WE’RE TRAILER TRASH | IT’S OUR FAULT | RV REPAIRS ON THE ROAD | LIPPERT GETAWAY GEORGIA S7 || Ep 159
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Last week, we ended with Corey doing a walk around and finding a broken leaf spring right before we were leaving Corpus Christi, Texas, to head to the Lippert Getaway in Pine Mountain, Georgia.
This was our second broken leaf spring, but this time, it was our fault. We messed up by not changing the front springs when we changed out both rear springs after the first one broke.
Now, we know what you guys are thinking…it is because we are over weight. That just isn’t the case, though. It was our concern as well after we broke the first one, so we weighed ourselves immediately and found that we were actually under weight and since then, have removed even more weight from the rig.
It could have been the really horrible road that we took to get into the campground we were staying at or maybe it was just a bad batch of springs. Either way, we should have changed all four when the first one broke, and we recommend that you change them all if this ever happens to you.
Our main pieces of advice we have for you now that we have gone through this twice are:
Think outside the RV box! We found our springs at a spring shop last time and a boat trailer shop this time. Don’t get boxed in to thinking that you have to use an RV shop or dealership to get parts or help.
Have a good (but still small) bottle jack. We did not have this the first time we had to change the leaf springs, and it made this time go much faster!
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You two are a couple who can't help to talk over each other. A well-oiled relationship, when you know the thought of the other, when you finish each other sentences, that's the secret of a great relationship. One of the reasons I like your videos is the interplays between yours and your kids. I wish that would be more families like yours. You are a role model.
Our 8th grader who is a future entomologist says the spider is an orb weaver.
Love them.
It's not just you... broken leaf springs, bent axle, and a cracked wheel so far... it's all fixable! Love you guys! Safe travels!
What's not to like? Travel style established. Exercising your knowledge and skills fixing a spring, again. Sharing your passion, giving back. Celebrating with old friends and new. Accomplish your goal of helping the park. I would say awesome job. Congrats, good on ya!
I put sumo springs on my trailer. They really help taking a lot of strain off the leaf springs. Also rides a lot better and takes some of the roll out when going through curves.
My wife and I love to take the time to make the journey just as much fun as being at our ultimate destination. We are retired, so we can take all the time we want on the way to wherever we are heading... we follow the weather and simply stay put if conditions are ugly, we rarely make reservations ahead of time...I like not being obligated to be anywhere at a specific time. It is pretty relaxing to know that our house is behind us, and so we are never without a place to rest, relax, eat, or sleep!
The walk around is very important. I keep an infra red thermometer in the drivers door of the truck. Whenever we stop I check the temperature of all the trailer tires, I also aim it between the spokes on the rims and check the hub temperature.
For travel days if we are in an hurry to get somewhere 600 mile days are OK, but normally like to keep it around 300 to 350. I don't tow at night If I can avoid it.
We like to drive as far as possible to enjoy our destinations! We once drove 1K miles in a day headed from our home in Ohio going to Glacier NP. Also we partnered with Timbren springs and are testing a prototype spring for our Fifth wheel. Simply because I don’t want my springs to flatten out or break. Love your videos-Mike
broken leaf springs carrying the load is great but i installed 6000# air bags to help take the load off most of the wear and tear off the leaf springs. 2 bags per axle. since i did this my leaf springs work and act great with out problems , not saying it may happen but ? on the bumps on the road are cushioned because of the air bags instead of hard hits without them.
No fun repairing on the road...but then when you travel a lot, it's going to happen on the road! Great attitude. Safe Travels and thanks for sharing your experience.
We broke a leaf spring in our last travel trailer and our RV tech assured us that they last about 4-5 years with regular use. Steel work-hardens and the more you cycle it up and down the less flexible it becomes and eventually it snaps.
Our first RV was a 5th W and we broke the right rear leaf spring shackle, after only four months of being on the road full-time. And then the left-hand side rear leaf spring shackle broke three weeks later. I noticed it as we were going down the road and the fifth wheel was traveling behind us cockeyed. I learned right away that if it doesn’t look right stop and check it out. After the second one broke, we were able to find a welding shop that redid the brackets with much better metal and much better welds.
We are in the RV camp of out by nine and in by three as much as possible. But I do like your idea of traveling at night when there are not as many people on the road.
