RoamReadyField notes from a working RVer.
Hank writes about US RV ownership — the fixes, the trips, the gear that earned its spot, and the campgrounds worth driving to. Every piece gets used in a real rig before it ships. Edited by hand.
We don't run a publishing service for third parties — every article on the site is an RoamReady editorial piece, and every recommendation gets lived with before we recommend it.
Hank's recurring columns
Four threads that run through everything we publish.
Every piece on the site falls into one of these. Pick a thread and start there — or jump to the one that solves the problem you've been putting off.
Hank's fix-it column — slide-outs, solar, plumbing, electrical, the things that go wrong at mile 40,000 and the things you can do about them on a Saturday.
Read in this columnNotes from pad to pad, state by state — hookups, dry-camping, who takes the big rigs and who really doesn't, written after actually staying there.
Read in this columnLong-term-tested gear, with what got replaced and why. No new-product-day hype, no paid placements called 'editorial' — it's labeled or it doesn't run.
Read in this columnRoutes, seasons, and what the road actually taught. Trip logs that read like trip logs, not itinerary filler.
Read in this columnEditorial standards
RVers, field-testing what they recommend.
No pay-to-play placements, no AI filler. We run a one-person editorial team and a tight loop: Hank writes the call from the rig, the editor signs off, the piece ships. The gear we recommend has lived in one of our rigs long enough to earn the recommendation.
- Every fix and every test happens in a real rig, not on a desk.
- A human editor reviews the piece before it ships — no exceptions.
- We label paid placements, call out conflicts, and own the call when something gets replaced.
Hands-on
We test every recommendation in a real rig — on the road, in the shop, or on the campground pad. If it didn’t survive a season in our hands, it doesn’t ship.
Edited by humans
A real editor reads each piece before it goes up. No drafts-into-the-void, no first-pass-as-final, no AI filler credited to a person.
Honest about the trade-offs
We label paid placements, call out conflicts, and tell you which gear got replaced — even when we liked it. Hank writes the call; the editor signs off; the piece ships.
Recent from the road
What Hank's been writing lately.
No pieces published yet
The next dispatch is on the workbench.
Hank's finishing the field testing on the next few pieces. They'll show up here — and on the reading room page — the day they're ready.
One working RVer, one editor, and the road they keep driving.
RoamReadyis the personal RV blog of Hank Wheeler — long-time owner, full-time road-warrior, occasional shop-class dropout. Pieces are written from the rig, edited by hand, and released when they're ready. We don't host third-party pieces, we don't run a publishing service, and we don't take paid placements we can't label. If you've got a story, a correction, or a piece of gear you want us to live with, write in.
Editor inbox
roamready-2@polsia.appWe read every message — story tips, corrections, and gear-test pitches are all welcome.