hey everybody how are you got a few things to share with you some updates
and don't worry about what happens throughout the video I am thinking that
we are gonna have everything fixed up and explained by the end of this video
so if you have any questions hold them till the end and we'll try to cover
those I'm now here in Maine just came back over to Maine I have a couple
friends subscribers Renee and Monique here outside the Portland area of Maine
who have let me mooch dock like that term
they mooch docking on their property for the night and then tomorrow morning
we're gonna go take care of business it was instantly cooler about a high of 72
degrees today and that was really exciting I washed the RV here in the
yard the only rule is you can't use any wax or any other additives just normal
car wash with no no additives on the vinyl wrap just to keep it clean looking
good on the back of the motor home here
are we missing something here yeah no motorcycle
when I was actually in New Hampshire somebody wanted to drive that night from
this part of Maine four and a half hours to come buy it for my full asking price
okay at the time I was like okay sure I mean okay why am i selling it I love it
right I preach about it's so nice to have it is but as I have told you we
have an on-going major issue with the RV breaks the drums
continuing to warp non-stop now if you've been following my channel you
also know that none of that happened when I first got this RV for the first
year and a half I didn't start having constant warped drums until I got the
red scooter and then as soon as I tried to leave Washington State all the way
through Montana every 48 hours those drums were warped 11 pairs well 11 pairs
and one additional drum has been put on this RV in less than a year so that's
staggering there is a problem guys we know that but I'm not overweight and I
never put more weight than I was allowed to I'll show you we'll go inside
total group's weight in pounds fifteen thousand eight hundred pounds hits rainy
3,500 pounds max tongue weight 350 pounds that's the important one just
feel like I need to clear that up okay so I'm allowed to put up to 350 pounds
back there and there should be no additional problems the chassis should
be able to handle it but my theory is that that's not the case now when I left
New Hampshire without the motorcycle on the back I still had the same heavy
vibrations in the back and nothing in the steering wheel nothing in the pedal
just all warped back there under any kind of heavy stress braking now it's
time to fix the drums again for the 12th pair with genuine Chevy Oh II m.a.c
Delco professional-grade drums that's what I'm trying to do is that going to
work I don't know some of the chevy dealers around the country will not
service rvs I literally it's funny I don't know why but sometimes you go in
for an oil change and they're like dude you got a stove and a fridge in there we
can't you can't pop my hood and drain my oil
down below what is that what is my toilet to do with anything but they'll
also try to say things like well you're too tall you're too long no I'm not you
have a 12-ton Jack you can lift me in your base or 15 feet high well we just
don't service rvs here well then just say that from the start why did you come
up with all these other reasons why you can't service me you don't want to it's
Chevy okay fine I get it it's just a Chevy expressive hand don't
worry about anyway we are still gonna try I made an online appointment with
Chevy of Portland in two days I'm gonna go talk to them first though because I
have a feeling they're gonna give me some problems in the meantime actually
my friend Renee knows a couple shops here in town who he thinks might be able
to also get the right parts and be able to service the RV as well and so that's
we're gonna start doing tomorrow first thing in the morning
is to get that done and we'll know right away right without a motorcycle or
scooter on the back if I make it 48 hours and those drums do not reward then
we know Chevy doesn't know what this RV can handle okay because I have not gone
over any of the specifications as far as weight that they'd say this should be
able to handle but I do have a feeling we all have this feeling that the bike
and the scooter was had something to do with the road the drums constantly
getting warped so okay that's all I have to say I am really very determined to
fix this problem selling my beloved TWU 200 blue with everything that I put onto
it was a drastic move basically a desperate move to get these brakes fixed
and I am desperate I'm not kidding you I have I'm tired of it it's the only thing
that's that's continuing to be wrong with this RV in the meantime I'm just
gonna be around the Northeast without a motorcycle on the back so let's get this
fixed and let's see what holds I think it's gonna hold and good morning guys
let's get this day started and see how we can get accomplished today so our
first stop here is going to be one that was
recommended called Greeley's and i started looking at that ACDelco om Chevy
drum again something weird going on because although advanced auto does sell
ACDelco parts in store you can't get the drum that I want the professional-grade
drum with the different coating it's not available but if I search on my phone
that part number and everything pops up kind of makes sense right that's I mean
that's why they said there's nothing else we can put on this is the only drum
you can have that's because their computer and stored doesn't even show
the write more on that later we'll see I don't even know if these little shops
can or can can physically get that part but we'll see Greeley's garage oh they
do work on big rigs alright I'll go in and have a word with them see what they
can do for me and guess what guys Greeley is garage there it's gonna be
able to help as a matter of fact they're gonna squeeze me in get me in at the end
of the week hopefully now they went through Chevy and they ordered the OEM
professional ACDelco drums and shoes that's all we're gonna do right now oh
