I explored full time RVing as an option for retirement living, eventually renting a class A and roaming the western states for 6 months. Ultimately I decided to live in the Philippines. I left behind a lot that I loved but I don't miss the rude and/or entitled people who commit the indescretions you are describing here. I can't imagine these problems will improve as more Americans feel compelled to choose a mobile lifestyle.

Any future problems with the driver-side slide-out?

Campers dogs barking early in morning or Late at night . Now days people don’t have one Bark Bark but 2 or 3 Bark Bark Bark all hours

Very nice video everything I was out there for a long time out there for 2 years in my car just my car no ATVs North Holland Treasures no big motorhomes people were flying back and forth on the road saw me sitting there dust everywhere I didn't care people leave trash and pick it up hollowed out I'm tired of it also if they are shutting it down all you can do is just I guess leave notes on trees just let people know they're starting to shut it down please pick up your trash please pick up your stuff if you're counting on faces to go you're not going to have it if you if you mess stuff up we're warning everybody clean up take back it out whatever you got to do the courteous and that's the problem I'm so glad I finally found a place to live and I don't have to go through that no more I am so blessed

Lmao plannedemic rookies

I can see that this is an old video but I am appalled out how disgusting some people can be. So disrespectful to their fellowman. Very disheartening.

So sorry to hear commenters are so rude, bless you for sharing your wonderful adventure and mishaps .. hope you find the good comments , and just read those ignore the rudeness ..they are just jealous …or not really educated in this thing we called life ……..wonderful people … thank you. For sharing

I am considering going on the road and this was very helpful. I think i am going to go with a trailer or 5th wheel. It sounds easier to service or replace a tow vehicle over the entire rig.

I had a family member who had an RV with that V10, the unit eventually gave out and he went on to swap a Cummins 6.7 Diesel into it (i believe it was out of a crashed RAM truck), not an issue since then, and it's got plenty of power for the RV it's in.

We have a 2016 Tiffin Allegro Open Road 32SA. Just blew the engine, Ford V10 Triton, with only 7311 miles on the unit. The mechanic is southern Oregon was not surprised as he has changed out many others. He believes a push rod came lose and went through the block into a water jacket as we had antifreeze dripping out of the muffle and he could hear a clanging when he turned over the motor. He claims Ford used sub par parts in the engine starting in 2014. Remanufactured engine from Ford $9750. Total estimate $16,059. I contacted Ford, and due to time and that we are the second owner, they didn’t really care. Just said thanks for the info. Good luck everyone.

The only people posting negative comments are those who don't even have a life. Simply negative Talk. Ignore..them.

A new engine at 43,000 miles is bonkers. It’s tough to find good help

Why didnt you say what was wrong with the rv. Thats why I listened to all this( for nothing)

Great video, I am looking for a class A Rv and have to decide between 8.1 GM and Ford V10, your video is very informative.

3 Valve Triton failing way too soon... no surprise there at all...yikes

Where did you purchase the acme nut? how did you know the size?

Omg so glad I found your video. I bought the wrong sealant but so glad Ive not used it yet. Ive just got all the black spots off the roof. A job in itself. Im a single gal trying to maintain my 90 winnebago Le Sharo. Thank you!

5 years, long time. How much then? all the part #'s?

Great video ya’ll!! Making me feel more comfortable about making the transition over to a composting option in my RV.

I love that you're bypassing the chemicals needed to compensate mixing solids and liquids. Composting seems much more nature friendly and a better option all around. Way less gross. I will totally invest in this for my RV.

Here's something interesting. People are talking about boon-docking as if it were a new thing. But I remember back in the 50's and 60's, THAT WAS CAMPING! Back before camping turned into huge motor homes, where people could get away from it all while taking it all with them. Fortunately, there are still places that still exist as "primitive campsites." One of the best is Oswald West State Park in northern Oregon. No power, but flush toilets!

Thank you for this… question.. do I need a steering wheel puller? My steering is not straight so I would like to adjust the wheel.

