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12-09-2012, 12:48 PM
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Location: GreenValley , Arizona
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Originally Posted by Dunner
I painted my hitch and ball white and can see them in my rear view camera.
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Hey thats a good idea.Keep it from hiding in the shadows of the camera being there black you know. 
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12-09-2012, 01:19 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Northeast Iowa/Eastern Montana
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We should really get a tie down for the awning. Why? Because we wouldn't had to buy parts to fix it at half the cost we paid for it. I doubt the thing will see the light of day from here on. 
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12-09-2012, 01:26 PM
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#143
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Location: GreenValley , Arizona
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Originally Posted by sadiebug
We should really get a tie down for the awning. Why? Because we wouldn't had to buy parts to fix it at half the cost we paid for it. I doubt the thing will see the light of day from here on. |
ouch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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12-09-2012, 01:34 PM
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Location: Northeast Iowa/Eastern Montana
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Should have been there for the repair process. Walk it off, dear. Walk it off. Tomorrow will look better.
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12-09-2012, 02:08 PM
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Monaco Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner Holiday Rambler Owners Club
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Southeast Michigan
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If I were to suggest the best advice for a newbie it would be: ALWAYS get out of the drivers seat and go outside and do a walk around of your unit before you depart. Verify that the jacks are up, electrical cords, water hoses, stinky slinky, coaxial TV cable is stowed away, slides are fully closed, awning(s) closed and locked, basement doors closed and locked. TV antenna is down And finally: check your tire pressures.
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12-09-2012, 11:37 PM
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Winnebago Owners Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Colorado USA
Posts: 120
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Originally Posted by Benny367
If I were to suggest the best advice for a newbie it would be: ALWAYS get out of the drivers seat and go outside and do a walk around of your unit before you depart. Verify that the jacks are up, electrical cords, water hoses, stinky slinky, coaxial TV cable is stowed away, slides are fully closed, awning(s) closed and locked, basement doors closed and locked. TV antenna is down And finally: check your tire pressures.
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Tis is why I am the driver and the DH is the co-pilot! 
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12-10-2012, 03:45 PM
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Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Feb 2012
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One last thing! Just when everything is hooked up and you are ready to roll, make sure the co-pilot is watching you start moving. Toad tires rotate, signal and brake lights work...
Happy Travels!
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12-10-2012, 05:43 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Yuma County, AZ
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don't buy a replacement for your back-up camera that appears to have quit until after you ask other irv2 members for help. Otherwise you will end up with an extra camera, or another project when they clue you into the fact that it's probably only a matter of pushing the "select feed" button.
Living with a monkey has it's challenges. Thanks again, Dunner! I think I'll mount this one to look down the curbside so I can better judge when I have passed that slow semi.
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12-10-2012, 09:27 PM
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Location: Phx, Arid~zona
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That's a good idea. A passing Camera!
If I had a 3rd input, I could mount one on the tail end of my 20' enclosed and make up connectors for it. I use my back-up camera when I'm hitching up. I could add another switch to do just that, though. Thanks to cnkinthebus, I have enough cable to do it. Hmmm.... Another project.
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12-11-2012, 05:07 AM
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Learning
I wish I would have seen this thread $4285.00 ago.
$4280.00 in various repairs and $5.00 for aspirin for the lumps on the head.
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12-11-2012, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Jdsengl
I wish I would have seen this thread $4285.00 ago.
$4280.00 in various repairs and $5.00 for aspirin for the lumps on the head.
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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.
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12-11-2012, 07:52 AM
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Tiffin Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner Coastal Campers
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Monterey, Tn
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Great thread! Do have a departure checklist and a normal routine as you go through it. Don't let anyone interrupt you while do your routine. If you have a travel trailer with crank-up scissor jacks, don't forget to crank up all of them prior to driving off. The jacks don't work very well when they are bent up and looking like a pretzel instead of a scissor.
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12-11-2012, 07:49 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Coastal South Carolina
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I am a newbie, so reading this thread is scary! Please explain this air bag thingy...
thanks
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12-11-2012, 08:01 PM
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Damon Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Heaven's Scene
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Originally Posted by carolinagirl
I am a newbie, so reading this thread is scary! Please explain this air bag thingy...
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Airbag.... Well the DW... Ouch  Sorry dear! I mean if you have a larger unit like a Deisel pusher you probably have an air suspension.. When you release the air the rig will lower.
Air suspensions provide a really nice cushy ride like... Ouch... No dear, I was going to say like on a cloud. I was not going to bring your cushion into it. Ouch.... Got to go now....
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