NOT DRIVABLE - RAC Wanted £1200 for Recovery - Emergency FIX in Cromer
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2023
- I travel 4 hours to Cromer, Norfolk to deliver a power station to the winner of the recent giveaway. But what starts off as a courier mission turns out as a rescue mission.
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The patience you show is commendable.
LOL, thanks @mpjkea2000 🤣🤣
Please start going away again in the camper. The problem was a mountain made out of a molehill. 😂
It didn't feel like that at the time, @an04ker. I was stuck there. We have been going away but we are restricted by work and holiday entitlement. We have our Ireland trip coming up in September, so watch out for that. This year has been a pain with Herman being stuck in garages most of the time
Really pleased you managed to get it fixed for £15 in the end - can’t believe how much the RAC would charge!
All the very best. David & Rachel 👍
Thanks @LeisureBit 👍👍
Just back from Our Scotland trip and now catch up.
So it was not long after you left the site we would have seen you in Roughton. The road shot you took to show the enterance to the Site was the Old Blacksmiths, we looked at the next house along from it, nearly 8 years ago I live just down the road from there.
Nice simple fix once you have all the hard work of removing and refitting the arm. Which reminds me I need to replace the Struts on ours as it is getting harder to push the bed up and change the bonnet ones too as they don't hold the bonnet open anymore. Just more thinks to sort along with an oil leak that took put us into limp mode on the drive back from Striling this Morning. The Joys of Motorhoming in an up and coming Classic.
I've done the bonnet struts as well, @DiggerBuckett. I got fed up of it closing on me while I was under the bonnet. If you are around and have the struts I can giv you a hand, if you like?
You shouldn’t go anywhere without Chas. Couldn’t you build him a little trailer or something?
Thanks for commenting, Tony
We’ve a same age Knaus A class. Never ending list of jobs and breaks to deal with! But we’re happy to get out and about in between!
Definitely, @mmchesh. How long have you had it?
Since Jan 2020……just before the first lock down. But plenty of use since, including Europe.
Nice 👍👍
Blimey you've had a run of poor luck this year Adz and especially bad luck when you are doing a good deed.Great recovery though!
Thanks so much, @GedandMichele 👍👍
Glad that you got sorted. I am disappointed with how the RAC treated you though as it wasn't practical or safe to drive so they should have helped out. At least it's sorted though. Nice touch personally delivering the items even if it was because of the difficulty in posting them.
Thanks @hum430. The RAC did give me details of a mobile welder
I would have thought the strut just aided the lifting of the bed, not supporting it.
The weight of the bed while down keeps the struts compressed, @tooyoungtobeold8756. When you lift the bed the struts extend to their normal state which keeps the bed up. The seat belt stops the bed coming down on you when you hit a large bump in the road
Release The Chas…..lol
LOL
Great you got it sorted! :-)
Thanks @peterneal7160 👍👍
Good job you didn't lose a day at work as well
Very true, Philip
And not one “beeeeep” well done Adz, don’t know how you didn’t lose your rag 😂 Em 💜
Haha 🤣. Thanks Em 🥰👍
LOL..Great video but I cant believe that you thought you're covered for a broken bed with the RAC...Still its done now 👍👍
You've got to try, I guess, @thenoworriesnomad1797
@@HermanHitstheRoad If you don’t ask you don’t get lol
Bought 12 year old deffleffs in October. Started it up again in May. Alternator buggered (we think), but new season place 40 minutes away from winter place. Angels watching us.
Dealer wouldn’t stand by guarantee, but a quick link to consumer protection saw him say ok, we fix but you need to get it to us.
Tow fee was 🤬. Cheaper to pay for it to be fixed here. But no spots till August.😮
So yeah hut on wheels. Lucky we are in lovely spot but September is going to see some mileage !
Well done for getting back on road so quick. Impressive. 🎉
Thanks @TopKaffe527 👍👍
We were told some years back that we had used up our yearly rescue and it would cost us several hundred pounds to continue the coverage and the same for each subsequent year. Never been back to them since and never will.
Oh wow! That's terrible, @logothaironsides2942. Ours is unlimited but I wonder how unlimited that is?
We had a expensive RAC recovery policy for several years that said it covered any vehicle's or drivers registered to our address. It was only when I enquired about extending that policy for European cover for our motorhome that they then told us the motorhome was not even covered on the policy, so unknowingly we had no cover for the motorhome for all that time. We now have a dedicated motorhome policy that was much cheaper anyway.
Thanks for the info, @Chris-wm4to. I've added European cover on our RAC policy. I should find out whether the motorhome is covered 👍👍
Have to inspect mine ...😮
Good idea but they are difficult to get to to see, @firebladedog.