Yes, I’m a night shifter too. I worked 2nd and 3rd shift for decades. I love to drive at night and there are a few things/ tricks that help make it even more enjoyable. I tilt my side view mirrors down and outwards just enough to keep headlights shining in my eyes from cars behind me. I also dim all of the interior lights. I do these things to put less strain on my eyes.
As a native Georgian, thank you for that service project. As a girl scout leader I took my troop to the same trail, the same park for service projects and we always primitive camped at FDR. My children, and now my grands, are enjoying Callaway Gardens and FDR state park. Warms my heart and I'm overflowing with gratitude ~ Wanda (and Vinnie) Charleston, SC (the new campground looks amazing !)
You guys always hit the heart. Being able to serve in our communities throughout the US regardless of what time of year is one of those things that even static ppl don't get very often. Since I don't travel, yet, my way to serve is trash detain on my street. Might not seem like much but every week I get more and more kiddos picking up trash and being aware of our environment. Thanks for the help out in and around Pine Mountain, less than an hour from my home! Much appreciated
Wow, Wendy! What you are doing in your neighborhood is EXACTLY what we are trying to inspire others to do! You can give back wherever you are and the next generation will learn if they see adults exampling it to them! Big high 5 to you!🙌 Please send us some photos so we can share the work you are inspiring in your home town!❤️
Speaking about broken leaf springs. What about the springs on your truck (if it has them)?
I had a truck many that I used to pull many trailers with. My springs become compressed and were very close to breaking. A retired mechanic noticed a sag on my my truck and advised to have them checked. Sure enough, they were close to the breaking point. An immediate replacement (at 90K miles) took place. My truck pulled like a new one after that.
Another great video.
Safe travels.
Take care.
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Love You Guys! It is amazing to watch you all interact with each other, The Love in your Family is so obvious. If you pay attention to the frames that there not supposed to be in or when you go buy quickly, or when and how you all interact with each other the love is truly there and very obvious. Thank You for all you do for communities all over. I truly love how You've Raised your children and for bringing us along.
We just went on a trip out west and broke our first leaf spring. Thank you I-10 ! Sometimes you can’t avoid those horrendous pot holes. Luckily we were stopping for the night at a harvest host location in a very small town in Arizona. Thank God for small towns in America !! A young man familiar with RVs came to our rescue, crawled underneath our trailer and took a picture of the part we needed. He referred us to a local truck repair, the people were amazing and got 2 leaf springs and replaced them both the next morning and we were on the road within 3 hours. I’m so glad we were nowhere near an RV dealer. I’m sure it would have taken forever and cost twice as much !
Loved reliving one of the best weekends of the year!! From being together to launching seRV! It was a weekend for the books!! ❤❤❤ We love the Nickerson crew!
Love that video allows us to relive it over and over!❤️ Thank you for being such an important part of this team, Conlons! The work you guys put in creating the website and the incredible process you created for setting up events is why we got here as quickly as we did. So grateful for your hearts and giftings and can’t wait to see where this year leads us all!❤❤❤
Your family is such an inspiration!! I'm so glad I found your channel! Gave me chills to see all those people come out to serve! ❤
Very kind of you to say ! I’m happy you found us as well, glad we can add a little inspiration!
You guys are perfect together. I feel we would have a great time chatting over a coffee or lunch. Thanks for sharing your journey. Keep looking for your someday.
We unwrapped Imma, she goes in tomorrow for her forever warranty maintenance. When she comes home she needs a bath. What do you recommend for soap and shine? Thanks for you expertise and time. Enjoy where your at. Love you all be safe.
Filming a video about this, this week, but the short answer is go to Walmart and buy Armor all or turtle wax “ceramic car wash” .
We replaced all the leaf springs after @ 3 years on our GrandDesign 303 RLS. They were flat after less than 5 K miles. I think the original equipment is marginal. We are hopeful that being proactive will keep us safe. Thanks for the honest video.
I have a sign on my desk at work that says "It is figureoutable". I work in customer service and find this moto is true in most cases.
Haha, I love it ! I’ve used that word before 😂
You two and your entire family are so incredibly talented, and humble. Whenever I hear others (including some CZcams creators unfortunately) that our country or “people “ are lost or society is going “the wrong way”, I am going to direct them specifically to your channel. You actively seek to give/appreciate/support and model positive values! Thanks for sharing and your path is fascinating and entirely entertaining!
