repairs while full time

We spent 6 days in a towing company's compound in Griffin Georgia waiting for Dexter to send us parts(thanks Dexter)but the terrific folks over at LRC Towing hooked us up with power and water and treated us like family and made the whole experience something to look back on and laugh. Now i'm sure we're going to run into a situation that will require some serious repair that will need to be done at a shop and if so we'll stay with the rig,if not then find a nice hotel and tourist it.

We pick and choose our service options with the caveat that we are able to stay in the rig overnight. Also they have to work around our 19 y.o. cat with the gimp leg. We take the dog with us during work. She would want to help other wise.

I suggest buying used and out of warranty then you won't have to worry about approval from the manufacture for repairs. And since you have saved $'s by buying used you'll have the $'s to pay for any repairs. Collision is a different matter so drive safely.

We had to wait over the weekend for parts to arrive once... The MFG wanted to send it regular mail and we talked them into overnight express but had to pay them and extra $10 for that to happen..

Over the weekend, the repair shop let us stay at their place with water/elec hookup.. In over 9+ years of fulltiming, that was the longest we waited for repairs..
Since we were fulltiming, really didn't bother me and enjoyed the stay using our tow vehicle to get around town during that time..

But, we did have a very large fir tree fall thur our house one time, had to move outa it for a month or so while they fixed the roof and other damage it done..
I would consider it about the same if something happened to the RV, just get a
motel room and wait for repairs to get done..
Repairs can take a long time with a stick house too... Just ask someone who went thru a hurricane or tornado or floods...

It would depend on what kind of repairs to be made but a week or more is excessive. What you need to do is tell them that you're full-timers and you need to sleep in your rig nightly. If they can't accommodate that then find a repair facility that will. We've never heard of that request being refused. During the days you sitesee, roam the mall, go for hikes, enjoy a few hours in a shady park with a picnic lunch and book, go to movies, bowling, etc. Just pretend you're on vacation. :)

Certainly possible to be stuck in some extended stay situation for repairs. Especially in high demand areas in season.

Our experience has been with mostly smaller stuff. A/C needing replacement or transfer switch burning up.

In each of those cases, we simply called a local place, explained the situation and said we know they were really busy but could they fit us in since this was our home. Every time they said be here first thing in the AM and expect to stay the day and we'll see what we can do. Finished, paid and home the same night.

Be nice, accommodating and grateful. Generally these places don't see that and they'll try and take care of you.

We've had a few instances where we have had to wait some days or a week waiting for parts, but we just brought the rig in then and had the work done in a day. In almost 8 years we have not been out of the rig overnight unless we wanted to be. It's really not a problem to worry about.

We have been full timing since 2009 and we badly damaged one side of our fifth wheel when it was brand new. We called the company we purchased it from and told them our situation as we are full timers. They took a look at our rig and ordered all the parts needed and called when all the parts were in. We took the rig in and they told us it would be two weeks because there was a lot of work to be done. We drove to a beautiful area in Texas and stayed in a hotel for two weeks. When we returned home they were still working on our rig because some of the parts arrived later than they said they would. This company loaned us a bumper pull trailer, free of charge, and we stayed at an rv park until our fifth wheel was ready. It took 5 weeks for the repairs to be completed. Our service adviser kept in touch with us with updates on how the repairs were going.

Another time, we had a minor issue and spent the night in the company's parking lot with full hook ups free of charge.

Sometimes it depends on what type of work your rig needs and the company you take it to. We were very fortunate that they loaned us the trailer to stay in.

Good luck!

We were hit by lightning 3 nights ago, the insurance company is willing to cover everything...but, exactly how do we handle this. Never have come across something like this. The damage took out quite a few electrical boards frayed wires inside of coach and we are camp hosting a national forest. O and BTW, we are full timers. Our daughter will let us use her rig until ours is fixed. And the closest is in a different state over 50 miles away. But what about stuff inside the coach? do we need to get everything out? And what happens from there? Any help would be helpful.
Thank you,

TO REGWOOD OF DURANGO:

First, so sorry about your problems three days ago. Have you contacted a repair facility already? What was the timeframe given for repairs? Hopefully, it's not too long. Do you have a choice of where to take it for repairs or can you choose? If the choice is yours try to get it into a dealership that handles your make in case there are any hidden damages.

We would probably want to be close to the repair facility to be able to check their work in progress and gently prod them along. If you just leave it there and take off they might put it on the 'back burner'. Definitely explain that it is your home and your interim RV is just available for a short period of time.

We would definitely take out anything of value and things you'll need during the repair timeframe. You're very lucky that you'll have another RV to stay in. Best of luck!!!