Septic Emergency the Day Before Our First Guests Arrived

☞ 👀 Our first RV travel guests are rolling in for the Fourth of July, and our septic system just failed. No company would come. Nobody. So I grabbed a shovel. What started as a week of site improvements turned into 3 days digging in a hole in 95° Alabama heat, chasing a broken pipe that nobody had fixed in 5 years. A pipe that was never even glued together from day one. This is what owning an RV park actually looks like. What We Cover in This Episode: Septic mound emergency — broken pipe, crushed air gap, and a $7,000 to $10,000 repair Todd handled himself after zero companies would come out Getting sites ready with a Harley rake and skid steer before 5 inches of rain hit The mystery water line that even the county has no record of Why the tiny home block foundations had to be removed (power line easement, nobody checked) Adding parking pads so your big rig and tow vehicle actually fit the site The flood plain reality check at the lake Original crew from our very first event showing up to help after 5 years Fourth of July fireworks celebration at Cypress Landing 🎆 Big thank you to @MyOpenRoads for making our Fourth of July celebration happen at Cypress Landing! Open Roads supports the RV community on the road and beyond. https://GoSwitchItUp.com to see upcoming events and merchandise. See our full RV walk-through video: https://youtu.be/gPIW876455M 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗘 𝗥𝗩 & 𝗛𝗗𝗧? Watch our Series on the build: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsytObg-P_D25Cd7KvK35Buv76YDT8HV0&si=4IarHD504-V0iZMP 0:00 Introduction 0:45 Sewer Connections and 5 Inches of Rain Coming 3:04 Raising the Sewer Connections Off the Ground 4:56 The Guinness Book Record Water Hookup 8:44 The Mystery Water Line Nobody Can Explain 10:47 Harley Rake Arrives: Site Prep Begins 15:28 Lake Level and Flood Plain Reality Check 18:30 Day 2: Site Improvements in Alabama Heat 29:05 Septic Emergency: First Guests Are On Their Way 30:39 Todd Breaks Down the Full Septic Problem 34:44 Story: Our Very First Switch It Up Crew Huddle 39:46 Day 3 in the Hole: Finding the Broken Pipe 43:07 Victory: The Pipe Was Never Even Glued 45:37 More Issues: Leaking Risers and Vern Hits a Line 46:47 Fourth of July Fireworks with Open Roads 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝... ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🚀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗥𝗩 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹? 🚐✨ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ We’ve got everything you need to make 𝗥𝗩 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿, 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀-𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲! From must-have gear to exclusive deals, check out our top recommendations below! 👇👇 🛠️ 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗥𝗩 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦 & 𝗚𝗘𝗔𝗥 🏕️ ✅ All the Brands We Love → 🔗 https://goswitchitup.com/brands ✅ Amazon Store (RV Essentials & Camera Gear) → 🛒 https://www.amazon.com/shop/switchitup 🎥𝗘𝗫𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗦𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗪 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧 🔑 👀 Get Access to Private Videos → 🎬 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0HuWcUJWQAm9-JzZhxWkQ/join 💰 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗦 & 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨! 🔥 📩 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗨𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 → 📨 https://goswitchitup.com/ ✅ 𝗠𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗦𝗔: https://www.myfinancingusa.com/?myfyac=7FVL8R 🛻 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗲 𝗥𝗩 𝗨𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 – Promo Code: 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗽 → 🚚 https://urlgeni.us/VisitMORryde ✅𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗥𝗩: https://rb.gy/rkrcl6 ✅Open Roads: http://apply.myopenroads.com/vip/join/r/switchitup ✅ Epoch Batteries: https://urlgeni.us/EpochBatteries ✅ Blu Technology for your best water options: https://goblutech.com/SwitchItUp 🏕️ 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗥𝗩 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗣 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗨𝗦! 🌍 📍 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝘁 𝗨𝗽 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗔𝗽𝗽 – Available on your app store! ⛰️ 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 – Save 15% with Code: 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗜𝘁𝗨𝗽 → 🏔️ https://urlgeni.us/TalonaRidge 🔔 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘 & 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡 𝗨𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗭𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗩 𝗔𝗗𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗦! ............................................................................................................ *** 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 ****✅All rights reserved on Switch It Up LLC. Content. The links provided are affiliate links & Amazon pays small percentages for any purchases on them to help us continue on the road. We are NOT professionals; please don’t take our word for any of the information, and do your own research. We will not be held liable for sharing our opinions. By purchasing items, you take all responsibility for doing your own research, and we will not be held liable for our opinions on products. ☞ ✅ 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘂𝘀: [email protected] Address for product reviews: 128 Rawlins Ave. McDonald, KS 67745 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timetoswitchitup Instagram: SwitchItUpUSA To send a quick message, please use Instagram or Facebook, but we have seen a lot of messages and comments, and if we are out running around, we may not see it right away. We do our best to reply. All content is registered to Switch It Up LLC., based out of Kansas Our videos are inspired by travel adventures from other RV Lifestyle channels like Keep Your Daydream & Kara and Nate. #RVLifestyle #RVTravel