331. Forced To Buy a New TRUCK 1000 Miles From Home

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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In this episode of the RV Miles podcast, Jason and Abby share the story of how they ended up purchasing a new truck while being 1,000 miles away from home. They also talk about their visits to unique travel stops, upcoming RV rallies, and their thoughts on the latest changes to the FMCA RV club. IMPORTANT LINKS: For all the links to today's episode visit https://RVMiles.com/331Become an RV Miles Mile Marker member at https://rvmiles.com/milemarkersSign up for our weekly Road Signs newsletter: https://rvmiles.com/mailinglistTickets for HOMECOMING are now on sale! Save $25 a ticket by becoming a Mile Marker today! Tickets are available at https://rvmiles.com/homecoming/ Support our Sponsors:*Check out all Blue Ox has to offer at https://BlueOx.com*Liquified RV Toilet Treatment: https://liquifiedrv.com* Harvest Hosts: Save 15% on a Harvest Hosts membership with MILES at https://harvesthosts.com*Get 25% off RV Life Pro here: https://my.rvlife.com/bill/signup/3?s=rvtw&coupon=QE7KAHVF3E 00:00 Introduction and Welcome01:10 Midwestern Anecdotes and Marketplace Finds06:09 FMCA Name Change and Membership Challenges16:18 RV Miles Homecoming Rally21:02 Truck Troubles Begin37:08 Choosing Between Gas and Diesel Trucks37:39 Trade-In Experience and Unexpected Value39:37 Exploring Truck Options and Features44:49 First Impressions of the New Truck54:06 Fresh Tank/Black Tank01:12:39 Final Thoughts and Farewell

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0:00.0	Have you ever been forced to buy a new truck a thousand miles away from home?
0:04.0	Well, we have been, we have a new truck and it's a beauty, but we have a whole big story to tell
0:11.4	about the loss of the old one. This of RV miles. I'm Jason.
0:29.8	And I'm Abby and we are two RVers who along with our boys have been Chris-crossing all over
0:34.2	North America on one epic road trip since 2016.
0:38.0	Here at RV Miles we talk all things RV and outdoors from industry news to brand new trucks to being a thousand miles from home and so
0:45.8	much more.
0:46.8	We have we have returned home. We are coming to you for the first time in a while from
0:51.1	the Miles Zero studio here in Rock Island, Illinois. The The
0:55.0	humidity-zero studio here in Rock Island, Illinois. The humidity-free RV miles,
0:57.0	mile-zero studio.
0:58.0	Oh, it's actually been really nice.
0:59.0	The last couple of days have been like in the lower 70s.
1:02.0	It's great. It's like the quad cities just
1:05.6	wanted to remind us that living here is a good thing. Speaking of I saw the most
1:11.4	Midwestern thing that I've ever seen just a few minutes ago, and I have to share.
1:17.0	So I've been trolling Facebook Marketplace a lot lately just to see if like cheap items that we might want for the studio pop up.
1:27.0	And the thing that came across my feed today was a person that was canning jars of jellied mountain dew.
1:40.0	Delicious. And she had a lot to say in the description about the people that have been sending her PMs making fun of her.
1:52.0	Which is awful. Don't do that. Like this is you know not that I'm
1:56.0	rushing to buy the Mountain Dew jelly. I mean that Mountain Dew is a whole other subject.
2:01.7	It's a preferred by by Jason disliked by me but I mean you know
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