsites at Fort Wilderness are a great way to stay in the magic while visiting Disney World. There are over 700 campsites and 400 cabins. Kenny and Sean talk about how Epcot’s Food and Wine Festival , the restaurants they enjoyed, the highlights of the campground, and how much fun they had on a tour c...

Do you drive a newer model car or truck with blindspot monitoring and wonder, why doesn’t my large RV have this? Joining us today is the Vice President of Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) for North America, Augustin Leung. He speaks with us about Cub Autopart’s RV Blindspot system. They have developed a blindspot system for RVs to help avoid collisions. The system uses radar to detec...

Hi everyone! On the show today we have the founder and CEO of RVnGO, Paul Kacir. RVnGO is the fastest-growing RV rental marketplace in America. Paul also has a special announcement of launching a new service called CampnGo . We get the exclusive on this new service that will allow you to book not only a campsite but a specific site in the campground. The two companies will work together to provide...

When traveling in your RV do you stay at Walmart, rest areas, or anywhere else you can find to spend the night? Did you know there is a great alternative? Harvest Hosts allows you to stay at beautiful wineries, breweries, farms, and more (check out some of these amazing photos down below). With over a thousand locations, and 2 new locations added daily, you will most likely be passing by one of th...

Ford F53 Chassis The class A gas motorhome is about to get an update and a big one at that. The current class A gas motorhome is built on a Ford F53 Chassis and has not received any major updates in the last 20 years. That is about to change. Coming very soon will be the all-new F53 Chassis with a larger engine. The new setup will have more horsepower, more torque, get better miles per gallon, inc...

We have the opportunity to talk with Adam Donahue, one of the business directors at Dometic North America. The reason we wanted to speak with him was the recent acquisition of Kampa and the integration with Dometic. Of the many cool products Kampa offers, Dometic is bringing the enclosed rooms and tents to the U.S. market. These are some cool products that are air-inflatable and have no poles! Thi...

Have you ever tried to book a campsite online using a campground’s website only to find they have an email message system? You write down all of your info and what type of site you are looking for…then they never email you back. This process is incredibly frustrating! We often wonder why it is so complicated! Shouldn’t booking a site at a campground be as easy as booking a hotel room? Well,...

Are you dreaming of RV life or are you already living the RV dream? Full Time Freedom Week will help you succeed in life on the road. On today’s show, we talk with Julie Chickery and Lindsay McKenzie, two of the four founders of the event. Full Time Freedom Week is the largest online event for RVers and this year’s event is going to be bigger than ever! Full Time Freedom Week includes over 30...

Covering RV Travel in a Podcast Today we celebrate one year of the Beyond The Wheel Podcast. We can’t believe it’s been a year already! Sean and Kenny take a trip down memory lane and discuss how and why the show was created. Also, what they like most about each episode from the last year. If you are a fan of RV travel, you will enjoy the podcast. If you are a podcast fan, you will enjoy hearing t...

Did you know that there are 20,000 RV fires every year? Most of those fires occur while the RV is stationary. On today’s show, we are talking with Nichole Wheeler from Proteng, a company that develops a fire suppression device called THIA (Tube+Heat=Instant Action). The great thing about THIA is that once it is installed, it’s completely automatic. There is no running to a fire ext...

Caravanning Have you caravanned? Sean and I both tried caravanning for the first time this year. On today’s show, we are chatting about what we learned about it and ourselves. Sean & Julie caravanned with Dan & Lisa from Always on Liberty while Kenny & Sabrina caravanned with Jon and Nadia from Roaming Remodelers . They each have some funny stories about the experience and some helpful...

Electric RV Two words come to mind when discussing today’s guest, knowledge and passion. Jamie Sorenson is the show’s first returning guest, and he is here to talk about how Winnebago is charging into the future with their all-electric vehicles. Currently, Winnebago is making all electric vehicles for blood drive mobiles, mobile classrooms and medical applications, but this really is just th...

You may know Joe Russo from the very popular YouTube channel “We’re The Russos”, but did you know that Joe is also a successful author? He published the first book, Take Risks: One Couple’s Journey to Quit Their Jobs and Hit The Open Road , last year. This year, Joe has the second book of the series coming out. He named this book,  Tales From the Open Road: The Adventures and Misa...

