Last Major Pre Retirement Purchase
The DW and I have decided we'll retire as my 58th birthday present in the spring of 2017. While the house is only 9 years old, we've fixed and upgraded everything we need here except the RV pad which ...
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Thanks for the suggestions guys. While I've had half a half a dozen RVs over the years ranging from a popup to an old Winnebago class A I find the methods of remembering the important stuff to be very useful. My memory isn't exactly getting better as I age:) Our first trip was just down the road in a local state park with full hookups, and I did come back for stuff we had forgotten. Our routine was out of whack enough I even forgot my bipap machine.
Regarding the recliners, we got the loveseat variation, which require AC power to recline, or run the vibration or heat functions. You have a row of buttons surrounding the cup holders that control everything. When the salesman first mentioned them, I was somewhat skeptical, but in use they are actually quite nice.
An inverter is definitely on my list for additions as is a hard wired power monitor/surge protector. I also need to replace the vent in the bathroom with either a 10speed thermostatic controlled max air unit like I put in my old TT, or a fantastic fan like is installed in the kitchen area of the new 5er. (Even though it has a rain sensor on that fan I'll probably put a vent cover on it) We've got a couple champion 2000 inverter generators, but I haven't tried them with the 15k ac units on this rig so I don't know if I run at least one of the ac units on generator power or not. When paralleled they would power the 13.5k unit on the TT fine. All the primary lighting in LED so that should help with dry camping, although I anticipate needing to run a generator more than I had to with my previous units.
For those curious about the Anderson Ultimate hitch, so far I do like it. I went with the steel over the aluminum, but it is still light enough to be easily removed. It has virtually no slop to it, and thus makes no noise. It isn't really a gooseneck as you raise the ball up out of the bed of the truck bringing it up to a socket mounted on the kingpin, and you don't add a "lever" in effect to the end of the kingpin so you don't put additional stress on the frame. According to Lippert you don't negate your warranty which you will do with a gooseneck adapter. So far the only negative is that I need more practice backing under the ball. Because of the angle I'm look at the ball at while I back up I tend to be off to the left when I get up close. I should get used to that rather quickly though to where I nail it every time first time.
Regarding the recliners, we got the loveseat variation, which require AC power to recline, or run the vibration or heat functions. You have a row of buttons surrounding the cup holders that control everything. When the salesman first mentioned them, I was somewhat skeptical, but in use they are actually quite nice.
An inverter is definitely on my list for additions as is a hard wired power monitor/surge protector. I also need to replace the vent in the bathroom with either a 10speed thermostatic controlled max air unit like I put in my old TT, or a fantastic fan like is installed in the kitchen area of the new 5er. (Even though it has a rain sensor on that fan I'll probably put a vent cover on it) We've got a couple champion 2000 inverter generators, but I haven't tried them with the 15k ac units on this rig so I don't know if I run at least one of the ac units on generator power or not. When paralleled they would power the 13.5k unit on the TT fine. All the primary lighting in LED so that should help with dry camping, although I anticipate needing to run a generator more than I had to with my previous units.
For those curious about the Anderson Ultimate hitch, so far I do like it. I went with the steel over the aluminum, but it is still light enough to be easily removed. It has virtually no slop to it, and thus makes no noise. It isn't really a gooseneck as you raise the ball up out of the bed of the truck bringing it up to a socket mounted on the kingpin, and you don't add a "lever" in effect to the end of the kingpin so you don't put additional stress on the frame. According to Lippert you don't negate your warranty which you will do with a gooseneck adapter. So far the only negative is that I need more practice backing under the ball. Because of the angle I'm look at the ball at while I back up I tend to be off to the left when I get up close. I should get used to that rather quickly though to where I nail it every time first time.
