Newbie Questions that scare him

I have the CoachNet road service. In 9 years I've only needed them twice. Once was when the MH blew a hydraulic line. When I called their service, a human answered on the 2nd ring, asked if I was in a safe position (I was in a parking lot), and then I was transferred to an RV Technician that apparently had access to the manuals for my MH. After additional information, the tech said he would have a tow truck sent. Within 30 minutes a HUGE tow truck appeared, the driver disconnected my driveshaft and hauled the MH almost 100 miles to the nearest factory authorized service center. Total cost to me: $99 (which was my annual membership fee) This would have been multi-hundreds of dollars without the membership. About 30 min later CoachNet called back to follow up with me. When I got to the service facility (past business hours), I found a service tech standing there saying that CoachNet called to arrange for necessary service. The got the MH into the shop immediately & the tow driver left. The service tech said it would take several hours to do the repair so we arranged to have it done the next day. I was very satisfied with their service and the way the tow was handled.

Moral - emergency service is a good idea. I like CoachNet because I can talk with a skilled RV Technician 24x7. They also cover all of my automobiles for no extra cost.

Tires: Yeah, these buggers are expensive. They don't wear out (hard to drive them enough to chew up the tread) but the will age out (figure 5 years... but I store my MH in a steel barn, have the Michelin XRVs inspected by a dealer every year, and after 10 years of use got them replaced). Using the FMCA (great magazine) program saved me hundreds.

Good luck and I hope you enjoy your MH purchase. Now that you've got it, go USE IT!