Our Worst Day in 6 Years of Fulltime RV Life

[@Five2Go]

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[@HeidiLamb-i1m]

We started out with our towable and got a half-hour hour into a canyon on a one-lane road, with no cell service, when the oil pump on the engine blew. NO ONE stopped to help. We had to milk it to a turn-off, as there was no shoulder, then had to coast it back into town. We ended up having to replace the engine. So a getaway weekend turned into a $13000 motor replacement.

[@rayebruzon294]

My husband's a truck driver. I don't think it's fair for him to play this game once our family does get an RV (soon)! 🤭😆

[@Zylus-sl3fd]

Worse travel day ended up being 26 days!!!! Went to start the motor home and it wouldn’t turnover. I found that we had some furry friends get into the engine bay and chewed through 60-70 wires. I had to add wire to get some of them all reconnected.

[@wetdog440]

Worst road I've ever driven on was hwy 40 headed into Sedona, and second was all the rest of the roads in Arizona.

[@Five2Go]

Haha, not a big fan of Arizona roads I guess 🤪

[@marisalucero3274]

We just drove the 40 in Arizona last week. Definitely the worst road!

[@barbarareed2041]

Driving in Kansas when a wind Strom came out of nowhere. Police and firetrucks stated closing down Highway 70. We barely made it off tthe road. Many cars, trucks were in the medium. .

[@Five2Go]

I've heard about storms like that, and they just pop up with no warning. The midwest and plains kind of scare me to drive through during certain times of year. We're from VA and are used to hurricanes - the big things you can see coming for days ahead of time, not crazy little localized storms that appear out of thin air!

[@wessebaggers]

Love you two ❤❤❤❤

[@MsRambo223]

My fiancé and I been doing this RV life for a year now. We drove from PA to Texas very recently..beautiful scenery but when we got to Texas our generator stopped working and it was 105 degrees down there. We had to keep the rv constantly running just to keep the ac on in the front. We ended up getting a portable generator and parking places that we could run it during the day because most of the rv parks were overbooked. Before we got the new portable generator, all our food had went to waste in the fridge because it was so hot😢 that trip was the hottest experience I’ve ever had.

[@archerjonesjr5997]

Enjoyed the video, on a different note did you hear about the the buc-ees they are building in New Kent at MM #211?

[@Inig9201]

Our worst was getting a late start which caused us to pull in to the campground after dark. Trees everywhere, poor signage, and no cell signal and we got turned around. We ended up taking a loop that was far too narrow for our rig and popped a tire on a rock. We were new to RVing, too, so having that happen then still having to back in and get setup in the dark was awful. Thankfully, we had a spare tire and all the tools needed to change the tire the next day. We ended up having to replace the rim and spare tire when we got home so we took that as an opportunity to upgrade to a better quality of tire.

[@Five2Go]

Holy cow! We have a couple stories of arriving places after dark and having to leave because of crazy situations but luckily no damage. It's pretty much a rule now that we won't arrive in campgrounds after dark, it's just too risky unless you already know the place.

[@linasoper3906]

Our worst day was when we were visiting our cousin. Well my brother-in-law was meeting us up north in Michigan. Well we are pulling a 37 travel trailer with a suburban towing it with 6 kids , my husband and I. We are doing good following my brother-in-law until he realizes he missed our turn. So he decided to take us into a boat launch which had little room to turn a 37 ft jayco trailer in. My hubby was mad at him but more mad at himself for following him. 😂 Well I kept saying we won't make the turn around the small ticket pass office stand. This boat launch was for small fishing boats not big boats. So my dear hubby with us all saying we ain't going to make it. He did in one - two try. It was the longest 15-18 mins we ever had towing that trailer. Got out and back on the road without a scratch. 👍🤗 Kids and I still tell that story over and over. 😂 Michigan roads are the worst to pull a trailer on. There are so many pot holds. We felt like we were drunk drivers. Wow!!

[@williamwhite9071]

Broken leaf spring on fifth wheel camper on I 78 in New Jersey.

[@jillaltman2474]

LOL we have a 2001 Ford F250 super duty 7.3 diesel silver. We just got back from Ocean Lakes Campground in Myrtle Beach. It did great until the ride home when it blew a boot? My husband fixed it and on the road we were again. Thank goodness my husand can pretty much fix anything. He carries all kinds of tools with us. We were pulling a Coachmen Catalina 323bdsck

[@Five2Go]

Very cool! It’s always good when you can fix something yourself and get back on the road. How did you guys like Ocean Lakes? We went a few years back and had a blast!

