RV LIFE | TRAVEL DAY STRESS | BREAKDOWNS -TOLL ROADS -TRAVEL PLANNING TIMING -IS IT WORTH IT? EP215
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- THE JOY OF RV LIVING VASTLY OUTWEIGHS THE MANY TRAVEL RELATED STRESSES YOU WILL PERIODICALLY ENCOUNTER. YOU SIMPLY NEED TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER ATTITUDE AND WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM WITH YOUR TRAVEL PARTNER. Join Sue & I as we discover we were about to have our tow vehicle DISCONNECT itself and fall out of our RV motorhomes hitch receiver! Apparently one of the safety chain hooks articulated in such a way that it "nut cracked" and snapped off the locking collar on the pin!
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No words of advice here, just an observation: Mark, you are lucky to have Sue. Sue, you are lucky to have Mark. We are lucky to have the Chandlers. Thanks for Sunday mornings with you.
Thanks for the awesome and kind comment Larry.
Mark so glad you diagnosed the problem. And glad you were able to fix it too! That margarita ville park looked very nice. Nice you got a pull through. Nice you met up with rvers at a Tiki hut. Hope you enjoyed your stay there. Have a great week and see you soon!
Yes it was! This place is one of the best we have stayed in 5 years of "random" traveling!
When parked or unhooked it is a good idea to have a locking pin to protect from theft . I will not use one while actually towing either a toad or trailer as it is almost impossible to get the vehicles apart quickly in an emergency situation. I helped separate a burning flatbed trailer with construction trash just by pulling the clip and pin and the guy pulling forward.
In a fire, we will have to pull the two pins that attach the tow bar to the car. Trust me,.....I will only work so hard at this,..........
Consider heavy duty carabiners in hitch frame and attach safety cables to the carabiners. Eliminates those large hooks interfering with hitch pin.
I will be looking into changing this setup slightly!
Love the Sue Action Cam!
I really should use it more,.......
Good Job Mark diagnosing the problem and getting it fixed. You Sue are awesome as we have very similar support roles Mary 💕Fred
Thanks so much guys,............and now,.............off to bed for me!
Thanks for another fun video. Happy Easter to those that celebrate!
Happy Easter to you too as well. We celebrated by making it a travel day!
I have had a lock on a locking pin just like yours fall off. I too was lucky enough to notice it before towing anything. Must be a manufacturing defect. Safe travels out there!
I am certain that during a tight turn, after 5 years, the large hook must have been in the perfect position to "nut crack" the locking end off! Glad I caught it!
I watched your video on the broken tow bar pin lock and went out and checked mine the next morning .. It was fine !!! But... Thanks for the reminder !!! However several years ago someone did steal my receiver !!! So it can happen ... My bet is someone tried to get yours . I understand with the right tool someone can pop the lock off those pins but the pressure on your pin kept them from removing it !! Keep up the good work !! RC
Sorry to hear that Rick! I guess I got lucky that I still have the whole shooting match!
Love your videos! One comment I have to make regards people that believe they don't need an auxiliary braking system. I'm an engineer like you and one of the principles we learn about early on is Newtons Laws. Simplistically if you're decelerating, on average the force being applied to your hitch is 2.7 times the weight of your toad. So if your toad is 4,800 pounds, the force being applied to your tow bar and hitch is 12,960 lbs. If your hitch or your tow bar isn't rated for that kind of force then you'll have a real problem. More often than not this kind of force isn't applied if your easing to a stop but if you have to make a quick stop this will have devasting results.
I agree with you 2.7 times John! Always buy over the rating you think you will need to have some safety margin.
Mark, you should consider buying a hitch pin with a lock AND a pin - belts and suspenders😁
Yes,...that is so my style!
Mark, I can't tell you how scary your video was concerning the missing hitch pin lock. I agree with you that if not detected the pin could have worked its way out and dumped your hitch with car on the ground. Perhaps the cables would have held the van from becoming detached but I can imagine all kinds of damage done. From one engineer to another I enjoy your methodical thinking. After watching your video I was considering if drilling a hole in the pin between the lock and the receiver tube to install an additional cotter pin or such to provide some redundancy would be something to think about?
Thank you for the reply. Trust me,.......I filled my pants when I saw that. You really have to stay on your game with this RV thing!
I am in no way an RV'er but so love watching you!
Awesome! Thank you Barbara!
Love the video, specifically the 18:10 mark.
Seriously, that was a great park and Karen and I love meeting and spending some time with you and Sue. We definitely need to connect in the future.
Be well
Get that Newell remodel finished, and we will see you out west,.............after you retire of course!!
