The RV Shop WOULDN’T TOUCH IT - Truck Camper Repair

Even the RV Repair shop didn't want to touch our torn RV anchor, so we gave fixing our truck camper the best shot with as little money as possible. We want it to function long enough to get back to fulltime RV Life
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We met as Game Wardens in North Carolina and have moved across the country and world ever since. After 3 years in Guam, we are back stateside for full-time nomadic living in a truck camper! Fishing. Hiking. Boating. Skits. We try and sometimes fail at it all.

[@JamieOre]

10:11 😆 This is why I watch this channel. C'mon KZbin....GIVE THEM A PUSH in the algorithm!!

[@JamieOre]

🤣15:30 AND Trailer Park Boys reference!!!!! Golden.

[@CandEAdventures]

😄 we appreciate it!

[@dennisl1059]

cut a 3/4 plywood section that is big enought to cover past the rot. traceit, cut it, sonocrafter helps. press it in using PL liquid nails around the edges. get sheet of 3/16 aluminum and tek screw it all together. drill new bolts holes for the bracket, etc...

[@briannamontgomery9763]

I love the creativity that comes with being on a budget. Looks aren't everything, functionality is much more important. Hopefully things settle and you can get back out to do more videos, always love watching and learning new things!

[@makgtrm1464]

I know a solution to your problems. come back to guam, we miss you guys.

[@CandEAdventures]

We don’t have the money 💰 ☹️.

[@johnbigham6189]

I really liked how you corrected yourself quickly when talking about buying your camper. You said “when I bought this” to “when we bought this”. That is how you keep being we👍

[@Abeaness]

One more thing, maybe add an extension to where your jacks fasten in the front to the truck, such as those with DW vehicles have to do for their jacks.

[@JuniorJr_23]

Glad your problems are fixed and you saved a lot of money. The feeling is always!

[@CandEAdventures]

Yes! Thank you! We are excited to have only spent 60$ hopefully it holds for a while !

[@doubledforge]

Necessity, the mother of invention/innovation. Campers are always needing repairs of some type. Learning to adapt and overcome seems to be just a part of it.

[@CandEAdventures]

They certainly do seem to need a lot of love

[@honeyiroam]

DUDE WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH OUR TRUCK CAMPER, 24 YR OLD TRUCK CAMPER MEANS NO ONE IS FIXING IT BUT US LOL

[@honeyiroam]

And we definitely don’t always know how to do that so its gettin duct tape lol

[@wildman3394]

I reckon that repairs hurricane rated! Solid work MacGyver 😎

[@CandEAdventures]

I sure hope they are hurricane rated 🤣. We are like discount store macgyver🤣😂

[@robsilva10]

Great to hear that you guys repaired the camper. And great job Chris on moving the bracket with the four wheeler and trailer. Work smarter not harder😂. Is the pontoon boat also yours?

[@CandEAdventures]

No the pontoon is not ours. We rent a house m and the owners also store their stuff in a garage on the property.

[@malsadventuresoz]

Great channel guys. These hurdles will create life long memories and that's worth more than money in the long run. I wish I had the courage, when I was younger, to do what you guys are doing. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Cheers.

[@alaska-bornfloridaman]

You can buy a sheet or 12" wide piece of 3/16" thick aluminum gusset to put on the underside of those bolts for added stability. It's relatively cheap. Just a thought.

[@ecdc4990]

Real world fix.

[@CandEAdventures]

It sure is ! Nothing fancy here

[@jaukland7542]

You fixed it 🎉👏🏼! Way to go Chris !

[@CandEAdventures]

Yes! Thank you!

[@DaxHimself]

If you come to WA I've got a spot you can park the camper, and you can use my boat, 22ft starcraft islander. If you've never been to the PNW you should really check it out.

[@CandEAdventures]

That’s super generous! And a very nice boat ! In the early days of our channel we lived in Bremerton Washington and explored around Washington for about 6 months . We really liked it !

