Working on toilets and black water systems from traveling RV people who think RV repair centers love to work on their poop stuff... NOT... and my boss says we charge double to work on black water stuff.. but do I get paid double to work on that stuff... NO... I hate working on toilets on RV's etc. But for some reason RV people just bring them in and expect us to work on their shit just like it was anything else.. lol.. believe I am finished here.. u can flush this if u like..
I enjoy your channelvery much. Molly & the kids make it happen 😀 We full time as well. Bought a 1998 Holiday Rambler Endeavor. First cross country trip we got a diesel fuel leak. 2700.00 later we got 37 miles out and it leaked again. Got it fixed. 300 miles and leaked again. Got it fixed. 200 miles and leaked again. New fuel injection pump. 3500.00 more. Bad water pump, 1200.00 more. Then house water pump, black/grey tank seals, Water heater leak and bad pressure relief valve. Furnace blower motor bad. Toilet seal not holding water. TPMS batteries fail. jacknifed a trailer while backing up 2500.00. Thanksgiving day, cooking our turkey and convection oven quits 650.00. Slide out giving us trouble. Ignoring that for now. Water leak from pipe separating in slideout wall from kitchen sink - mess. Just regular maintenance 3000.00 in 2 years. My tires are dry rotting and are only 3 years old. Cruise control quit working blown fuse for some reason. I still have an issue with my exhaust leaking causing low power. My Transmisdion control module and my electric converter burned up costing 3000.00. Boy do I understand. Then we drug our towed vehicle for 200 miles with emergency brake on 😀 All of this on only a disabled veteran compensation from the VA. Be glad you have family to help and can earn a better living. Some of us dont have the means to earn more money. all in all, you are healthy and have a great family. Love and cherish them - they grow up fast. Molly & kids are most important to keep happy. Good luck, I am watching and hoping you all keep going. It can be wonderful too! Your kids have you there all the time- that is truly very important.
Really enjoyed this! We are hoping to get to do our "fuller time" traveling in our RV. I loved your "get it done, move on" attitude! Your kids have a great sense of humor, by the way! Wished we had been able to take our 4 on the road when they were kids! Now we plan to go see them!
OhEmGee! This was the first of your channel I have seen, and I must say, it was awesome. Not the constant breakdowns, but the editing and your attitude have me planning to see more. You are so funny, and have skills not so common on TH-cam. I know it's a lot of work but you did a fantastic job with this vlog! Love it!
When someone tells me they have recently had to repair something I no longer ask what sort of RV they have. It doesn't matter because whether it is old, older or newer...everyone has multiple issues with their rig IF living in it full-time. I finally switched to a 26 foot cargo trailer and converted it to my home. If you "build you own" you will have fewer issues. It is a wonderful way to go.
Glad you appreciated it, i sat on the video for a while cause I wasn’t sure how to tell the story! But yep there is a lot of good in this fulltime travel life, but there is some headaches as well! Safe travels and love the name ChickInn
I have 2 RVs and everything breaks all the time. In fact if I take a trip and nothing breaks I think it’s a cruel joke and I smash something. It’s just the way it is. Laugh at it, we live in the greatest country in the world and a busted RV just ain’t that bad. The boys look great by the way.
Yes, RV's break all the time. Basic auto repair and extensive knowlege of electrical systems are mandatory for RV ownership, as they are built out of fibreglass, staples, and construction adhesive; and assembled by minimally skilled laborers I know, I own a repair facility.
Yes because 90% of the RVs are built like absolute junk. Started with a top-of-the-line gas unit, Pace Arrow, triple slide single axle and the thing broke down every week. It was 6 months old so I figured it out, most of the minor issues would have been taken care of but no such thing. I had to move up to a $225,000 used unit ,an Entegra Diesel Pusher, to get quality , over half a million miles now with very minor issues. Unfortunately in the RV industry you have to go well above $200,000 to get something decent and forget about a gas unit traveling the mountains
When you bought the fleetwood I was kind of surprised, as they are not known as being one of the more reliable brands, unlike airstream. Cummins owns the rv genny market so there is no reason to improve or change there product. Can you imagine if you went on a holiday for 6 weeks came home and your car wouldn't start? Yep gotta cycle them every 4 weeks or dey don't work. Wish Honda would make RV generators then there would be a lot of green boxes sitting in a warehouse collecting dust. These Cummins generators are no cheaper than hondas anyways. Hopefully, this will be the end of your troubles, lucky you have a lot of friends and relatives to stay with, most people don't have that advantage.
