|
|
12-11-2012, 08:15 PM
|
#155
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Coastal South Carolina
Posts: 23
|
I have not even taken delivery yet, its on the way from the factory to the dealer. Georgetown 360XL with the new home size refrigerator and ceramic tile. I think I am more excited about the ice in the door LOL
So... I have no clue what I have in the air bag area. Did not even know there was such a thing! I am reading this thread tho...... Also sent a link to my husband! To say I am apprehensive about getting this thing delivered in a week or so, would be putting it mildly. I am scared to death! Expensive thing to mess something up on! Ya'll please share check list and other "stuff" that will help
Thanks so much!
|
|
|
|
Join the #1 RV Forum Today - It's Totally Free!
iRV2.com RV Community - Are you about to start a new improvement on your RV or need some help with some maintenance? Do you need advice on what products to buy? Or maybe you can give others some advice? No matter where you fit in you'll find that iRV2 is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally FREE!
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest so you have limited access to our community. Please take the time to register and you will gain a lot of great new features including; the ability to participate in discussions, network with other RV owners, see fewer ads, upload photographs, create an RV blog, send private messages and so much, much more!
|
12-11-2012, 08:18 PM
|
#156
|
Senior Member
National RV Owners Club
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 2,157
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by ronspradley
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
(Stolen from this forum.)
ronspradley
|
Yep, I resemble that. Just ask the DW.
__________________
Joe & Angie
Shih Tzu's Cookie & Rocky
2001 Tradewinds 7390 2011 CRV EX-L Navi w/ RoadMaster FuseMaster
|
|
|
12-11-2012, 08:29 PM
|
#157
|
Senior Member
Country Coach Owners Club Solo Rvers Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Vancouver, WA
Posts: 37,725
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by carolinagirl
I have not even taken delivery yet, its on the way from the factory to the dealer. Georgetown 360XL with the new home size refrigerator and ceramic tile. I think I am more excited about the ice in the door LOL
So... I have no clue what I have in the air bag area. Did not even know there was such a thing! I am reading this thread tho...... Also sent a link to my husband! To say I am apprehensive about getting this thing delivered in a week or so, would be putting it mildly. I am scared to death! Expensive thing to mess something up on! Ya'll please share check list and other "stuff" that will help
Thanks so much!
|
Unless it's a DP with air suspension you don't need to worry about it.
__________________
2009 45' Magna 630 w/Cummins ISX 650 HP/1950 Lbs Ft, HWH Active Air
Charter Good Sam Lifetime Member, FMCA,
RV'ing since 1957, NRA Benefactor Life, towing '21 Jeep JLU Rubicon Ecodiesel
|
|
|
12-11-2012, 09:32 PM
|
#158
|
Senior Member
Triple E Owners Club
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Olympia, WA
Posts: 225
|
I made up a printed check list glued to a piece of shelving board with peg holes drilled before and after each line item. Filled the left side with cribbage pegs and moved them when that item was moved, turn on/off, unlocked, etc. The board is big enough not miss and we do not move until all pegs are on the left. BUT, sometimes you move the peg then go out and do it only to be distracted by something shinny, and. . . or you are really really sure you already closed that vent. . .
__________________
2020 LTV U24IB
plus 360 W solar power
2009 Jeep Wrangler
|
|
|
12-11-2012, 10:39 PM
|
#159
|
Senior Member
Solo Rvers Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Yuma County, AZ
Posts: 10,868
|
I saw a box of bands at Camping World that are designed to wrap around one side of the steering wheel that have have things such as "slides", "antenna", etc printed on them. The idea is to have them on the one place you will for sure see them so you remember to do everything before starting out.
Unfortunantly they would be a favorite new monkey toy for us, but the idea makes sense. I think they were $15-20.
__________________
Barb (RVM18) with Morkies Lily & Bebe RIP Sena FMCA#F466348
"Homer" ‘11 Shasta Cynara, pulling "Ranger" '97 Ford Ranger toad
The Journey is Our Destination. Full-timer May 2011 - July 2021
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
|
|
|
12-11-2012, 11:29 PM
|
#160
|
Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Colorado USA
Posts: 120
|
Be sure to train DH not to go into a gas station WITHOUT face to face notice because he might get left (without a change of clothes too). Always take your cell phone with you when you leave the coach, just in case DH gets left behind, he can call and sweet talk you to return for him!
__________________
The Schnauzer and his Chauffeur's
|
|
|
12-12-2012, 12:11 AM
|
#161
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 271
|
I'm only 6'1" and I'm new to my Class B. I'm also bald. At the moment I have 5 scabs on my noggin from beating my head against various cupboard doors, range hood, and doorway.
I get so tired of people asking what happened. When I tell the truth they look at me piteously, and walk away. My friends say things like, "Why don't you be careful?" Why, indeed!!??
And it's not getting any better. I'm not learning. I get in a hurry, or thinking about something else, pick up something from the floor and ker-whack. I'm beginning to doubt my own sanity. At least when I'm driving, and strapped in, I'm relatively safe. But soon I'm going to need a holding tank, black water, gray water and A+.
|
|
|
12-12-2012, 05:35 AM
|
#162
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 16
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bowser
I'm only 6'1" and I'm new to my Class B. I'm also bald. At the moment I have 5 scabs on my noggin from beating my head against various cupboard doors, range hood, and doorway.
