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RE: Problems for Alaskan resident buying an RV in California?
Never had a border guard ask for my registration when passing into Canada. All I've been asked to show is my passport card. To be safe, you could give him a notarized statement giving him permission to drive the RV to Alaska. Also, make sure he has the Canadian insurance card whether it's insured in your or his name.
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AprilWhine
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05/21/13 01:06pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Norcold N611 Wire Shelves
Click on the thumbnail pictures above to get the full size pictures.
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AprilWhine
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05/21/13 12:59pm |
Tech Issues
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Norcold N611 Wire Shelves
We recently bought a used Winnebago View equipped with a Norcold N611 refrigerator. I'm not sure how it happened, but all the full size wire shelves were missing. So off to replace them, how hard could it be? :R
Went online to my favorite store, Amazon.com and ordered three wire shelves, like this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/AprilWhine/Amazon%20Norcold/th_IMG_20130520_190231_898_zps289ce010.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/AprilWhine/Amazon%20Norcold/th_IMG_20130520_190301_018_zpsefd4e4c0.jpg
Two days later (I'm a prime member) this arrived:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/AprilWhine/Amazon%20Norcold/th_IMG_20130521_113640_953_zps38e0a58d.jpg
So I assumed it had to be a mistake so I returned the elbow joints and ordered 3 more wire shelves.
Two days later, I get this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/AprilWhine/Amazon%20Norcold/th_IMG_20130521_113640_953_zps38e0a58d.jpg
I looked at it a little more closely and noticed each was labeled with a the same part number as the Norcold wire shelves but from a different manufacturer. Assuming there was a problem in stocking that was probably resolved when I returned the first order, I returned these and ordered the shelves for a third time.
Two days later, I received this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/AprilWhine/Amazon%20Norcold/th_IMG_20130521_113640_953_zps38e0a58d.jpg
This time, I contacted customer support and explained the problem. The nice young man sent me a refund and initiated a stock check. He said when I saw the shelves in stock again, I could safely reorder. Later that day, I saw the shelves listed as out of stock.
So, last week, I saw that the wire shelves were finally back in stock. Ordered three, and two days later received this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/AprilWhine/Amazon%20Norcold/th_IMG_20130521_113640_953_zps38e0a58d.jpg
With an addition:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/AprilWhine/Amazon%20Norcold/th_IMG_20130521_113713_090_zpsee8e0024.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/AprilWhine/Amazon%20Norcold/th_IMG_20130521_113656_257_zps8dabc169.jpg
I give up! My very handy fuzzy hubby fabricated replacement shelves from Home Depot materials. Not as pretty but functional, and heavier weight rating:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/AprilWhine/Amazon%20Norcold/th_IMG_20130520_190359_300_zps0238aa7d.jpg
Now I think I may have to return the stove I bought from Amazon, it doesn't cook very well. Can anyone here see a problem?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/AprilWhine/Amazon%20Norcold/th_IMG_20130521_113357_262_zpsa1b0397d.jpg
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AprilWhine
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05/21/13 12:59pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Windshield curtain question (real dumb).. LOL
We close the windows. ;)
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AprilWhine
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05/21/13 11:18am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: What Did You Do in your Sprinter Based RV Today?
Over on the Skinnie Winnie Yahoo Group one of the folks there has the pump mounted under the hood on the driver's side. That seems ideal.
I would pay a premium for an install in that location. Our earlier Navion had a battery there, now there is a large open space now. I agree that seems the ideal location as far as owner access is concerned.
The Sprinter is a spring equipped vehicle, so if you were under it anywhere you can get when it is not raised, it can go no lower. I would be careful, but would do it with care.
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AprilWhine
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05/20/13 09:02pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: New "Free RV Park finder for android
Just got it, thanks!
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AprilWhine
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05/20/13 11:47am |
Technology Corner
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RE: What Did You Do in your Sprinter Based RV Today?
Thanks for the info on pump location. If Stuarts mounts under the coach, I am sure the factory does also. I was just getting geared up to call, now I won't have to bother them.
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AprilWhine
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05/20/13 10:27am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: What do you DIY'ers use to jack and secure your rig?
What I use
We use these in a 20 ton version. We lift the bus with the air levelers, reach under, keeping all body parts except one arm from under the coach, and slide these under the jack points. Once in place, we screw the jacks up manually until firmly loaded.
And yes, we use them under the Sprinter also. Air suspension will kill you in case of the Prevost, but a 12,000 lb Winnebago will kill you also.
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AprilWhine
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05/20/13 10:07am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: How old is too old?
