Our first RV - 27.5' Jayco Class C
Hello we bought our rv for our small family, wife, me, son (2 1/2yo)after looking into our 3rd time renting for an upcoming 3 week trip. Co workers started suggesting looking at our own used model, co...
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Hey thanks everybody for kind comments and tips, we feel quite happy with her so far. She does seem well made, it's amazing how quiet the interior is even on washboard. The woodwork does not creek at all, and all the draw/cabinet latches work. The little ledge in the showertub works very well for bathing our son, and it's nice your in the hallway doing it not on the washroom floor.
It would be nice to have hard floor area in the kitchen, but for now we will use that plastic floor protector for the entrance and kitchen. The two accordion privacy doors need some kind of latch, maybe magnet style. I have also ordered a fantastic fan to replace the original fan vent, if I need to I will replace the maxi vent with the fantastic one. To get really picky, it would be nice if the dinette was behind the passenger seat. It limits how much I can move my driving seat, it's not too bad, but it could be a little better (I'm about 6'). but dont get me wrong, we love and feel very blessed in our find.
The house charging system seems to kill house batteries, previous owner notes have 3 batteries in 6 years. And I just replaced, it was purchased aug 2015. So I researched, read Handy Bobs blog, "state of charge" article, trojan and interstate info. called interstate, emailed trojan. talked to Xantrex. So I did buy a Trojan T 1275 (150ah) battery and ctek 25000 battery charger, it does not use 14.8v for bulk charge as trojan recommends but is a good hold over until I come up with a better solution. When I emailed trojan and asked if they knew of any charging systems on the market for rv's that would accommodate their unique charging recommendations. Their short response was call Xantrex and ask if they will do a custom algorithm with the trucharge2 20a, well no they don't. They do sell a charger/invertor sw series that is programmable apparently, it's $2300 on amazon. So a plug in charger when the generators running and solar panels when its not.
I have checked the tire codes on the front, and they do need changing. So I will I try set up new ones before july trip. I still need to do a full tune up with my mechanic friend, he does alot of camping in the summer so it's been hard to get a common date. But I will make sure to go over the brakes especially,I will also ask him about the ac recharge options. I did have a couple people tell me they ran house ac while on the road, so thats always a back up option.
The power leaves me with no complaints, I am surprised at how much resistance I get in "drive" when going downhill (even loaded). Saves on brakes I guess, I went down an 18km grade and barely touched the brake.
The tilt steering is kinda funny, when I test drove the unit it was fine. I didn't notice at first when I picked up it wasn't moving, it was stuck in a fairly high position. While moving about in the front while camped, I bumped it hard and it freed up. I had tried a rubber mallet before to no avail. So it is a little touchy, but now working.
It would be nice to have hard floor area in the kitchen, but for now we will use that plastic floor protector for the entrance and kitchen. The two accordion privacy doors need some kind of latch, maybe magnet style. I have also ordered a fantastic fan to replace the original fan vent, if I need to I will replace the maxi vent with the fantastic one. To get really picky, it would be nice if the dinette was behind the passenger seat. It limits how much I can move my driving seat, it's not too bad, but it could be a little better (I'm about 6'). but dont get me wrong, we love and feel very blessed in our find.
The house charging system seems to kill house batteries, previous owner notes have 3 batteries in 6 years. And I just replaced, it was purchased aug 2015. So I researched, read Handy Bobs blog, "state of charge" article, trojan and interstate info. called interstate, emailed trojan. talked to Xantrex. So I did buy a Trojan T 1275 (150ah) battery and ctek 25000 battery charger, it does not use 14.8v for bulk charge as trojan recommends but is a good hold over until I come up with a better solution. When I emailed trojan and asked if they knew of any charging systems on the market for rv's that would accommodate their unique charging recommendations. Their short response was call Xantrex and ask if they will do a custom algorithm with the trucharge2 20a, well no they don't. They do sell a charger/invertor sw series that is programmable apparently, it's $2300 on amazon. So a plug in charger when the generators running and solar panels when its not.
I have checked the tire codes on the front, and they do need changing. So I will I try set up new ones before july trip. I still need to do a full tune up with my mechanic friend, he does alot of camping in the summer so it's been hard to get a common date. But I will make sure to go over the brakes especially,I will also ask him about the ac recharge options. I did have a couple people tell me they ran house ac while on the road, so thats always a back up option.
The power leaves me with no complaints, I am surprised at how much resistance I get in "drive" when going downhill (even loaded). Saves on brakes I guess, I went down an 18km grade and barely touched the brake.
The tilt steering is kinda funny, when I test drove the unit it was fine. I didn't notice at first when I picked up it wasn't moving, it was stuck in a fairly high position. While moving about in the front while camped, I bumped it hard and it freed up. I had tried a rubber mallet before to no avail. So it is a little touchy, but now working.