[@jasperstromy2778]

Just found your channel. Subscribed

[@johntseka3024]

I just watched your March 1 video ((concrete blocks have no strength the way you are using them. They will collapse)) ((Always place the blocks with the holes vertically )) place a piece of plywood wood under the blocks and at least 2 pieces of 3/4 plywood on top for the jack to sit on. I always have 12 pieces of 3/4 plywood cut to 18”x12” they have come in handy for leveling and also soft ground or sand situations. They also come in handy when you have to jack the vehicle up on soft ground . please be safe We love your videos

[@touristiqueducanada346]

Started too watching your older stuff , wow you guys have had a long grind to get where ya are. Keep up your hard work 🐾👣🌮🍺✌️

[@CandEAdventures]

A very long grind indeed! Thank you for watching some of our older stuff!! We’ve got some gems hidden back there 😂

[@touristiqueducanada346]

@@CandEAdventures you guys should make a playlist of older stuff that you like

[@curtsweet2581]

That disel heater can be mounted on its side, as long as the glow plug is facing down. Otherwise you get fuel buildup and leaks.

[@jackb8835]

You guys are doing great in a challenging situation. We were in Ashville last week ... too bad we missed seeing you.

[@CandEAdventures]

Doing the best we can…. Which is mediocre at best 🤣

[@garyhardee2720]

If needed later (if it doesn't hold) attach a metal plate to the space where the heater sits. That way you will have metal attached to metal. Stronger. Good luck.

[@Abeaness]

I was going to suggest replace the section of floor in that area and/or put a section of diamond plate underneath that area for some extra protection and support.

[@jamdznuts]

Hey there C & E! Great work with your channel. I'm a certified welder a few states away, with knowledge in carpentry as well. If you need any recommendations or suggestions on inexpensive repairs to your camper, feel free to message me anytime. I totally understand staying on a budget (lord knows I'm no millionaire) so any cheap, yet structurally sound fix is gratifying. Good luck & safe travels!

[@CandEAdventures]

Thanks for the tips! We will keep you in mind !

[@ncdogmom]

I am excited to see you guys back out 🎣 on the 🛥️!!

[@CandEAdventures]

Us too!

[@ericcsaba8779]

Thanks. I have a similar issue with My 2004 Travel Lite, Mountain Star.

[@CandEAdventures]

It seems like with these older truck campers your kinda on your own for repairs. Hope yours is fixable. This fix we did is still holding up after several months of driving.

[@markajohnson4583]

Ok - I've run into RV repair facilities that would hire you guys as master mechanics in a nanosecond ! Great job and good luck on your next adventure !

[@CandEAdventures]

Haha I don’t know about that but this patch job will hopefully get us on the road again. Thanks for watching !!🙏🙏

[@AlusW.]

Chris, you are amazing and so handy. Great fix on the camper and deisel heater. Looking forward to your Florida adventure. I know you will catch some good fish and maybe nice blue crabs while you're there. Thanks for showing us your clever fix. Good luck and hope your family is fine. 🙏🙏🤗❤️ Hugs to Mona.

[@CandEAdventures]

We have been wanting to do a blue crab video for a while!! We will give Mona a hug for you!

[@robertlichvar4999]

I know this is an older video but I've watch many of you videos now. I like the DIY clips since I have a 2017 Northstar. I also like your channel since its not like a scripted TV series. Think more than twice about the Marines since they expect more of your time and allow for very little slack. Semper Fi 68-71

[@billmccabe6188]

I think it's a great repair.

[@CandEAdventures]

It’s surprisingly still holding strong .

[@aravind4090]

You have done it 🥳 I appreciate you guys 👏🥰

[@CandEAdventures]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@clarkpitts5393]

A+ Nice patch.

[@CandEAdventures]

It surprisingly has lasted almost a year 🤣

[@ROCKINWHEELERS]

Haifa A'dai ho'bin'se'tos. OUTSTANDING! YOU BOTH SAVED $$$$. GOD BLESS.

[@CandEAdventures]

Maybe we can keep going a little longer !

[@123rickdicky]

Nice work keep it up!

[@seastheday2020]

Good fixes!

[@CandEAdventures]

It’s the best fixes we can muster , but I’d wager a bet we tanked any resale value this ole camper had left in her 🤣

[@cybinja2438]

Just found your channel and have been binging your content. Keep up the good work guys and solid channel. You guys are entertaining to watch and your videos are pretty good too. :)

[@billdaggett5488]

Hang in there. Great videos!!!

[@CandEAdventures]

We are trying to! Thanks for watching !

[@dalecarlisle6286]

Keep putting out videos. I like the show

[@mjl9702]

Can you swap the rear legs with the front legs? That could solve your issue.

