they do have rv parking over there so we're going to take this over there. verizon's
speed has been lower. this whole lifestyle is about. the oldest travel trailer in the world. final
working prototype was the first production travel trailer and it was like a high-end. paint job
was around a hundred thousand. let me bake you a cake ricky. what good are we? (Intro Music: "Be Free")
heard they had some really good desserts here michelle
she's like yes i know that's why we're here. yeah.
we are leaving elkhart today and before we head back to iowa we're going to the. rv hall of fame
and museum. we're in elkhart we figured we have to make it, and believe it or not this is the only
day that we've been able to make it there, we just couldn't get time during the week they're
closed by the time we got off work. yeah. they do have rv parking over there so we're gonna take this over
there, run through it and then from there head to iowa. we're going to hit a harvest host on the way.
we're all hooked up we just got to get all of our stuff ready here we've got our vantrue
camera set up so that if anything happens we'll have proof of what happened. we've got our
tst tpms set up, all the air pressures look good. it's cold out today so they're a little
low, lower than normal. and then we've got our rear camera that comes with the 33 classic.
we'll set it up and i think that's about it isn't it? where do you want all these plugins? okay.
so we're going to take our at&t router and t-mobile, from travel data
we're gonna take those both with us and test those along with visible which
is verizon of course, we're gonna try to do this on every trip that we do just to
see how they all three compare. one thing i've been surprised with so far where we've been is
verizon's speed has been lower in a lot of areas than both at&t and t-mobile but that,
i know that's not going to be the case everywhere it's just where we've been so far.
i think we're about ready. ok. all right, right now i'm just backing up so that michelle can
take the front of those blocks up letting the pressure off the front of those blocks
and then we'll, uh she's got one more to get on the other side and then i'll pull
forward. oh, we need to put the mirrors out yet. ah shoot we forgot again?
so one thing that we like about having your home with you when you travel, if you need
to change, you get dirty, you always have your clothes with you, food, whatever you need
and i had to go change real quick, i forgot. all right let's go check out this museum.
(music) "walk with me, let's leave the past behind walk with me
don't make me wait
there's no need hesitate
let's make miracles, come hold my hand
me and you...
this presentation is designed to give you a general idea of the rv manufacturing process
hey, iowa...
do you think you can do this one? uh, it's a little tiny. no i don't think so. a little tiny?
really?
you know, honestly something like that... i literally could do that i mean especially you know by myself
because this whole lifestyle is about exploring, using it as your vehicle to uh, to go places
it's not about living inside all the time, that's really what this life is about. for instance
this one. so you got your place to sit you got your murphy bed that comes down you've got your tv
you got your bathroom a little kitchenette i could do it.
didn't say i wanted to but i can do it. i couldn't do it and i wouldn't do it, but
i can see his point. i could probably maybe do it as a weekend trip or a very short trip like...
a week! yi yi yi, that's small! are you a philadelphia eagle fan? no. oh. well do you want to still go in? sure!
wow this is like, definitely the fan mobile! is this what they call the green room? geez
everything is the eagles this is quite the tailgating vehicle. that would be fun!
michelle really has a love for these vintage trailers so if i ever want to go small
this would be the way to convince her if it was going to happen at all.
hi! hi! couldn't you just see lucy and ricky in here? that's tiny. oh my gosh
that's like a sittin' shower. you did say, sitting shower right? right. okay, just checking.
soon building travel trailers became so popular and profitable that other local entrepreneurs began to...
take a look at this shiny hiney. oh that's not the hiney. it's the fronty.
here's the shiny hiney!
the 1913
"earl" travel trailer, the oldest travel trailer in the world being pulled by a model t ford.
the 1916 telescoping apartment on a 1915 model t ford.
look at the wheels it's like a wagon wheel
that's quite the motorhome
this is like the first version of that tent um on wheels that we just saw... because... it's a tent on wheels.
the 1922 zagglemeyer camp trailer
it's the pie. (music: "let's leave the past behind") it's not really you, it's...
(Music: "there's something else we need to find"
the 1985 fleetwood bounder and it's the final working prototype
of the motorhome that when released in 87 changed the motorhome
industry by placing the basement storage in a type a motorhome.
(Music: "let's find something new, me and you". i can't get over the upholstery and carpeting
because 80s, i mean that's when we were like finishing high school, it just seems like it's... so old! Bite your tongue!
another door
the 1929 covered wagon was the first production travel trailer in the united states. covered wagon
became the largest trailer manufacturing company during the 1930s, going public on
the new york stock exchange in 1937. sadly the company went out of existence with world war two
(Music: "let's make miracles, come hold my hand. Let's find something new, me and you..."
"walk with me
let's leave the past behind, walk with me,
down the road there's sunshine and light
say you'll go, don't make me wait, there's no need to hesitate."
1928 Pierce Arrow Fleet House Car and it was like a high-end house car of the late 20s before the crash of 1929 when it
ended the company. it's pretty cool you should see the bathroom. why is it all women, any rv you see,
you should see the bathroom! right, look at the... look what they had available, the bathroom and
the kitchen. This 1977 gmc, it was uh used to be owned by bob and janet prince they're fmca members
it was estimated that they put about five hundred thousand dollars invested in restoring this whole
thing. they just had this vision to restore it but wow they really did a good job on it. yeah.
put a lot of high-end stuff in it. yeah. it's got a bosch washer and dryer and they really
did a good job. the paint job is immaculate, they said that they estimated that the paint job was around
100 000. i can't imagine how a paint job even this big would be that much, pretty neat though.
okay now this really looks like the lucy and ricky. trailer? long long trailer type thing.
this trailer is long long longer. oh yeah. lucy are you home? let me bake you a cake ricky?
holy cow, bunk beds for the kids!
well believe it or not we're on a travel day and we're going to make our own lunch
we're not going to stop somewhere. shocking! so if you're ever in elkhart indiana rv museum and hall of fame
yeah rv hall of fame and museum. that thing! it's worth a stop. you just gotta go, i mean
you're in elkhart you have to go. the price was twelve dollars for adults um yeah i forget what
the discount is if you're a senior. i remember children 6 to 16, something like that was only
nine dollars or six dollars, it's nine dollars i don't know, what good are we? grab us some lunch
here while we're here and uh take off on our journey to iowa! until then, we'll see you next week!
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