I keep telling myself it is better than spending the extra $75,000 more it would have been for the Brinkley. Shanna keeps reminding me that she was right and we should have got the Brinkley.
$75k is a lot of extra change for an RV. At least you’re got the wherewithal to handle a project of this size and scope. Hopefully, this will be it for a while. We own an Airstream, and I’m always fixing something. Safe travels🤞
Are you going to do a segment on the booth covering replacement? That stuff on the recliners we have is horribly cheap for the price we paid for the unit... great job on the floor repairs.
So we have started the booth covering upholstery project but have not recorded any of it. There was definitely a learning curve. We have the bottom cushions done though. I spent way more time than I should have getting all that flaky old fabric crap off though. When I get around to doing the back cushions and I have a better technique down I will try to record it. I'll also put a picture of what we have at the moment on our community tab if you'd like to see. ua-cam.com/channels/H1f_6dMFzxmkchCUmPhn2Q.htmlcommunity
How the 2 of you kept your KOOL was amazing!! Jeff, great handyman work. Thank you for sharing. This is a problem that many others are currently experiencing. Hope the 2 of you have a great trip! You both deserve it!! Best regards, Bob from AZ
Thanks! I have a few things to fine tune on the repair but so far it's doing well. I may do another follow up video in a few weeks to cover what improvements I should have made.
Rosie and I recently traded off a Solitude for a Brinkley. Coud not be happier. Really built well. We have had it to Alaska for last summer and Yuma for the winter. Soon we are heading to Washington State. Our Solitude had so many problems! My main question to you is what kind of guitar do you play? Burlington Bill busking on the road and here on You-Tube.
Glad you like the Brinkley. We'd love to get one but gotta focus our money into our property for now. I've got a Taylor 110 that we bring with us. I have never actually been good. I just tinker. I keep trying to focus on it and get better and by the time I am getting somewhere, life gets busy and then I have to keep starting over. One day hopefully I can keep with it.
@@JustSimplifying We winter in the LTVA near the proving grounds by Yuma Az. Off grid camping. $185 for seven months. Lots of musicians of all levels. Three times a week. Safe travels to you.
Dang that is cheap! We love the idea of traveling that much but we know in reality we need a home base. Just checked out some of your videos. That's pretty awesome.
@@JustSimplifying I need to do some more. I've been working on a Tyler Childers song. Stay tuned. We have a home where we can spend summers in Wisconsin.
Man nice fix, impressive. Go get a rug and forget the flooring for now, save your money and put it towards getting rid of that bonded leather wrap around seating area. I bet you could design something much better and more practicable. An office desk setup that has a slide out piece that allows to be used as a table and then a small recliner on the other side is an idea.
We have already bought new foam and fabric for the seats. Just need other things to quit breaking so we can get back to that project. We already finished the flooring. Only took four boxes and less than a day to install. It looks good. We will eventually get a video up with it. Also have pictures on our Instagram account.
Yeah taking it in would have been smarter. If I had a service shop nearby that I trusted I probably would have. And thanks on the truck. We love that thing.
If you do let me know if yours is the same way. I've wondered if they are all like ours was or if ours just happened to be built on a Friday afternoon by the new guy.
I’m not sure I’d go that far. They are definitely not built the way they should be. I do think I could be a consultant for these companies and help them make a much better RV without adding much costs. But I don’t really consider the RV an investment. It’s a depreciating asset that unlocks other opportunities. I just keep that perspective that we are doing things I would have never guessed possible otherwise.
Hay cheating and recaulking those seam is normal mantises. You need to go around you rig and do that all the time. With all the movement of the road it will fall out and crack. So, you need to recalk it ever so often. Word for the wise.