[@CandEAdventures]

Possibly but we don’t really wanna unscrew anything . It’s all screwed into the wood and we just wanna not touch it lol 😂

[@largemarge1603]

​@@CandEAdventures Screws into plywood [le sigh]. The perils of a factory RecreateVehicle. . "But but but LM!, screws into plywood are stouter than staples into particle-board!"

[@boatsandoutboards9070]

What else could go wrong? I'm damn sure you will find out soon

[@CandEAdventures]

Oh yes 😂

[@bobbq9290]

Life on the road. Maintenance maintenance

[@CandEAdventures]

And more maintenance 🤣

[@bobbq9290]

@@CandEAdventures Hafa Adai from Guam.

[@aravind4090]

Happy holi 🤩🥳 to lovely couple 💞☺️

[@CandEAdventures]

🙏thank you !

[@CandEAdventures]

Happy holi to you as well!

[@lhs14girlsdance]

So cool watching you guys fix up the camper and come up with creative solutions! Can't wait to see this new hair do Chris LOLZ

[@CandEAdventures]

Us too!😂🤣

[@ncdogmom]

Chris obviously made it secure… I have not seen any issues mentioned in subsequent videos over the past year give or take

[@scienceobrien8335]

Nice fix! Everything else is good! Show some of the road trip, where you stop etc. philosophy while driving, Clarence Thomas etc. 😮

[@CandEAdventures]

We will try and show more of the in between moments and thoughts along the road . But I think the pro Clarence Thomas kind of stuff is what kicked us from the algorithm 😂😂. Probably headed back to the army anyway so why not 🥹😂.

[@williamboone1905]

O hell, that hair cut is going to be legit🤣.

[@CandEAdventures]

Maybe 2 legit

[@SneekOutside]

Put the camper on the pontoon!!!! Diy houseboat!!

[@Abeaness]

Ps- if worse comes to worse, maybe get an old fashioned 40 hr a week job, save up some $$$ again, and do weekend trips in the interim (similar to another popular vlogger with an increasing following) and pretty confident your channel will continue to grow over time. My family likes the way you have gone to less popular areas and enlightened us to the history of those locations (like in TN and visit to the cemetery while providing information regarding the use of imminent domain of the properties that were there so they could build the dam so it could be useful for much needed energy during WW2 and how corporations such as ALCOA benefited in the name of war time freedom fighting, and how our national history is so complex and needing to learn from history or risk repeating it, and how it might impact people just living day to day and how fragile home and property ownership and just this one life we get maybe and to make the best of it by our choices which has an impact on the rest of the world to by our levels and types of consumption of what are very limited natural resources…

[@CandEAdventures]

We have been doing this channel working full time jobs for over 4 years. The video you mentioned took a week of research and 20+ hours of editing a day to prep and a day to film. We made 0$ on KZbin and 60$ on patreon that month between 4 videos. That’s not sustainable. Our video performance is not improving at all in over 4 years. We have never had a video “hit the algorithm “ . I don’t know what channel your mentioning but I guarantee they have a faster growth rate than us and have had more videos “hit the algorithm” than we have. We have some dedicated viewers but not enough to sustain this channel. There is not another channel out there who has put out consistent videos like us who had such small views that kept going. We are entering the sunk cost fallacy territory. We would love to do this full time . But we are like a restaurant. You can’t run an unprofitable restaurant that no one eats at for 4 years working another job to sustain it . Fingers crossed we hit the algorithm!!!! Soon 🤣🙏🤞🤞

[@sicchuckie]

That was funny. This TOol don’t come in da Box. Hope you guys make it Big. Instead of chanting Rock bottom, chant living large, getting it done, I just feel like chanting rock bottom is cursing yourselves. ⬆️⬆️⬆️

[@CandEAdventures]

That curse has a strong hold 😅

[@fvsmith]

If you’re still in Texas, what can I do to help? I still have my house and all my tools (carpentry included). MERCY! Talk about a tight squeeze on pulling your truck out.

[@dannydivine7699]

What actual brand is your diesel heater?? Espar?? Wow that 8mm lag screw trick was super cool, I can not begin to convey what a pia the screen in an espar heater is without that trick, definitely will try that next time I go into mine. I just added a separate fuel tank for my espar, because it does NOT like bio-diesel even a little bit, mine runs on kerosene exclusively now.

