New motorhome - what do I need?

Lovely to read your reply kdee, it's great when someone says thankyou! Pleased you had a good time.

Chocks, yes it's sensible to use them, we keep them to hand, it's a belt and braces job and worth doing. Good luck with the next trip 

One extra question - I saw some M/H'ers had put chocks behind the wheels when they'd driven on to the first ramp - anyone comment about this?

I usually chock rear wheels if the van is on levelling blocks at the front or two on one rear wheel if blocks are on two wheels on one side.

This has probably more to do with keeping my OH happy then reducing a risk because with the handbrake up tight and the van in gear its unlikely to move.  

Incidentally its difficult to level where level if off in two planes. Sometimes moving forward or back or a little to the side can help (with practice you will get better at "reading" the pitch) but you can put one block further back than the other to get less lift on the furthest forward side

Glad you had a good time kdee, so easy with a MH isn't it? We set off on our next big tour soon, looking forward to it, but looking forward most to just finding a quiet spot adjacent to a beach, and using our MH as our own beach cafe! Let the good times roll!

In same boat here, first trip took nothing extra other than a 5 M water hose and selection of fitting, only things we have had to add are another 5 M of hose and fitting to join Easer to you the 5 M if it will reach then add on the other 5 if to short so far 10M seem to be more than enough.

Also added a watering can to keep tank topped up after a few days, we did find the water tank filling up a bit faster than expected (suspect 120L of water on tap make us a bit more wasteful).

We have started to use the old waste master though; we plan to move of every 3 to 4 days Max sometimes less but found we were getting close to full by then. We find it easy to use the waste master and empty every morning, just our choice.

Other than that everything much the same except we are ready to move on in 5 minutes and on our way to explore somewhere else.

Must also say so far absolutely no regrets at the change form caravan to motor home, we stay on site close to public transport, it is heaven to let the bus or train drive have the hassle of getting us there and not havening to park, wished we had done it 2 years ago when we replaced our van to another van.

Just got back from our second European trip since buying the AS in March. Altogether 7 weeks and about 4000 miles - France, Switzerland and Italy. I don't think we were ever completely pitched level once but we have got used to it. Funniest thing in Switzerland near Zermatt we were on a lovely site that had no level ground at all. One Motorhome moved three times and still wasn't level. Funny to watch experienced motorhomes mess around so much! Biggest problem with not being level is that the bathroom and wardrobe doors can keep swinging open so you bump into them.  All part of the fun.

Intersting how people use differing amounts of water. I reckon 100 litres last at least a week and the 70 litre waste even longer (but it smells so you need to empty more frequently). We wash up in the MH but use site showers.

re: water usage, I'd agree that when using site showers, we get by on around 10 ltr a day....shower in the van and this will double to 20 ltr...

with 110 ltr tank, thats either 11 days or 5/6 days without the need to fill.....100 ltr waste easily matches either scenario.

some get by on even less and some seem to need around 40 ltr a day.....it must just be flushed down the sink

but you can put one block further back than the other to get less lift on the furthest forward side

Just noticed this is wrong way round if you are driving onto blocks. 

Van will hit and start to lift when it reaches first block i.e furthest back.

Getting the van level is one of the niggling problems with a M/H (although some don't bother too much.) We usually have to say "near enough" when it's not easy, gravel or mud can sometimes be difficult due to the slip element. The chocks are useful just to help further movement.