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Re: ? on quality of Forrest River Sunseeker
BruceMc wrote: 92GreenYJ wrote: Well I was working on my Sunseeker a bit adding some things to it. Bedroom tv, usb charging ports, etc. to wire in an auxiliary fuse block to power the usb charging ports I took the plywood top off the master bed for easier access. I will say the builders didn’t bother cleaning up after themselves very well. Lots of sawdust, leftover chunks of particle board they had punched out for routing wires, etc. I spent all of 2 minutes cleaning it all up with the shop vac. Kinda lowers my opinion just a tad that the builders couldn’t be bothered to do it themselves. Granted I’m sure not everyone would be getting into an area like that, but it’s the principle of the thing. I've found that in our Sunseeker as well. I've spent a small amount of time cleaning up those areas I've accessed whilst working on various projects. To me, though irritating, it's a small issue in the grand scheme of things. I've walked through & examined a number of other brands & found similar issues to those in the Sunseeker. Find the floorplan and chassis you want/can live with, and if the build quality is decent, move on with life. It seems today's generations are litterbugs, not just in the hidden spaces in our motorhomes, but in life in general. I don't know what happened to the "pick up after yourself" ethic, but it sure doesn't exist any longer. I agree completely. It’s far from a knock or indication of the overall quality of the rig. It’s just the principle of the thing. Back when I was doing that sort of work we lived on the philosophy of the only sign we were ever there should be the finished system installed. No trash, no debris, etc left behind. It’s all about taking pride in your work.842Views0likes0CommentsRe: ? on quality of Forrest River Sunseeker
Well I was working on my Sunseeker a bit adding some things to it. Bedroom tv, usb charging ports, etc. to wire in an auxiliary fuse block to power the usb charging ports I took the plywood top off the master bed for easier access. I will say the builders didn’t bother cleaning up after themselves very well. Lots of sawdust, leftover chunks of particle board they had punched out for routing wires, etc. I spent all of 2 minutes cleaning it all up with the shop vac. Kinda lowers my opinion just a tad that the builders couldn’t be bothered to do it themselves. Granted I’m sure not everyone would be getting into an area like that, but it’s the principle of the thing.843Views0likes0CommentsRe: RV can’t make it into driveway. Bottoms out hard.
PAThwacker wrote: 92GreenYJ wrote: turbojimmy wrote: 92GreenYJ wrote: What's the blue thing with chrome bumpers? Appears to be a classic Mopar cruiser? Yet another of my toys. 1971 Dodge Charger You have too many toys for postage size city lot. Most camper trailer I could fit on my sloped driveway at my house was a 21 footer. I had mere inches to spare from front hitch and rear bumper scraping the road and driveway. Where does the half ton truck, mopar, truck camper, flat bed trailer, 33 ft class c, modified jeep, and wife's ride fit? Well the truck camper is gone. The RV now takes the left half of the driveway, my wife’s Grand Cherokee takes the top spot on the right side, my daily driver Ram truck is parked behind her car. Right now my 71 Charger is on the street in front of my house and my Jeep is parked on my dead grass behind the bushes of the front yard off the driveway. I will be replacing the dead grass with 1/2 artificial grass and half pavers to make an additional parking space there for the Charger and the Jeep will then take over the spot on the street in front of my house parked on the flatbed trailer it will be towed to the desert on.2.5KViews0likes0CommentsRe: RV can’t make it into driveway. Bottoms out hard.
fj12ryder wrote: Is that parking going to pass muster with the city? I mean it's blocking the easement/sidewalk area. And right up against your neighbor's property line. If your city lets that go after your neighbor rats you out, then it's a much more liberal city than ours. There is no sidewalk. I’m in a rural area way up on the hill on a quiet street. Only about 10 houses on the whole street and it doesn’t go thru so it’s only traveled by people that live here. The retaining wall along my neighbors little walkway there is actually on my property.2.5KViews0likes0CommentsRe: RV can’t make it into driveway. Bottoms out hard.