We learned to think outside the RV box when our Motorhome had a tire blowout. We called a tire repair place, the gave us the name of a truck repair place. Man it was fast. They were at the RV on the side of the road and replace within an hour. We knew the tires were getting old, and the had more in stock so we followed the repair person to the shop to get the rest replaced and back on the road safely. Of course that took a while. But safety first! We also know that hangry is a real thing. When we have a problem, the first thing I think about is how long has it been since we've eaten? If it's been a while, we discuss how to fix our issue over a meal. That way we have a plan and a full stomach before we start to tackle the issue.
Watched your video this morning and thought hey I heard a loud pop on the back of the trailer yesterday. Luckily I checked the right rear and found a totally broken spring and the tire had rubbed on the inside to the cords. 😮 Thanks for all of your hard work.
Great driving advice. I also watch the bobber in front of me. In other words, watch the vehicle in front of you if it's doing like a fishing bobber (cork) bouncing, then slow down.
Niiice gooood comprehensive video!!! Upgrade to independent suspension. Yeah, its a few bucks, but its definitely a trailer saver!!! We had IS pit on our 48’ fiver and its a game changer!!! IS significantly prolongs the life of the trailer from the abuse of the roads. Hek, I cant even feel the coach behind bcuz its soooooo smooth, even over some rough roads. I only drive 65. Just my 2 pennies.
My husband handles all the mechanical aspects of the rv. I will point out things when I don't think they look right. As for the leaf springs, I think I'm going check them out myself periodically. It's suggested to clean them, and dry them....I will do this to see there condition since hubby has back issues. We so understand the crazy roads, railroad track, and bridges with bumps, holes, and terrible roads. NY, TX, OK, and VA are some areas with terrible roads. We never travel over 65MPH, the rig is just to darn big to do so. Plus if people don't like how fast (AKA: Slow) were driving they can pass us😜
Great start on your new inititive for volunteering!!! The parks all need firelanes cleared, and help. Staffing is minimal in parks. So your volunteering is awesome, thank you all for doing this.
Great logo Lilly!!!
After driving across this great country 5 times now I can tell you the best addition I’ve made to my camper and tow vehicle are Sumo Springs. They will save your camper and the contents within.
The wife and I drug our Rockwood 2109S from Maryland's Eastern Shore to Wyoming and back for a 17 day vacation last September and on our travel days I drove 8 - 9 hours a day. I was a truck driver for 16 years so long driving days to get to a destination are not a big deal for us.
I've never mentioned this in my previous comments but I totally dig how you're in the same trailer you started with 5 years ago. GD seem like awesome trailers and you've obviously taken great care of it. You'll probably trader her in some day but it's refreshing to see you focused on the adventure and not the rig. Safe travels!
We had the opportunity to volunteer on our first SeRV project here in Orlando. It was with Elementary Explorers at Give Kids the World. All around Amazing experience.
Hello folks, remember 250,000 parts all built by the cheapest bidders!!! The RVs are manufactured to drive, pull, carry less than 200 miles a year and then sit for the other 50 weeks in the storage area.... Those that travel have got to keep an eye on their stuff.... It's our job to replace the OEM spec'd junk with the best quality we know of. Travel safe
Thanks for another great video! We've learned a lot from your experiences and have taken them to heart.
As for how long we drive during a day: I do all the driving so we drive until I feel like stopping or Dottie MUST stop (if you get what I mean - something I learned real fast after we were married). Usually, we do our annual trips to the northern New Mexico mountains in one day (595 miles or about 10 - 11 hours). With our old 2017 Silverado 1500 LTZ, we arrived somewhat fatigued. Our new 2022 Silverado 2500HD has changed all of that. Towing our trailer is now a breeze and the 36-gallon fuel tank means we can get there with 3 fuel stops instead of 5. We arrive relaxed and with enough light to see what we're doing to get set up. Otherwise, our maximum travel day is about 350 to 450 miles. We try to stop before 5:00 pm to set up, eat supper, get fueled for the next day, and relax. For us, the journey is as important as the destination, something that I have always enjoyed and, for the last 45 years, with my sweet bride who enjoys it as much as I do. We're always looking forward to our next adventure.
Safe travels to you and yours. Watch those rough roads, y'all! We know your springs will thank you. 😉
Bob and Dottie
My husband and I also say that saying ...everything is fixable...because of a drowned truck 😜, 35 yrs ago.