One hint I can share with you: don't be afraid of high mileage vehicles. It's been my experience that people who actually use their coaches tend to keep things in good repair. If something is just sitting, things can go wrong with no one noticing. ;)
Bought my 1997 Prevost with ~220,000 miles on it. Tires were only three years old and everything worked. I replaced the battery bank with AGMs because I wanted them. Otherwise there was NO initial expenditure except for initial cost. And $800 for a full tank of fuel. ;)
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AprilWhine
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05/19/13 05:48pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: What Did You Do in your Sprinter Based RV Today?
Thanks RVsolutions. Could that be because you have a class A Sprinter?
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AprilWhine
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05/18/13 07:02pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Cost to go full timer rving
How much do you have? That is how much it will cost!
We all have different lifestyles and different needs, there is no way someone else can tell you how much it will cost YOU.
and some months it will be everything ya got + 10% ;)
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AprilWhine
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05/18/13 06:54pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: What Did You Do in your Sprinter Based RV Today?
View and Navion only
All other Sprinter based units
Pictures of bracket for pump
Good photo of the Sprinter components. I would guess from my dealings with other systems that the Pump/control unit is a little larger than a big 4 slice toaster.
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AprilWhine
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05/18/13 11:53am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Impact wrenches
Here's the one I bought: Impact Wrench.
And the review I wrote:
Review
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AprilWhine
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05/18/13 08:42am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: What Did You Do in your Sprinter Based RV Today?
We had the HWH factory install our lifts, started early in the morning, out by 2. Push one button and the coach is level. We downsized from a 38' Monaco and all the equipment for the lifts was out of sight out of mind, not so with our Via, they have to put the pump in a storage compartment and I did not specify which one (my bad should have asked), anyway they put the stuff in the big compartment on the curbside. We are stopping by in the fall to have them move the pump to a compartment on the street side under the slide.
Thanks for the info, the fact that they used a storage compartment to house the pump assy really concerns me. I only have one large compartment within the heated shell. I am calling HWH Monday.
If that is all that they do for a normal install, that will cancel the deal for me. I would expect a factory install to be engineered to benefit the customer, not make a mechanics life easier at the expense of my limited storage space.
Will let you know how the conversation with HWH goes. :(
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AprilWhine
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05/17/13 11:51pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Pets are NOT to be left unattended... what??
My cats have never disturbed the neighbors with their incessant purring. ;)
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AprilWhine
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05/17/13 02:52pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: What Did You Do in your Sprinter Based RV Today?
Great minds think alike. Put a 5.5 drop hitch on the end of our Ready Brake stinger. That left hitch hight still a little high at 20 inches. Tough to match the bumper hight on a Mini Cooper.
Did a slight mod to the hitch, a horizontal bar to prevent the cable snagging on the hitch during turns.
Pictures will follow when we get the camper out of the bus barn, and hooked up.
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AprilWhine
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05/17/13 09:42am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Response to questions
Just a comment: I stopped in my local Camping World to buy some wire shelves for my Norcold refrigerator. Was told that the store would have to order the items from Norcold and it would be several weeks before I could get the parts. Went home, Googled for the part number, ordered the shelves from Amazon.com with two day free shipping and had them in less than a week.
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AprilWhine
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05/16/13 10:40am |
Camping World Accessories
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RE: What Did You Do in your Sprinter Based RV Today?
I will take and post lots of pictures of the install.
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AprilWhine
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05/16/13 09:17am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Finding Past Owner
When we upgraded RVs a few years ago, we told the dealer it was ok to give the person who bought our old RV our contact info. Won't do that again! When he called, I tried to tell him how I kept the Splendide and Norcold running and he just blew me off. Hubby tried to tell him some of the "lessons learned" on the mechanicals and again, he just blew him off. What the new owner wanted to know was, why did we lie about having pets?!? Told him, we didn't, and the dealer even came out to play with our cats. So in trying to be helpful, we got the blame for a salesman's lie.
We finally had to tell the new owner, "Look, you didn't buy it from us, you bought it from a dealer."
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AprilWhine
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05/16/13 09:12am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: What Did You Do in your Sprinter Based RV Today?
I really didn't mean for that post to come out harsh. We are on a schedule, getting ready to meet an Alaska caravan. If the dealer was the best in the world, he is ordering one kit for our Sprinter. If one part is damaged or missing, there would be a delay that could really cause us problems.
We have looked at the photos of the kit, and it seems pretty straight forward. It is not something under development, and have been installed for years. We wanted the manual joystick system, but it is not available for the Sprinter. My guess is that the automatic system is more compact, and lighter.
If you have a dealer that you have used before, there is nothing wrong with using them. It certainly will cost us more, and the cost of detouring to Moscow Iowa is not insignificant.
I will post how it went when we leave the factory.
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AprilWhine
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05/16/13 07:58am |
Class C Motorhomes
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