Looking for content curated for the everyday RV'er? Then welcome aboard! Hi everyone! We are Jeremy & Candice (and our dog Wicket). In 2021 we sold our home and nearly everything we owned. While we loved our house and the location, we knew we didn't want to live there long-term. We'd always imagined traveling the country in an RV, so we decided the time was right and bought a 2016 Grand Design 375RE and a big truck to pull it with. We finally hit the road in July of 2022 and are truly living the journey and enjoying every minute.
From our RU-vid channel, we'll be sharing our journey with you as we travel the country, both the good and the not so good, and hope to provide some great RV tips and tricks, dos and don'ts, and valuable lessons we've learned along the way. We truly want to focus on sharing experiences that everyone can benefit from, whether you're a weekender, traveling full time, or stationary.
We made a video about the museum as well, but we lost much of our data due to corruption. Lindsey is who I worked with when we had our IS installed! Dude your truck bed is TOO organized!! LOL...! The watchdog SHOULD shut you down if the voltage gets to low and thank goodness there were no banana peels, else you'd have the good ole comical slip! Great video guys!!! -David
Jeremy loves having everything in it's own spot and knowing exactly where something is when it's needed. Yeah, the watchdog should keep us from a low voltage situation, but you never know when something will fail. Thanks for watching!
We haven't had any problems with it and it's definitely more solid and secure than our previous lock (Latch It) for sure. If you're interested, there's a 10% Amazon discount link and a 15% discount link from the Onnais website in the video description.
I didn't know pets were allowed in the Museum. Thanks for sharing that info. We saw "The Bird" last year. It's cool to see the old campers. Happy and safe travels! - Tina
Get a bigger impact. My Dewalt is 900lbs on and 1200lbs off torque and it zips the lug nuts off. Of course use it on low when putting the nuts on and torque to factory spec. Heck when my rear truck tire blew I didn’t even unhitch.
As long as the extension is properly aligned with the wrench and socket, it won't affect the amount of torque. That's why you apply a little counter torque to keep it all straight.
Museum seems really cool! Have not been to Indiana in a good 25 years and the roads were pretty rough back then also. Still on the list to visit just not sure when. Not sure this can help but our unit was one of the last -R rigs with the Samsung residential fridge and it came with some really convenient and durable mini bungee cord straps and plastic hooks for the split top doors and the lower freezer door. Almost 12k tow miles so far and have never had an issue with them not doing the job of keeping the doors closed tightly while traveling. Wish I had a part number or resource but I would think if you called GD customer service and asked about them they could maybe get that info to you. Be safe out there!
GD is supposed to be sending us some sort of strap so we'll see how that works. The main issue is that the shelves don't lock into place so we're trying to keep them from sliding forward into the doors. We'll give an update if that fix works.
You need to use an impact socket for those wheels. Regular sockets are thin walled and can flex. You lose torque when not using an impact socket. Another great video. Hope to see you down the road.
Glad you survived all that was thrown your way. Never a dull moment. I can't believe GD used a fridge that does not lock!!! That is very disappointing.
That sucks about the issues... Sometimes lug nuts just get tighter, I typically use a long breaker bar to break them loose first. Look at child locks for the fridge... Jody @rboundlessventures
Thank you for the double back tape I am going to order a roll of it, the wife and I have been trying to figure out how to hang up some pictures in our rv but every time we put one up in fell down. The other night about 2 a.m. after we had put up a picture it fell on the floor and this picture is tin so as you know when it fell it made a lot noise and at 2 a.m. I thought someone was trying to break in, so we need something like this and thanks.
It's really good stuff. The only reason we didn't use it the first time we put the sticker board up was because we were out of it. Lol. Thanks for watching!
This is your first time or well second now, how sure you are of what you need and want makes me have so much more confidence going into this, I’m really worried about it still feeling soul sucking like a normal job and not being able to line things up schedule wise with my spouse, but again you’ve made it work so why can’t we?
This is absolutely doable, with positions ranging from 1-month to long-term, and part-time to full-time with pay. Our advice is to get everything in writing and steer clear of those places who refuse. Even though we didn't care for either of the managers at our two locations, we've met some great people who've become lifelong friends at both.
@@fairwindsrv 100% valid, I already had some dewalt stuff, so I got lucky, I've also really enjoyed the bigger MAX (or knockoff) batteries on it, I could only get 1-2 tires with the smaller batteries, but can get all 4 with one larger battery.
Great info. When you replaced the jack, were the lines under pressure? Did you need to bleed the air out after replacement? Is there a fluid reserviour that needed topped off? I'm not a hydraulic expert so I was curious about that system.
