Plumbing Management
Hi everyone. I'm a long-time forum member with a varied camper history. My husband and I started with a cargo trailer, then moved up to a truck camper, a Class A gasser, 2 Aliners, a Foretravel DP, a Rpod, and finally a Grand Design fifth wheel. He passed away and the GD was a bit much for me so I decided no more towing and got an entry level Class C to see if I'd like it. It's a 2016 Coachmen Freelander 21RS. I really like the lack of drama in finding and getting into a campsite. However, I don't like the rattling and banging going down the road and may look at new shocks and a steering stabilizer. It only has 12,000 miles on it and I've put 2,000 of that on in the past 3 months. My biggest beef, however, is the idiotic way that manufacturers turn us into trained monkeys by designing and building critical systems, specifically plumbing, to be as difficult as possible to access and maintain. My Grand Design had a Nautilus system where one panel in the front storage compartment allowed the user to perform all plumbing functions so easily. Just set the colored levers per the diagram and you can hook up to city water, fill your fresh water, winterize, sanitize, dump the holding tanks, flush the black tank, and maybe do karaoke too LOL. So my question is, do ANY other manufacturers, specifically Class C builders, install anything like this? At this point I'll spend the extra money to avoid the stupidity of taking apart half the rig to winterize. Thanks.
