U know there’s that small, core group of ignorant (or those that just don’t care) people that are always going to ignore the right thing thing to do & those are the ones who hold humanity back! Thanks for these great tips & also for going above & beyond in picking up lazy people’s trash!

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

Always happy to help, thanks for checking out our channel.

Great tips will do.

Thank you for the tips we will definitely keep this in mind when we get out on the road

@MountainTopHomestead316

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for keeping up guys. You will have to remind me, Do you have a rig yet?

I totally agree with your rule #5!!! There will always be trash heads that don't care and leave their trash behind, when they leave. I have taught my Kids to clean up after others, where ever we are. It is a good practice and it makes you feel good when do it.

@MountainTopHomestead316

8 ай бұрын

Good to hear others feel the same.

Very good info - I will definitely download the app. Trash is a big one for us aswell. We always grab a bag and end up cleaning up trash that others have left. The only time I have broken the generator rule was in Winnemucca. The temps where below freezing at night and we had to fire up around 3 - 4 am to charge up the batteries. The only other campers were far from us.

@MountainTopHomestead316

4 жыл бұрын

That's perfectly acceptable, I would be running the generator as well lol.

Thanks for the tips! New subscriber, will be full timers in 4 months!

@MountainTopHomestead316

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for tuning in, boondocking is our life lol. Good luck to you guys.

Great intro and great boondocking tips Michael! 👍😎🚍

@MountainTopHomestead316

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys. 😁

Enjoyed this great points made

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Downloaded the app on your recommendation thanks it’s great!

@MountainTopHomestead316

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help, thanks for watching.

Thanks for the tips.. I would recommend that you bring up the Big difference between construction generators, and the new smart smooth wave whisper quite generators.

@MountainTopHomestead316

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, this will definitely be a future video.

I think it ridiculous that we gotta tell people to pick up after themselves. Great information Micheal

Thanks for the tips. I just downloaded the app based on your recommendation.

@MountainTopHomestead316

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, make sure to mention Mointain Top sent you. They're great ppl and the app is super helpful.

Great attitude man. Good message.

@MountainTopHomestead316

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Great tips, especially #5! 😆Forgetting to fill the tanks. We forgot to fill our water once - it was when we were camping with y'all at Pariah but the water was literally right there, thankfully.

@MountainTopHomestead316

4 жыл бұрын

Lol 😂 totally remember that. We lucked out that time. Thanks for keeping up guys we really appreciate it.

You definitely learn from your mistakes. Crazy stories!! (But somehow you seem to gather them while full time♡) These are Great tips! We like campendiem and free roam for our spots. Side note- that's a really big/busy area.

@MountainTopHomestead316

4 жыл бұрын

Lol it definitely is busy and Freeroam has been our go to for a long time now. Thanks guys

Thanks for the tips

@MountainTopHomestead316

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking out the channel. Hope it helped.

Totally agree with you. Thanks

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

thanks

Good man picking up the trash! Sending best wishes from our home on wheels to yours! One of these days, let's adventure!

@MountainTopHomestead316

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds good to us. Currently in Tucson and then headed to Superstition wilderness next week. Thanks guys 😁

Good info. Thanks for sharing! New subscriber to your channel.

@MountainTopHomestead316

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to MTA! Thanks for being apart.

thankyou so much

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

Most welcome

I’m an experienced boondocker simply looking for ideas. These five tips are important please take them seriously.

@shdz57

3 жыл бұрын

👌

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

thank you

Very cool , ty 😎👍

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Thanks for the tips!! Very helpful! Just want to ask what type of recording device you use for your videos because they come out really good :) thank you and stay safe!!

@MountainTopHomestead316

3 жыл бұрын

If we are outside it's with a Go Pro, if inside we have DSLR cam.

Love your hat great video 😄

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 😁

Great tips! We will be dry camping for the first time next week in Big Cypress National Preserve 😆 #5 is so important. Makes us sad when people leave trash everywhere

@MountainTopHomestead316

4 жыл бұрын

Love the name of you channel lol, good luck on boondocking, it's by far what we prefer.

@Outdoorish

4 жыл бұрын

Mountain Top Adventures thanks!! 😊

@joseph19761

2 жыл бұрын

Especially a bunch of beer bottles that are all busted up thrown in a spot pisses me off… we always bag up all are trash ……

I'm here at snyder hill blm in the gold honda van!!

@MountainTopHomestead316

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! It's a beautiful place. Probably see you around lol

Sorry you got ripped off in Stockton! Probably one of the highest crime rates of cities in California. So, your advice on researching location is vital! Great common sense advice for first time boondockers. Thank you!!!

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

Guess it was a lesson learned. Know better next time.

You should post your check list for us that way I have something to go off of when we start.

@MountainTopHomestead316

4 жыл бұрын

That's a good idea. Sounds like another video idea. 👍

Ya stockton is a red flag! But 6 or 7? Na let’s roll until 830

You take in, you take out!

@MountainTopHomestead316

2 жыл бұрын

agreed 100%

Can’t find free roam app in Apple Store

As far as being a prime target for these. If they stare down the barrel of a 12 gauge it's not a problem. A 12 gauge will blow a person in half it's amazing. Be armed and prepared

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

Yup, that will do.

