Making another list

I’m making another list.  This one has to do with the issues I’m having with my new, to me, motorhome.  I’ll be driving in to the dealer on Monday morning to resolve them all.  I called Universal this morning to give them a heads up on the non-operation of the leveling jacks.  This afternoon, the temps rose into the high 80’s, so I decided to turn on the AC.  Of course, nothing happened.  :(  This is a 50 amp rig, operating on 30 amps, but according to the specs on the website, the AC is still supposed to work.  Okay, so I tried running the generator to run the AC as the temps rose this afternoon.  That AC worked in the dealer’s lot on the generator on Tuesday, but not today.  It wouldn’t start at all.  :(  Dang!

The whole day was spent moving things from one rig to the other.  We just about got everything moved from the inside of the old rig, but ran out of time to start on the outside compartments.  I was shocked by the amount of stuff I had in that rig.  I’m struggling to find places to put everything.  :( 
Thank goodness Andy did most of the transferring.  What a job this was.  I did a lot of throwing out of things I haven’t used much.   I guess that’s a good thing, but I’ve still got a long way to go to get everything put away.  It will probably take me weeks to figure out where I’ve put everything, and I’m sure everything will be moved around as I live with it.   :)

Tomorrow doesn’t look any less hectic.  I have to move everything from the outside storage areas and clean the old RV.  Then I have to drive it to the dealer’s  when I’m done. 

A couple of other interesting things happened last night that I forgot to mention yesterday.  After I finished my blog entry and finally made my bed last night, I decided I really needed a shower.  Luckily, I chose to brush my teeth first and noticed that there wasn’t any hot water.  On my old rig, as soon as I plugged into power, my electric water heater would kick in.  Not so with the new rig.  You have to flip a switch to have the water heated.  So, I ended up taking a very chilly marine shower before retiring.  :(  I’ve got that figured out for tonight, though.

The second thing I forgot to mention was that during my official walk through, I found that this rig came equipped with something that I’m sure no other rig on the planet comes with.  While looking into one of the outside storage compartments, I found two sets of crutches!  Uff-dah!   (Minnesota phrase, meaning Oh Shi*! or Oh my goodness)  I hope that’s not a premonition of things to come!

Thanks for stopping by….talk to you later,  Judy

What a day!

I'm in my new home, but not without several trials and tribulations.  After an anxious morning waiting for my afternoon appointment, I arrived at Universal for my 2:30 walk through with the RV tech.  Of course, more details were covered than I will remember, but it's not like I'm a newbie to a motorhome.  This rig does have quite a few differences from my old rig, though.  When the tech was demonstrating the auto-leveling system to me, the rear hydraulic levelers did not go down.  He said it was because we were on too great of an incline for the rig to level.  Hmmm, it didn't seem that sloped to me.  He later tried it on a more level spot, and all the levelers worked.  I talked to him about the toad breaking system, and he will take care of that on Monday when I bring both the rig and the toad in.

So, after the walk through, I went back inside the office to finish up the remaining paperwork, and finally headed back to Kasson at 5:30.  The plan was to drive the new RV in face first so that the entrance doors of both rigs would face each other so the transfer of belongings would be easier.  I had moved the Sightseer over to the other side of the driveway  before I left.  Because this rig is larger, I did have to get kind of close up and personal with a mock plum tree on the left hand side of the driveway.  :(   Okay, so I pulled in as close as possible to the garage door.  I hopped out to attach the electric, and wouldn't you know I was about two feet short of the hook-up.  There was no way I could move any closer.  So, I called Andy, who happened to be in Rochester, and asked him to pick up a 50 amp extension cord from Universal on his way home.  Of course, all they had was a 30 amp cord, but I took it just so I could plug in.

Then I tried to level the rig.  Andy's driveway is nearly level, but I wanted the stability of having the jacks down.  Well, guess what?  The jacks didn't work.  The front ones would go down, but not the back ones.  I retracted them and tried numerous more times to get them all to work, to no avail.  I tried the automatic leveling, and the manual leveling (which means I choose which jacks to lower).  They wouldn't work!  Ack!!  To put it mildly, I was not a happy camper.  :(

Since the driveway is really pretty level, I decided to proceed with the set up without the levelers.  I went outside to hook up the water, and couldn't get it to work without leaking.  In the meantime, Andy and family arrived with the 30 amp extension cord.  All right!  I had power.  Then Andy was able to tighten the water connection so it didn't leak.  I had water, but it sounded like the water was filling the tank when I had it set to the normal city hook-up.  I quickly ran inside, and groaned..  The water spigots in the bathroom sink had been left open at full force, and the plug was in the bottom of the bathroom sink!  The water was overflowing onto the floor of the rig!  I pulled the plug, turned off the faucet handles and hollered for Andy to get some towels.  Ugh!  Water was flowing down the floor towards the front of the rig.  I ran across to the old rig and grabbed what towels I could.  We got the water sopped up before it had much of a chance to soak into the carpeting, thank goodness.  What else could go wrong, I wondered.

I attached the DISH satellite cable, and Andy brought over the receiver from the old rig.  No matter what we tried, we could not get it to work.  The tech at Universal showed me where to attach everything inside (and said it was very easy), but no manor of tinkering got it to work.  I eventually figured out how to get local stations through the roof top antenna, so there is that.  Dang! what a frustrating day!  I've brought over my PJ's, and clothes for tomorrow, but the rest of the moving will wait for morning.

I'm pooped, and I still have to make up the bed tonight so I can crash.  I hope tomorrow goes a little more smoothly.  I'm excited about the new rig, but just wish things could go easy for a change.  :( ....  :) 

Thanks for stopping by....talk to you later,  Judy

P.S.  Emma is sound asleep at my feet, so I guess it was an easy transition for her.  :)