[@jillaltman2474]

@@Five2Go We loved it except that we did not realize that you pretty much need a golf cart( which we do not have) and the traffic between the vehicles, golf carts, people walking is kind of crazy. The spots were a little tight too we thought for longer rigs. We plan on going back next year though! Everything else was great!

[@mikebrant192]

Last year, Lone Pine, CA to lake Havasu City, AZ. The freeways had been closed the day before, due to 65+ mph winds broadside to traffic. We were new to RVing, and thought we were prepared for anything, but no. This day, the wind was 45 mph straight line, and gusting to 65 mph. Tractor trailers were tipped over everywhere, and my wife's scout car was almost clobbered by a big rig head on. When we got to our campsite, we ordered a steering stabilizer, and stayed put until we got it delivered by General Delivery. Best day was the day we hiked Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs this year.

[@Five2Go]

We’ve seen photos of tractor trailers laying on their sides after winds like that. What a nightmare.

[@wendyschonhardt1532]

Years ago we went to the same RV park rental. Also Santa Barbara area, and my husbands GPS was telling us to go right at the fork in the road but my GPS was saying take a left at the fork in the road. We had a small debate, but we ended up taking the right, but we were driving a ginormous rig total of 70 feet (between the truck and the fifth wheel) and it sent us through residential property, a narrow path up this winding mountain and he had to white knuckle it the entire way, just to get to a clearing where he can finally pull over and this angel of a man was coming down the road and let him know that the GPS does that sometimes! So nope Rancho Oso is on the other side of the mountain where you should’ve taken a left at the fork in the road. Needless to say we finally got to Rancho Oso Rv park but it was not a fun ride to get there. Lol

[@Five2Go]

I’m noticing a running theme with RV GPS units lately - they really like to take you the hard way unnecessarily sometimes…

[@SimpleJoyfulJourney]

Painted Canyon is the rest area outside TRNP. One if our favorite places to visit in ND!

[@erinnesslage]

It is a beautiful place to stop for a few hours!

[@campingcoopers461]

Worst travel day ....never forget april 29, 2023, driving down I65 south from northwest Indiana, 20 miles from Alabama and the wheel flew off the trailer and just wrecked the side of the rv. Stranded on interstate for 24 hours. Worst day ever.

[@Five2Go]

Holy crap! Did you figure out what caused it?

[@campingcoopers461]

@Five2Go no idea we never found the wheel and hub it went flying and thank God missed everyone.

[@sonrisasnapshot]

We've had 2 worst travel days. The first one was when we were a couple of miles from our destination and we had our first blowout on the highway in Ohio. My husband thought he heard something but I didn't ear anything. What confirmed it was a Class A riding by us blowing their horn. We still feel grateful for them. My husband changed the tire himself. It was very stressful, I didn't think to video it. I just wanted to make sure he was safe. The second worst travel day was going to Black Moshannon State Park in Pa. We had to climb over 5 miles straight up a mountain with no shoulder. Our transmission blew while pulling our toy hauler. We eventually made it there. Other then those 2 days, all the rest have been great.

[@Five2Go]

Oh geez, those are both awful! We were dangerously close to a blowout in the first RV. When we got the tires replaced one of them had a tear around the middle and was bulging out in spots. It’s a miracle we made it to the tire shop!

[@TLR5759]

We have a 2005 F250, bulletproof! It’s a great truck. We pull a 2018 Grand Design Imagine 2150RB! Many great memories like finding a out of the way Rv parks with great people running them! Worst was having a code “trailer disconnect” come up!

[@Five2Go]

That bulletproofed 6.0 is a beast!

[@Elizabeth-rq1vi]

We were driving across Canada’s prairies using the secondary road highways south of the TransCanada highway, so lots of farms & small towns. We tent camped in Grasslands National Park & in the morning the tire pressure idiot light came on. We had only owned the car 3ish months so didn’t know all the ins & outs of the car. We checked the tire pressures numerous times & couldn’t figure out what was wrong so we found out that the nearest Mazda dealer was in Brandon Manitoba. We made it there after hours & stayed in a private campground on the TransCanada. The tenting area was about 20’ from the TransCanada! Engine brakes every 20sec. All night long. So not a lot of sleep. Arrived at the dealership, I went into the service area & explained what the problem was. The young woman behind the counter said…”oh, just press the button to the right of the steering wheel”. It worked. 😄. We drove 4hrs out of our way to press a button. 🤦‍♀️. Could not find the answer in the manual.

