so we're cleaning out the RV what are we doing cleaning taking stuff out are we gonna have to
take it apart to get it out the door or we're just gonna be able to fold it to be fine so let's
go ahead and uh pull this couch out should be pretty easy hold on this is gonna be fun
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that again in theory it was a great theory but in practicality it just didn't work
even trying to figure out a way to attach this I used like these cable ties
didn't really work so well I had a gorilla tape on the ends like we're talking
it's just a little bit of a redneck thing here going on
so this has got to come down let's pull this out oh look it's a bendy good stick stop whoa
let there be light it's nice to have this reflected and especially if you end up in a really
really super hot area um monument valley Arizona we've been in some pretty hot areas so this you
always want to have available to put in the window but we'll figure out a different curtain solution
this is a here goes nothing moment so I'm gonna attempt to take these down the only thing is is
with these ones because these day nightshades are up there so high I can't even see to see
where this brackets are on this one I don't see anything but this is interesting this is gonna be
maybe take off those bottom screws and then after you take off those bottom screws we can
get some enlightenment and the screw their screws under here that one so now we have to take the
couch out before we can take the valance out yep that's ridiculous so we've gotta pull the couch to
get up underneath on that side well to take this piece out we're gonna have to take out the wood
shelf so go get the wrench it's just four bolts ah just four bolts that's just this you do you do
realize this is where it all starts the only thing that I don't know is once that we pulled this
couch out like is it gonna fit through the door my guess is because this is a jackknife that maybe
the back comes off like you know what I mean because it's like two pieces would it jack knives
oh yeah this won't be hard to get out the door well no I think we'll have to take it out in
pieces I don't know about that let us know in the comments below this is gonna be fun
so you're gonna list that on marketplace try I mean it's a perfectly good couch and there's
nothing wrong with it it's just that it doesn't work for this space the leather is actually in
really good shape like a lot of the fleetwoods that like the newer fleetwoods where they had
that issue with the leather peeling and there's a little bit of wear on the front but it's not
in bad shape at all so um I mean I definitely don't want to throw it away I just would feel
wasteful so i will definitely list it on marketplace and hopefully somebody locally
with being in central Florida there's a ton of RVs and rving in this area and people that come
to this area to buy our bees so someone will find a use for it yeah I really certainly hope
so I know one of just our things even with our products that we saw on amazon and our
whole brand of grateful glamper is that we want to take care of our environment and so anything
that can avoid going to the landfill I'd really like to try to avoid that so let's go ahead and
pull this couch out I've got the wrench I need so
loosen it up pretty easy to pull this out just four bolts
two on this side and two on the other side
under the couch all right we've got four bowls and we are ready to pull the couch out
all right let's see do it all right here actually hold on hold on hold on
hold on let me set the camera down
all right now that it's out here okay so now we have it completely gone
and we need to get it out of the RV the seat is gonna have to come out
to do flooring so we just pull this seat out while we're at it because it might be easier to take
this through the door without the seat here though seriously right true this is how renault always
goes I swear yeah you remove one thing and then and then it's like oh we should do this and take
that out that's not necessary yank it out of there pull it out so I need to figure out how committed
she is to pulling this out so how committed are you to pulling this out because as you can see
under here the carpet is over the bolts so oh yeah if it's over the bolts yeah so you do have to rip
open the carpet to access the bolts here's just what I keep going back and forth I mean I know
we want to put flooring in that's a crap ton of work I mean just because even like I'm looking at
this bar right here where this carpet is and it's like there's these things here so you gotta take
this off that's the question like we've got all these ideas but the question is is how committed
are we really like because once you start cutting carpet there's obviously no going back
flooring is a really nice touch the flooring I mean I do feel like the flooring is a nice touch
just knowing that this carpets the original carpet from O4
that with having a dog traveling with us this summer it would make clean up of like the animal
hair and stuff so much easier and much easier to sweep up it might just be easier to pull out
once that this stuff is gone out of here so the other thing is is that I am not sure
because I've seen so many videos and things of people trying to get couches out of their RV
door and that that doesn't always work very well and that you have to do it like in pieces
so that'll be another interesting thing to see how this goes as far as
I feel like it's gonna have to be in pieces and hopefully it comes apart in pieces easily enough
that is what we are going to attempt to do again we're not handy so we'll see how it goes and I
guess you will too when you stay tuned so there's no way that this is gonna come out without taking
part of this couch apart so what we're gonna do is as you can see down here there's these bolts we're
gonna go ahead and just take this off so we can actually take this out this is the hilarious thing
if you'll remember just a few minutes ago this all started with taking out a window
valance and here we are like it had to come to this to take out the window balance really
whoever decided to build these RVs this way just would like you to know
now here is where we are because of you so I pulled these off and let's jackknife it out I'm scared
oh mitch I lived above the seat
okay stuff okay so we removed this well the ones and it's loose
so all we need to do is take this out and then we can unscrew this and then pull it down in theory
so now we should just be able to unscrew this bottom screw and it should come down
let's see if it just magically comes down
okay there's one side what just happened oh hold on hold on what does this side
look like can we just tell what was going on there let's see I hear stuff cracking oh
what the heck like what was holding it on or was it just wedged up in there because it doesn't
look like that there was anything no it was just wedged up in there it's not a very good design but
the valance is just wedged because yeah there's no there's nothing other than you can see there's no
no but look you can see a little bit here like maybe there's something pushing against it
finished nails but that was just part of this like there was nothing it was just really wedged
all right one window box off how many more to go and we've got see one two three
four and then five six but in the back bedroom I'm just saying now that I know what that one took
that one because it's above the dinette well there's a little bit more clearance here
i'm just wondering if this one is gonna be the same way where this one's not going to
come out until the dinette's out first like all of this for window boxes who would think
that we'd have to tear apart our whole rig just to get rid of these silly window boxes
I think it'll work without taking out their dinette right look at how look at this doing
this do we even need to take out the dinette I guess we're going to eventually all right so
a couple screws
there it is oh there's a screw right there gorilla tape the balance it didn't rattle anymore
so this is just gonna let in a ton more light just looking at like how much this blocks because the
top of this one on this one the top of the window is not in that one too it's not hidden up behind
like this like these windows you've got some where the window's actually hidden
behind here but with these it's just so surprising how much this is so thick it drops down so far
that it blocks so much light and a couple of years ago right after we bought this rig we
took it into a place in Texas and I'll put a link for that video above but there's a place in texas
that can defog the windows so this particular model of the fleetwood discovery and actually
a lot of the fleetwoods during this particular year range had a problem with these window panes
fogging and so you couldn't enjoy your view and see out them so we took the rig to them and we had
every single window defogged so they actually take it out and they clean between the panes and put it
back in because we wanted the view we wanted to be able to have that view when we were out camping to
see what was around us and this totally impedes the view so
very glad these are going away i still don't know what we're gonna do for window coverings
yet so again leave me a comment below what have you done what have you seen done what's worked
well to still have a window covering without having too much of a blockage in your window