Welcome back to HappilyEverHanks, your main
source for cliffhangers. In this week's episode, we learned
a valuable lesson. Not all RV tips are good ones. We were in
no way mentally prepared to be here but nonetheless, that is
the way RV life goes a lot of the time. Strap in, we're
taking you for another wild ride. You guys will never guess
where we are right now. We're at RV One and you guys might be
wondering what we're doing here. Well, surprise. Isn't
this exciting? Our black tank valve completely bent in half.
So, yeah. It broke-ed. It broke-ed hardcore. I went to push it
back in and closed the black tank like valve when I was done
dumping it all and the rod just completely bent in half. Well,
you guys remember a couple videos ago, we were saying how
it was becoming harder to open and close the valve. Little bit
of foreshadowing that was. Yeah and did the Hanks address it
when it needed to be addressed? We certainly did not. Well, we
did the oil trick and we cleaned it like we put some
soap down there and did all the online remedies but I guess
over time, that just gets more and more stuck. So, two days
ago, there we were in the pass-through storage again Mm.
Playing around. Having fun. It's like a it's like a
playground jungle gym in there for us. It's my home away from
home to be honest. When Ney Ney gets sick of Carl, she sends me
to the pass through storage. Oh, it's like a man cave. We
are so familiar with it. If you guys have no idea who we are,
what kind of content we're bringing, trust us. We've been
through like every hurdle so far. Maybe not every one but
we've had a lot of content on there that you're going to
want to catch up. So, go watch all that then come back here
and join us for this because here we go again. That's all I
have to say. So, to kind of give you context of what
actually broke. We thought it was just the cable system
because the way these black tanks work is when you pull
that valve, it pulls an entire cable which is connected to the
actual valve to that tank and they're all the same but the
black tank was the one that was given us problems. We went
through, messed with the cable, we cut it, we tried to manually
pull it at the source to see if it would open the valve, the
gate valve. Yeah. Stuck. Still stuck. So, it's all gunked up.
So, we need to completely replace the black valve. Yeah.
System. Ever since this happened, we have been unable
to use the black tank. Yeah. So, this really is a sucky
situation. Let us tell you how we ended up here in such a
quick amount of time. Our friend Matt from Matt's RV
Reviews called us yesterday just so we can catch up and see
what's going on and he caught us in conversation when this
was all happening. Everything's backed up. Yeah. And Matt felt
very sorry for us. Yeah and I am really, I feel sorry. I pity
you guys. I know. He was like, dang. He's like, well, have you
guys heard of RV one? They're awesome. Uh maybe they can get
you in and we were like, oh my gosh, I forgot about RV One
because we were trying to reach out to Mobile Techs. Yes. So,
we got in contact with them and they were awesome. They
squeezed us in the next day which is today. They were like,
can you come in for 9 AM? We'll get it taken care of and I was
like. What? I was like. So, definitely go check out Matt
from Matt's RV Reviews because he's killing it out there guys.
He does all these RV tours and his videos are really great
because he picks three things he loves out there with the RV,
that specific model and three things he doesn't agree with.
So, it gives you a nice overall clean objective view on each
walk through which is really cool. Also, another reason we
were able to get in so speedy, we already purchased the part
out of pocket ourselves. We knew what part we needed
because that is the trouble. Sometimes, it's not getting
appointments or service, it's getting the parts in time. So,
we knew exactly what part we needed and we found it at a
local RV store. And big shout out to RV One. If you guys are
listening in there, are you guys listening to us in there?
RV One, thank you so much for getting us in. I don't know how
you did it but the Hanks, really appreciate you guys because you
saved us from the crappy situation that would have been
happening for, who knows, maybe even weeks. So, you guys might
be wondering what had we done in the situation if we were
unable to get in here. Well, we have an external valve that
we've been using on the tank system. It's like a Valterra
like you open and close. It kind of helps keep the mess to
a minimum when you're actually dumping your tanks because you
can hook up your sewer hose and then pull the like the valve
itself on the external source there. Mm hmm. And then it
keeps it all nice and clean. Well, we made that valve on the
external outside, our new black tank valve. So, what do you do
when you have a fur baby and you're going in for service?
This is what you do. Are you happy back there stinker? Hmm.
Gotta take the kids everywhere, right? Gotta bring the kids
which I gotta get some work done while we're sitting here.
Ooh, some editing. Yeah, I gotta get some editing done
while we're here. I brought the laptop with. The new video
comes out tomorrow and I'm on a time crunch and of course, this
is all going to happen while it's during our editing days.
I know but... The cookie crumbles. Hey, this weekend,
we'll get like a day or two off and we'll have a black tank
that works hopefully. Fingers crossed that they can actually
get the repair done. It might not work out. You never know.