I use a cpap machine at night and have to use a inverter generator to use it.

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with that as long as you space yourself away from others enough so the noise don't bother them.

Oh man that last one. Im just now looking at RVs for remote work, But I have motorcycle camped for decades. The trash is infuriating. Im planning to have a tote in the back of my truck just to fill up with other people trash I encounter. I often did similar when camping on my motorcycle - taking out more trash than I made. But that brings up a question - where to dump it? when motorcycle camping, there isnt a whoie lot you can pack out and no one says boo if you toss a grocery sack in the can at the gas station. But if I fill up that tote, plus my own stuff...its a bit more of an issue to offload that amount. Do you find a campground and stay a night so you have access to a dumpster?

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

To be honest we always used gas stations or where we dumped the tanks. There always seemed to be a trash can somewhere lol

Tip 6#. Get yourself a cap with the American flag on it.

@MountainTopHomestead316

2 жыл бұрын

Ya buddy!

Nick and Nate Diaz lives there !!!! (MMA Pro Fighters) Stockton, CA !!! It's survival of the fittest in them "Rough Spots"..... I'm sure the word got out when they seen you got stuck...

@MountainTopHomestead316

2 жыл бұрын

Place was ridiculous. Definitely wont be going back anytime soon.

If you are at least a few hundreds yards (100 feet or more) from people, you can run you (quiet) generator all day, all night. You are not bothering people.

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

I can agree to that

Yeah, Stockton is one of the armpits of the Bay Area.

Great tips. I’m always saddened by how many people there are that are so inconsiderate of their neighbors. The generator issue is made worse by the folks that buy cheap open frame construction generators that are twice as loud as the inverter generators that are recommended for Boondocking. It really boils down to treat others as you wish to be treated.

@Gngrcpl

3 жыл бұрын

Honda makes a great quiet generator.

@cassiuswilson3860

2 жыл бұрын

You all prolly dont give a shit but does anyone know of a tool to get back into an Instagram account..? I was stupid lost my password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me!

@michaeldalton470

2 жыл бұрын

@Cassius Wilson Instablaster :)

@cassiuswilson3860

2 жыл бұрын

@Michael Dalton thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site on google and im trying it out atm. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

@cassiuswilson3860

2 жыл бұрын

@Michael Dalton It did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy! Thanks so much you saved my account!

I’m thinking about doing this but my issue for my job is having a physical address/residency, how do y’all have this established while living off the grid?

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

I use my moms address in Tennessee.

Freeroam app not available anymore

Brokedown in Stockton lol probably better than South Central los Angeles lol

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

I dunno lol

Yeah I lived in Sacramento and there's rough places all over the place specially Stockton and drinking with the homeless or drinking. Attracts them because they see you drinking beer those Little liars going to come ask you for one and want to get friendly with you and check your camp out don't get friendly with them you don't have any beer you're broke just that's what you tell him don't have any drugs don't want to take any drugs that's how they'll leave you alone course you probably got a nice bicycle on the back your rig and yeah they just figure it will take it nothing's going to happen to him for stealing from you

@MountainTopHomestead316

4 жыл бұрын

Ya those turds got no excuse. Just taking advantage of those feelings sorry for them. Ask you for money while playing on their phone and smoking a cigarette.

Crazy u gotta tell ppl to give space lol

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

We've had quite the experiences.

Good video. I do have to disagree on a few points though. I would not be at all happy to have someone parking 30 to 50 ft from me on BLM land unless the place was so packed that they had no choice. I have been full timing for three years, and as you said, I park on BLM land out in the middle of nowhere because I want the solitude. 30 to 50 ft is much, much too close to be parking to someone else while boondocking unless you have no choice. And if it is a wide open area, then please stay at least 1/4 mile from your nearest neighbour. They don't want to hear your generator or dogs or kids. If they did, they would go to an RV park or Quartzsite. And 6 am is really early to start a generator unless you have to do so. I spent a fortune on solar so that I would rarely have to listen to my own generator. If somebody parked 30 to 50 ft from me on open BLM land, and then fired up their generator at 6 am I would be really pissed. Please keep enough distance between you and your nearest neighbour that they can't hear your generator at all. Then you can run it whenever you want without any concern. Win - win. If that is not possible, then I would say 10 am might be a little more reasonable time to fire up a generator. Not everyone is an early riser.

@MountainTopHomestead316

3 жыл бұрын

Very good points and i do have to say i agree.

@headdown1

3 жыл бұрын

@@MountainTopHomestead316 Thank you for your understanding! One more reason that I really appreciated other Rvers not camping closer that necessary is my dog. I have an over friendly Golden Retriever. If someone is within about 200 yards, then I can't leave him outside unsupervised for too long or he will likely give in to temptation and go make some new friends. While it isn't the end of the world, it is nice to not have to be checking on the dog every 10 minutes to see if he is going visiting. In the desert I can trust him to stick close to the RV, and if no one is too close I can leave the screen door open and let him come and go as he desires. It's nice to give him that freedom when possible.