It's not under pressure with the landing gear raised. We lost minimal fluid. The new landing gear came prefilled and apparently there's no need to bleed anything on this system. Sounds like it does it on its own back to the reservoir . I didn't research anything and was really just an extra set of hands. Just following orders on this one. 😂
Have turned wrenches for 30 years on commercial fleet equipment and very soon will be a certified RV Tech. When it comes to hand tools Snap On, and when it comes to power tools Milwaukee. Milwaukee covers automotive tools better than any other manufacturer and all have a 5 year warranty. Also they make a M18 inflator that I have used for a the past 3 years that will inflate up to 150 PSI and I used often while doing road side service work on commercial tractors and trailers. It’s incredibly good and again 5 years of warranty. Craftsman is a Chinese company since about 2010 or so so I wouldn’t expect much from that brand anymore. Back in the day they were a quality tool company but those days are long gone. We love blue beacon just be mindful to let them know not to use the acidic chemical product that they tend to promote. It’s awesome on etched sheet metal like you might see on a commercial trailer but RVs have an incredible amount of sealants on them from the roof to every door and piece of trim that acidic cleaners will cause to prematurely fail and introduce water intrusion and possible delaminating. No fun… just an FYI. We generally pull through and make sure the wash manager knows “no chemicals”. I knew the Chevy would walk the 390 up that hill!
I was thinking about getting the Milwaukee inflator, but didn't want another battery charger laying around. I knew the truck had enough power, but we were worried about the gravel. It was pretty deep and really loose. Thanks, again, for watching! We always enjoy reading your comments.
Go with the companies that bring a trailer to your unit with diesel, battery, generator, water and sewer grinder system (it's ground up and put into the holding tank on trailer). If a problem with the trailer, even at midnight, they come IMMEDIATELY and fix it. 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️😎😎😎
You didn't miss anything. I was just being stubborn. Lol. Didn't want to have to take the cover off every time. House battery is actually what I use now...as of about a week ago.
you should come to the Lind combine derby in Washington in the spring. By the way, your mom was over at our house the other night in Liberty Lake. she’s here with her sister visiting Chris and his family. Full-time RVing is my dream. I just bought my truck that can pull a fifth wheel. It’s used but it’ll do the job. She turned me onto your channel.
Haha. I read this at about 3am and completely forgot she told me about meeting you. Made it kind of creepy when you said she was at your house! 🤣🤣 I think we're planning on being in your area fall of next year. Hope you enjoy the channel!
The only thing I'd be worried about in the bed of a truck is how much they bounce around when driving. Might not be an issue if you keep them in their styrofoam bases, though. As far as how they're facing...I'm not sure it would be a good idea to stand them up on end. If that's something you want to do, I'd reach out to EcoFlow.
Good ideal for converting. You can try a double sided tape or get two plastic or metal "U" clamps screw down clamps to secure each cable coming off the watch dog. Or zip ties. Enjoyed the Disco music. I kept forgetting to watch, lol.
As always, great demonstration. Hope that works out for you. If that device fails, what are your options for power? Only comment I have is when you are testing before touch, you should do a live dead live test to ensure your meter is working. Hard for me to not always check my meter.
I definitely considered what happens if the surge suppressor fails. I'd have to transfer to inverter and uninstall it. I need to get the hardware to splice everything back together if that happens. That's the downside to hard installs. As far as the live dead live...guilty as charged! 😁
@@fairwindsrv when the surge module fails you order a new one - you would not lose power and it would still control for low/high voltage, no neutral and anything else it tests for. You would not have surge protection, but if immediately worried about that - carry a spare for $40? Or go get a pole connected surge protector temporarily.
Most of what you're saying is true, but these things can fail and prevent power from being passed to the RV. I saw this just a few days ago on a friend's rig. Luckily, they had the portable version, so they simply unplugged it and connected straight to the pedestal. Not so easy to do with the hardwired type.
@fairwindsrv I had the portable melt and I wired it directly to my power cord lol. Everything can fail, I guess you just need to know what your going to do if... Mine has been solid for 4 years so far. Except for stress on my power cord causing that melt situation.
The highest I've ever seen it was 101F. The max is 113F. It doesn't have a high temp alarm, but you can monitor the temps in the app. On high temp, the unit will just shut down.
I have this exact same setup with two spare batteries. I also have the smart generator. It turns itself on and off when it notices the batteries are getting close to dead and turns off when charged up. No need to do that yourself!
@@fairwindsrv It charges the main unit while the main unit spreads the power distribution to the spares.As far as I can tell in the app, it charges all three at the same time when I use it.