I just remembered that Hebard's Travels is a You Tube channel about a Veteran and his wife who are full-time RVer's. One of their videos is called 11 mistakes new RVer's make in which he discusses their fridge problems that sound similar to yours. I hope it helps!
I have a 2000 Bounder 36s. Built like a tank . V-10 Engine runs great. Burns no oil. Have replaced furnaces, air conditioners, the generator, and recently the water heater. Had other minor problems but mostly just normal maintenance and wear and tear. Worst event was from two blowouts. One many years ago and one three months ago on the way to getting six new tires. Preventable if tires are replaced sooner. Coming up on 100 k miles and still looks good and runs good.
Live, learn, adapt. That's the best advice I can give you. Thank you for giving me the material to convince my husband to put in a composting toilet, I am not dealing with a black tank.
Lordy I hate breaking down! We fulltime with 2 dogs and 2 cats in our 5th wheel. It can get rough. Sometimes when we arrive at a campground smoothly I'm just waiting for something to blow. Still loving it though. Keep on truckin.
So far for us it has been the Knats...those little buggers seem to come and go as they please. We are alone a few months into full timing and don't move very often at the moment. We know those moments are ahead of us for sure!
OMG! You poor things! We fulltime in a 2001 newmar mountain air and no we have not had your problems. we have seen 43 states and 20 national parks this year. Good luck and hope this is the last of the kinks
I feel so bad for you guys! But this could happen in a reg home, sewer, electric, plumbing, washer, air cond, etc. But as you travel, Bummer! Hope all is well now! How old is your bus?
We have things breaking all the time. This is actually one of the reasons we chose a travel trailer instead of a motor home, if the truck needs repair we still have our home. However, we have had our 2018 travel trailer in the shop 6 times in the past year for repair, the underpinning has come loose more then once, the electrical had a major short and we spent the summer in UT, WY and MT with no electric. our bed (Murphy bed) hinge broke, multiple things. Currently our hot water heater needs some work on it.
i am new to your channel. great job sharing you experiences with us. could you find a better mic for Molly. she speaks so softly that 20 minutes into the video and I still dont know what she had to get back to florida for. lol. happy travels.
First RV weekend of 2017 went to dump the black tank before before setting up for the weekend. Opened the cap and got crap all over my hands!!! Someone had pulled the black handle in the off season and shut it.
I can't imagine how it would be for us to address all the problems that you have had with the RV. Yikes! :-( I suppose that you are getting all the Dallas-area work done at REV's Alvarado service center. I have found REV (the Decatur, IN service center) to be vastly superior to dealer service departments such as Camping World of Chattanooga. Aside from that I do hope that you are contributing to, or created and are maintaining a list of all the places you have had service and how good the place was. You have a very valuable, and hard-earned, set of information from all the problems you have had. You are well on your way to having an excellent RV, given how extensively you have had to repair or replace stuff. Is the refrigerator repaired and working now? If you are ever near Chattanooga, Tennessee, please let me know and you can park your RV at our RV barn (where we keep ours) and avail yourselves of the full hookups. :-) Also, the Freightliner dealer in Chattanooga (Premier Truck Group in Ringgold, GA) has an excellent RV technician -- Les -- and are certified to do any Cummins work. Further, Allison Transmission has a service center across the road from Freightliner. Happy trails! :-)
We're not *full time* RV'ers. Although we DO camp/boondock very very frequently. Every weekend at a minimum, and usually more often than that...but somehow, in the past 8 years of owning our RV, we've essentially been able to keep from ever actually using the black tank pump at ALL. Because...honestly? They're a nightmare. We use an...inventive(?) alternative of lining the RV toilet with various things, but definitely tend to favor using campground bathhouses--when available. You guys are definitely NOT alone in dealing with the trauma of black tank problems. HUGE amount of sympathy for you having to deal with that though...I know it's not fun! :S Molly said something about the Bus being a 'lemon'. If I had to guess---you' probably would have been happy if it had been a LITERAL giant lemon at the time. ...It would have smelled better!