I've had the exact same issue with those lock pin devices. I don't trust them. Our Wanderlodge has the receiver pin located under the coach in front of the rear bumper. I do exactly what you did and push the clip further into the head. If someone wants to steal my tow bar they have to crawl up under the coach to remove the pin. So far so good.
Thanks for the heads up on the Freedom Pass with Open Roads. We use the TSD card for fuel stops. Seems like a good way to coordinate toll roads. Really appreciate your channel Mark and Sue. Thanks again from a long time subscriber.
Thanks guys,......that is a great idea to have that pin well ahead of the hooks. We are also looking forward to the toll charges being taken care of automatically with one account!
Hey Chan man, you’ve got everything you need in that basement. You must have been a Boy Scout!
I was a boy scout for a short time. Honestly,.......it was too hard for me back then, and required a person with patience and discipline. I was a troublemaker when I was younger!
Love that resort looks really nice.
It really is! We can honestly say it was one of the best run parks we were every at,.........EXCEPT,............no hot tub? That needs to be corrected.
@@OurJourneyInMyles 🤣 absolutely needs a hot tub
We are guilty of leaving our toll transponder in the tow vehicle also! Luckily Jason from Our Not So Perfect Life was with us and ran back and retrieved it while we were at a stop sign! Check out their episode, Stuck In Tampa. Oh to be young and agile! Travel safe!
You can say that again! I dream of agile!
You Da Man Marko 😀
Thanks Ernesto!
great catch!!! thx for sharing. stay safe
Thanks, will do Rocky!
Nice info about the TSD toll pass......will need to look into it and hopefully be able to replace the Sun Pass. Stay safe.
We just started using it now on our return from Florida to Wisconsin. I will report in when I have some more experience.
@@OurJourneyInMyles I look forward to the update. Thanks!
Good catch!
Glad you enjoyed it Harry.
The evidence looks pretty convincing to me that those safety chain hooks leveraged the end of that lock right off. You could see that kind of force turning a tight corner with both pieces positioned just so. If a person was trying to steel the tow bar they already had the lock off so why did they leave the tow bar behind. Good practice to look everything over before departure
I will probably be flipping the hooks around as well after I call Blue Ox to get an opinion. I will still cross the cables.
We call that (finding the broken pin lock) a "Good Catch" - nicely done, especially with on hand temporary repair part!
If your not a good looking husband, you better be useful! That has worked for me my whole life,.......
@@OurJourneyInMyles I'm in deep trouble: marginally useful and ugly too. 🤪 🤪
Your down our way. South of Tampa. We took ours out west last summer. Didn’t know about the freedom pass. Have the card. Thanks
Thanks for stopping in. We are in Red Bay Alabama,......visiting the Tiffin Motorhome Factory!
I learned this the hard way. I left without looking and touching the pins and clips and my trailer dropped off the RV in Kansas. Looking back we parked in a truck stop the night before and I wonder if someone pulled the clip out of the pin. It was brand new! Safe travels guys!
Wow! That is every RVers nightmare. I betting you are correct, and somebody pulled your pin because they are crazy. I hope folks like that get a good payback,......
Great advice on the freedom pass! And DEF, too. We owe you and Sue a fresh cinnamon roll (coffee, too!)
Brendan & Lena
That is an offer we will take you up on some day! Love cinnamon!
I had my emergency break pin ripped out in a auto car wash!!! Luckily I keep a spare in the jeep for just in case 😂
We keep a spare, IN THE HONDA,......not back in the rig,.......for that and many other reasons. You & I are one of the few though,...... Being a Boy Scout has helped my life in the later years.
That’s correct check all your components of your tow hitch every time, Hey who else did you meet at Cabana Bay/ Camp Margaritaville… lolololo
Had a great time with you guys. We are at Red Bay in Alabama. We are going to tour the Tiffin Factory tomorrow. If they offer me an Allegro Bus on loan for a year to showcase,.........I'm interested.
Feeling STRESSED- Mark will appreciated spelling it backward. 🍨 😂
Yes!
Hi Mark - love to watch you and Sue. We are working in similar roles as we have only had our MH for 18 months. I was wondering if you like the Airforce one and do you have a video on that installation? We have the Patriot Braking system and we hate it. It doesn't sit well in our car. We wish we would have just got the air brake system, but we didn't have our coach at the time of setup. We have a truck that we want to get fitted for the Air Force One, but man is it expensive!
We LOVE it. Very progressive action between the RV and the tow car. We have had it for 5 years. We had it installed,.........we don't remember the labor cost. My unit is the SMI,........which Demco bought now. We have it in our Amazon Store. Easy to hook up. Plug in the 7 pin cable and the airline.
