Worst Floods in an RV | One Mistake RV Life Taught Us
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ม.ค. 2023
- This is the ugly side of living in an RV. Our RV just flooded over this simple mistake. It's not a matter of if, but when this happens. Today, we will share with you some helpful tips if you find yourself in the same situation.
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So sorry befor the mishaps.
Congratulations to the winners!!!
By any chance was the glitching on the screen of your truck like a line of the buttons at the bottom showing up on top? I had a 2018 gmc seirra and mine flashed at the top stuff that was at the bottom. Turns out it was triggered by the reverse camera coming on got 3 new radios and two new center console buttons. But it was all the reverse camera never happened again
I still don't understand how and why you killed two birds with one stone , was one behind the other ? 👍
Married to an RV mobile tech here in San Antonio. He went to school for this and he likes to help people.
You are a very blessed lady!! Hold onto him, if he can repair an RV he's worth his weight in GOLD 💛💛💛
Rv’s, boats and diesel’s are the biggest money pits. After 73 years of rv’ing i have given up the life. My wife died 2 years ago after 51 years together. Rv’ing by yourself just isn’t fun anymore. Good luck to all who still want to enjoy the life. I enjoy watching your exploits in your fiver. I will rv through you. Great channel.
I’m glad you guys actually show real world rv problems instead of the ones that make it seem like rvs are the easiest thing to live in
"The only thing that works ALL the time on an RV is the owner"!! Safe travels this year. Fair winds and Following seas.
From experience, most of the mobile techs are RV gods and very experienced. Worth every penny.
You truly give us the “real” side of owning an Rv and how to deal with it. I am sure that we have all had that one “holy crap” moment, take a deep breath and deal with it.
Thanks Hanks!! ❤😊
My husband and I have been living in our RV for going on 3 yrs. Mostly stationary but we moved into Montana for his job. Currently learning how to really "winterize" our home on wheels for the -30 + weather we will experience. The week before Christmas we experienced our first -30 degree weather and found our poor refrigerator can't handle that. We had left for a week to spend time with family only to come back and have a non-working refrigerator. So learning to keep our cool and be proactive. 💕Happy New Year!!🎉
So … at 73, with 8 injury related surgeries under my belt, mobility issues (see comment on surgeries), great difficulty getting on my knees (see comment on surgeries), unable to completely bend over because of spinal fusion and (see comment on … well, you get the picture), your videos about RV life have inspired me to … perhaps rethink the purchase of an RV, at least until I die and reincarnate back to a younger version of myself. You know the times, when you can lift your own body weight without splitting your britches, run like a cheetah chasing prey, and keep your wife … well, you get that picture too.
But seriously guys … hmmm actually I am being serious, no, no, no, for reasons of not wishing to discourage anyone from buy an RV, I will say that you two prove that the inevitable disasters can be overcome, overcame, hell, whatever the term is.
Rock on RVers
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Your black tank valve is fixed!..You replaced that plastic check valve with a much more durable brass fitting and you have a super clean pass through storage area!! Good job Hanks!
I literally had a sinking feeling in my stomach watching you guys deal with this. I’m so thankful you had a tech available to help you! Wishing you better days ahead! 💕🙏
Thank you so much!!
That check valve is also useful for not letting cold water to backfeed into the water heater and thus letting the unit operate efficiently. Keeps your hot water hot when you need it
Great episode as always! Fantastic tips on keeping your cool and working the problem on step at a time!
You guys are so encouraging and helpful with these videos. Thank you.
Now we know why we decided to not put TP in the tank. Safe Travels from Show Me RV Adventures. Clayton& Denise.
We have been saved at least 3 times by mobile RV techs. They have all been independent owners and I was so happy to have their help and support their business. They have known exactly what they were doing , brought everything they needed and did the repair faster than we could have. We always try everything we can think of first…but sometimes it’s bigger than we can handle.
I legit love you’re channel I look forward to it
So sorry for all the trouble you’ve had. I enjoy your videos all your humor and your positive energy. Thank you for all the tips and information. Happy new year. Hope our paths cross someday.🙏🏼❤️🤙🏼
You guys are great! Thanks for all the great tips!
I have had all three valves replaced in 2022 by mobile techs. They are a life saver. While fixing a propane leak he discovered a problem with the galley tank. Well worth the price of a call out.
Thanks for showing the realities of RV living. I hope all goes smoothly for a long time!