Holy cow kids, didn’t the coach have an insurance policy? Your luck sounds about like ours with our older motor homes. Once it stopped in the middle of the bridge crossing the Mobile Bay , tricks and cars were honking at us like we would stop for the fun of it 😡 wishing you a future with less issues💙🙏🏻
You guys have been having more than your fair share of troubles. 🙁 We're not full time and we've had our travel trailer for a little over a year . We have been fortunate to have only had 1 issue with a tire that got ruined on our first trip.
Now I don’t feel so bad. I baught a truck and camper about six months ago and either I break something or something breaks on its own. May sound funny but I want to know how things work so I can fix them myself so I like the challenge of things breaking. Don’t want no black tank problems though.
P.S. You should watch the You Tube videos by Steve Lehto who is a Michigan lawyer who specializes in RV situations. His videos are informative and can help you avoid getting caught in a bad situation. One thing that I have learned is that RVers who have vlogs receive much better service because the service providers know that their actions are being broadcasted for all to see.
The AC went out the first night the drawers gave us some problems and we had a blow out, but still better quality. th-cam.com/video/PMDEfx7mVgU/w-d-xo.html
i hate to tell you, but things break in RVs regularly. I jokingly say, "If you're not handy at making repairs before full time RVing, you quickly become handy...or broke." I know one person who kept having refrigerator trouble only to finally discover the RV was wired wrong.
Roy Davis: Refrigerator story is sooo familiar. We bought a Tiffin Allegro Bay Lt. because it was set up so we could rearrange to get our wheelchair bound son in and sleep comfortably. We bought it knowing that the owner was having trouble with the frig. He had the frig in the shop 2 times at $600 apiece only to have them tell him there was nothing they could fix. So knowing we would have to purchase a frig, bought and proceeded. $1300 later we installed a frig that DID NOT work. 5 hours later found out there was a separate fuse way under the RV for only the frig and of course the fuse was blown. New fuse $2.15 and we have frig that's great. Now we have a 6.9 cf frig for sale - that works. We haven't had a lot of breakage since this RV supposedly was 'broke in', but you're right there's always little things to be fixed. And learned!
bought a brand new rv huh I once decided that I did not want to build anthor bus so we went and looked at new rv's found what we wanted I spent the next two days trying to get one of three brand new mh. to pass inspection not one of the 3 were useable I spent the next 6 months building a bus I've talked to and had friends that were miserable for the next 6 months to year after buying a 200,000 coach with everything that broke or did not work if I were to buy one it would have to be 1 to 3 years old and I would want to see all the paper work were they fixed every thing GRUMPY OLD MAN WITH A BUS
Matt, at any point do you question what the hell am I doing full timing in a RV? JC I would also like to tell you and Molly that anytime you break down in MD you could stay at my place. Sorry but seeing as I have 4 kids, 1 future son in law, 3 dogs and 1 cat still living here at the house. That would be a no go. Do feel free to take me in and allow me to get away from it all. JS Safe travels and please keep the vids coming. You guys are great!
We used to own a Travco (now Foretravel) and things would break down. That is the nature of taking a complex plumbing and electrical system over bumpy roads where things can jiggle loose or crack. Fortunately, my dad was a mechanic and could fix most things himself. But yeah, things go wrong mechanicalky quite a bit.
They say shit happens in 3's but in the RV life it happens in 10's I fix everything my self but I am fortunate I have those skills most don't but they are fortunate with other skills that allow them to make the cash to pay without breaking the bank so its all good keep plugging away its all part of the course
First time I've wanted to " thumbs up & down " a video... thumbs up on the edit job !!! really well done...thumbs down on the content :( :( It's a Fleetwood, what breaks next, ( don't ask... please !!! )
@@jamesireland9188, they did a great job of making " a bummer topic fun" it's a bummer that the RV industry currently only has a handful of standout companies that do a better job on quality than the majority. So thumbs down on the content was really aimed at the low standards of quality in the industry. But Matt & Molly do a great job of keepin it all in perspective and making the best of it 👍✌️😎
Don't forget the Golden Rule and to treat others the way you would want to be treated. Next time get out of your car and go over and see if they need help before you tattle tale by calling the cops. These days the cops do more harm than good. If they are drunk and no one is hurt, so be it. Stay out of their business. Nobody should be thrown in jail for being drunk.
