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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
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We bought our 2004 MADP last July. Upgraded from a van pulling a travel trailer. We love the motorhome - especially with 3 dogs! Have taken a couple of weekend trips and spent the month of September riding ATVs in Colorado and Utah. Getting ready to go south and spend a few weeks exploring. A couple of newbie questions:
1) Mike took the motorhome out of storage & brought it home yesterday. Can you run the coach heater before dewinterizing? It is freezing in there and we can't dewinterize until we get new filters.
2) Do you have to order a Brake Buddy or are they available at RV parts stores? We have a 2008 Jeep Wrangler Sahara.
Thank you,
Michele & Mike
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01-13-2008, 04:11 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
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We bought our 2004 MADP last July. Upgraded from a van pulling a travel trailer. We love the motorhome - especially with 3 dogs! Have taken a couple of weekend trips and spent the month of September riding ATVs in Colorado and Utah. Getting ready to go south and spend a few weeks exploring. A couple of newbie questions:
1) Mike took the motorhome out of storage & brought it home yesterday. Can you run the coach heater before dewinterizing? It is freezing in there and we can't dewinterize until we get new filters.
2) Do you have to order a Brake Buddy or are they available at RV parts stores? We have a 2008 Jeep Wrangler Sahara.
Thank you,
Michele & Mike
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01-13-2008, 05:13 AM
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Nor'easters Club Newmar Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Salisbury,Ma. 01952
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Welcome Mike & Michele to the Newmar forum and irv2. 
Congrats on your MADP. 
By all means turn on your furnace and get warm and if your getting ready to travel check and see if a switch is on in water bay so your tanks will be warm also.
You can get a BRAKE BUDDY here.
Enjoy the forum and do post often, I have some KARMA so you feel at home. 
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01-13-2008, 05:42 AM
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Vintage RV Owners Club Texas Boomers Club Oklahoma Boomers Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Cypress, TX
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Glad to have you on the site.
By all means, run your furnace. The one thing to watch for is to make sure you have the water heater turned off if it has an electric element until you have water in the water heater. We trip the breaker on the water heater until I have water in it.
Also, check under clubs and rallies for the South Central are and see what is happening with the Oklahoma Boomers.
Ken
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01-13-2008, 06:01 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Thanks for the quick responses!
Mike was not sure if the furnace was somehow reliant on the hydro-hot water system and left it up to me to find out - YIKES! Oh well, at least it got me to join in on the forum fun! I'll show him your replies and hopefully he will know what you are talking about  .
Thanks again,
Michele
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01-13-2008, 06:22 AM
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Country Coach Owners Club
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If your furnace is hydrohot, I would use space heaters. Check our owners manual before firing up the diesel burner.
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01-13-2008, 06:27 AM
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Country Coach Owners Club
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Sorry I also meant to welcome you to the forum. It's a great place to get advice and information and meet good people.
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01-13-2008, 01:45 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Erie, PA
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Mike & Michele, Welcome to the iRV2, take 007 advice and you should be alright. Ed.S
P.S. don't forget to join the Newmar Kountry Klub, Newmar International Rally will be in June, in DuQAuoin, Il. this year.
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01-16-2008, 08:27 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Atlanta, GA. , South Beach, FL. Naples, Fl , Coral Gables,FL.
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Welcome Mike & Michele, to iRv2.com
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