Love your Channel, and your Videos, Please continue, I think it helps everyone that watches! ♥♥♥♥♥
I will pray for you guys as well. Thank you as always for sharing the good and the bad ❤️
Blessings guys for a favor filled year thanks for sharing RV Life with us and helping us with to do if we should experience similar issues especially keeping a good mindset even when you go through hard times and getting things done ✔️
Another Hanks Gem . Thank-you for all the education and entertainment. MICHIGAN LOVES THE HANKS.
WooHoo! Thursday all good now! #ThanksHanks!
You kids make me smile and feel good . I really enjoy watching you two and the fun you have stay safe and enjoy your life together
Glad you guys got everything on Soli and Dee fixed, hopefully your Done with emergencies for a few YEARS. Keep up the good work and helpful videos.
You both are so great at keeping it real for us. We ALL have WTF situations.
I know how y’all feel. Glad y’all were able to get the issue fixed. Safe travels
Love me some HANKS!! You guys are awesome!! Thank you for all that you've shared with us, keep it up!!
Attitude and mindset makes or breaks a situation and you guys seem to always rock it! Great video and as always great tips! We replaced our check valve in the water heater with a brass one. Plastic doesnt hold up well when living full time and bouncing around the country!! Safe travels!
I love the fact that ya'll show the real life happenings of RV life. I think that was a smart fix with the brass fitting. Yall stay safe looking for the next video and maybe you could let Dex say Hi 👋
Hope the future gives you better times and less problems, although it is nice to know that other people besides us can have one thing go wrong and then another... Good Luck and Happy Trails.
The dreaded water leak… we feel your pain with this one. Thanks to your advice we have a nice supply of pex tool’s amongst other things.
Happy New Year, Hanks! 🎉. No more problems 🙏.
Wowzer, that was some fun!! Glad you had it all under control!!! Always look forward to Thursday for your video!!!! Now relax and have a drink!!😮😊😊❤
Great video thanks Hanks. On our trip to Yellowstone last September our check valve went out also but just the opposite way could not get water through it took it apart and when we got home I just added a shut off valve instead of replacing the check valve works great thanks from Wisconsin
Always amazed at how resourceful you both are when something comes up...no matter what it is, you tackle it and share the real life experience with us which helps so much. Thank you for always being authentic and sharing your RV life...Sending love & hugs🌼😎 LB
Its always the most terrible feeling when issues with water come up, wether its a leak, or no water flow, drain clogs, black or grey tank issues. You guys handled this just as well as anybody could of in the moment. “Thanks Hanks” for sharing with us and safe travels maybe we’ll see you at the show.
EXCELLENT advice; "Don't think about everything you need to do at one time; but one thing you can achieve before moving on ". I'm pretty mechanical & carry a lot of tools when we go out. It makes me feel a bit more confident when tackling repairs. We're not full timers; but 45+ years of RV-n has taught us to (try) not to get overwhelmed & remain calm when things go south. For years I've said; "You can eat an elephant, if you take one bite at a time" (i actually wrote this prior to you saying it; jinx) . The last couple of outings I've relayed these thoughts to people we RV with when they are having issues. Usually roll up my sleeves with them and we get to work. It's a lot easier done when its not your rig as well.
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Thanks Hanks I really appreciate the videos and after seeing just how much work those steps you have they just seem to add more stress to your life seen your other videos you had issue with on these steps and I am going to keep the factory steps and just add the lippert solid stance. As always Renee your awesome.
Howdy Hanks, great job on your repair keep up the good work.
Thanks Hanks!! Great TV video!!
Thanks for another great video! Always look forward to a new one. My black tank has been leaking ever so slightly for a while and I think this may be the problem.
We feel you guys with the water! We are currently trouble shooting a leak (fresh water) in our basement bin (class A). We learn something new every couple of weeks even though we are in our 5th year RVing. 😀 Also, super "thinking outside the box" by tilting the RV!
Always somethin, ain't it guys? Sorry about all the trouble you guys are having, but you know what, yall are learning! Yall are becoming seasoned RVers. It does help to have a guy like you had there working on your RV. Always, watch and learn. Adapt and overcome.
I know all this is behind you now, but I just want to say that yall are Heros to the RV World!
Thanks for sharing your adventures with us!
Nothin like a few curveballs to keep the high quality content rolling out, keep it up Hanks!
Our black tank valve just malfunctioned like this! I figured it was probably TP in the valve. I am so thankful you guys posted this now to get it fixed 🙃
Taking care of problems when they occur and giving us good tips along the way to completion. Thank You. Be Safe, Enjoy your travels!
Thanks, you too!