We think you should travel how you like to travel. We're retired so we TRY to stop by 3, no more than 300 miles and stay 3 days at each stop. We plan our travel around stops and seeing our friends we have made RVing who are all over the US. We both walk around our RV every time we stop checking the tires, the king pin etc. Thanks for the video as usual it was great and love all the volunteering you all do. Stay safe out there. KennyandCandy'sTravels
Take it slow is our jam. What's the rush? My ex is high strung, and we would drive straight through. No stops to get to our destination. We weren't full-time RVrs, do our thing for a few days, and repeat our way home.
I don't remember any of the places we went through, scenic views, or great stops? I had no clue.
I am so happy to be past that mindset. My new life we are going full-time and our purpose is enjoy what we are doing see the US, experience places, Take our time.
Talking over each other, so what, a lot of long-term couples do that.
You are a beautiful family and we loves to ride along with you all. God bless you and be safe😘
Metal fatique can explain leaf spring failure. With as many miles as you put on your rig I'm not surprised your springs failed. Yes weight is a factor, but it sounds like you watch that, so I would chalk it up to that...
Thank you ! One thing I forgot to mention in this video vs last video about it is that these springs were only 2 years old .
You're so right - everyone can do what's right for them in terms of travel days. Ours vary. But I have to say, some of my fondest memories are from stumbling upon the 'in-between places' - the little towns you would never plan on visiting, but you stop over at because they have a harvest host and then you discover they are fascinating. Or a pretty canyon you use to break a journey at and stretch your legs. I love this about RVing - you visit ALONG the way, not just at the destination. Some of the in-between places have become our favorite places and now THE destination for repeat trips! BUT, I totally hear you too - we like to put our foot down and make progress toward our destination too. Plus the car is the only time our kiddo is chill! so we enjoy the driving!!
Thanks for helping to better the FDR park trail. It's just about 20 miles from home town of Columbus. Spent a lot of time there and Callaway Gardens when I was growing up.
Love your channel! Very informative, great videography, entertaining, positive. I volunteer for NPS, chainsawing to clear fallen trees on trail. Scary to watch your saw use without PPE. At least keep others 10’ away from running saw. Stay safe!
Oh SERVE! I love this. I just posted in IG 2 days ago asking people how they connect on the road to volunteer. Can’t wait to see what it’s all about. I will post in my IG feed so others can find it. Good job!! 🎉🎉
Love this! Glad we are able to help provide and answer to your question! Keep checking in to the website or Lippert Communities (both linked in the description above) as we continue to add more events and non-profits to the database! Thank you for your heart and willingness to seRV!❤️
Drive what you feel is best for you... and don't worry what other people think... some people like to take it slow and easy see everything between here and there, while others want to get where they are going so they can explore and enjoy their destination the most.
Seeing you and the Less Junk giving back is awesome.
As for the spider, it looks like it is a brown version of a Garden Spider - actually called the European Garden Spider or Cross Spider.
Hey Cory someone else made the same comment, I agree put Sumo springs on your trailer it will definitely help out also they say even helps sway they also make them for your truck, I am having e-trailer putting them on my rear end of my truck this week stay safe (:
We broke a leaf spring this fall on our Jayco. We were on the NY turnpike. Thank goodness we were not speeding and we were close to Albany. The NY thruway authority were there fast. Put flairs out, called tow truck (with flatbed). Had to spend a night in Albany until the springs came in. 'All things are fixable' ~ OH.... and we had just visited the Portland Head Light the day before because of some CZcams influencer we watch!!!!! ❤🇨🇦
I plan on up to 500 miles a day. That’s how much diesel I have on board. That lets me go to tighter stations without the RV in tow.
Seeing the picture of the spring it is clear that,( if you look at the top center you will see a odd looking spot) this probably was from the place that made the springs a bad spot and was so that the installer at the rv assembly station did not notice,
so this was not from over loading just a bad batch of springs. I worked with steel for 50 years,
Had to put a new spring on our 2017 Grand Design 337RLS last Monday the 27th. Have no idea how long it had been broke. And it was not our fault. Metal fatigue in cheap steel.
Cory, a quick observation of the break of the spring. It looks like the steel had a flaw in it's material. As well, it looked like the spring had fractured and then broke. Part of the break seems to be "hammered" smooth. That would have been from movement prior to the final failure. Also, your comment about slowing down at the appearance of an unlevel bridge is spot on. Considers the difference in the way a vehicle reacts when you "crawl" over a sudden elevation change vs when you are at speed. Would you rather be hit in the arm by a slow punch or a fast one?
