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05-01-2018, 03:50 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 28
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Maiden Voyage
Leaving tomorrow morning on our first trip in the Winnebago Sightseer. I hope everything is loaded and nothing tears up. Probably not the best idea for a maiden voyage but we will be pulling the 16' trailer with the M/C inside. May try to talk the wife into leaving tonight and staying at a campground about an hour and a half away. Wish me luck! 
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05-01-2018, 04:17 PM
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Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Baraboo, Wisconsin
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Just make sure everything is secure and you're good to go! Enjoy your first trip! It's a feeling you won't be able to repeat. We pulled a motorcycle behind ours for many years. It was a great way to spend a weekend or a vacation. You probably will have to check the mirrors every once in a while to remind yourself that you're pulling the trailer, you'll hardly even notice it's back there.
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2005 Itasca Sunrise 33', W20 Chassis, Ultrapower, Henderson Trac Bar
2012 Chevy Captiva Sport AWD, ReadyBrute Elite Tow Bar, Blue Ox Base Plate, Protect-A-Tow
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05-01-2018, 07:35 PM
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Senior Member
Tiffin Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Where we park it!
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Good luck and have a safe trip. Remember you never have a fist time a second time. So enjoy the maiden one.
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2018 Tiffin Allegro RED 37PA
2020 JEEP Trailhawk
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05-01-2018, 07:50 PM
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Community Moderator
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
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Good luck on your maiden voyage. Hope you have fun and start some great memories.
Happy Trails!!!
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2016 London Aire 4519, Freightliner chassis, Cummins ISX, 2018 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, Blue Ox Avail with AF1. TST 507 TPMS
No amount of money can buy you an extra second of time.
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05-09-2018, 05:40 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2017
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Return from the maiden voyage
Everything went fairly well. Had an issue with a turn signal going out which led to replacing a corroded socket which turned into replacing both. $7.00 at O'reilly's and I was good to go. Had to fight a hellacious cross wind on the way up. Zapped my gas mileage to 5 MPG. Best mileage was 9 MPG. We had never slept on the bed and damned if it wasn't more comfortable that the one in our bedroom. 
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05-09-2018, 09:18 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: SF Bay area
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Good on’ya!!
Congratulations on success on your first trip. We had our initial voyage just last August. Took our rig, with toad, from SF Wine Country to Olympia, WA. Had a great time. Found a couple of minor problems, nothing major. We also found our bed as comfortable as at home. Toad pulled like a dream. Took Hwy 5 up, came back down the Oregon and CA coasts on 101 (narrow, lots of up/down). Feel like an “intermediate” driver now- sure I’ll face new situations while driving, but feel confident I can figure them out.
FWIW, if you make a ‘signature” for your posts, we’ll all know more about your rig.
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2004 HR Admiral SE 30PDD P32/8.1L
2003 Honda Accord Toad
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05-10-2018, 04:41 AM
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Senior Member
Tiffin Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Where we park it!
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Congrats on a successful trip. It is always good to get that first one under your belt. We leave for our "maiden" voyage this weekend with our new rig.
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2018 Tiffin Allegro RED 37PA
2020 JEEP Trailhawk
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05-10-2018, 09:14 AM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Columbus, MS
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Good luck, happy trails, and God bless!  
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Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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05-10-2018, 09:25 AM
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Senior Member
Country Coach Owners Club Solo Rvers Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Vancouver, WA
Posts: 37,725
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Quote:
Originally Posted by acpd22
Everything went fairly well. Had an issue with a turn signal going out which led to replacing a corroded socket which turned into replacing both. $7.00 at O'reilly's and I was good to go. Had to fight a hellacious cross wind on the way up. Zapped my gas mileage to 5 MPG. Best mileage was 9 MPG. We had never slept on the bed and damned if it wasn't more comfortable that the one in our bedroom. |
Sounds like you had a fairly successful trip. We found out years ago that it always seemed like we slept better in the MH.
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