Any Jayco Redhawk 23XM owners out their? Questions!

[SFVdave]

We are looking at the above mentioned Class C. We stopped by the local dealer, but came away with more questions than answers.

Is there just one house battery? That's what it looks like. Funny, there is an inverter and tank heaters That's a lot of amps.

No gravity fill for fresh water, can you use the winterizer tube to suck it up?

Does the sewer terminal ends hang down too low where you can hit it?

Anyone add levelers?

Any problems or comments on quality, service and parts? Does it hold up?

[SFVdave]

We dry camp most of the time. 1 house battery with no room in the tray for another is foolish on their part. How can they sell their product like that?

[Jopops]

You might want to cross post over on the Jayco board. They are very active over there and offer a lot of help:

http://www.jaycoowners.com/forums/

FWIW I really like the Redhawk. Not quite the glitz of a Greyhawk, but enough to be comfortable and Redhawk's usually have good OCCC.

[j-d]

I couldn't find it, but a former moderator named Bill (handle = westronics) modified his JAYCO 24SS to go from one 12V battery to two 6V's. He got a Kwikee sliding tray and cut the lower coach wall for a new door that cleared the new tray. I don't remember where he got a new access door. JAYCO might carry a replacement door/frame assembly that fits. This would only work if there's "dead" space next to the existing compartment, to one side or the other. Or both, I suppose. Bill had that 24SS pretty tricked out, and all his work was craftsman like.

[SFVdave]

The Logans, really, there just one house battery?
We know about the 26XD, but we want the dinette on the passenger side as we enjoy looking out at the camp site instead of the road or neighbors.

[The_Logans]

We love ours, especially how compact it is... we can park it almost anywhere. It's just the right size for the two of us.

We choose it over the Grayhawk for several reasons...

It has a regular water heater instead of the tank-less kind, which seem to have a lot of issues, and uses your propane instead of the campground electric (which you have already paid for).

It didn't have levelers, which we didn't want because they add about 500 pounds of extra weight, lower the ground clearance, and add another system to maintain.

The Grayhawk didn't come in a smaller size, and we didn't need anything that large.

It had a few issues at the beginning, but we took it to the Jayco Factory Service Center and let them deal with it, while we played tourist in the Middlebury area. They are great folks up there, and had the tools, parts and expertise to get it all done.

Yes, there is just one house battery, but we changed out most of the light bulbs to LED's, which cut down the current draw a lot. With the generator, it's just not a big deal. When this battery needs to be replaced, we'll look into getting an AGM (Absorbed Glass Mat) type battery.

There is plenty of clearance under the dump valves.

One of the first things that we did is change out the outlet behind the TV, which is the only outlet that is connected to the inverter (It is rigged to shut off when you start the engine - how stupid is that?). That way we can run a coffee pot or crock-pot while we are driving.

The water systems are controlled from an outside panel. It's GREAT... just two knobs control everything you would want to do with the water systems. The give you a short length of hose to suck up the winterizing solution, or Clorox. When you set the valve to winterize or sanitize, the pump sucks the stuff up, and into the system. Works great.

By the way, there is now a 26 foot Redhawk available.