We want a traveler 1000 satellite , period...I hear so many problem stories about the other dome units. I contacted Fleetwood and decided I wanted the Traveler installed by the same guys who built the coach. They quoted me 10-12 hours of labor to install!!!!Why? It seems the Fleetwood bounder comes prewired with 2 coax cables (rf1 and rf2) and a power supply harness. I confirmed this with Winegard as they say the Traveler requires a 6 wire data harness that needs to be installed... thus the extra time quoted by Fleetwood.Also, my 2014 bounder has never had a satellite on its roof so this a new install.Any thoughts, suggestions?Thanks!! :h

Why in all that is holy would you want Fleetwood to do the install? That is plane foolish IMHO. Installation is not hard. Several people have done their own with no problems. If your afraid, any good shop can do it in about 4-5 hours. BTW the control cable is no bigger than a standard RG6 coax.

Unless there is something odd about the Bounder installation should take no more than 2 hours. Typical labor charge is around 300.00 including misc hardware and such.Find someone else.

By far the hardest part is getting it on the roof, but 10 hours?... I did my own install and IIRC it was between 2-3 hours including my usual fiddling around. Walk away and find someone that knows what they are doing because it's clearly not Fleetwood in this case.

I had an existing manual dish so the hole was already cut but it only took Bill Adams (he later went to work for Winegard as a roving dealer trainer) maybe 3 hours to install my Traveler

Have you checked with your local Camping World? They sell em. They install em....Dennis

Winegard Traveler Satellite VS ..installation.....

donn0128
Explorer II
Aug 27, 2015
Why in all that is holy would you want Fleetwood to do the install? That is plane foolish IMHO. Installation is not hard. Several people have done their own with no problems. If your afraid, any good shop can do it in about 4-5 hours. BTW the control cable is no bigger than a standard RG6 coax.
bluwtr49
Explorer II
Aug 27, 2015
Unless there is something odd about the Bounder installation should take no more than 2 hours. Typical labor charge is around 300.00 including misc hardware and such.

Find someone else.
SCVJeff
Explorer
Aug 27, 2015
By far the hardest part is getting it on the roof, but 10 hours?... I did my own install and IIRC it was between 2-3 hours including my usual fiddling around. Walk away and find someone that knows what they are doing because it's clearly not Fleetwood in this case.
Clay_L
Explorer
Aug 27, 2015
I had an existing manual dish so the hole was already cut but it only took Bill Adams (he later went to work for Winegard as a roving dealer trainer) maybe 3 hours to install my Traveler
Executive45
Explorer III
Aug 27, 2015
Have you checked with your local Camping World? They sell em. They install em....Dennis
allbrandauto
Explorer
Aug 27, 2015
I installed my self 2 weeks of thinking 3 hours of doing very easy you tube video help full
bluwtr49
Explorer II
Aug 27, 2015
Another point is that once you decide which service you want, the installation facility should also be able to set up the service contract, install the receiver, and check everything out.

There are any number of facilities that can accommodate you. Try googling RV sat installation or some such and you might get lucky.
ljr
Nomad
Aug 27, 2015
The service dep't at NuWa (now Kansas RV Center) billed 5.5 hours labor
accsys
Explorer
Aug 27, 2015
Don't know where you are in IL but there is a lad down in the NW corner of AL that will put it in for less than 2,000 including the cost of the SWM Traveler.
Pop-Pop_C
Explorer
Aug 27, 2015
Not sure where you are ,but I know a dealer in S. Ft. Worth,Tx that can do it in about four hours.
They took my king dome off and replaced it with a traveller. They were a fleet wood dealer at the time. I had a 2007 NEWMAR FRED at the time worked great. That is why I have one on my 13 Winmie, Journey 40U. Won't leave home with out it.!!M