Thanks Hanks! Mobile techs have been a life saver for us. Water leaks 1000 miles from home. Empty the whole storage looked like us in Tucson.Stuck slide, luckily at our storage unit. As South Texas RVers the check valve on the water heater is good info too.
Kyle and Renee, you guys should replace your hot water heater with a tankless system. We are now on our second camper with the Gerard tankless water heater. We love it. Very easy to install yourself, takes about 60-90 minutes! Love your videos!
Again, you guys have helped me with our sewer valve.
Wow, enjoyed how you shared about keeping calm. I would not have been worried about the battery, as I feel like I may have tunnel vision over a problem. Good looking out Neyney! While watching I kept think a small shop vac might have been helpful. Maybe some RVers think so too but, I just hate sopping up liquids. Enjoyed the tip about the hooky thing. 🖖🏻😘👍🏻🙏🏻
You both just rock with the information. The hubs and I are about to buy our first fifth wheel for full time. We’re military and hoping this will be a better solution for all of the moving we do. Are we nervous? Ummm, yes! But following along with y’all’s journey has given us so much knowledge so it eases the nerves a bit. Just wanted to say a quick thank you for taking the time to do these videos. I imagine it is super time consuming, but it is so much appreciated. ❤
Wow what an ordeal! Love you guys. You keep it real! , This is why I follow you, I'm your 100.000 subscriber LOL. Looking forward meeting you in Tampa.
Oh Snap! Nobody likes a leaking pipe. Good to see you both kept your cool and Renee was a trooper while you were getting Nali fixed. Now I have to go out and and do a pressure check on my lines on my RV, It's winterized but one never knows what can happen, had a 17 degree night along with mid to upper twenties. # THANKSHANKS Stay safe and safe travels. Oh and my black thank cable has the same issue and I thought it was paper in it. now I know what i have to do.
MAN! You guys were right down the road from us! I lived in Ocala from 1969-2012. Down in Sumter county now! Enjoy the travels!!
Wow, Ney Ney you did so well thinking about tilting your home.
Good job ! water is always scary.
You did the right thing you can just get you a Pex inline check valve you can install it'll make it a lot easier to replace in the future if need be.. I'm heading down to Tampa Florida Sunday I hope to see you guys at the RV Expo
Happy New Year Hanks from Kershaw South Carolina
Y'all always keep the best attitude! I love that! Nay, great idea to tip the rv! I love the way you problem solve and work together. Much love from SC, Jane ❤️ 🙏
Thanks so much!
Like my husband always says: if it’s not one thing it’s another! Sorry y’all are having troubles! Glad you got it all fixed! Happy Camping and Safe Travels! ❤️❤️
Nay nay is very handy 👍 water problems are the WORST! Better times are just around the corner.
Great video guys. Great job Nay Nay.
Thank you, Richard, we appreciate you!
Hey Hanks... You'll might want to do something with that blue hose under the stairs, at the shoe bin. I'll bet over time it will rub and leak. Fasten it up.
Y'all are great, thank you for sharing your experiences.
Your water heater element cover is melting!!!! 🔥🔥🔥 14:17
Hang in there. I am a Newbie with my wife in retirement. (Not full time RVing) Love you two. Thanks for the videos. Happy New Year.
I just laughed at myself when you, Nay Nay, were explaining “Carl”! Some of my first videos I remember saying to myself…I SWEAR I thought his name was Kyle! Carl cleared up my confusion…you all are AWESOME!!!
Thank you for sharing. We need to address the same issue.
Thanks for sharing the not so easy times.
Your gonna be very happy you replaced that check valve like you did. My water heater did the exact same thing, leaked. The unknown benefit has been is now when I shut off the shower head while showering, I don’t get that blast of cold water anymore! WIN!
We love you guys. I hate to say this. We have started an excel spreadsheet with estimated dates of failure based on your experiences. I figure if we can replace a or fix the weak links BEFORE they happen, it will save us some money. I wish manufactures published the mean time to failure of these components. Have a great time at Tampa!
Ahhhh! What a pain! You guys showed the truth about RV construction being “twinky” thus issues with leaks or not functioning. We’re not “ handy” at all. The joke with us is that once we pick up the rv and go on a trip we should schedule an appointment upon our return because something or a couple of somethings will need to be repaired. We’ve used mobile techs as well as the dealer service.
At least you can always stay on the positive side! We are headed to key west in april, counting the days down.
What a beautiful reflection pond…. in your front storage bay!
You guys are so good about showing things that can happen. I love how you work together. My husband and I would have killed each other. Lol. Hang in there Hanks. You guys are the best. 🎉
I’ve been thinking about using a Genie diaper pail to put waste paper in, it really helps for odours etc. that is if you want to go with the no toilet paper situation.