Great question about travel style & pace. I currently have a 14 foot TT, towed by SUV, for 2 years now. My travel style & pace is solely dependent on where I’m going & the reasons. In the beginning i ( former we) were traveling every 1-2 weeks. On the actual driving days we would break up the hours each day. But, as you know, sometimes things unexpectedly happen. Typically, the plan was get to the next destination as quickly & SAFELY as our bodies could endure. Now that I’m solo, it’s taking me a lil longer, to plan , navigate, decide alone just takes more time. To load & unload & setup, takes about a full day , so I like to stay longer when I arrive. I’ve stayed at a RV park for 6 months, wasn’t planning on staying that long, but I got sick & when I recovered it, their salt water swimming pool opened. It was tooooo relaxing and perfect for my recovery. When it closed, I left and headed west to Utah, stayed with friends on their 2 acres for about 6 weeks. It’s always changing for me, but that’s also what I love. You get to choose & change it up when you want or need to.
Great tips! Thanks guys. 🙌
Appreciate it! Thanks for watching🙏
I used to like traveling at night but since I've gotten older (mid 60s) I don't care for driving at night much because of vision issues (headlights look like a star). My next trip is 1800 miles one way with some diversions along the way and I will be doing it with a dog so there will be many stops along the way and I won't be doing any 8+ hour driving days but it's fine since there are plenty of places to camp between Puyallup Wa. and Boca Chica Tx. I think if I had broken leaf springs I would check into some bump stops to add to the trailer, if nothing else it can reduce the amount of drop should a leaf spring break again but it should reduce over extending the leaf to nil. I love that spider near the end, I would be tempted to make a pet of it unless it's rare of course.
Howdy, so according to my engineer husband who took metallurgy, based on your image of your cross section of your leaf spring looks like it was a bunch of micro fractures over time with a final snap (the c shaped patterns at the top are the final break/sheer-which what was left holding it together). It also looked like the metal might have been a poor quality. He said that they are designed to take 10 times rated load for potentially an unlimited life. Compounded with bad batch of metal form and micro fractures, led to your spring breaking. Ps we love watching your videos. We just bought a 2017 16 foot Bambi Airstream for us to enjoy with our 8th grader and our Corgi. We go on our first trip with it in Cali end of March. Thank you for sharing your family adventures!!!!
We plan on a max travel day of 6 hours, and/or in place by 3PM. Six hours is about max drive time for me, and 3 PM gives us time to set up and not eat supper not too late. Another great video and thanks for sharing.
When you get older you won't like long travel days. We try to limit it to about 6 hours. Part of that is back problems on my part. I can do most work on the RV but would not tackle suspension - because of back problems.
Great video and great volunteer work,I will join in once I retire and start full time RVing, worth every bit of time waiting for , great on all of you and yours!!!
Another one with sumo springs on our RV. It helps a great deal!!
What an incredible thing to create! I love that it has a map view to search for when you are in new areas. Well done!
In a car, six hours is nothing when I started to travel more. But I like to travel during the daytime to admire the scenery.
We once went Cleveland to Denver in one day (21 hrs) to allow us to be in Moab by noon day two. The kids always told us they preferred the marathon driving to get to the destinations sooner.
I love driving at night, especially through big cities. I miss all the hustle and bustle of stop and go traffic.
You guys should be congratulated for maintaining and continuing to use your Reflection. So many people want the newest thing and waste a lot of $$$$. Well done
You have put yet another very important and informative video out for those of us, like myself, who are heading out soon and would not even know where to start if something like this happened to us during our journey! Thank you again..so so much for the information that you provide to help others❤
We typically travel 12-14 hours on travel days to get where we’re going. We would rather spend time at the destination too, so one big day of travel is worth it to us. Plus my husband is a truck driver for a living, so when we get time to get away it’s usually only a week to a week and a half at most. Since he’s used to being on the road anyway, it’s not a big deal to him to drive long hours. 😊
You should not go 70 mph on any road. Look at what your tires are rated for, I know you probably know that. Nice video guys as always. Safe travels.
Thank you ! Ours are N rating or 87 MPH
You said it buddy you guys have put more miles on the camper then what most do. So the odds are much higher to brake things
Just a 'side note' but in our travels the GPS time to arrive is time to beat. LOL
We only travel for a few trips, we live in RI and we have been down to the keys we kinda travel the east coast for a few weeks with the kids. I will drive all day till about 11 or 12 at night then we stop at a cracker barrel or rest stop for the night then move on. We also like to have the most time at our destination. Love the channel
Watch the trailer in front of you. If you see daylight under their tires, slow down. LOL
Yes exactly 😂
I've been obsessed with leaf springs for the last week. Even though my Class C has just 13K on it, I'm going to get everything underneath checked before I start off in May! Great work on the Serve project too. It is so fulfilling, and fun, to do that type of thing!
