Episodes

The Partnership Live from the RV SuperShow in Tampa, Florida, Sean sits down with Dragonfly Energy and Keystone RV to discuss their new partnership. You will now be able to get Dragonfly Energy lithium batteries in a Keystone RV right from the Keystone factory. You may not be aware of who Dragonfly Energy is. To put it simply, DragonFly Energy is the OEM side of Battle Born Batteries. Typically, if you are a consumer and buy a battery, it is from the Battle Born side. If you are a manufacturer,...

Panels Up Solar If you have been thinking about upgrading your RV’s power system, we have a great show for you. Justin Ford of Panels Up Solar joins us to talk about his shop in Gulfport, Mississippi, where they can increase your battery capacity, solar panel array, install larger inverters, and so much more. Justin’s Experience Justin was in the Navy and was part of the SeaBees. They were responsible for turning plots of bare land into a functioning community. This included plumbing construc...

Winnebago Towables Courtesy of Winnebago When most people think of Winnebago, they think of motorhomes, but Winnebago also has a very successful towable division. Adam Christoffersen is the Product Manager for Winnebago Towables. He joins us to talk about the history of Winnebago towables and their future as they introduce two new RV’s to their lineup, the Hike 100 and Micro Minnie FLX. These new RV’s have boondockers and outdoor enthusiasts in mind with upgraded power systems, creative storage...

In the spirit of the Holidays and RV sales on the rise, we wanted to share our wish list of features we would like to have in a new RV if we were purchasing one today. We go through each section of an RV and Discuss what is most important to us in hopes that it will help you decide on the features you would like to have in your next RV. Power systems Definitely, Some solar that is expandable. No less than 200-watt standard 3000-watt inverter or more to run AC and all other items at once Minimu...

Fantasy RV Tours Have you ever dreamed of taking a once-in-a-lifetime RV vacation but fear you will miss out on some of the must-sees of that trip? Would you like to RV overseas but fear you will have trouble booking reservations and navigating in a foreign country? Fantasy RV Tours takes all that worry away and leaves the fun of RVing. Nel Fillager, CEO of Fantasy RV Tours, sits down to tell us all about the company’s history and what makes a Fantasy RV Tour so unique. “There is no RV park ri...

RV Trip Wizard Driving your RV can be one of the more stressful aspects of RVing. Luckily RV Trip Wizard is there to help make RV Trips go as planned and run smoothly. Patrick Buchanan joins us today to tell us about the history of RV Trip Wizard and its many features. The slogan is, RV Trip Wizard allows you to Journey with Confidence. When you hit the road, you’ll know where you’re going, where you’re going to fuel up, where you’ll be stopping and whether or not you can fit in those location...

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 receiving a lot of questions about how to make money from the road and she saw an opportunity to share h...

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 50 bucks for the year. RV Myths In this episode, we also tackle some RV Myths and attempt to bust them, i...

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 interview, Chris said, “The unit doesn’t matter, the people do.” The FMCA started with twenty-six families and ha...

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 present with the new Weber Traveler grill designed for people like us who like to take grilling onto the ...

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 a front-end tire blowout, but as you will hear there are many other benefits as well That is where ...

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 them through us. I have been using Temp Stick for over three years and Sean just picked one up to protec...

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 tanks. While talking to Mike it reminded Kenny of his days in school training to become an RV inspector. He learned that propa...

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 going. “We’ve added about 25 full-time employees just in the last couple of months, and many of th...

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 strands. We don’t use thick copper strands. We are actually using 30 gauge copper strands. In a small cable, the siz...

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 Brownfield said the campground will be a KOA Journey, currently only in the development stage. It will have all of the...

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 through email and text when temperatures fall out of your set parameters. Jason shares how the produ...

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, and focus on being kids. The foundation was recognized by KOA corporate, which is now the most promi...

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 campground and each site looked like instead of relying on online reviews. Since nothing out there li...

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 destinations, and more. Sean, Julie, Sabrina, and Kenny on an African Safari We hope you enjoy this episod...

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 you travel from location to location. The other significant advantage of having the information onli...

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 the system has changed throughout the years and how they have made each generation easier to install...

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 roadshow seller to opening a store and selling online. Tony also lets us know all about Little Giant Ladd...

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 wavelength means 5G can carry a lot of data much faster than 4G, but it also means a much shorter range. 4G wavelengths have a range of ...