Yeah, usually that would have been my M/O. And that was what I felt so bad, I don't like making life more difficult on people than their bad decisions already make. Originally, it sounded like it was on the other side of the highway and 3 or 4 cars that were in the accident, plus there was some orange light or something on the other side of the road that made it look like something was on fire. I was surprised to see them on this side of the highway. I was down at my RV cleaning about 100 yards from the highway so I couldn't tell what was going on, and thought it sounded bad enough that someone could be caught in fire. Still, I'm not sure I agree about the whole no one should be thrown in jail for being drunk if he had of veered right instead of left, he could have been in the RV park, and then it wouldn't have been just a brick wall with some scrapes, it would have been a family or 2's lives changed forever. Driving impaired is never cool, too many kids and adults dead because of this. I was more concerned the fact the guy didn't have a license however, I don't think he was drunk, maybe high though. Felt bad, still don't drive impaired!!
Are you friggin crazy he was driving under the influence. How is it ratting someone crashed he called 911 for help . You obviously have no idea what you're talking about grow up troll. So next time he should let him drive off and kill someone hope you realize how stupid you sound wow friggin idiot. Lmao nobody should be thrown in jail for driving drunk . And stop being such a sheep and believing the news and social media. Cops don't make things worse not all cops are good but a majority are . I can't believe how ignorant you sound very sad the stupidity of your comment . I bet if this guy drove off and killed one of your family members you would be pissed if he didn't call the cops . Comment section always makes me laugh.
@@StreaminFreedom Sorry for the rant but you shouldn't feel bad one bit you did the right thing. What if he drove off and killed someone he made the decision to drink or use drugs and drive . Very stupid on his part now he has to face the consequences you probably saved his life and the lives of others thank you. Can't believe this person said nobody should be arrested for being under the influence and especially driving like that. Thank you for not being one of those blind people who just watch. Have a good day and stay safe Jimmy from Massachusetts
What has been the worst thing about RV living for you?
Working on toilets and black water systems from traveling RV people who think RV repair centers love to work on their poop stuff... NOT... and my boss says we charge double to work on black water stuff.. but do I get paid double to work on that stuff... NO... I hate working on toilets on RV's etc. But for some reason RV people just bring them in and expect us to work on their shit just like it was anything else.. lol.. believe I am finished here.. u can flush this if u like..
Streamin Freedom What brand of RV do you have? What year? I'm getting to RV full time and I don't want all that headache!
Suzy-Q Travels 2017 Fleetwood Pace Arrow
Cool trampoline .... flush to the ground! I’ve never seen or heard about that kind. Hope that your RV stops giving you trouble!
I enjoy your channelvery much. Molly & the kids make it happen 😀 We full time as well. Bought a 1998 Holiday Rambler Endeavor. First cross country trip we got a diesel fuel leak. 2700.00 later we got 37 miles out and it leaked again. Got it fixed. 300 miles and leaked again. Got it fixed. 200 miles and leaked again. New fuel injection pump. 3500.00 more. Bad water pump, 1200.00 more. Then house water pump, black/grey tank seals, Water heater leak and bad pressure relief valve. Furnace blower motor bad. Toilet seal not holding water. TPMS batteries fail. jacknifed a trailer while backing up 2500.00. Thanksgiving day, cooking our turkey and convection oven quits 650.00. Slide out giving us trouble. Ignoring that for now. Water leak from pipe separating in slideout wall from kitchen sink - mess. Just regular maintenance 3000.00 in 2 years. My tires are dry rotting and are only 3 years old. Cruise control quit working blown fuse for some reason. I still have an issue with my exhaust leaking causing low power. My Transmisdion control module and my electric converter burned up costing 3000.00.
Boy do I understand. Then we drug our towed vehicle for 200 miles with emergency brake on 😀 All of this on only a disabled veteran compensation from the VA. Be glad you have family to help and can earn a better living. Some of us dont have the means to earn more money. all in all, you are healthy and have a great family. Love and cherish them - they grow up fast. Molly & kids are most important to keep happy. Good luck, I am watching and hoping you all keep going. It can be wonderful too! Your kids have you there all the time- that is truly very important.
James Jones yikes! You do understand, so sorry! Things breaking down and not working definitely makes life more exciting 😬
Really enjoyed this! We are hoping to get to do our "fuller time" traveling in our RV. I loved your "get it done, move on" attitude! Your kids have a great sense of humor, by the way! Wished we had been able to take our 4 on the road when they were kids! Now we plan to go see them!