[@Five2Go]

What in the world?! Cars have too many gizmos 🤣

[@KRich408]

Our worst was buying a Travel trailer our best was trading it in for a 5R and the Reese Goosebox. We left the East Coast with the TT went from Nashville found our way to Sturgis, dumping the TT and getting the 5R , went to winter in Quartzite now near Canada around Wisconsin, the tow here was 1000x less stressful with the 5R crosswinds were still an issue but not nearly as bad no sway (almost) but yeah I'll never tow a TT Long distance again, even with the RAM Cummins the TT was a handful, so much spent trying to stabilize that thing $1000.00 Hitch with the ball scale nope didn't help much.

[@Five2Go]

That sounds like going from the gas motorhome to a diesel pusher. It’s a night and day difference, I was shocked at how much more relaxing it is even though it’s double the weight and 10’ longer 😄

[@edandsharonmoreland]

Hwy 89 from Page to Flagstaff has horrible heaves like you were on a roller coaster.

[@Five2Go]

Heaves are the worst!

[@patpowles2129]

We were traveling across country. We got to Colorado Springs. I had made the reservation and requested pull through. Get there and it was in the middle of a neighborhood. We decided not to stay. As we were leaving, we turned too sharp and caught the trailer on a big cement block. It tore the door off of the generator, messed up the generator, and messed up the box that held the power cable. Needless to say, we turned around and went back to Phoenix.

[@Five2Go]

Oh my gosh, that sucks! I know exactly which campground you’re talking about. There aren’t very many good places for RVs around Colorado Springs…

[@Littletroubleisme]

Worst experience coming out of Denver north in heavy rain trying to pass a semi with my mom and bff in car freaking out! Best trip again with mom going through South Dakota missed the exit and ended up having mom direct me to get home cause I was lost didn’t even know mom could see well enough to read the map. Ahh memories!

[@Five2Go]

I could get lost in South Dakota, it’s such a beautiful state. Were you near the Black Hills?

[@Littletroubleisme]

@@Five2Go was came out of Wyoming drove across entire state opps

[@Type1Detour]

Interesting about the Bryce to Zion because for us, Zion to Bryce was one of our worst because we had to go a complete back way that took 4 hours instead of the normal shorter length and we had to go through a canyon on a “two” way road that only fit one large vehicle and then a dirt road for about 20 miles filled with potholes.

[@Five2Go]

We saw all sorts of routes around Utah and stuck to the interstate as much as possible because we’d heard horror stories about some of those roads with RVs

[@Type1Detour]

@@Five2Go for some reason our Garmin GPS would not allow us to go on the interstate

[@Five2Go]

Google maps for the win! I swear you RV GPS guys have more trouble with those things than they’re worth…

[@Type1Detour]

@@Five2Go I've never had a problem with it. Saved us more times than anything. Google maps has sent us down some bad areas. Someone had told us there was major construction and my assumption is that is why. I would consider the Garmin GPS an absolute MUST have for anyone towing a fifth wheel.

[@maurinemunro3317]

Worse travel day, well, we had one whole trip FL to NJ. Rained every day in every state. But coming home, we stopped at the Cracker Barrel in Lumberton, NC. Someone hit our steps to our 5th wheel. We could fold them up to travel. Fortunately a fellow RVer came by. He helped my husband bend them back enough that we could fold them up...

[@Five2Go]

I’ve heard about people hitting steps before. What I want to know is why are they driving that close to RVs in the first place???

[@jeffsteele1295]

HWY 90 from Seattle , WA as east as you can go.

[@Five2Go]

We drove that last year and it definitely has some nasty stretches

[@tamaraoneill7070]

No worst travel days, just great to get away with family however the Columbia Gorge can get very windy and that can be challenging. Worst read, hwy 53 in Oregon heading to Nehalem. Never again🥺

[@Five2Go]

We’ve been in that area a few times now and driven through Nehalem but I had to look up 53 because it didn’t sound familiar. We haven’t been on it but it looks really tight from the satellite view. Some of the roads up there in the PNW will really catch you off guard

[@tamaraoneill7070]

@@Five2Go we live in the PNW and are use to the roads however this one, lol. My husband and I just laughed thinking we should have known better. Rule of thumb, don't take shortcut roads in the PNW to save time, it was cost you time.