My norcold will not so much as light up but it was working when I bought it. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thank you. Great info. I'm full timing in my 6th year in my 99 35' Class A Georgie boy. It's one of those V10's with the short threads in aluminum heads for the spark plugs. One common issue on these was the plug blowing out of the hole, steel plug body, and aluminum head with only 3 or 4 threads. What happens is the aluminum threads seize to the steel plug and every plug Change removes a little bit of aluminum until finally there aren't any threads left hold the plug and it blows out violently. Ok, so here I am, in remote northern New mexico, about 100 miles out of Albuquerque when suddenly I'm startled buy a very loud BANG! bang, bang, bang.....on and on. I Got to the side of the highway ok and at idle this bang is bad. Pulling the dog house, I couldn't see an issue with just a glance, but in starting up, it was obvious with this spark plug bouncing up and down, destroying the plug and the coil over it. It absolutely could not be run this way. Lucky to be towing my Ford Ranger..... Looked up the closest auto parts store, 40 miles south as it turned out, drove in to pick up a coil and plug. I got very lucky (this time), the new plug held with the remaining threads, and I made it to my destination in Sun Valley. 9 months go by. I kinda forgot about it somehow, I'm heading east on US 60 approaching Show Low AZ, on a steep, high torque hill when thar BANG reminded me I had a bad plug hole I forgot to address, only this time it won't stay in. The threads were completely gone from the head, I'm on a hill and can't disconnect my truck because the tow bar is in a bind. I started calling every shop I can get Google to show me, one said they could do it but wouldn't, no room to do it, but gave me a phone number to a mobile tech, who passed it off to yet another fella that came out on my 2nd day stranded and put in a cheap steel sleeve. This sleeve was set in too deep in the cylinder, and the plug kept getting tapped by the piston just hard enough to close the gap and make it misfire.. ..foe the next 1600 miles I fought with a poorly running engine. A very rough and exhausting trip. Ok, that was enough of that crap! I researched and found what is the best insert for this problem, thankful for it being so common that somebody created a permanent fix, the CalVan inserts kit is perfect. It has a shoulder preventing it from installing too deep and sets the plug at the proper depth. The kit for all plugs was only about $230 and I proceeded to sleeve all 10. Never a worry about that again. The coach is still running great, 3 years later. Sometime I might describe my 4 blowouts in a month issue, they went so fast I couldn't keep up with it ....warnings in there about tires over 5 years old, even if treads a good and they look fine.

We have the older 2v ,V10. 35k mi, Hear these are more reliable than the 3v. I hope so. Didn't another shop charge you $2600 for Valve timing job for the same issue?

Hear is ware you mest up the 3 valve are junk from the start. I have a V10 triton 2 valve it has 367284 miles on it and it runs like a top .and I would not be afraid to jump into it and drive cross country and back.

Excellent job 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻thank you so much, this was very helpful and enjoyable too!

I was just curious if by chance you know what’s different with the 2018 Equinox. We have the 2018 with the 1.5 and AWD and everything I’ve looked up says not to flat tow it. As far as I can tell we have the same car just a different color and year. I just don’t understand what’s different. Thank you if you can help me understand and thank you if you can’t!

So the Ford V10 is not reliable correct ?

why is your video in reverse? I don’t have a mirror to watch it…

All the remodeling going on was due to Hurricane Sally . She did a number on us !

I lived in Alaska for two winters, 2001-03, in Fairbanks. Lots of RVs lumber up the Alcan every year, and the mechanic I took my old Chevy s-10 to also had the heavy stuff to work on these - they said that RVs were tough to work on, not because of the mechanical stuff, but because it’s basically someone’s HOME. It make sense too.

Great, detailed how-to! I can attest to the peat-fly correlation. I had them occasionally (like fruit flies) when using peat and have none since switching to coconut coir. In addition to using a vinegar spritz after each use, I pour a bit of vinegar into the liquid tank after dumping. It helps to prevent the crystals from forming in the first place. I had a little giggle at the number of uses. It brought back the “wees and sticks” chart from the novel “Wifey” from… 30(?) years ago. 🤣

Miss your videos! Luckily you post to Facebook. Enjoy your summer!

That’s just nasty to deal with!

Are they true to size? Like what size is your foot and the size of the shoe?

Love you singing along

Normally I would say put a 454 in it I'm a Chevy guy that's what my previous RV had but now I have another one with a 460 Ford engine with 23000K miles so I would say put that in much better engine.

This came off as rather bossy. Most of this is common sense but I can’t imagine these people need to be “policing others, some of this is kinda gross tho

Are you guys still traveling around the United States?

Thank you for telling what the verdict was rite away. Perfect!

Please less chatter. Get to the point of why we’re watching the video. The motor! Dang very painful video to watch. A lot of bla bla bla!

Sucks.......Good old Fo Mo Co let ya down. 6,500.00 is a good price for engine and install. Would have upgraded some parts for better performance since they had engine tore down if it was my rig. Glad they got you back on the road.

Wow, glad you are ok.

I'm glad you're back! Yay!

Did this fix your cruise?

Sure sounds like its just a rocker or lifter or roller on the rocker, to me. Some the ford engines also have some think in the intake that can make that noise. I really dont think you'll need a engine. But you do need a good machanic familiar with that particular engine. Imo

If you poop really good you shouldn't need toilet paper...😊

I used to poop in an empty brake pad box because my auto shop didn't have a bathroom so I pooped in a brake pad box and threw it in a dumpster... I did that for 15 years... Do I win something

I bought and tried Simori and was super dissapointed. The fabric is overly too stretchy; without going into the water and trying them out, my feet felt like it wasn't in place and felt like it was flopping off the bottom soles. It felt very uncomfortable. Dissapointed in the use of it's overly stretch fabic. Aside fromt that I do like the design; it's too bad the shoe doesn't stay firm when walking around.