I guessing that lock pounded on the safety hook enough to break. "Ping"
I don't know how you do it. We just drove to Branso Mo. 620 miles each way. Today I feel I was run over by a RV. My ass is so spankin soar!
Its not like we drove in a K car. We took RCS fancy 2021 Tahoe. It is loaded with the Doug Husky eddition!
9 hr drive each way!
We only drive about 200 to 250 per day. We stop every 1.5 hours or so to stretch & pee. Sue makes coffee & food along the way. The seats are ultra comfortable. I drive 55 to 65,..........depending on roads and weather,............NEVER FASTER. This makes our days of travel usually about 3.5 to 4.5 hours. We listen to Ted Talks and News shows or music. We actually LOVE travel days when they go well without a hitch!
Like I said....don't know how you do it !
I should have took flying lessons and bought a plane. Or just keep buying airplane tickits 🤪
Happy Easter! Mark, your cables are the wrong way round, the big hooks should be on the Honda side and the much smaller shackles will need much less room on mh side. I use a wrench to really tighten the shackles so the cables won't walk away. The big hooks will make it a breeze to unhook the Honda. Always enjoy your videos, including any Square D wisdom you may have ;-)
Thanks for the tips! I looked at the Blue OX website, and saw a photo with them inserted up from the bottom like you are mentioning. They DO SHOW that the cables are crossed side to side. My hooks are the same size on each end of the cable. Thanks,......I will give them a call to confirm!
Mark - storing the spare Air Force 1 pin in the MH makes no sense. If some yahoo pulls your pin when you are away from the rig, your spare pin is at the rig. I keep mine in my truck.
We have additional sets of plugs, pins and the brake break-away plastic keys in a black canvas zipper bag we use in the Honda to keep all the towing equipment all in one place as well. You are right, a person has to think their back up plans through.
I lost my lock / locking pin last November, I was getting off an exit and noticed my car was passing me, I could see the tow bar dragging on the ground, was able to get everything stopped bouncing the car off the back of the RV a few times ,safty cables still attached, minor damage to both vehicles, I have toad brakes via NSA ready brute system however the carabiner was unlatched at the car, no idea how that happened, the 2.5 to 2 reducer was still in the RV hitch barley when we pulled over.
Wow! Thank god that all ended as good as you could have expected,......
Hello M & S, just missed you guys at that campground. Mark, in the vid you mentioned rubber caps to protect air line connectors. I have been trying to find them. Can you help a brother out ? Thanks !! Safe Travels......
I am sure you could go to a hardware store and get something BUT,............since I was ordering the special break away key I also ordered a few extra caps for each connection,........they are very different sizes from each other. I ordered directly thru SMI Company which has now been purchased by Demco.
Oh heck, Mark, I’m turning into you. I have just a def funnel also.
Yes,..........I have a twin.
Thank you for another great video! Does the Freedom Pass provide a discount or charge a fee?
The device has a one time "purchase" charge of $50,.........just like every time I bought my EZPass and when I bought a SunPass. The only FEE is a $20/Year administration fee. All tolls are then debited from the TSD Open Roads account you currently have in place for your fueling. The tolls are charged at the exact rate TSD was charged for he toll. There is no discount on the tolls, and no up charge on the toll.
i never comment , but I noticed your chain hooks are on wrong , the safety latch should be facing the out
I looked at the Blue OX website, and saw a photo with them inserted up from the bottom like you are mentioning. They DO SHOW that the cables are crossed side to side. My hooks are the same size on each end of the cable. Thanks,......I will give them a call to confirm!
Mark where did you get your new "break away pin" ?
Demco bought the Air Force One braking company from SMI. My unit is the older SMI unit. I ordered the plastic break-away key replacement part directly from SMI. I'm certain the Demco Parts department has replacement keys!
@@OurJourneyInMyles Thank you for that and all your wonderful videos ;)
Hitch looks like it needs a welder
I hope not! I'll take a better look at it!
What happened to the hitch?
I am certain that during a tight turn, after 5 years, the large hook must have been in the perfect position to "nut crack" the locking end off! Glad I caught it!
As my dad always says, keep it simple stupid, 😆
You got that right.
DEF, $14 at Walmart
We do get it their occasionally when I remember!
Chan Man, you need to become an equal opportunity DEF filler......:)
Thank god Sue has a strong back!
Hooks need to come from the bottom not the top
I looked at the Blue OX website, and saw a photo with them from the bottom like you are mentioning. They DO SHOW that they are crossed side to side. My hooks are the same size on each end of the cable. Thanks,......I will give them a call to confirm!