There's bumps in the road no matter what route you go. So,
we'll see what they say. We're going to be here for hours but
it's nice that we can get it done. For sure. Remember guys,
when you get out here on the road, you have to be your own
advocate when things go down south which they will. Make
sure you're being your own advocate by trying to just
diagnose it. Take a look at it. You have to learn on the go.
We're not Hvac technicians or plumbers or electricians. The
Park Rangers said he's on his way but. Who knows how long
that could be? We have no idea how long that's going to take
so. But Renee and I have learned a lot ourselves by just
trying to figure it out. So, do the best you can and then
research as much as you can and then find these places to back
you up and then make it all come together. That's what I'm
talking about. Please don't bother me. I gotta get some
editing done. Okay. I'm back at it. This is what the editing
process looks like. Hashtag HappilyEverHanks.
Sorry, it took me so long. I broke their machine. No, you
didn't. And I was helping her fix it. We put it all back
together and it's good. We just got done telling people that
when you experience these hurdles, you take on the
project yourself and then reach out to professionals. She felt
bad that I was in there helping her and I was like, oh no, this
is more fun than sitting in the truck and watching my husband
edit all day. So, we we took that thing apart and put it
back together. It's like a machine that makes lattes,
cappuccinos. Is it free? It it's complimentary yes because
we're getting I mean I made you a vanilla latte. Thank you so so
much handle I mean you it's your perfect temperature. Yeah,
that's perfect. That is hot. I like my coffee hot. You like it
scolding to the face. Okay, let's not go crazy here. I told
her in there if the machine breaks again, I'll be right out
here in the white truck. Do you think while I'm sitting here, I
could help them drop some underbellies. You know they
would be all for that. Like I could, I'm just going to go in
there and be like, Ney Ney's here. What needs to be done?
Let's get it done. Show 'em how to drop it on your face like
you always do. Alright, let's do this. Oh, she's on a
mission. How you making out there? Yeah it's coming down. I
know it's going to leak on me. You look so concerned. Look at
that face. Oh no. Actually it just...
Perfect, hon. So, I'll be like, let's start repairing some
stuff. I just go and drop every underbelly even though that's
not what they're here for and it's like and they all hit me
in the face like like down the line each underbelly. Yup. You
love it. That's Ney Ney. Oh really? Oh wow. Okay so come
inside? Alright, okay. Thank you so much, I'll be right there.
Alright, bye. It's done. They got it done in the two hours and
they said they tested it and it's it's great. Oh my gosh, this
is so exciting. Yeah, alright we can go home. Oh my gosh. Well
literally we're going to go to our home because our home is in
the shop. Wow, we were just getting settled here, right? We
had we had our lattes. Dexy is enjoying the fresh air and we
get to get our home back. I was just getting in the groove. You know
what I mean? Getting that editing on. Oh yeah. Alright,
let's head let's head home. Let's go home. Okay, here's the
plan. I'm going to go inside and take care of signing and
paying and then you you just, I'll meet you out back, I
guess. Yeah, sounds good. I'll I'll whip it around. I'll have
Dexter drive and meet in the back. I guess I can walk. Yeah,
you just go around back. Don't don't wait for me. You guess
you can walk. It's literally like right there. You just keep
doing you boo. Alright, we'll kind of shove her in there for
now. You ready to go home, buddy? Let's go home.
I don't know about you guys but I'm ready to let er rip again.
Oh yeah. That's the way the Hanks do it. Whoo. All aboard
next stop Dexman. Home sweet home.
Look at we're home already, Dexy. Alright, buddy. We can
let er rip again. Rip. What do you think?
Oh. Okay. You ready to let er rip again? Yeah. Look at no
hole. This is actually, oh my goodness. Should we test it?
Well, they did already. Does anyone truly know how to let er
rip better than Carl? I guess we can pull it because it's
like. The Valtera is shut. You think it's full? I don't think
anybody let er rip inside. This is that Valtera I was talking
about here. So, we were using this as the external black tank
system here. Closing all the grey tanks and just letting it
flow here. Keeping this close and then we we're ready to dump
the black tank, we would've just pulled that and then that
would've just became the new black tank valve. You want to
give it a whirl? You want to let er rip? Should I pull it?
Carl's wive should... Wait, what if it starts pouring out? Like, what
could be in there? Nothing, right? Nothing. Okay, ready? Go
for it. I want to make sure it's smooth. Are you pulling?
Yeah, but I'm nervous. Is it easy? That was really easy.
Okay. Wow. Oh, good. Alright, I want to give it a go around.
Okay. I can do it with my pinky. Oh, wow. She hasn't
ripped that easy in a long time. Let me tell you. Carl's a
happy man now. Let's go home. So yeah check them out if
you ever in a in a pickle they might be able to help you out.
Alright I'll let you hook up and then I'm going to sit in
the AC and then we're good to go. Okay.