and my turn signal switch forgot to tell you about that this no longer self
cancels you know after you're done making your turn it doesn't go back to
the neutral position and it's really stiff anyway
windshield wipers cruise control and all that still work but once I turn to go
that way and I come back straight it doesn't go back so I'll take a
motorcycle essentially but it doesn't matter I need that and I don't want
other parts of this to go out like blinkers or cruise control or windshield
wipers or something so that's a $219 switch and they got to pull the steering
wheel off and get at it of like okay yeah just do that too
just gonna knock it off the list because I don't like things to add up when it
comes to fixing little things on the RV anymore and once that list starts
getting really long it kind of stresses me out a little bit so this is just one
day I'll drop the RV off in Jackson I'll be in the lobby and we'll just wait for
them to fix the drums and everything by the way the shop is not just going to
replace the drum they are going to inspect it they're gonna do their road
test then they're gonna look at some other factors is there something else
contributing is there where the shoes put on wrong or backwards or something
in every single time all 11 times they've just been put on the same way
but I don't think that's the problem I think the problem has to do something
with the added weight and the the non-oem brake drums and stuff so that
means I got some time to play I'm here in the farm mouth
Feifei famous area just again just outside of Portland Maine
can I see what I want to do I do have that old camping spot down by the water
so maybe I'll do that after today I got to go grab some supplies and stuff here
at the big convenient store yeah ok it's been 2 years since I invited other
travelers and our beers to stop into Portland Maine they have this great lot
for RVs well it looks a lot different now
there's no even room for my RV but since I helped promote tourism in Portland
Maine two years ago this lot has a brand new sign behind me that is brand new
guys no buses trailers or campers it wasn't even a free spot it was $5 a day
but it was the only place we had to go I'm not staying in Portland Maine and if
you're in an RV there's nowhere for you to park anyway
it's too bad Portland hey just one update you I just talked to a parking
enforcement officer here who just happened to roll through and I was here
and I wanted to ask you what was going on he said they just put that sign up
last week one week ago today because he was having to kick out people setting up
tents in the parking lot thanks guys thanks for ruin it for everybody it
always happens so I understand it though they probably just got sick of it and so
they just said screw it we're gonna make it public don't bring an RV to Portland
Maine ever again don't even drive it through our city okay this is fine I'm
back here in Falmouth Maine at a Walmart parking lot that does not restrict
overnight parking as far as I can tell so and flagships cinema there's a movie
theater over there I don't know I may go see a movie tonight not ranting on and
on about the parking spot that they changed its it's this this is a
continuing theme here so this is why I don't share GPS locations of anything
anymore with anybody because I feel responsible for those people that abuse
it should I feel responsible probably not you know I put money into these
little cities and I encourage other people to come visit and see what they
got as well so I feel like I'm doing a good thing but then you got stuff like
this that just proves that it's not a good thing like my heart's in the right
spot and the cities were trying to do something originally that catered to
travelers but in the long run this just proves that the the city officials they
just they just said I'm done we're just this is this is no not even worth it
anymore just let them all skip this city so obviously maybe I won't go see a
movie I don't want to put any money back in to anywhere that does not allow RVs
to even park during the daytime it's not cool
morale you pretty stressed about everything now you're pretty cool man
you're right dad needs to organize I need to do some cleaning and organizing
look at all this you're still doing this like I brush you every day what
okay I changed my mind I decided not to go see a movie actually gonna go back
and hang out with my friend Renee and Monique back at their place because
they're outside of Portland and they offered me the free spot to plug into so
I don't kind of run the generator for air condition and stuff just make sense
until we get the brakes fixed and let me show you what I'm looking at online
actually
is it is your paw okay it keeps twitching like thumper okay I still do
not feel like putting any weight on the back of the RV even though I was
thinking about getting a bicycle I still don't want to put a bicycle on the back
but check this out guys it's a 26 inch folding alloy mountain
bike 21 speed it folds it's got dual suspension it's got disc brakes front
and back Shimano 21 speed but it folds so they click on this other picture look
at that it literally folds in half the pedals go
down the bars turn around it folds up folds up to 29 inches by 37 inches by 13
inches and look it's blue guys so let's see 36 pounds that's not the lightest
bike but a lot of the Walmart bikes they're like 45 pounds so it's lighter
than that but I could fold it up and put it in the garage I could fold it up and
put it somewhere over here where all my tapes and stuff are
I think it's worth it and that way I don't have to mount a new bike rack on
the back that's again gonna be more weight right so I'll go ahead and order
this and have it shipped over to Renee's house and should have that in two days
Wow sweet anyway that's gonna wrap up this video
guys stay tuned there is going to be some time that Jax and I spent in the
waiting room still to come at least one full day but looking forward to camping
in Maine and having some fun so seen a couple days with an update I guess
you
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