timmac wrote: 92GreenYJ wrote: Well I got it in the driveway. A combination of the hitch rollers, a stack of pavers, and four 2x4x8s did the trick. That said I do NOT want to have to do this every time so this is a temporary solution at best. I have contacted a local concrete guy to get an estimate on reworking half of the driveway for the RV. All those toys and no deceit area to park them without blocking neighbors views, I can maybe see why she complained why it was parked in the street blocking her views to get out of her driveway, also the way the motorhome is parked in the driveway also blocks views form her front door and such, I made sure when I park my motorhome at my house including my boat and Jeep its not blocking views out front of house, its all behind a 5 foot fence set back in property as to Vegas codes.. You would be a problem for me as well, you want big toys than buy a house to properly accommodate them.. Just my opinion.. And your opinion is dumb. You don’t have the whole picture at all. The steps you see there are access to the side yard there from their ample driveway/ garage area which is where their front door is and where they enter/exit from. In the 5 years we have owned our home I have never once seen them use those steps or even walk along that side yard. There is also that very large hedge and a huge wall behind it blocking their view of the street entirely from their front door. At most they saw the roof of the RV at the very top of the wall.2.5KViews0likes0CommentsRe: RV can’t make it into driveway. Bottoms out hard.
Hammerboy wrote: Grit dog wrote: 92YJ, unless I’m missing something, there’s no “low” spot to fill in. From the pics, your driveway goes up from the gutter line, correct? You can’t re work the curb and gutter and street grade, you’d have to lower the driveway. I don’t see a solution by filing anything in. But ICBW. I think its doable. It looks like if he excavates that sharp bend on the drive about 6-8' from the street he will make it. My drive is much steeper and I make it fine. Just needs a more rolling surface with no sharp bends in the driveway Dan Take another look at the pictures of it in the driveway. Where that big stack of pavers goes out in a line is the low spot I am referring to and what ultimately stopped me getting it in there. The rear tires of the RV dropped into that low spot and that was what hung me up on the rear. By building that “bridge” out of pavers/ timber the rear stayed up high enough not to hit the road on the way in. So I think the ultimate solution is going to be to fill that low spot in and build it up as I did with the pavers, but this time do it permanently with concrete. That way I don’t have to spend 45 minutes building my bridge every time I want to take it out.2.5KViews0likes0CommentsRe: RV can’t make it into driveway. Bottoms out hard.
turbojimmy wrote: 92GreenYJ wrote: Well I got it in the driveway. Excellent! The cost of the driveway modifications will likely exceed putting bags on the rear of the rig. Plus like others have said the air makes it ride nicer and gives you some suspension travel for leveling without goofing around with ramps (assuming you don't already have hydraulic levelers). I do have auto levelers. That said after this I feel I don’t have to redo the whole driveway. I think just filling in the low spot on the left side where the RV goes up will do the trick.299Views0likes0CommentsRe: RV can’t make it into driveway. Bottoms out hard.
Well I got it in the driveway. A combination of the hitch rollers, a stack of pavers, and four 2x4x8s did the trick. That said I do NOT want to have to do this every time so this is a temporary solution at best. I have contacted a local concrete guy to get an estimate on reworking half of the driveway for the RV.301Views0likes0CommentsRe: RV can’t make it into driveway. Bottoms out hard.
Mickeyfan0805 wrote: It's hard to tell for sure, but from the pictures it looks as though the driveway is only half the problem. It appears that the street slopes down from the center of the road up to the edge of the driveway (probably for drainage) which slopes back up. This ends up creating a 'v' that that is probably a good 15' or more from the two points of level height on either side. This gap would need to be traversed to get the MH up the drive. I don't see any way that re-leveling the driveway would fix that issue sufficiently. If it were me, I would mock-up my approach with some 2x4's. Make a 2x4 rail that is the same length as your rig (bumber to bumper). Then, place two 'legs' on the rail at the location of the tires. Those legs should be long enough that the bottom of your 2x4 rail sits at the same height as your rig. You now have a model of your ground clearance that you can use to try to evaluate options. From the pics, it looks like somehow bridging that 'v' from somewhere near the peak of the road to a point somewhere up your drive is the only way to go. While any type of support structure would have to be substantial (and well supported), the mock-up I am suggesting would help you get a sense of whether or not it is even feasible and, if so, a sense of what you would need to do. You nailed it. The heavy crown on the street I believe is my biggest issue. The hitch dug into the crown. Front tires were about halfway up the driveway and the rears were just at the bottom of the driveway at the lowest point when it dug in and just stopped. That black mark you can see is some of the rubber I burned off spinning the tires. At this point I’m thinking a combination of the ideas mentioned here should work. Luckily my street is pretty dead usually as it’s not a thru street and only traveled by people that live here. I’m thinking if I can get it lined up straight across the street, build me some ramps to bridge that gap between the crown of the street and the driveway then I can just drive it on up.265Views0likes0Comments
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