Full time and maintenance
When full timers and have always done most of the maintenance yourself prior to full time how can you continue to do it? Or do you have to bite the bullet and have it all done at service centers on th...
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When we bought our rig (new), I spent weeks going through all the manuals, not only for the chassis/engine/transmission, but the fridge, genny, water heaters, air conditioning, jacks, toilet (actually had its own manual), water pump, inverter/charger, awning(s), slideouts, satellite dish, TPO roof, ..... everydamthing.
I take the rig to Freightliner annually for the chassis/engine/tranny stuff (hard to do myself without a maintenance pit), but do most of the rest of the maintenance myself. Built myself a checklist showing all the different parts, and what's needed and when.
I sometimes get lazy, like last year the genny service was due the same time I took it in to Freightliner, so asked them to do its oil/filter change, but otherwise do most of it myself. 5 years fulltiming and nothing's fallen off yet.
FYI: Some stuff is supposed to be done by a "licensed professional", like the annual propane leak check. Do whatever you feel you must to feel comfortable about that. I figure I'm just as smart (and maybe a little bit smarter) than the dude at Camping World who did the leak check on my rig the first year, so......
I take the rig to Freightliner annually for the chassis/engine/tranny stuff (hard to do myself without a maintenance pit), but do most of the rest of the maintenance myself. Built myself a checklist showing all the different parts, and what's needed and when.
I sometimes get lazy, like last year the genny service was due the same time I took it in to Freightliner, so asked them to do its oil/filter change, but otherwise do most of it myself. 5 years fulltiming and nothing's fallen off yet.
FYI: Some stuff is supposed to be done by a "licensed professional", like the annual propane leak check. Do whatever you feel you must to feel comfortable about that. I figure I'm just as smart (and maybe a little bit smarter) than the dude at Camping World who did the leak check on my rig the first year, so......