My goodness. I don't even know where to begin. Repair - now that's a four letter word LOL
OhEmGee! This was the first of your channel I have seen, and I must say, it was awesome. Not the constant breakdowns, but the editing and your attitude have me planning to see more. You are so funny, and have skills not so common on TH-cam. I know it's a lot of work but you did a fantastic job with this vlog! Love it!
When someone tells me they have recently had to repair something I no longer ask what sort of RV they have. It doesn't matter because whether it is old, older or newer...everyone has multiple issues with their rig IF living in it full-time. I finally switched to a 26 foot cargo trailer and converted it to my home. If you "build you own" you will have fewer issues. It is a wonderful way to go.
We needed to see that! Thank you for the dose of reality letting us know we're not alone. We'll keep taking the good with the bad too, safe travels!
Glad you appreciated it, i sat on the video for a while cause I wasn’t sure how to tell the story! But yep there is a lot of good in this fulltime travel life, but there is some headaches as well! Safe travels and love the name ChickInn
Good video, I could feel your pain. I know things will get better.
Haven’t seen you guys in a while welcome back.
You guys are awesome love ya❣️
I have 2 RVs and everything breaks all the time. In fact if I take a trip and nothing breaks I think it’s a cruel joke and I smash something. It’s just the way it is. Laugh at it, we live in the greatest country in the world and a busted RV just ain’t that bad. The boys look great by the way.
Yes, RV's break all the time. Basic auto repair and extensive knowlege of electrical systems are mandatory for RV ownership, as they are built out of fibreglass, staples, and construction adhesive; and assembled by minimally skilled laborers I know, I own a repair facility.
Life brings us all "crappy" days from time to time. As long as we learn from them and adapt and move forward we will be ok. Glad it wasn't any worse.
At this point you should have a practically new RV so nothing else should break. Love you guys!
Amy Elrod that is what we keep telling ourselves
Yes because 90% of the RVs are built like absolute junk. Started with a top-of-the-line gas unit, Pace Arrow, triple slide single axle and the thing broke down every week. It was 6 months old so I figured it out, most of the minor issues would have been taken care of but no such thing. I had to move up to a $225,000 used unit ,an Entegra Diesel Pusher, to get quality , over half a million miles now with very minor issues. Unfortunately in the RV industry you have to go well above $200,000 to get something decent and forget about a gas unit traveling the mountains
Ours is diesel pusher
When you bought the fleetwood I was kind of surprised, as they are not known as being one of the more reliable brands, unlike airstream. Cummins owns the rv genny market so there is no reason to improve or change there product. Can you imagine if you went on a holiday for 6 weeks came home and your car wouldn't start? Yep gotta cycle them every 4 weeks or dey don't work. Wish Honda would make RV generators then there would be a lot of green boxes sitting in a warehouse collecting dust. These Cummins generators are no cheaper than hondas anyways. Hopefully, this will be the end of your troubles, lucky you have a lot of friends and relatives to stay with, most people don't have that advantage.
Lost Comma we have been hugely blessed to have family and friends scattered across the states, always willing to take us in ❤️
I just remembered that Hebard's Travels is a You Tube channel about a Veteran and his wife who are full-time RVer's. One of their videos is called 11 mistakes new RVer's make in which he discusses their fridge problems that sound similar to yours.
I hope it helps!
I have a 2000 Bounder 36s. Built like a tank .
V-10 Engine runs great. Burns no oil.
Have replaced furnaces, air conditioners, the generator, and recently the water heater. Had other minor problems but mostly just normal maintenance and wear and tear.
Worst event was from two blowouts. One many years ago and one three months ago on the way to getting six new tires. Preventable if tires are replaced sooner.
Coming up on 100 k miles and still looks good and runs good.
Live, learn, adapt. That's the best advice I can give you. Thank you for giving me the material to convince my husband to put in a composting toilet, I am not dealing with a black tank.
dreamingfool2 lol molly has been saying we should do that for so long
I always rock out to your intro song...how can you not move listening to it?😏👍
Did you have these kinds of issues with your Airstream? Just curious.
rodneylw10 we were only in the airstream for 3 months so it’s hard to compare but I think airstreams are better quality! - SFmom
You are a sweet couple, nice family Best Wishes for the future!