I think it's about time you got a new van mate 😂
Is was new, @derekjoyce8996 25 years ago
@@HermanHitstheRoad 😜👍
I'm not sure if people watch your channel because they are interested in how you get out of your latest scrape, ie it's personality driven and it's you, rather than the motorhoming, that makes your channel successful. Or whether it's for the trips. Anyway, I sympathise because my Hymer is even older than yours and seems to spend most of its time in the garage. So, I tune in very much with the view. "What's happened to Ads this week?" Thanks for helping me understand that I am not alone.
Hahaha 🤣, you're welcome, @worldvisionable. What problems have you had with your Hymer and what is it?
Karma!
... chameleon🎵 🤣
You're probably right, @rogerstarkey5390
Great vid - we are up that way next month (from Basingstoke) might give them a shout
Thanks @bathroomjon1. Check them put if you're in the area
Where it was originally welded on the back, there wasn't enough penetration (current to melt the parent metal). If the garage had ground off the weld metal from the back to open the hole again the put the strut mount back in and welded it from the back, that would have been easier for them, though it looks like they got a good weld on the front. Question is do you feel you can trust the weld on the other side (knowing now that is a drive critical component)or is it worth whipping that off, grinding off the weld on the back and getting a decent weld on that too... you ahave a very clever mate... I bet he has a welder! Really glad you saved £1185 (if i added up all the money I'd saved I'd be rich...) hope you remember how helpful RAC were when you needed them, when they send you a renewal reminder, like I did! I think you are due for a couple of years of trouble free motoring from Herman soon, you certainly deserve it!😇
The garage did exactly as you described, @neiljarvis8911. Welded from the back. It's a good strong weld but I'm now worried about the other side 🤣.
Oh dear Adz. Another recovery company horror story. Glad you managed to get it fixed. I think I would have risked the seat belt strap, and slowly driven down to the garage to get it fixed. Or you could have propped it up with the wood for the journey.
Thanks @Andy.Smeg.Gledhill.Models but I considered those options and didn't like any of them since I've be worrying all the have home
Maybe when your home make sure the other side of the bed is OK and not on its way out,last thing you need when you are both asleep 😂😅😂😢
Thanks for the suggestion, @colinhowarth311 but it's not possible to check. Where this one broke was hidden from view and if it was to go it would just go I think.
Im going to cancel the RAC. They sent me a letter to say its automatic and ive cover for the next 12 months, But its now increased. Nearly £300 a year and reading on they now only cover me for 10 miles. There a joke mate.
Us too they increased it by £80. So I phoned them up and they reduced it. Something about cost of living and the price of parts going up
Why did you just prop it up with a piece off wood??
I don't understand, @kennymosireland7069. Why did we prop it up with wood or why didn't we? Well, the bed is heavy and I didn't want to damage it even more by it twisting due to missing corner so we propped it up with a few bits of wood. We made an upside down U shape because the underneath of the bed is just plastic and a single piece would have damaged the underside.
Adz you really have had some awful luck with Herman. I know you both love him but are you getting to the point that Herman may feel he needs to be retired?
Not at all, @Happyinmyautotrail
@@HermanHitstheRoad this is great news. Good for you for sticking by him :)
RAC WAS CORRECT , YOU SAID YOUR SELF IT WAS DRIVEABLE ,WOULD HAVE HELD OK WITH THAT STRAP ON ITS OWN , WHY DO YOU THINK ITS THERE FOR , MAKING A NON DRAMA OUT OF NOTHING
Thanks for commenting, @cinny2222. I hope you enjoyed the video?
@@HermanHitstheRoad thought it was a waste of time to be honest
You need to put some happier videos up, getting fed up seeing you pulling hair out on thumb nails, it’s just getting a bit depressing now. Sorry but used to enjoy your channel but for last 12 months it’s all doom and gloom.
I'd love to put happier videos up, @scottbebbington9069 but the problem is...life. We don't make it up, we film stuff that happens to us. Looking at our the UA-cam statistics people prefer the "dramatic" videos more than the "happier" ones.
Due to life and the problems we've had with Herman we've not had the time to travel much. However, we're heading to Ireland to continue our trip around the WAW in September.
Well done Hussain for helping Ads. Great bit of teamwork. You did well to find a local solution and DIY. Hope you got home without any more incidents 😃🚐💙 Trev
Thanks Trev. Yes, I got home fine. I'm just worried when the other one is going to snap 🤔
Hello Ads 🙋♂️.
Hope you are good !!
Happy to note that it was not to much
of a challenge to get you back on the
road again !! 🛣 🚐…
Has the employment issue sorted itself
out yet ??
Thanks 🙏
James ✌️🫶
Hi James, thanks for commenting. What employment issue?
@@HermanHitstheRoad Hello Ads.
Thanks for the reply.
Much appreciated !!
The last time I watched your YT VID
I thought you said you got made redundant
from your job !!
I’ve been away from YT for a while - had a break !!
Thanks 🙏
James ✌️
Hi James, yes I was made redundant. I have no plans to go back to work at the moment though.