I get so tired of people asking what happened. When I tell the truth they look at me piteously, and walk away. My friends say things like, "Why don't you be careful?" Why, indeed!!??
And it's not getting any better. I'm not learning. I get in a hurry, or thinking about something else, pick up something from the floor and ker-whack. I'm beginning to doubt my own sanity. At least when I'm driving, and strapped in, I'm relatively safe. But soon I'm going to need a holding tank, black water, gray water and A+.
|
My business is hvac so i frequently work in tight crawl spaces and low basements. The solution for the cuts on your head is a baseball cap. The cap contacts the dangerous objects a moment before and notifies your brain to stop the roll so you don't slam your head into said objects. The brim also protects your face from getting cut/scratched when you stand up in a spot where something would otherwise have taken your nose off.
|
|
|
12-12-2012, 06:03 AM
|
#163
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by dogpatch
If you own an RV, unfortunately that is the only way you are allowed to learn.
Section #8 - Paragraph #3 of the RV Owners of North America manual states that in order to learn a lesson, you must spend a minimum of $500 and not knowingly have seen that an err in judgement was going to occur.
|
I need a copy of that manual.
Have already paid out almost $5,000.00 for it.
Somebody told me, "Nothing sucks money like an RV, Boat or Teenager."
Having gone through the raising kids stage, and living inland, RV was the most logical money-sucker to invest in next.
|
|
|
12-12-2012, 06:30 AM
|
#164
|
Senior Member
Vintage RV Owners Club Holiday Rambler Owners Club
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 605
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by carolinagirl
I have not even taken delivery yet, its on the way from the factory to the dealer. Georgetown 360XL with the new home size refrigerator and ceramic tile. I think I am more excited about the ice in the door LOL
So... I have no clue what I have in the air bag area. Did not even know there was such a thing! I am reading this thread tho...... Also sent a link to my husband! To say I am apprehensive about getting this thing delivered in a week or so, would be putting it mildly. I am scared to death! Expensive thing to mess something up on! Ya'll please share check list and other "stuff" that will help
Thanks so much!
|
There is some good info here if you can open PDF files.
Checklists
__________________
Steve, Mary & Buddy our 2-year-old Chihuahua mix
1995 36' HR Endeavor, 460 w/Banks, 2005 PT Cruiser
Fulltimers originally from Michigan, hanging out in Oregon for a spell.
|
|
|
12-12-2012, 04:31 PM
|
#165
|
Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 656
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by okmunky
I saw a box of bands at Camping World that are designed to wrap around one side of the steering wheel that have have things such as "slides", "antenna", etc printed on them. The idea is to have them on the one place you will for sure see them so you remember to do everything before starting out.
Unfortunantly they would be a favorite new monkey toy for us, but the idea makes sense. I think they were $15-20.
|
Makes total sense to me because that is what I sort of do. I drape my checklist right on the steering wheel so I can't miss it.
|
|
|
12-12-2012, 04:58 PM
|
#166
|
Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Rainbow Riding
Posts: 18,574
|
Checklists - check - check.
Am I the only one with an onboard computer with a built in checklist that allows me to add personal items to it. Adding them is a little like texting on an old cell phone but once you get them in there - viola - done. It pops up when I start the engine. I push the little button on the dash and it checks them off. It may be a Freightliner thing - I don't know - but I love it. If there is an aftermarket version I would recommend it. Annie in the passenger seat - I read down the list and check - check - check - off we go.
__________________
Steve & Annie (RVM2)
2008 Fleetwood Bounder 38F ~ 325 ISB Turbo ~ Freightliner XC 2014 CR-V ~ Invisibrake / Sterling All Terrain
Sioux Falls, SD (FullTime Since Nov 5th 2014)
|
|
|
12-12-2012, 08:28 PM
|
#167
|
Senior Member
Solo Rvers Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Yuma County, AZ
Posts: 10,868
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by flaggship1
Checklists - check - check.
Am I the only one with an onboard computer with a built in checklist that allows me to add personal items to it. Adding them is a little like texting on an old cell phone but once you get them in there - viola - done. It pops up when I start the engine. I push the little button on the dash and it checks them off. It may be a Freightliner thing - I don't know - but I love it. If there is an aftermarket version I would recommend it. Annie in the passenger seat - I read down the list and check - check - check - off we go.
|
Sounds like an airline pre-flight session. Some of us are a bit more low tech.
The older I get the more I need to depend on technology. Soon I'll need a computer like yours that acts like a sobriety device. The engine won't start until the check list is all checked off.
__________________
Barb (RVM18) with Morkies Lily & Bebe RIP Sena FMCA#F466348
"Homer" ‘11 Shasta Cynara, pulling "Ranger" '97 Ford Ranger toad
The Journey is Our Destination. Full-timer May 2011 - July 2021
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
|
|
|
12-12-2012, 09:05 PM
|
#168
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Phx, Arid~zona
Posts: 11,106
|
I print out an Excel spread sheet. Nothing gets checked off unless it is actually in my MH or trailer. If I think of something I need to do when away from home or needs to be added to the sheet, I write it on one of my many mirrors with a dry erase pen.
|
|
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|