New Big Horn 3875FB

dkelly1208 wrote:
Just purchased new FW. Wife feel in love with the front bathroom layout. Should be picking up in a week or so. If anybody knows anything particular with this unit to keep a eye out for on the PDI please feel free to comment. Hopefully everything goes fairly smooth:B

Did your deal fall apart as you posted on another forum? Chris

LM and BH are manufactured on the same line.
The two items I missed in my PDI:
1. Calking, very poorly done. The side strip between the lower wall and upper wall had cracked caulking which caused the metal screws to rust and snap. Unit goes in next month and all caulking will be checked and redone (on their dime or mine, but it will be redone) along with the required fix.

2. Slide alignment, both rear slides on either side are miss-aligned this caused the fascia to pop off around the entertainment center. One side doesn't even close tight to the weather stip. So close the slides and stick your fingers in around the slide and look for gaps. I made sure the slides worked during PDI not that they were aligned, who knew.

edit couple more things:
3. Convenience center. Pull the wall and make sure you don't have leaks behind the center, leave the water pressure on for as long as possible. We had 3 bad connections.They repaired one during PDI. The other two I did later.

4. BAL spare tire carrier, triple check this. The drivers side part that connects to the frame came out and disappeared on i90 within 1000 miles dragging the carrier and tire under the rig for some time. Nothing damaged but the carrier thankfully.

Congratulations on the new Bighorn! We are on our second one and plan on ordering #3 in the spring. They are a well built coach.

dkelly1208 wrote:
Thanks for the Info. The dealer is about 5 miles from the house. Plus we have a small campground about 1 mile away we plan on doing the shakedown trip at.

That's great! Testing all the systems under actual RVing conditions is the only sure way of giving you a high probability of actual service. But :( your future RVing adventures will have its occasional problems, it is just the nature of RVing. I liked that Heartland would allow me to use a non-Heartland dealer to fix issues and their on call tech support/parts has been excellent. I would suggest you make sure your new 5th. wheel has "G" rated tires on it before you pick it up. My dealer had Good Year "G" rated tires put on at the Mfg. When I was shopping, my dealer had a 5th. wheel with some tires called "Maxwell" if I remember right. I asked the dealer who makes the tires and he said he didn't know:( not the answer I wanted to hear!!!!!

Thanks for the Info. The dealer is about 5 miles from the house. Plus we have a small campground about 1 mile away we plan on doing the shakedown trip at.

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djgarcia wrote:

dkelly1208 wrote:
Just purchased new FW. Wife feel in love with the front bathroom layout. Should be picking up in a week or so. If anybody knows anything particular with this unit to keep a eye out for on the PDI please feel free to comment. Hopefully everything goes fairly smooth:B

Unless your dealer is located in your home town or real close by, spend the night on the dealers lot.
Turn every thing on and off and on, open and close every drawer, make sure the heater and air conditioner work, make sure the water heater works, take a shower. use the toilet if the dealer has a dump on site and try emptying the tanks. Make sure your dealer gives you 2 10" sewer hoses and the end attachments to put in the sewer tank to dump. Ask for an extra water filter and a 20" water hose. I am not a big financial fan of the so called "extended warranties" too many "fine Print" exceptions. I just saved 2K put it into my own "Extended Warranties" account in my bank for any major breakdowns.
We have had great success with our 5th. wheel Heartland.

What would you use 10" sewer hoses for? Or a 20" water hose?

You failed the test:) Its 10 ft.sewer hoses and a 20 ft. water hose:):)

Simply hit wrong button. Probly meant 10' and 20'.

When doing the PDI make sure you have the most experienced. Tech go over the process with you. Have them fully explaine the hydraulics...including the function of being able to keep one slide closed while opening the other side slide (I had to cancel a trip because I couldn't figure out how one side opened and the other side slide did...had to take my rig back to the dealer where they showed and explained that feature. Not gone over at the PDI)

Dumboldles

djgarcia wrote:

dkelly1208 wrote:
Just purchased new FW. Wife feel in love with the front bathroom layout. Should be picking up in a week or so. If anybody knows anything particular with this unit to keep a eye out for on the PDI please feel free to comment. Hopefully everything goes fairly smooth:B

Unless your dealer is located in your home town or real close by, spend the night on the dealers lot.
Turn every thing on and off and on, open and close every drawer, make sure the heater and air conditioner work, make sure the water heater works, take a shower. use the toilet if the dealer has a dump on site and try emptying the tanks. Make sure your dealer gives you 2 10" sewer hoses and the end attachments to put in the sewer tank to dump. Ask for an extra water filter and a 20" water hose. I am not a big financial fan of the so called "extended warranties" too many "fine Print" exceptions. I just saved 2K put it into my own "Extended Warranties" account in my bank for any major breakdowns.
We have had great success with our 5th. wheel Heartland.

What would you use 10" sewer hoses for? Or a 20" water hose?

dkelly1208 wrote:
Just purchased new FW. Wife feel in love with the front bathroom layout. Should be picking up in a week or so. If anybody knows anything particular with this unit to keep a eye out for on the PDI please feel free to comment. Hopefully everything goes fairly smooth:B

Unless your dealer is located in your home town or real close by, spend the night on the dealers lot.
Turn every thing on and off and on, open and close every drawer, make sure the heater and air conditioner work, make sure the water heater works, take a shower. use the toilet if the dealer has a dump on site and try emptying the tanks. Make sure your dealer gives you 2 10" sewer hoses and the end attachments to put in the sewer tank to dump. Ask for an extra water filter and a 20" water hose. I am not a big financial fan of the so called "extended warranties" too many "fine Print" exceptions. I just saved 2K put it into my own "Extended Warranties" account in my bank for any major breakdowns.
We have had great success with our 5th. wheel Heartland.