No Road Side Service

jollyrancher01 wrote:
It was a primitive site and the batteries were not enough to move the slide out. I considered it an emergency as I couldn't drive anywhere with the slide out fully engaged. I didn't think needing fuel as I did was too much of an issue for them to handle. i had 1/2 of a tank when I got there, I thought I would be ok but yes, I have leaned to make sure I am filled. I didn't think I was ranting just in disbelief that they wouldn't come. The batteries were connected and only 6 months old, so I don't know why they wouldn't operate the slide out? Thanks for a few of you for assuming I was a male that was ranting. If you had realized that I was a female, then you would have put that I was bitching because that's what females do right...is *****. LOL. I do think Good Sam's is valuable and I will keep my membership but also have a AAA membership just to make sure I have coverage. I can afford the $100/yr.

OK, here's the big question: could you start the engine? The main one, not the generator. If so, then that should have charged both your house and chassis batteries. The house batteries could have died if you have anything being run off of an inverter and your generator quit. There are other loads too (lighting, monitoring panels) that could have depleted the house batteries. I do not know for sure whether your slides are powered from your house batteries or your chassis batteries. On my class A they are powered from the chassis battery. If you operate the slides without the engine running you may not have enough reserve left to start it later.

The reason most consider your post to be a rant is because you don't seem to be very familiar with your systems and how they work. The picture your post painted in many readers mind was of someone who was camped out at a race and ran their fuel low enough for the generator to quit, and then expected an Emergency Road Service company to bring them fuel so they wouldn't be bothered by starting their main engine, pulling in the slides, leaving the action to refuel and then returning to their site. It's sorta like someone being stuck on an escalator. You shouldn't have to point out to them that they can also be used just like stairs should they stop moving.