bigdaddy51200
Alabama
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I am looking to purchase this and have it installed at Camping World . If you have this system , How do you like it , install yourself or have it installed . I will be putting this in my 5th wheel , it has no previous system installed .
2011 Sierra 356RL
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OTTO
Western Washington/Gold Canyon, AZ
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If you do a search on this product here, I am sure you will read many positive reviews. Have had mine for two years now and would not trade it for anything else.
I installed it myself and used wiring from previously mounted manual dish to fish through the new cables. As long as you are comfortable in routing the cables through your roof, the rest will be easy. Also, you may need a hand in getting the unit to the top of your roof. it is somewhat heavy but more clumsy to lift.
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SCVJeff
Santa Clarita, CA.
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OTTO wrote:If you do a search on this product here, I am sure you will read many positive reviews. Have had mine for two years now and would not trade it for anything else.
I installed it myself and used wiring from previously mounted manual dish to fish through the new cables. As long as you are comfortable in routing the cables through your roof, the rest will be easy. Also, you may need a hand in getting the unit to the top of your roof. it is somewhat heavy but more clumsy to lift. Me too..
Jeff - WA6EQU
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bdpreece
Woodburn Oregon
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Bought ours almost two years ago and had CW do the install. Totally satisfied.
Brian, Loretta & Daisy (Golden Retriever)
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Duck
Miami Lakes, Fl
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I have had no problems with mine since installing it and cw did the installation.
Don
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hitchup
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We've had zero problems with ours since DH installed it in place of our Winegard Dome. It's nearly as easy to turn on and off as the dome was.
Except for once, we were hooked up overnight and I forgot to bring it down before we unhooked the CG power. DH had to pull out the 50 amp cord and hook us back up because it doesn't work with just the batteries.
2009 DRV Mobile Suite 38TKSB3 (38RSSB3)....our custom home w/2011 upgrades
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"Shoot for the Moon! Even if you miss it, you will land among the Stars."
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bigdaddy51200
Alabama
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I just purchased the SK-3005 TRAV'LER DIRECTV Slimline for 1,272.88 with free shipping from amazon . Thats the best deal I have seen on this , CW was 1599.99 . I will have this installed at a local RV super center in the next few weeks . Thanks for all the great feedback !!
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NC Hauler
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Got mine around the end of February for 1499 installed, (grand opening of the new Asheville NC Camping World)....LOVE IT!!!! Tunes in really quick...and you get all the HD channels to boot. I would highly recommend it.
Jim & Kathy
2013 Dodge 3500DRW Longhorn 4X4/CC/LB/Aisin tranny/4:10/Cummins: 385HP/850TQ
06 HR Presidential Suite 37RLQ/ 4 slide/ dual pane windows/Winegard SK3005 Satellite/Splendide XC2100 W/D
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brobox
Sunny SW. Florida
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hitchup wrote:We've had zero problems with ours since DH installed it in place of our Winegard Dome. It's nearly as easy to turn on and off as the dome was.
Except for once, we were hooked up overnight and I forgot to bring it down before we unhooked the CG power. DH had to pull out the 50 amp cord and hook us back up because it doesn't work with just the batteries.
Yes it does, just turn the inverter on. We use ours dry camping with the inverter all of the time if your plug is wired to the inverter.
The Travler is a great system, but my CW store had a problem with the install. They could not follow the existing wiring and decided to drill NEW holes in the front cap costing then a couple of $$$ in body work when I would not except the installation.
Chuck
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Boonedocks
Texas
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I am so glad I got the Trav'ler rather than my earlier thoughts to use a tripod. I have mine installed by a shop that does lots of installs rather than CW.
2003 Country Coach Intrigue towing 2006 Ford Focus. Follow our full timing adventures at The BooneDocks
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