Keep the videos coming! We enjoy your family's adventures! Happy trails!
Lordy I hate breaking down! We fulltime with 2 dogs and 2 cats in our 5th wheel. It can get rough. Sometimes when we arrive at a campground smoothly I'm just waiting for something to blow. Still loving it though. Keep on truckin.
So far for us it has been the Knats...those little buggers seem to come and go as they please. We are alone a few months into full timing and don't move very often at the moment. We know those moments are ahead of us for sure!
AirStream Azza Dream good luck!!
OMG! You poor things! We fulltime in a 2001 newmar mountain air and no we have not had your problems. we have seen 43 states and 20 national parks this year. Good luck and hope this is the last of the kinks
I feel so bad for you guys! But this could happen in a reg home, sewer, electric, plumbing, washer, air cond, etc. But as you travel, Bummer! Hope all is well now! How old is your bus?
It’s a 2017, hopefully we’ve fixed everything and it will all stay functioning for a while now
We have a back-up system that we use when there is a plumbing problem. We set up a PETT in the shower. Amazon has them & Cabela's site has a video.
We must be related. If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any.
Safe travels and good health
Simpler is better for me. Camp stove, no freezer, composting toilet. I got 350k miles out of my Toyota with only one major breakdown.
We have things breaking all the time. This is actually one of the reasons we chose a travel trailer instead of a motor home, if the truck needs repair we still have our home. However, we have had our 2018 travel trailer in the shop 6 times in the past year for repair, the underpinning has come loose more then once, the electrical had a major short and we spent the summer in UT, WY and MT with no electric. our bed (Murphy bed) hinge broke, multiple things. Currently our hot water heater needs some work on it.
i am new to your channel. great job sharing you experiences with us. could you find a better mic for Molly. she speaks so softly that 20 minutes into the video and I still dont know what she had to get back to florida for. lol. happy travels.
ThatWhichISee haha, I know, I know... Matt keeps telling me to SPEAK UP!
I gave an 1984 pace arrow, glad I dont have your luck. Mine still runs like a champ
First RV weekend of 2017 went to dump the black tank before before setting up for the weekend. Opened the cap and got crap all over my hands!!! Someone had pulled the black handle in the off season and shut it.
I can't imagine how it would be for us to address all the problems that you have had with the RV. Yikes! :-( I suppose that you are getting all the Dallas-area work done at REV's Alvarado service center. I have found REV (the Decatur, IN service center) to be vastly superior to dealer service departments such as Camping World of Chattanooga. Aside from that I do hope that you are contributing to, or created and are maintaining a list of all the places you have had service and how good the place was. You have a very valuable, and hard-earned, set of information from all the problems you have had. You are well on your way to having an excellent RV, given how extensively you have had to repair or replace stuff. Is the refrigerator repaired and working now? If you are ever near Chattanooga, Tennessee, please let me know and you can park your RV at our RV barn (where we keep ours) and avail yourselves of the full hookups. :-) Also, the Freightliner dealer in Chattanooga (Premier Truck Group in Ringgold, GA) has an excellent RV technician -- Les -- and are certified to do any Cummins work. Further, Allison Transmission has a service center across the road from Freightliner. Happy trails! :-)
We're not *full time* RV'ers. Although we DO camp/boondock very very frequently. Every weekend at a minimum, and usually more often than that...but somehow, in the past 8 years of owning our RV, we've essentially been able to keep from ever actually using the black tank pump at ALL. Because...honestly? They're a nightmare. We use an...inventive(?) alternative of lining the RV toilet with various things, but definitely tend to favor using campground bathhouses--when available.
You guys are definitely NOT alone in dealing with the trauma of black tank problems. HUGE amount of sympathy for you having to deal with that though...I know it's not fun! :S
Molly said something about the Bus being a 'lemon'. If I had to guess---you' probably would have been happy if it had been a LITERAL giant lemon at the time.
...It would have smelled better!
our Keystone Raptor 5th wheel toyhauler has had thing after thing after thing stop working! Way too expensive for this crazy stupid stuff!!