“Keep Calm, and RV On!” 👍
You both fit very nice together. It's nice to see a guy who actually talks lol
Enjoy and be safe out there!
Im so excited about Serve With Purpose. Cant wait to learn more. 😀 Thats fantastic!
Great tips for travel days. What I found on the spider, it's called, Trichonephila clavipes, also known as the Banana Spider.
333. 3-4hours(usually longer for stops), in by 3:00, 300 km.
If I want to spend more time somewhere, I simply stay longer. Getting there fast doesn't have anything to do with how long I stay. It's all in the planning. I always add extra days in my travel plan, available between hard dates with reservations, in case I want to stay longer somewhere, or I need to make a repair. So I'm not sure why you'd have to drive 6+hrs to spend more time somewhere. However, I will drive 6+hrs to beat the weather when there's a bad upcoming forecast, such as wind. I just drove 500mi one day last week to beat the wind forecast in Texas. I always want to avoid bad weather, that's worth driving a long travel day. But it's rare I need to do that.
All things a fixable and you can always find a solution to a problem. Like yall said, always always ALWAYS do a "pre trip" check when you stop, cause you'll never know. This video is spot on, you guys did a very good job explaining. Keep calm, think through a solution and get it done :)
Also, things are bound to break and wear down, these guys are full time and doing thousands and THOUSANDS of miles a year. It's apart of the travel. Just keep yourself informed and double triple double check! Happy and safe travels everyone!
Cory, food for thought. Your truck probably has a 6K rated rear axle just like your trailer. So why are you not breaking those springs too? They travel over the same bad roads as your trailer.
Pretty sure the big bump we hit near Jackson WY is when we lost our sway bar bolt. Im just old had a rough two hour drive today to Edisto Beach SC. Not sure how I’m gonna handle the 45 minute drive to Charleston next weekend :)
I am not an RV'er but deer like the front of my vehicles! I was actually thinking about your floor just before you mentioned it.
When I cross a transition to a bridge on the highway, I usually put my right tire in the center of the lane so that I am following a path on the pavement that isn’t mashed down by the traffic. I find the transition onto a bridge a little less harsh here. Of course this depends on the traffic around me.
Great video as always. Lippert has a shock kit that can be added to our GD fifth wheel. Wondering what your thoughts are about shocks to reduce the forces on the springs.
What a great volunteer service. Thank you!
Looks like the rally was so much fun!
It was such a blast! We can’t wait for the Lippert Getaway in Idaho this year!😊
I look at my destination and find the awesome stops along the route to make more destinations only 3 hours apart
We like to travel under 4 hours drive time per day. We are full time with 5 girls under age 13. So that seems to be the sweet spot that keeps everyone happy LOL
We prefer to leave early because we live in metro Atlanta and want to get out before traffic builds. We also try and stay under 5-hour drive days because we have 3 girls, 12 and under.
Super cool, it just is not that easy to find placed to serve. Cool initiative love what your doing.
We like to drive and get there as fast as we can to spend as much time at our destination. Enjoyed your back and forth.
The broken spring you showed had a crack for some time before it broke.
Golden orb weaver spider…
Great job! We are looking into the serve website now!
Since I'm limited by vacation time, we drive as far as possible, up to 18 hrs. Generally leave early in the morning and stay at truck stops if more than one day is needed.
Great tips, so you have a spare leaf spring on hand now, right? Also, have you thought of upgrading to SRE4000's?
We do the 6 hour thing. We use to do 10 but NO MORE lol
10 hours is a long drive day! We don’t prefer to drive that long but will if we have to! 6 is a good timeframe! Thanks for watching!
My Ranch Hand Legend Grille Guard saved my butt a few times. Hit a mule, strapped bumper to tree and pulled it straight. With No Grille Guard = Thousands of dollars and weeks down. Get a Bull Bar .
Just so you guys know, it's probably the fact that you guys use your trailer/home on the regular. Wear and tear. Don't listen to all the negative people stating things they don't understand of know enough. Keep on doing you guys. Love your videos.
Leaf spring would last a lot longer if your trailer had shocks. (40 retired ASE Master Tech)
We put Sumo springs on. What difference !!!!