[@sboyle8850]

I just don’t understand why this channel isn’t more popular. Great content and man your girl is HOT!!!!! Maybe OF content if this doesn’t pay quicker.

[@JamieOre]

I wasn't gonna say it 😅... buhh this channel should definitely be bigger!!! A good looking couple that are HILARIOUS.

[@largemarge1603]

@sb, I think both spokes-models are adorable.

[@joecampbell9529]

If yall need anything in Florida please hit me up... I have friends and family all over the state!

[@CandEAdventures]

That no cap hookup on the best manatee fillets!!!

[@JamieOre]

​@@CandEAdventures This response - 🤣🤣😂 I just peed my pants.

[@Ben-wc8go]

What about going from the inside of the camper to fix it? Probably at least sort of hide the fix

[@canucklehead0]

Oh my Lovelies, I'm rooting for you so hard, and I think I've managed to take that black cloud away and park it over my head, so Enjoy Florida!!! The repairs look,...they look, uhm, well they look not good, but that means they aren't not bad either and paint and caulk are 90% of any fix anyway!!! So long as they have passed the patented "Chris Tug Test" I feel confident that everything will perform as it did from the factory, or even better!!! As for the haircut, while I don't mind the Skullet I think if you're going to go that far why not just do the Transverse Mohawk so that the Mohawk goes ear to ear instead of front to back. Now THAT would be stylish, possibly even trendsetting!! Things are okay here, still snow on the ground, my butt still hurts other than that pretty normal. Talk to you soon and Love to you Both and Mona!! - Dave

[@CandEAdventures]

Glad to hear your still with us ! Hope you get back to 100% soon! A chris tug test and a heavy glop of marine adhesive and the camper is ready to go🤣. The transverse Mohawk is a contender for “cut day” . It was recommended by another person also !

[@canucklehead0]

@@CandEAdventures I find that another person suggested the Transverse Mohawk somewhat satisfying! Perhaps you just collect oddballs like us to the channel? Safe Travels, my Friends!!!

[@Jani_F]

I am so happy to see a comment from you @canucklehead - have missed reading your commentary.

[@canucklehead0]

@@Jani_F Thank-you, I was in the hospital for a bit, but I'm back and better and as silly as ever!! That's not true though, really. I mean just like the rest of you I put my pants on one sleeve at a time. Thanks for keeping me in mind, I'm humbled. :)

[@kenhillyard7938]

For that bent camper leg, can you swap it with a back leg?

[@jimmieblue6262]

The Sutter in the clutch is the flywheel need's to be resurfaced. Old mechanic.

[@CandEAdventures]

Thank you for the advice !! That stutter is very annoying

[@getfreethenrv815]

NICE REPAIR JOB! On another note, I'd suggest starting a new channel (second chance RV, roaming sex pistols or whatever you'd like to name it 😂😂) either while this one is limping along or just rip the Band-Aid off. Your videos are great so I'd guess someone got butt hurt with something you "might have said". Maybe notify everyone through instagram of your move and switch so the tube doesn't know of the plan.

[@CandEAdventures]

We have def thought about starting a new channel ! It may be time . Thanks for still watching this one though🙏

[@jerrydemas2020]

If you are going back to the military- have you considered MARRIAGE ! You know for the extra money. Separate rats,housing allowance and what ever is being allowed now? Jerry D. in S.E. Pa.

[@CandEAdventures]

Your right we will def have to take a trip to the courthouse !

[@mikemckindles4726]

Dually brackets will solve your Clearnce problems. Sorry I'm 'late to the party.

[@CandEAdventures]

So scared to remove the bent bracket . Worried the wood is soft under it lol. But dually brackets would make getting around those tires a lot easier !

[@alaska-bornfloridaman]

That's shit'll buff right out, bro. Caulk and gorilla glue.

[@CandEAdventures]

Fixes everything! 🤣

[@andrewfrasch840]

It’s the way the Caulk was Laid for me…🥵🥵🥵

[@CandEAdventures]

Lots of drips and wisps in there 😂

[@OdySlim]

Wouldnt your insurance cover it? Sorry about that!

[@Adventuredriven]

You guys are troopers !!!!!!

[@CandEAdventures]

Isuzu style !

[@i_scratched_it]

Is it too much to ask for a handlebar mustache?

[@CandEAdventures]

I don’t have the genetics that allow for lip hair but I’ll give it my best shot 🤣