[@TravelingonAdventures]

Worse Travel day: This is the easiest for us. On our way to Florida last November and the engine to the motor home seized up just outside Chattanooga, TN. Motorhome was in the shop waiting for new engine until about a month ago. Luckily we have a Home base that has a small 800 square foot cabin on it for us to stay in. Worse road (Bonus): the one that comes to mind is we were traveling southbound ion I25 north of Denver and I thought the RV was going to fall apart!! Of course that was a few years ago and they were doing construction. So it may be better now. Best/Most Awesome Travel Day: This one is hard because there have been so many. I would say any time we are traveling to and arrive at a new place that we have never been to before. We are always so excited to explore new places. Also, just love the different scenery we have seen all over this beautiful country of ours.

[@Five2Go]

Oh gosh, that was a long wait for an engine! Where are y’all headed this year now that it’s back on the road?

[@TravelingonAdventures]

@@Five2Go we leave in a little over a week and headed up to the Northwest to visit kids and grandkids. Then hope to be in Arizona for the winter.

[@conniejohnson9393]

My worst travel day was about 40 years ago, but I remember it like yesterday. I had a 2 month old baby and we were traveling on Vancouver Island BC in a truck and camper. On the north end of the Island at that time it was very deserted and we broke down. We managed to get over a bit to the right but it was a winding road and was quite dangerous. Finally a truck came along and said he would tow us to the nearest town. We had to turn around so I got out to make sure the turn went well, but I didn't think the tow guy was going to stop and let me back in. Scary as ...... The worst.

[@Five2Go]

Yikes! Breaking down on a curvy/skinny road is way up on my list of "things I never want to do"...

[@bobbifoth5492]

An Rv worst day-- supposed to have a transport carrier move my RV to a new park 3 hrs away. Booked it 6 weeks in advance - paid deposit One day before the move , I found out mover was in jail. Immediately called other transport company…finally found one that would move me with one day notice- huge deposit On the day of the move - no show. I called and was told “he “ wasn’t feeling it , but call him next week snd then maybe . Meanwhile I was told by the RV park that I had to be off my space or would be towed to a yard at $300 per day Pure luck , found a friend of a friend that offered . No insurance and 350 miles away . He ended up moving me at a high price but I was thankful That is one of many many “ worst day” RV episodes I’ve encountered

[@Five2Go]

First guy in jail and the second was a no show? Good lord. I would hope the campground would cut you some slack at that point but I guess not 😠

[@brendabardell-resch6869]

I don't have an rv but love your channel. I have been to devil's tower 2019. Beautiful first time. Not sure why because used to go with family we live in alberta to family in Marshall County South Dakota every other year

[@Five2Go]

That whole part of the country is just gorgeous!

[@Sarahbear2000]

Our worst travel day was before we got an RV. My husband and I were newly married and had gone from CT to DC for a weekend. Driving back Sunday night we were in traffic the whole way through NJ, missed an exit and ended up In Pennsylvania. Took us 12 hours 🤪

[@Five2Go]

12 hour traffic jam in NJ? That checks out 🤪

[@stephanleslie]

56 miles of the Oklahoma Pan Handle !!

[@Five2Go]

Oh yeah? We haven’t been there yet. Is it awful because of the road or because there’s nothing out there?

[@stephanleslie]

@@Five2Go I think for years that someone is pocketing the money for that stretch of the road and since there is nothing out there, no one checks !! LOL

[@GeorgiaAdkins]

I95 thru South Carolina is awful 😖

[@Five2Go]

ALL of 95 is awful!

[@kenhelmers2603]

Bad roads - Oklahoma lol

[@Five2Go]

Oh great… 🤣 I think we’re going to try and explore Oklahoma some more next year

[@laurieyehle3256]

Teton Pass

[@Five2Go]

Did you do that pass with your RV??? That’s a seriously steep road

[@tracidunn7835]

Best day: Tampa Rally when we all would hang out in the evenings. Arriving at Margaritaville was cool Worst day: too many and I am chalking them all up as learning experiences.

[@tracidunn7835]

Bad Road: George Washington Bridge to Long Island !!!

[@Five2Go]

The Tampa rally this year was the best! We’re so glad you were able to go with us 😍

[@guychou9505]

Superbe