Holy cow kids, didn’t the coach have an insurance policy? Your luck sounds about like ours with our older motor homes. Once it stopped in the middle of the bridge crossing the Mobile Bay , tricks and cars were honking at us like we would stop for the fun of it 😡 wishing you a future with less issues💙🙏🏻
Back to the Airstream?
Yep that is why old folks park their RV at parks for long periods of time because they can't afford to have the road shake them apart.
Yep, stuff breaks. That’s no joke.
You guys have been having more than your fair share of troubles. 🙁 We're not full time and we've had our travel trailer for a little over a year . We have been fortunate to have only had 1 issue with a tire that got ruined on our first trip.
Man!! That just does NOT sound like freedom to me. Hope things are going better for you guys.
Let's get crappy silly 😜
nice
Now I don’t feel so bad. I baught a truck and camper about six months ago and either I break something or something breaks on its own. May sound funny but I want to know how things work so I can fix them myself so I like the challenge of things breaking. Don’t want no black tank problems though.
Keep a couple RVs, One as a spare for when the other is in the repair shop.
Yeah we had the Airstream in addition for a while, the problem we realized was having to move stuff back over. RVlife = flexiblelife
P.S. You should watch the You Tube videos by Steve Lehto who is a Michigan lawyer who specializes in RV situations.
His videos are informative and can help you avoid getting caught in a bad situation.
One thing that I have learned is that RVers who have vlogs receive much better service because the service providers know that their actions are being broadcasted for all to see.
Thanks I’ll check him out... yeah we are blessed to have a lot of options and support, but for many this could be a real challenge.
Did your Airstream break all the time?
The AC went out the first night the drawers gave us some problems and we had a blow out, but still better quality. th-cam.com/video/PMDEfx7mVgU/w-d-xo.html
Motor home has more bells and whistles-more things to break. I am going for stripped down and plain Jane because of your (and others) experiences.
i hate to tell you, but things break in RVs regularly. I jokingly say, "If you're not handy at making repairs before full time RVing, you quickly become handy...or broke." I know one person who kept having refrigerator trouble only to finally discover the RV was wired wrong.
Oh dang! That wouldn’t surprise me.
Roy Davis: Refrigerator story is sooo familiar. We bought a Tiffin Allegro Bay Lt. because it was set up so we could rearrange to get our wheelchair bound son in and sleep comfortably. We bought it knowing that the owner was having trouble with the frig. He had the frig in the shop 2 times at $600 apiece only to have them tell him there was nothing they could fix. So knowing we would have to purchase a frig, bought and proceeded. $1300 later we installed a frig that DID NOT work. 5 hours later found out there was a separate fuse way under the RV for only the frig and of course the fuse was blown. New fuse $2.15 and we have frig that's great. Now we have a 6.9 cf frig for sale - that works. We haven't had a lot of breakage since this RV supposedly was 'broke in', but you're right there's always little things to be fixed. And learned!
Are y'all back. Or is these old video. I miss y'all.
Kathy Graves these are up to date
Time to upgrade to a Prevost.
Right!
bought a brand new rv huh I once decided that I did not want to build anthor bus so we went and looked at new rv's found what we wanted I spent the next two days trying to get one of three brand new mh. to pass inspection not one of the 3 were useable I spent the next 6 months building a bus I've talked to and had friends that were miserable for the next 6 months to year after buying a 200,000 coach with everything that broke or did not work if I
were to buy one it would have to be 1 to 3 years old and I would want to see all the paper work were they fixed every thing
GRUMPY OLD MAN WITH A BUS
marshall baldwin that’s what I preach to our friends asking about buying now!
When my shit breaks...i fix it!
Maybe its time to upgrade to a Tiffin.
Yeah wish they had over cab bed models!!!!
Not a bus. Prevost are, not Pace Arrow.
George Mulligan we call it the bus because we named it the Knight Bus 🚎
OH Crap!!!!
Thumbs up for the Goodr Sun Glasses!!
Matt, at any point do you question what the hell am I doing full timing in a RV? JC
I would also like to tell you and Molly that anytime you break down in MD you could stay at my place. Sorry but seeing as I have 4 kids, 1 future son in law, 3 dogs and 1 cat still living here at the house. That would be a no go. Do feel free to take me in and allow me to get away from it all. JS
Safe travels and please keep the vids coming. You guys are great!
Ohhh yes Chris, it’s often a love hate relationship. Thanks for the offer!!