I understand the necessity to check the silicon and caulk joint. But there is no excuse for having a wall cavity open and exposed on an exterior wall. Especially when it is directly below a gutter. In this case our gutter had gotten clogged during the recent bout of severe storms that we have had rolling through and the overflow washed out the silicon joint. If Grand Design had done the correct thing and ran the exterior wall covering all the way down to the bottom of the floor level, the water would have ran through and at worst gotten trapped behind the fender. Then we could have seen the degraded silicon during the next inspection, removed the fender to clean any mold and check for additional damage, and then fix the silicon joint. There would have been no damage inside the rig. For what Grand Design claims to be as a brand, this is a ridiculous setup. And doing it the correct way would not have added significant weight or cost.
Did they take it in to get fixed? I probably should have but was afraid it would be crazy expensive. Plus we hear to many stories of how long the camper places end up keeping the rig for. We can’t be out of it for that long.
@@JustSimplifying We had a 36 foot Jayco Eagle 5th wheel that was bought used. It was a very good trailer, no problems with it. We then decided to go small TT, so we could fit in the small parking spots in the forest service campgrounds. We ended purchasing a new Rockwood Mini Lite. Like most of them built around Covid time, we had some quality issues which took a year to get straightened out. The factory took care of us and made everything right, so I’m pleased with that. BTW, I really like your SD Ford. I currently have an F150 which pulls our small trailer just fine. My next one will be a SD Lariat Tremor with the Godzilla, now that they’ve supposedly got the lifter problems solved.
@@20sportsman I think the lifter issues were exaggerated a bit. When I looked into it, it seemed the issue was usually on the box trucks and work trucks that idles a lot. At idle there just wasn't enough oil pressure to run that long at low RPM. Ford still should have not had the issue in the first place but every manufacture has issues so I was ok taking the risk on that one. We loved our little Freesolo we had but had to go bigger once we started full timing. Still wish we could afford a Brinkley.
I just got done doing something similar to this to our 2018 Grand Design Imagine. I feel your pain.
Enjoying your channel!
You two deserve a medal for all the work you had to put into this project. It’s probably better than new! Thanks for sharing your project 👍
I keep telling myself it is better than spending the extra $75,000 more it would have been for the Brinkley. Shanna keeps reminding me that she was right and we should have got the Brinkley.
$75k is a lot of extra change for an RV. At least you’re got the wherewithal to handle a project of this size and scope. Hopefully, this will be it for a while. We own an Airstream, and I’m always fixing something. Safe travels🤞
Are you going to do a segment on the booth covering replacement? That stuff on the recliners we have is horribly cheap for the price we paid for the unit... great job on the floor repairs.
So we have started the booth covering upholstery project but have not recorded any of it. There was definitely a learning curve. We have the bottom cushions done though. I spent way more time than I should have getting all that flaky old fabric crap off though. When I get around to doing the back cushions and I have a better technique down I will try to record it. I'll also put a picture of what we have at the moment on our community tab if you'd like to see. ua-cam.com/channels/H1f_6dMFzxmkchCUmPhn2Q.htmlcommunity
How the 2 of you kept your KOOL was amazing!! Jeff, great handyman work. Thank you for sharing. This is a problem that many others are currently experiencing. Hope the 2 of you have a great trip! You both deserve it!! Best regards, Bob from AZ
Thanks! I have a few things to fine tune on the repair but so far it's doing well. I may do another follow up video in a few weeks to cover what improvements I should have made.
Rosie and I recently traded off a Solitude for a Brinkley. Coud not be happier. Really built well. We have had it to Alaska for last summer and Yuma for the winter. Soon we are heading to Washington State. Our Solitude had so many problems! My main question to you is what kind of guitar do you play? Burlington Bill busking on the road and here on You-Tube.
Glad you like the Brinkley. We'd love to get one but gotta focus our money into our property for now. I've got a Taylor 110 that we bring with us. I have never actually been good. I just tinker. I keep trying to focus on it and get better and by the time I am getting somewhere, life gets busy and then I have to keep starting over. One day hopefully I can keep with it.
@@JustSimplifying We winter in the LTVA near the proving grounds by Yuma Az. Off grid camping. $185 for seven months. Lots of musicians of all levels. Three times a week. Safe travels to you.
