RV Quality Issues, The Truth About RV Travel, Real Fear | RV Living

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[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

What is an RV or travel fear of yours that you had to deal with? Welcome and thank you for being part of the BDR Community!

[@mimi5117]

going down the Alaska Highway in Ice Fog or in a White Out Blizzard. Some parts of the Hwy used to be so narrow. A lot of work has been done on it since i lived up there. Thanks for sharing your adventures. This legally blind lady loves sitting in her arm chair and traveling with you. Loves ya both from Gramme. 🙂

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

@@mimi5117Hey Gramme! That does sound scary! We love sharing our adventures with you! Thanks so much for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@kckettridge]

Hey Matthew, you can adjust that stop on the steps over to catch the lip on the door. Just loosen those two bolts that hold it in and slide it to the right and retighten the bolts.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

We just took a look at it and it seems that we should be able to! Hopefully, we can get it fixed so it does not happen again! Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching too! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@JarheadAndGingersJourney]

We are over a month in to living in the new truck camper. This has been a game changer. We don't worry as much on travel days now.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

That is awesome that y'all are enjoying your new truck camper! Hope to see it in person soon! Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@michaeloehlers4824]

For that issue with you steps going past the door frame, those stops that catch the door frame are adjustable. Just need to loosen those 2 hex head bolts and slide the bracket out a bit and then tighten those bolts back up. Best of luck and may God bless you in your travels.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thanks for sharing that tip with us and thanks for watching too! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@donniebutler686]

Looks to me like there are bolt and nut slots on the step latch that you should be able to adjust to fix the latch problem. Good luck!

[@kevinherm3036]

Mathew! I was going to tell you the same thing as Donnie! Loosen up those 2 bolts and you will be able to slide the step retention bracket (it sounds good anyway) out to fit farther into the door frame better and keep the step retention bracket from going behind the door frame. You should have seen that...I know, you were just wanting to have a good rant!

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thanks for the tip! We see that now and we will try that to see if it works! Thanks for sharing! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

@@kevinherm3036 We did not see the bolt and nut slots before and now we do. Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@frankwise7049]

In 2019, we went to Duck Creek Village & visited that store. The people are so friendly and helpful. Truly one of my favorites.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

That is awesome! We really enjoyed our time there! And you are right, they are so friendly there! Thanks again for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@sued115]

Shion we have the outside steps that hang from our camper. We fold them up outside when traveling. We think they are the best. There’s been several situations, if we had the steps you have, we could not have put them out because no ground clearance. Plus cleaning the dirt in them when they go inside is a pia. Smiles.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

We would eventually like to get different steps. We have had issues with putting the steps out in certain places too. They do get a lot of dirt in the RV as well! Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@rollinwiththedavises1938]

They are called switchbacks. The multi-colored bags would be good for sorting and color coordinating, even a packed lunch.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Shion really, really liked the bags too! Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@tkwhitehead8578]

I’ve had to adjust my stairs as well! Bolts on those catches and adjusted to equal distance when rv is level. I don’t like the cold! Spent too many years in the cold.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Sorry, that happened to you too! We are hoping to get it fixed so it does not happen again! We try to stay out of the cold too but it is not working too well, LOL 😂 Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@no_worries_van]

This is exactly why I got a bus conversion and currently building out my van. I hated my travel trailer. So many problems.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Those bus conversions are really nice too! Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@mischiefroadtripadventures]

I don't think manufacturers build these things to only be used "2 weeks out of the year" but their QC is non-existent across the board (except for fully custom RVs). We have a Solitude that is "supposedly" designed more for fulltime living but not any better QC. We take trips in it every month, some longer than others, but live in a house with the RV parked here. It is a constant work in progress. Not perfect but perfect for us. Safe travels!

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching too! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@michelleekins1406]

Middle of October in Utah is deer hunting season. Make sure to check when hunting season is before you go out and wear your orange so you can be safer.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching too! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@RoxanneGreen25]

Be glad there’s no snow. We had about a foot of the nasty white stuff here in Northern NY state a couple days ago and it’s hanging around. I can’t wait to be traveling and get away from NY winters. Not tropical here. LOL

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Oh wow! That is a lot of snow! It is so pretty to look at but it does make driving conditions not so good! We hope you get to travel somewhere tropical sooner rather than later! Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

after living for many yrs at sea level, we moved far away to about 3,000 ft elevation and a very cold dry winter climate. it took us a YEAR to acclimate! we both could work full time but after that we went to bed early and didnt have any energy to play sports until a year later. But yrs before that we reversed the move, from a high dry very cold climate down to sea level moderate very wet climate, and that resulted in after a days work, everyone in the whole house went to bed very early as we were all very sluggish with all that moisture in the air dragging us down.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Wow! Thanks for sharing that experience with us! It is interesting how elevation can affect us! Thanks for watching too! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@titaniumhen]

