Good Morning guys from Lake Havasu City, Arizona! We are here at the backside of
South Side welding. We have an issue on the truck today and these folks were
available and nice enough to squeeze us in so... I'm here by myself because we're
pulling double duty. Rebecca went to the laundromat, while I'm just gonna be here
milling around watching these guys work! But they were nice enough to say we
could film a little bit of the process and share it with you! So one
important thing is you have to disconnect the batteries! So here on the
chassis batteries, the negative has been disconnected... And we are not about to
mess up our 300 amp hours of battleborn lithium's... So there are precautions taken
here... The negative has been completely disconnected and just for good measure...
I've done a few other things... Like the positive, there's nothing coming into it
from there... I flipped the breaker on the solar... I turned off the current
coming from the panels... And just for the hell of it, I even flipped that switch
which is kind of like a battery on/off! I'm definitely no expert at this stuff...
But I do know that you want to just kind of disconnect as much as you can!... The
cracks are just under the back of the camper here... And they're kind of hard to
see... You can kind of see... I mean, right there! Cracks on the cross-member part that goes
across for our subframe! And there's a matching crack on the passenger side
right up in there!... This location down here is not without its obstacles as
well... Because we have the Espar which has two antifreeze coolant lines running to
it... A wiring harness and a diesel fuel line... Well, James is going to be the
welder helping us today and he's gonna be... Cleaning up the cracks and so you
can get a good weld and just doing whatever we can to support things back
there! Who knows? Down the line maybe some stuff gets redesigned...
But this is the best we can do for now!
Well, just to be honest with you... The Fuso of camper package as a whole is in
pretty rough shape right now... There's a lot of noises... You know, from the leaf
springs that we still need to get done!
And I got to get that Espar heater part ordered... This weld... You know, once I saw that...
That had to be a priority to get done! But we've just been letting things pile
up so that we can... Go to our friends Russ and Kristina and Ramona... They offered to
let us work on the truck there... And Russ has a shop... And they even have a motor
home that we can stay in while we're there! How priceless is that because a
lot of the work that we want to do on the camper, it's going to be a pain in
the ass to be living in it and working on it!... Okay, they are done! The situation is...
Well, the weld of the crack... Before we get doing any reinforcing, we're gonna just
see how that holds! You know, if that does not hold and I'm now very aware of the
situation back here, we will remove boxes... And remove more components and kind of...
I don't know what the proper word is probably gussets or something... But just reinforce that whole
section!... There's some fresh rust-oleum paint on there... But you can see where the
work was done and that's the passenger side... And there's the work on the
driver's side!... Now it's time to button everything up inside the camper and make
sure all systems are functioning... I love our little electronics compartment here...
But it is a royal pain in the butt to get to! You know, we just don't have much
space to work in here... So you can see where there's like a false floor that I
put in and then we can stack our junk in here!... Just a quick thing to make sure
systems are functioning... This is the Victron App and I can tell... That the
solar is bringing in 1.6 amps... You know, we're totally shaded right now so just a
little blip is getting on it!
Bill, thank you so much for getting us in! You know, for the folks that head to
Quartzsite or here in the area... This is like a really cool trailer because Toy
haulers are growing in popularity and obviously, razors are growing in
popularity... So this is a trailer that they designed and made that fits in the
back of a Toy Hauler and it doubles as a trailer! Say you set up a base camp you
disconnect the fifth wheel, you hook it up to your f250 over there... And you could
head off to one of the special off-highway parts! But how it works is...
Disconnect the tank... It's really light... You bring it into your Toy Hauler and
then... With an electric impact gun, you undo the wheels! This is very slick Bill...
Oh, I like it! And it also... Check this out... You can
adjust it so it chocks the tires on your ATV right from the get-go!... Right, they're
set up to each individual ATVs wheelbase! So that way, when you load it, it's
really quick and simple! A couple tie-downs and you're ready to go!... And
what are you going to be offering in Quartzsite? You've been going there for
like 17 years... Right! We typically setup what they call
the Big 10... It's a Quartzite RV Sports vacation show and ahh...
We have all of our products on display there and... We typically do either a
discount or a free install depending on the product! So it's a good time to come
down and see us and see what we're all about!
I like this Bill... It solves a problem! nd they always say when you're inventing
something, you solve a common everyday problem!... That's good stuff!... Thank you so
much for getting us in... Alright, thank you!... So these guys have been very
generous here for squeezing us in... They charge one hour of labor which is
awesome! You know... When you're on the road... You know, you... I don't have the skill of
being a welder... I'd like to but there's just times when you need to pay somebody
who pretty much knows what they're doing... And has the skill that you don't have!
Okay, electricity's there... Engine starts... We're in business!... Well I haven't gotten to
say good morning to you yet... So good morning from Lake Havasu! I went and
did all of our laundry!... Am I the only one who really loves to fold laundry?... Like that's
why I go do it because Ben hates it! And they have this big table in there and I
could fold everything make it all nice and neat! So we're all laundried and
gonna take some showers before we head back out to the bash! But thanks for
joining us today, I hope you're having a fantastic day wherever you're at! Be sure
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