Dang that is cheap! We love the idea of traveling that much but we know in reality we need a home base. Just checked out some of your videos. That's pretty awesome.
@@JustSimplifying I need to do some more. I've been working on a Tyler Childers song. Stay tuned. We have a home where we can spend summers in Wisconsin.
Man nice fix, impressive. Go get a rug and forget the flooring for now, save your money and put it towards getting rid of that bonded leather wrap around seating area. I bet you could design something much better and more practicable. An office desk setup that has a slide out piece that allows to be used as a table and then a small recliner on the other side is an idea.
We have already bought new foam and fabric for the seats. Just need other things to quit breaking so we can get back to that project. We already finished the flooring. Only took four boxes and less than a day to install. It looks good. We will eventually get a video up with it. Also have pictures on our Instagram account.
Man what a Pain in the ass that looked like. I think I would have tapped out and sent it off for repair. That Red Superduty looks so nice.
Yeah taking it in would have been smarter. If I had a service shop nearby that I trusted I probably would have. And thanks on the truck. We love that thing.
Great now I’m Gona remove metal to seal outside freakin walls.
If you do let me know if yours is the same way. I've wondered if they are all like ours was or if ours just happened to be built on a Friday afternoon by the new guy.
Unfortunately, all rv’s are junk and the worst investment we could ever make. Good luck on your repairs.
I’m not sure I’d go that far. They are definitely not built the way they should be. I do think I could be a consultant for these companies and help them make a much better RV without adding much costs. But I don’t really consider the RV an investment. It’s a depreciating asset that unlocks other opportunities. I just keep that perspective that we are doing things I would have never guessed possible otherwise.
Hay cheating and recaulking those seam is normal mantises. You need to go around you rig and do that all the time. With all the movement of the road it will fall out and crack. So, you need to recalk it ever so often. Word for the wise.
I understand the necessity to check the silicon and caulk joint. But there is no excuse for having a wall cavity open and exposed on an exterior wall. Especially when it is directly below a gutter. In this case our gutter had gotten clogged during the recent bout of severe storms that we have had rolling through and the overflow washed out the silicon joint. If Grand Design had done the correct thing and ran the exterior wall covering all the way down to the bottom of the floor level, the water would have ran through and at worst gotten trapped behind the fender. Then we could have seen the degraded silicon during the next inspection, removed the fender to clean any mold and check for additional damage, and then fix the silicon joint. There would have been no damage inside the rig. For what Grand Design claims to be as a brand, this is a ridiculous setup. And doing it the correct way would not have added significant weight or cost.
...I have a friend that had the same problem!
Did they take it in to get fixed? I probably should have but was afraid it would be crazy expensive. Plus we hear to many stories of how long the camper places end up keeping the rig for. We can’t be out of it for that long.
@@JustSimplifying Dealer /under warranty/kept it 3 months,no more problems...
No Grand Designs will ever occupy a space in my yard.
What brand do you currently own?
@@JustSimplifying We had a 36 foot Jayco Eagle 5th wheel that was bought used. It was a very good trailer, no problems with it. We then decided to go small TT, so we could fit in the small parking spots in the forest service campgrounds. We ended purchasing a new Rockwood Mini Lite. Like most of them built around Covid time, we had some quality issues which took a year to get straightened out. The factory took care of us and made everything right, so I’m pleased with that. BTW, I really like your SD Ford. I currently have an F150 which pulls our small trailer just fine. My next one will be a SD Lariat Tremor with the Godzilla, now that they’ve supposedly got the lifter problems solved.
@@20sportsman I think the lifter issues were exaggerated a bit. When I looked into it, it seemed the issue was usually on the box trucks and work trucks that idles a lot. At idle there just wasn't enough oil pressure to run that long at low RPM. Ford still should have not had the issue in the first place but every manufacture has issues so I was ok taking the risk on that one. We loved our little Freesolo we had but had to go bigger once we started full timing. Still wish we could afford a Brinkley.