Awwww....OUCH! Matthew - towing a travel trailer (Mine is 33' long) also has the back end swing out like your 5th wheel does - you need to plan ahead on sharp curves and watch that you don't drop a tire or axle into a ditch or off of the road. How in the heck did your steps get out of whack and stuck behind the door frame? Did the trailer flex that much? (yes, I also say "Make it better".) WOW - that was one cold night! Were you worried about your water lines freezing? LOL - your fire pit frozen. Matthew - it's below freezing and you're wearing sandals and socks. One year we were given a warning by an RV park manager that a cold snap was coming and that we should pull in our water hoses. I disconnected my hose, stored it in the back of my truck (It has a camper shell on it) - lo and behold - the darn hose froze when it was in the truck - but our water tank was fine as it gets warmth from the heater. I was concerned that you being in the clouds, your solar won't work. That hunter was very rude - he should not have passed through your area - he should have gone somewhere else - he did that on purpose. (BTW, I have 357 reasons why you don't want to mess with me or my rig.) You might be in a really pretty place, but I do not like it that cold for more than a day or three. Yes, hiking in elevation over 9,000 feet is hard on the lungs. See ya on the next video.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Our stairs have gotten stuck a handful of times now but hopefully, we have a solution to fix it, so it won't happen again! Matthew loves wearing his socks and sandals, LOL 😂It is definitely a challenge camping in cold temps and we will go over all our winter prep in our next video! 😁We thought the hunter was very rude too, especially when there are tons of other areas to hunt. We definitely had to breathe harder being that high up in elevation but it was so worth it! Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@CampingTherapy]

Here in TN, they call those curves "switchbacks". When you were fighting with the steps, i just kept thinking how I'd be in trouble if I was trying to get to the bathroom. 😂

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Right!, LOL 😂That is our only door into the RV! Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@user-in4sg2ho9z]

Great job dealing with your fears! Beautiful boondocking site.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thank you and thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@darleneinch3392]

Love your videos! Those coloured zip lock bags are cool! I haven’t seen any of them here in Ontario, Canada! 💛

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thank you so much! Shion was really excited about those colored zip-lock bags too! 😁 Hopefully, it is a new item and it will make its way to Canada! Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@magnuspym]

The bar on the steps does move left and right( the bolt holes are (obviously) slotted...)just adjust it. Center it.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thanks for sharing that tip with us and thanks for watching too! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@thewanderingshores]

We understand the need for going out and scouting when you can, we have found that we have been much more comfortable when we drive to boondocking space with the rig after we had a chance to check it out before. You found an amazing space and we loved our time up in that area. Cedar Breaks National Monument is a hidden gem, one of our favorite parks to date. We are hypersensitive to all the sounds especially when we are out in a remote area too. Love catching up with your adventures....-Kyle and Michelle

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

We really loved boondocking up there and we would love to go back and explore Cedar Breaks sometime! Glad to know we are not the only ones who are super sensitive to noise when boondocking! Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@Patty747]

It looks like that metal plate on the stairs can be adjusted, so it can be moved more to the right and you won't get it stuck anymore.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thanks for sharing that tip with us and thanks for watching too! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@vickipendleton2864]

We had the same problem with our steps. Don’t feel bad cause I worry too on travel days

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thank you so much and thanks for watching too! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@perrywillingham9109]

Our steps have done the same thing before had to take right trim piece off to get them down but haven’t done it again !😬Good to see another video ! Always enjoy watching ! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Stay safe !!

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Oh no, sorry that it happened to you too! We have had it happen a handful of times now and are hoping to fix it so it does not happen again! Thanks for watching and Happy New Year to you too! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@LifeAfterKidsjourneyunknown]

OMG guys… I would have totally had a heart attack 😳 it’s nice to see that I’m not the only one. I am deathly afraid of heights BUT have been working on conquering my fears. Doing things I wouldn’t ever have thought of doing 💪🏽 keep reminding myself FEAR IS OF THE DEVIL and I will not let him win 🙌🏽 It’s cold here in Q right now, got to low 30s 🥴 so we are cold too!! Such a beautiful spot, the lake was gorgeous and love the colors of the leaves 😍 See you guys soon 🌺Lori&Ruben🤙🏽

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

RIght. We try to conquer our fears so we can experience some amazing things, otherwise, we would be missing out on a lot of things! We hope to see y'all in the Q this year! Hopefully, it will warm up! Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@LifeAfterKidsjourneyunknown]

@@BrokenDreamsReborn we are here!! Gonna have something this Sunday at our campsite if you all don’t have anything

[@jeffsteele1295]

Hello to the both of you two. Great video love every min of it ! My wife and I went to Yosemite last year. It was like cliff on one side white line on the other side and then 2" on the other side of the white line a 300 to 500 drop off. She was almost in tears so I did not ask her to take picture for me. Ok so I did ask her to take pictures for me lol . I will not type what she said to me. I found out that day how scared of highs my wife is. After about 20 min I really got into the curves because it was you came out of one curve to go into another curve. We have a 40' class A .

