After two months parked, we hit the road to weigh the rig at a CAT scale. Stuck chocks, a hitching refresher, and a parking lot on a hill that lifted our wheels clean off the ground.
We unbox a Blackstone 17 inch griddle, discover our new camping table is comically short, season the cooktop three times, and cook our first outdoor meal: burgers, bacon, eggs, and solar-powered fries.
Three months into our brand-new Brinkley and we have a hydraulic fluid leak, a jack that needs full replacement, and a growing fix-it list. Here's how the warranty process is actually going.
Too many uneasy nights hearing noises outside pushed us to install Blink cameras around the rig. Same week: furnace bug screens, X-Chocks, a new ladder, and a full-scale war on ants.
The full inside tour of our Brinkley Model Z 3515, room by room: what we love, what annoys us, and the upgrades we installed before Fabiola got stuck in a closet.
The final week of our 15-day boondocking challenge almost ended early: shaded solar panels, sinking batteries, a truck generator that wouldn't cooperate, and a rescue we didn't expect.
Moving day in the middle of our 15-day boondocking challenge: a failed water stop at Love's, our first CAT scale weigh-in, exotic animals at Safari Wilderness, and Fabiola's first drive in the F-350.
Our fresh tank said empty, so we grabbed buckets and measured what was really in there. Plus a finicky tire pressure gadget, a siphon experiment, and packing up for a travel day at Dupuis.
Our very first RV travel day: 300 miles, broken dishes, a dead end, a tiny state park dump station, and one stop sign that never saw us coming. Every mistake, unedited.
The first time our F-350 and our 15,000-pound Brinkley met: a new Gen-Y gooseneck hitch, a parking attempt that humbled us, and a day of installs from backup camera to Starlink.
After nearly five months in dealer storage, we finally walked into our Brinkley Model Z 3515 for the first time. Here's the full tour, the slides, and moving-in day.
Five days, four states, one brand-new Ford F350 Platinum, and a whole lot of snow. Our drive from Michigan to Florida to inspect our Brinkley Z3515, dealership mistakes included.
We needed a truck that could tow a 17,500-pound fifth wheel. After going back and forth between the Ford F350 and the RAM 3500, here's what we picked and why.