Speaking with us today is the owner of Trailer Valet, Ted Chen. While we were at the RVX show in Utah, we saw a product that really caught our eye. There was a guy with a small remote-controlled tank, and he was using it to move a travel trailer around a display area. It looked unbelievable, so we had to stop and talk with the Trailer Valet team. Turns out they make a variety of small equipment th...

Campground Etiquette Campground etiquette is a hot topic. Today we will dive into what we feel are the dos and don’ts at a campground. Campground sites can often be close quarters, and we feel it is important for everyone to respect each other’s areas and our own. Sometimes this becomes even more complicated when traveling with kids and pets. Campground etiquette comes down to respecting othe...

Do you own property? Have considered using it to host RVers for income? Are you an RVer looking for a place to stay? Well, now there is an easy way to do this for both parties.  RVWITHME.com is a website that will allow you to list your property in just minutes or for you to find properties for RV stays, such as farms, golf courses, homes, casinos, and more. The site even shows some good...

Space and weight are so important when RVing and it’s one of the many reasons we love Better For Your drinkware. Jason and Rose, the owners of Better For Your, walk us through the process of how they came up with idea for selling drinkware, the process of using Amazons FBA program and how much time and thought goes into the design of each of their products. Spoiler alert it is more than you would...

What if we told you that you could run your small 2000 or 2200 Honda generator on something other than gasoline? Would you believe us? In this episode we talk with the owner of Hutch Mountain, Clayton Hutchinson. Clayton has a background in alternative fuels and created a conversion kit to convert your Honda generator from gasoline to propane. Clayton talks about how his company came about, why he...

Keeping up with our tradition of no guests for every third show, we sit down and chat about Sean & Julie’s new RV. They downsized from a 44ft 5 th wheel to a 29ft Arctic Fox 5 th wheel. Sean lets us know why the big change and what attracted them to the Arctic Fox. We also talk about our RVX experience and how much fun it was to sit on the floor while interviewing the CEO of KOA Toby O’Rourke...

When we think of the Escapees RV Club, we think of community, education, and great service. Travis and Melanie Carr, President & Vice President of the Escapees RV Club stop by the show to chat about the club’s long history of helping the RV community. From the early years with Travis’ grandmother starting the first newsletter all the way to present-day services, such as organizing fun ed...

Welcome to a very special live recording of Beyond The Wheel. If you own an RV most likely you have seen a KOA during your travels and maybe even stayed at one. We really enjoy KOA campgrounds for the ease of use of their website to book, always having friendly staff, and their beautiful campgrounds that are always kept clean and in great shape. We literally sat on the floor with the new CEO of KO...

Heavy duty lift. Rving should be for everyone and Winnebago is trying to make that a reality with their Accessibility Enhanced Vehicles now available in dealer stock.  We are so glad to see that Winnebago is being proactive in this area. We hope other manufacturers will follow suit. History of Winnebago’s Accessibility Enhanced Vehicles Winnebago has been making Accessibility Enhan...

With today’s RV’s having so many options and features combined with the standard build of plumbing, electrical, and mechanical all in one vehicle, it is no surprise that breakdowns and repairs are not a matter of if, but when. That is where Wholesale Warranties comes in. They have multi-level customer-direct warranty packages. There is a level of protection for everyone. You may be surprised by ho...

Quartzsite Today we sit down and chat about how great the Quartzsite meet and greet at the Battle Born Batteries booth went. We were surprised by the number of people who came out to see us and surprised by how excited they were to meet us. Both of us describe our overall experience of the Quartzsite event and what it was like for both of us being first-timers there. We also had a chance to meet C...

Do you enjoy dry camping or boondocking? Did you know there is a company that makes a component that will allow you to operate your A/C unit from your inverter or small 2,000-watt generator? Micro-Air has such a device called an EasyStart. It was originally developed for the Coast Guard to operate their A/C units while out at sea, but now it is available to the public. This easy-to-install device...