Think I'm just gonna buy a Prevost conversion or a Newell or maybe even a Foretravel... I'm hoping I get what I pay for.
We used to own a Travco (now Foretravel) and things would break down. That is the nature of taking a complex plumbing and electrical system over bumpy roads where things can jiggle loose or crack.
Fortunately, my dad was a mechanic and could fix most things himself.
But yeah, things go wrong mechanicalky quite a bit.
RV lemon?? Do they all do this?
cornerstone403 good question! I sure feel like we got a lemon 🍋
They say shit happens in 3's but in the RV life it happens in 10's I fix everything my self but I am fortunate I have those skills most don't but they are fortunate with other skills that allow them to make the cash to pay without breaking the bank so its all good keep plugging away its all part of the course
Lawrence Constantine in 10’s is more like it 🤣 - SFmom
looked like a shity situation!!!!
Ugh.
First time I've wanted to " thumbs up & down " a video...
thumbs up on the edit job !!! really well done...thumbs down on the content :( :(
It's a Fleetwood, what breaks next, ( don't ask... please !!! )
Nothing wrong with the content it's a vlog lol
@@jamesireland9188, they did a great job of making " a bummer topic fun" it's a bummer that the RV industry currently only has a handful of standout companies that do a better job on quality than the majority.
So thumbs down on the content was really aimed at the low standards of quality in the industry. But Matt & Molly do a great job of keepin it all in perspective and making the best of it 👍✌️😎
Such a shitty story....
My class c has been in the shop 8 months out of12,months it’s a 2018 gat it new at Camping World never ever buy form there! Know how you feel....
Rickey Brewer oh man, that’s rough!
I’ve heard/read similar Hell stories from/on other RV sites about ‘Camping World & ‘Lazydays’....not good at all! :-(.
yip rv problems suck. i bought brand new tommy bahama airstream and had nothing but problems. 10 months and still waiting for repairs to be done.
Yeah Airstream repairs can take a bit, we had that experience.
Sounds like you got a lemon.
Maybe I dont want to RV
No way as bad as when in Rome. They had to replace an entire engine
Man that would be horrible!
Don't forget the Golden Rule and to treat others the way you would want to be treated. Next time get out of your car and go over and see if they need help before you tattle tale by calling the cops. These days the cops do more harm than good. If they are drunk and no one is hurt, so be it. Stay out of their business. Nobody should be thrown in jail for being drunk.
Yeah, usually that would have been my M/O. And that was what I felt so bad, I don't like making life more difficult on people than their bad decisions already make. Originally, it sounded like it was on the other side of the highway and 3 or 4 cars that were in the accident, plus there was some orange light or something on the other side of the road that made it look like something was on fire. I was surprised to see them on this side of the highway. I was down at my RV cleaning about 100 yards from the highway so I couldn't tell what was going on, and thought it sounded bad enough that someone could be caught in fire. Still, I'm not sure I agree about the whole no one should be thrown in jail for being drunk if he had of veered right instead of left, he could have been in the RV park, and then it wouldn't have been just a brick wall with some scrapes, it would have been a family or 2's lives changed forever. Driving impaired is never cool, too many kids and adults dead because of this. I was more concerned the fact the guy didn't have a license however, I don't think he was drunk, maybe high though. Felt bad, still don't drive impaired!!
Are you friggin crazy he was driving under the influence. How is it ratting someone crashed he called 911 for help . You obviously have no idea what you're talking about grow up troll. So next time he should let him drive off and kill someone hope you realize how stupid you sound wow friggin idiot. Lmao nobody should be thrown in jail for driving drunk . And stop being such a sheep and believing the news and social media. Cops don't make things worse not all cops are good but a majority are . I can't believe how ignorant you sound very sad the stupidity of your comment . I bet if this guy drove off and killed one of your family members you would be pissed if he didn't call the cops . Comment section always makes me laugh.
@@StreaminFreedom Sorry for the rant but you shouldn't feel bad one bit you did the right thing. What if he drove off and killed someone he made the decision to drink or use drugs and drive . Very stupid on his part now he has to face the consequences you probably saved his life and the lives of others thank you. Can't believe this person said nobody should be arrested for being under the influence and especially driving like that. Thank you for not being one of those blind people who just watch. Have a good day and stay safe Jimmy from Massachusetts