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

i hope she doesnt have a divorce lawyer on speed dial.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Oh wow! That sounds like a pretty intense drive! Thanks for sharing that with us and thanks for watching too! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@kathleenrutherford733]

Shion I have never seen a box of colored baggies, I love them Ive seen pink one before around Valentine's Day, but never in a box nor at any store

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Shion just loved them so much that we bought more the next time we needed them! Lol 😂 Thanks so much for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@nataschaeggen268]

Love your videos you guys are hilarious. Thank you for sharing

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Awe, thanks so much! We really appreciate you telling us that! Thanks for watching too! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@CherishtheJourneyy]

If you haven’t fixed it already, the two screws on the bottom of the stairs you can slide it over so you wont have the issue anymore. 😊

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thanks for the tip! We see that now and we will try that to see if it works! Thanks for sharing! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@earlreaganjr9381]

Happy 🎉 New Year.. really good video covering multiple difficulties while mountain boondocking in cold weather & high altitude. But enjoying it none-the-less.

[@earlreaganjr9381]

Back in 2021 we RV camped at a state park above 7,000 ft. Then spent one afternoon at Silverton and another at Telluride CO. My wife developed altitude sickness which necessitated moving to lower elevation for the next few days.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Happy New Year to you too and thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

@@earlreaganjr9381 Sorry to hear about your wife getting altitude sickness. We have heard of that happening to other people too! We would love to go to Telluride someday. Thanks for sharing your story and thanks for watching too! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@Brianne-kr4ks]

Great channel guys!

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thank you so much and thanks for watching too! 😁 ~ Shion and Matthew

[@katiesimmonds4873]

I have one of those step stools, bought it at Walmart. Use it in my house (short one here). Vertigo won't allow me to climb higher.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

We really love our step stool as well! Sorry to hear you have vertigo. We know people who have it and what they have to go through too. Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@yetiatlarge555]

Yeti at large, keep the faith. I've been looking at t-mobile for internet.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thank you! T-Mobile works the best for us when we are closer to cities but we are glad we have more than 1 way to get internet on the road since we still work full time! Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@victoriaheatherly5877]

Thanks 😊

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

You are welcome and thanks for watching too! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@cynditotemeierpowell3882]

Sandwich bag colors, sometimes its the little things haha

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Exactly! LOL 😂Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@timf6916]

Nice walk

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thank you! We really enjoyed it too! Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@jasongillingham8830]

HAPPY NEW YEAR

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Happy New Year to you and thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@frankwise7049]

The hunter should have come by, but in his defense, shotgun pellets of the kinds used for duck hunting and other game birds, unlike rifle bullets, do not go very far before their energy is mostly expended. On the Air Force Base, where my RV is stored, there is a shotgun range close by as well as horse stables and other buildings and personnel. Quite often, there are people shooting on that range, and I believe I'd have more concern about getting struck by a clay pigeon than by a shotgun pellet. Still, the hunter should have come by at least to let you know how long he expected to be there.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thanks for sharing that info with us and thanks for watching too! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@ddcornell1019]

Happy New Year BDR

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thank you and Happy New Year to you too! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@yurydolinsky]

Bend the stairs support lip out. This should solve your problem.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thanks for sharing that tip with us and thanks for watching too! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

If you dont like heights when you drive then WHY did you go there? try taking the hwy 74 from LA into Palm Desert. the coachella valley vista point; oh my its at least a 4,000 ft drop series of hairpin turns and switchbacks, very intimidating indeed. by the time we had reached the bottom of it, i thought they shd rename it Divorce Drive! we stayed at the shadown mtn tennis resort, fabulous place, in 2016 and 3 days into our stay we were shaken awakened by an earthquake, a super LOUD SCREECHING sound, it was the deep rock underground cliffs scraping together as they broke apart and moved! the overhead beam above the outer doorway of our condo broke, splintered like a match and thereafter the door would not hold still! we were waiting for the whole front foyer to collapse! we told the mgmnt but they didnt bat an eye nor look at it for structural damage.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Matthew is recovering from being afraid of heights, so he tries to keep pushing himself to get used to heights and there are a lot of things that he wants to experience that unfortunately have a lot of heights involved. This was an amazing boondocking spot and after being there he was much more comfortable driving up and down the mountain when we had to go into town. Thanks for sharing your story with us! That does sound scary! Thanks for watching too! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@Frenchy5117]

The second time you were probably more concerned with the trailer and focused on that and not your feelings

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

That is a good observation! Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@andrewuriarte7581]

Did you have to plug in the trucks block heater at any moment during your stay?

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

No we did not. The truck worked perfectly. Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@t.q.6639]

How do you prevent your plumbing from freezing in this weather?

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

We are going to explain everything we did to prevent freezing in our next episode. Thanks for watching this episode! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@sued115]

Love your BLM spot.

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thank you so much! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@annweymouth7588]

C4YT

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thank you and thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@lauralee5313]

Uh

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew

[@carltonipoloknowski4736]

Made in the USA by the way of meth capital Elkhart In My friend tells me that these things fall apart by the time he deliver them

[@BrokenDreamsReborn]

Thanks for watching! ~ Shion and Matthew