I think that I can help a few other fellow RV owners or potentially future
RV owners with a couple things here real quick
first of all yes Greeley's fixed my brakes
Greeley's has installed Chevy OEM drums and pads and axle seals there was grease
all over both drums both axle hub seals had failed and that can cause and that
should damage right there and especially since the fact that I had aftermarket
drums which no I you cannot by as a consumer you have to get them through
Chevy so I am happy to report that now without the motorcycle my RV has the
right drums and shoes on the back and we should be good although it took an extra
day at the shop I really appreciate Greeley's they did good work spent a
little more cost a little more than I was hoping but that's mainly because of
the turn signal switch which as you can see looks all shiny and new there it
comes back to neutral and now I have my thirteenth pair of rear drums on this RV
in twelve months but I think we're good okay I think we're good I'm really happy
with the company I would highly recommend the company they did great
work and those two days are behind me and now we can get back to adventuring
in Maine okay lastly real quick I just want to share
this Eric you're taking up four spots and you left a cart there I mean what
Eric why would you do that why would you take up four spots in an RV this is the
kind of thing that a non RV owner would say yes I come out to the way back here
where there's lots of room and I take up four spots anytime I can especially in
the summertime anybody know why that if you're not an
RV owner will get blocked in guys that's exactly what happens if I were to only
take up two spots whether it be this one in that one or that one in that one I
guarantee you some car would come by and park right next to me for two reasons
one because it's shelter or shade from Walmart a lot of people like to do drug
deals or smoke their crack in their car they use trucks and RVs for cover so
they'll come park right there and do illegal activities on my RV the second
reason is as you can see we're starting to get some shade on this side of my RV
you betcha cards it could be this whole parking lot
could be wide open and I parked way over there one car will come by block my door
and use me for shade okay but it's not just for like inconvenience like yes
after I get done shopping you bet I leave that cart right there until I'm
ready to go I always a hundred percent of the time return my carts I never
leave carts but after I'm done shopping I leave that as a visual deterrent so
that someone doesn't try it now yes somebody will still try to come up they
might even move the cart and I will simply have to explain to them hey can
you not walk me in now what do I mean about blocking me in I mean I need to be
able to leave and if you park right next to an RV and block me in I can't turn
and even physically leave I would not be able to turn the wheel and leave because
of my tail swing and yes I have talked about this in years past let me go
inside and demonstrate this with something so you can get an idea from
what I'm talking about hi Jax yeah I got I know I got the fan
going though okay I have my very crude little drawing here let me show you this
diagram represents six different parking spaces technically okay this is going to
be my RV as long as it is and you can see the tires as my front tires
those are my rear tires today that's the RV each one of these two represents two
individual cars okay so let's say I pull in and I'm trying to be all nice and I
only take up two spots okay so I leaned over but I
have reserved these well if these other two spots fill up with cars do you see
the issue here not to mention you're gonna have other cars parked right there
okay and this is the driveway out there is physically no way for me to leave
this and not have my tail end completely see what it's doing completely tore up
that car upon trying to leave because of the wheelbase and this is the swing that
that's the part you have to worry about so what I would have to do is come out
way too far and now I'm hitting these cars and I'm still gonna clip this car
right here okay so take this away what do I do instead I Drive in and I take up
look for spots that means that the nearest cars can park next to me is
there and there and no matter which way I want to leave my tail swing is not
going to affect any other cars okay again parking in the middle and then
having cars parked next to you you physically cannot leave or do anything
until everybody leaves and yet it literally doesn't matter because nearly
every single time I do this every time I will have someone come up to me with a
terrible attitude and say what the f is wrong with you privileged are beers that
think you can just do whatever you want here because they don't understand the
concept they don't understand the science behind it they think we're just
being mean and so I've never seen an RVer actually make a video and explain
that although I know that anybody who's not an RVer absolutely hates it when
semi trucks box trucks or RVs or anybody takes up more than they should well just
letting you guys know guys we have no choice otherwise like I said I will get
stuck here for weeks and never be able to leave
and I'd never do it if there aren't plenty of other places to park all I ask
visit if you're in a Walmart and you see an RV or a box truck or any bigger rig
than normal even a big truck taking up more than one spot just be mindful of
their tail swing that we're not doing it to be mean it's not like we think that
we can take up more spots there's a big difference between like some brand new
expensive Jaguar Maserati doing it big difference they're doing it because they
have a problem we do it because we don't want to hit you and because I want to be
able to use my side door to do stuff like I said I'm just explaining why we
do it some people are just gonna hate no matter what but it is what it is now
you've heard the story from an RVer perspective I hope you understand just
be mindful guys it's a little harder and trickier to drive and park and maneuver
an RV than it is your car so just be patient
don't be mean about it you know yeah the brake work I mean with the RVs you know
Jax and I sitting in a shop just really drained me guys really drained to me and
I couldn't get anything done I don't have anything magical to share with you
but I don't want to get behind in video so that's why I I don't want to call
this a filler video but you're up to date and you understand parking an RV in
a parking lot and I'm looking forward to exploring Maine more so Jax now see in a
couple days my guys
you