How many miles away are stores usually?????

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

Really depends on the location, sometimes 10 miles, sometimes 30. Just depends on what you're comfortable with. We have friends that go way out, and we're not comfortable with thay so we find places that are closer to towns but not to close. 20 to 30 miles out is usually my max.

Always leave it cleaner then you found it! When we are packing up we have the kids clean up all the trash, whether it's ours or not.

@MountainTopHomestead316

2 жыл бұрын

100% agreed. This how we try to do everywhere we stop.

How do you find your trailer after you walk all around that BLM land?

@MountainTopHomestead316

3 жыл бұрын

Me and my wife just play marco polo lol

Where is that BLM site located in Tucson

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

Hey Marin, it's been a few years since we were out that direction and cant remember. Sorry about that. I'll ask the wife and she if she remembers. Look up Snyder Hill

Don’t you need the generator to run the AC

@MountainTopHomestead316

3 жыл бұрын

You most definitely need a generator for the AC unless you have a huge amount of lithium and solar. We try and chase the weather so we usually just leave the windows open.

Good video. It does look like you need to change the title to 6 tips though. First one is do not get run over by another camper while filming video. I think 4 and 5 are general courtesy tips and can and should be used in life in general. Unfortunately they are not as much as they should be.

@MountainTopHomestead316

3 жыл бұрын

😆 ya you gotta watch em.

Your first mistake was finding yourself in Stockton. Sorry about your experience.

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately it was in route. Lesson learned lol

Have you ever had any problems with having dogs while boondocking or on BLM land?

@MountainTopHomestead316

3 жыл бұрын

No, we have many friends with animals and they always do great

Boondocking tip #2: Don't leave without your ho's. 😆😂🤣

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

yyyyaaaaa ok lol

Stockton is a rough neighborhood

@MountainTopHomestead316

2 жыл бұрын

That's putting it lightly.

Pick up trash is common decency.

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

Dam I can’t believe they stoled ur bikes at Stockton. I’ve been there before . I always tell the guys to chain up their ATVs and lock them in in between their car so they can’t get stolen some of the guys will do it some of them don’t . Those are the ones , that probably have to learn the hard way , but I try and make it as hard as possible for anybody to steal anything of mine…… a thief will go for something that’s an easy steal but if they have to struggle to get it they’ll usually just keep Goin on to in easiest target ….

@MountainTopHomestead316

2 жыл бұрын

Yep completely agree. They say locks are just for honest people anyway lol

Free Roam is good. Stockton CA is not.

@MountainTopHomestead316

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 your not even kidding. Thanks for watching

Who do you think you mr.cool

@MountainTopHomestead316

2 жыл бұрын

Well ya lol

feeeeeeeeeeeeelings.....

@MountainTopHomestead316

2 жыл бұрын

lol ok

If you pack it in.. Pack it out...

@MountainTopHomestead316

3 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!

Tip 6 don't be an a****** and have a construction generator. Get yourself a Honda or Yamaha be courteous to other people

@MountainTopHomestead316

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 yyyaaa buddy.

Sounds like don't boondock in Cali.

@MountainTopHomestead316

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly lol

If you are a full time RVer, you are homeless as well. High class homeless, but still homeless. People who steal, are people who steal.

@MountainTopHomestead316

8 ай бұрын

We like to say we're houseless , not homeless. 🤔🤣

@k9khodi363

8 ай бұрын

@@MountainTopHomestead316 hmmm, seems like you are houseful to me. It's a very nice house. 🙃 There's nothing wrong with not having a home base if one is a generally law abiding citizen. I found it surprising that someone who doesn't have a home base would describe thieves as homeless people and not just thieves. Unfortunately, the unhoused are discriminated against just for not having someplace permanent to live. In my area of the country that's often because it is too expensive, even for those who work. Lots of people live in cars or RVs and are treated terribly by others.

@MountainTopHomestead316

8 ай бұрын

@k9khodi363 I can definitely see that being the case, but it is by no means what we meant. Unfortunately, it only takes one bad apple to spoil the whole bunch.

@k9khodi363

8 ай бұрын

@@MountainTopHomestead316 Understood . I dislike the stigma that accompanies homelessness in this country. I'm surprised and disappointed the popularity of RV and van life hasn't changed the stigma. I'll step down from my soap box. 😉

Stockton California is one of the worst!

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

No doubt about that

Sounds like you need to be armed to do this.... 😐

@MountainTopHomestead316

3 жыл бұрын

Always a good idea.

BoonDooking Tip #1 DONT BE A SNITCH!!!!!

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

lol ya i guess thats a good one.

Wow! U seriously had to share these common sense tips !!!!!! Simply ludicrous and disgusting due to the narcissistic behaviors of so-called human beings!

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

yep

People that litter are low lifes

@MountainTopHomestead316

Жыл бұрын

agreed

What the hell is blm😂

@gothicfairy75

4 жыл бұрын

Bureau of Land Management

BLM ?

@MountainTopHomestead316

2 жыл бұрын

Beauro of Land Management