Great tips for minimizing stress and eating the elephant one small bite at a time! One tip on removing the broken check valve pipe piece: a box cutter or utility knife. poke the blade in there to slightly cut it and then twist. similar to how you used the screwdriver.
Great video! Sorry you guys had to deal with that issue but it’s great you guys kept your cool and over came the situation!
One thing I would advise tho is with threading that brass into the water hearer(not sure what the heaters made of) but you can possibly get galvanic corrosion from using dissimilar metals which could also cause a leak. There is a dissimilar metals chart on Google that will tell you what metals you can use with what metals.
Those water leaks in the bay are why we carry a small wet dry vacuum with us. If not needed for water I can vacuum the truck. We have a 328M Momentum and why don’t they put some sort of a water tray in so if there is a leak it drains out instead of flooding the bay. Especially under all the water connections. Great job fixing it guys!
Good morning, Hanks! My wife Christine and I are weekend warriors. We evolved from a class B to a towable Ember. We finally had to get something bigger to make room for our dogs. Anyway, we love your channel. You're very funny and informative. Being fairly experienced campers ourselves, we've already learned some very helpful tips from you. Here's a helpful tip. If you use solar and lithium ion batteries, make sure you get one with cold weather charging and discharging protection. Keep the great content coming and God bless!
Kirk and Christine
This is why I put my toilet paper in a wastebasket instead of in the toilet. And I do not use those packet toilet cleaners- they can gum up the valve. Glad it was an easier/ simple fix
Absolutely... me and my wife never put paper down the black tank. As a matter of fact. Without getting to personal. We only use the toilet for number1. We usually stay at campgrounds and always use their facilities for the other.
We use the thin 2ply toilet paper from aldi. Never have had an issue. We also pre dissolve our packets or I tare it open and poor the contents in while the potty is being flushed.
Yes no tp in toilet. Put it in wastebasket.
Always do a couple of full bowls of clean water before shutting the valve to flush the line.
So you use the restroom and toss the toilet paper into a wastebasket? You dump that right after tho right?
Appreciate the videos! Brings back memories!
It is quite a sight when you are gone for a few hours and come back to a waterfall on the trailer steps - a water line connection under the sink came apart due to the park having too high water pressure. 1. replaced the pipe connection 2. use a water pressure regulator 3. turn off city water when leaving the RV for any length of time.
Draining hot water tank - remove the plastic drain plug, install a brass adapter, attach a stainless steel water supply hose with a 1/4 turn shutoff valve on the end ... whenever you leave a site, open the valve and let the hot water drain between sites; saves weight and keeps the tank flushed.
Good catch on the steps. Moryde has a major design flaw in those step above steps. I got so frustrated with mine binding the door, etc. that I replaced them with Torqu Lift scissor steps that have a pivot point at the door so in a case like this the steps will pivot up and not ruin the bottom of your door.
Wow really sorry to hear you continue to have problems with the black tank valve. One question I have after you discovered it was wads of toilette paper, is it poorly designed that allows the toilette paper to get in the way? RV Life, you are utilizing your truck and RV all the time. I would suspect that the constant use plays a major factor in things going wrong. I really love how well you take this pitfalls on camera. It's a reminder that with all the issues you've experienced/encountered, it's not the end of the world. Happy Holiday's and Happy New Year. Looking forward to the 2023 adventures.
Great show, had us sweating for a minute. 🤣 😂😂 We didn't see Dexter😻
😢 I feel your pain #Hanks we are not full timers but we do travel for a few months at a time, we came home in Aug, parked our RV and started to get things ready for our next trip Oct-Dec. I installed a new hitch receiver in the back of the RV to carry our e-bikes, it needs to be sturdy and heavy duty. Check, we’ll while I had the underbelly open I decided that I would replace the gates and seals in all 3 of my tanks. After watching your video of your fiasco to have your tank replaced I figured let’s do this. I had ordered the parts and went to town, got all 3 replaced, they open and close great, being I did this maintenance in the front of my house on the street with cars zipping by I did not have a resource to test the valves before closing up the belly. But they seemed to work well.
