Old Fords meet mountain-road hiccups on Truck House Life
Tim and Eden head from Moab toward Silverton, with a stuck hood latch and failing power steering complicating the journey.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
I Can't Fix This
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- 0:00Eden's stuck hood latch requires a reach behind the grille before the trucks can leave camp.
- 4:21The convoy heads from Utah toward Colorado through steep canyon scenery.
- 10:48Climbing through Ouray, Tim watches the transmission fluid temperature rise.
- 14:27At Red Mountain Pass, Eden reports losing power steering and both trucks pull off.
- 18:31Eden prepares dinner in her camper while Tim considers weather forecasts and travel plans.
Truck House Life drew about 1.4 million views across the week, one of the larger totals among its nearby travel-channel peers. Subscribers stayed unchanged, though, and daily viewing is now well below its usual level.
The week's only upload, "I Can't Fix This," puts Tim and Eden's old Fords through a mountain-road workout. Before they even leave camp near Moab, Eden's hood latch needs attention behind the grille. Later, climbing the Million Dollar Highway through Ouray, Tim watches his transmission temperature rise. At Red Mountain Pass, Eden radios over a more immediate problem: her power steering has stopped working.
They pull off, let the truck rest and find the steering working again before continuing toward Silverton. It's an unusually practical version of a scenic drive: canyon roads and mountain views, with an eye kept firmly on the gauges.
The upload has reached roughly 163,000 views and is comfortably the channel's busiest video by daily viewing. "You Can't Camp Here Anymore" comes next, followed by the remote Salmon River camping and whitewater adventure.
Free-camping access remains part of Tim's conversation in the new vlog, but viewers bring their own emphasis: packing out waste and taking care of shared land. Others point to the particular consolation of truck camping when travel plans unravel: your home is already beside you.
That small domestic advantage gets its own moment after the mountain drive, when Eden prepares dinner inside her camper and Tim considers the bad weather forecast.
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What viewers say
The nice thing about truck camping is your home is right there with you. If that means you have to spend several days in one area, so be it. Enjoy what's right outside your door.
@hawksridge-i6eSee it on YouTubeRoad trips are the best. People miss so much when they fly everywhere. There is only one thing better than traveling in a car and that is a good motorcycle trip. Enjoy your trip and be safe.
@wlingrellSee it on YouTubeThat's so crazy how the wheel was cracked thank god you had a spare tire
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The thing about living the truck house/van/nomad life is you're not really supposed to have plans for anything. Plans just get in the way and cause unnecessary stress.
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The videos drawing views on Truck House Life right now
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- 793,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,433,072
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At which mountain pass does Eden report losing power steering?
Eden reports the steering problem as the trucks reach Red Mountain Pass.