Fast forward to our first stop Cedar Creek SP near Dallas Texas, keep in mind this is a 2 month trip. We arrive in Dallas area, set up and get some groceries and fuel, I feel this pain in the gut, but play it off and went to bed. Around 2 in the morning I wake up in terrible pain and tell the wife, we need to go to the emergency room, long story short, I had an appendectomy! Got bill 32,000 lucky me I am a veteran and the hospital has agreement with Gov so it’s paid for by VA. Next stop Hot Springs, Gulpha Gorge, nice park by the way, but I am not supposed to lift anything above 10 lbs so it was a struggle driving the distance. We went to town and when we got back we walk into the RV and there is a bad smell, I think that maybe the toilet seal is gone bad, nope, it has water in the bowl. Look under the RV and I have a leak. I drain my tanks and figure we will deal with it at our next stop, I open the belly up and find that my seal is leaking, as you mentioned your mobile tech having a day, 4 or so tries to get it installed. Well yea, having the same issue but my rubber seals are bent and deformed due to how they have been in the gate, so I boiled some water and placed them in the water and they returned to their normal shape. Got it fixed no leak and all is good. Seal it up and we move to our next stop. 2 days later I have another leak, but it’s in a different location I open it up and find my second gray tank is leaking the same way, went through the same hassle but got it fixed. Now I am gun shy that something else is going to break, couple weeks later we wake to a terrible smell or electric burning, we shut the power off and go back to sleep, find out the in-line surge protector burned up one of the lines on the output side, no idea what or why or how, all I can find is that possibly loose connection it arched and caused it to overheat. We hightail it to Virginia where I order new surge protector, and wire from my inverter to the surge protector and spend a day replacing it, now we hardly can get any sleep because we are worried that it may burn up… well we made it through that and it’s all well we are heading home, and find out that my brother in law is on his last days of life on hospice so we decided to cancel all our stops and just head home, on one of those one night stops where I had pulled the entire 30 feet of cable out to connect to the pedestal in the morning as we are getting ready to leave the motor is not working to reel back in the cable, so I spend 30 min inching the reel in to coil the cable back in. Luckily we have 15 foot extension that I can plug in without unreeling the cable. Yesterday I spent 5 hrs removing the old one and installing a new one. What a PITA! If I did not have one I would not miss it. happy Travels guys, keep your heads up, stuff happens and sometimes it’s like the never ending story or ground hog day, you just have to push through.
BTW we did not make it home before he passed. 😢
I think our first stop was an omen as to how the rest of our trip was going to go, and Diesel prices wow, they. Just kept going up so it was an expensive and memorable 2 months that will go in the books as “let’s not do that again” oh and that bike rack I installed to carry our e-bikes, we never took the bikes down the entire trip, there just was not good weather or time to ride them, I spent a great deal of my time driving and fixing stuff.
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Good video. Lots of good information. How did the “H” cut get repaired. We too had very helpful Mobile RV tech in Creede, Co. Take care
"Dexter's a little chunky monkey" - awwww poor Dexter!
Thanks. You guys bring so much entertainment to us and hated to see the issues you faced with the truck and leaks. Hope this helps
Thank you so much, Richard! You are so kind and we wish you all the best!
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Good job as always. Grandpa Jack
Way to keep a level head in a stressful situation well handled
Just last week I experienced the same check valve leak in my 2019 3740bh.
Drilling out the plastic in two spots with a drill and a pair of needle nose pliers + flat head screw driver makes quick work of removing the broken plastic section.
Used a brass fitting to repair also.
Ney Ney, if you are doing other things and you want to drain a place like that, get a cotton towel, lay it in the water and get it soaked. Then pull it toward the outside leaving half the towel in the water. It will wick siphon the water out. Great job finding and fixing it Carl! Best wishes, Kevin
Great video, but sorry for the circumstances that made it possible for us to also learn. Those plastic check valves are notorious for failing and leaking and should be replace with a brass one. For around $6 at a home improvement store with lawn sprinkler items. There is a “riser”, plastic pipe nipple extractor tool that would easily remove a broken piece like the one you improvised to get out. Great job getting that out.
Holy Cow! Look at that blue line coming off the right side of the pump @11:13! It must have such a vacuum on it that it is sucked flat. I've never seen that in a PEX pipe before, so I hope it is actually a rubber hose that happens to match the blue of the PEX piping.
Nay Nay did GOOD turning off the water and power and tilting the camper to drain the water. Carl, "Mr. Handyman," you did really great getting that broken off check valve out and replacing it with a brass fitting. Great video as always.
Good eye.
I’ve seen that once before but I can’t remember why it occurred. It’s a rubber hose without any skeletal strength
Ah jeez, back to Tanks with ZHanks again....... Sorry for the valve shenanigans guys but glad you were able to square it away! Hope you guys had a nice e New Year last week. Please pet Dexter for me and stay safe!