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Re: What did you do to your Class A MH today???
WTD44 wrote: I have to remove the kitchen faucet every year to scrap the calcium deposits out of a small orifice. I KNOW what you mean, it is a terrible job to get under there to loosen the retaining nuts. HATE ITWTD I keep one of these in the RV for those hard to reach plumping fittings: http://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-Faucet-and-Sink-Installer-Tool-27018/100595073309Views0likes0CommentsRe: First RV disablement, good and bad Roadside Assist
NJRVer wrote: There is nothing wrong with GS here. The Garden State Parkway and NJ Turnpike and also I believe Atlantic City Expressway have contracted tow companies only. It doesn't matter what roadside plan you have, they can not just send any tow company they feel like to tow you. I think part of it that these contracted tow companies are given a certain mile marker to tow vehicles from. This is to get disabled vehicles off the highway in a certain minimum time frame to get the roadway cleared ASAP. If they didn't do this there would be disabled vehicles sitting on the highway because somebody wanted their "Uncle Fred" to come pick their car up for cheap. I question whether you've even read my post(s) in this thread. I have been in contact with both Mark and Frank and am working on submitting a reimbursement request - I will let everyone know the final outcome.0Views0likes0CommentsRe: First RV disablement, good and bad Roadside Assist
Rollnhome wrote: Kcny don't get me wrong .... I am on your side. But bottom line GS and only GS decides if they will reimburse for the tow. Most probably don't know about or know they need to apply and request reimbursement. I am almost sure that even though GS called the tow GS had to contact LEO to see which tow company was next in rotation for that section of the Parkway, I doubt GS tracks that information. Hope it works out for you. I'm sure after bring it to their attention here it will. No offense taken at all. The main thing is we are safe and back on the road.0Views0likes0CommentsRe: First RV disablement, good and bad Roadside Assist
Rollnhome wrote: Pays to read the contract. They say it is up to them to pay or not. Devil is in the details. Below is from GSRA brochure. They say anywhere in USA then at the bottom add this. "At their discretion, law enforcement officers may radio for a non-program emergency service provider. If this happens, please call for reimbursement information. Towing or disablement service charges may also be eligible for reimbursement when a law enforcement officer requests those services from a non-program provider in the event that your vehicle breaks down on a limited access or toll road. All claims must be submitted with original paid receipt and letter of explanation within 90 days of the incident for consideration of reimbursement. To receive the services provided under this program, you must call our toll-free phone number: 1-800-846-3700." Maybe the Devil is in the details, but LEO did not call for the tow - Good Sam called the tow company. The tow operator even told me when they called, they told him to bill the customer for the tow fees on the restricted roadway portion. The tow operator then sends Good Sam another charge because he separately bills Good Sam a tow fee from the off ramp to the repair facility. I understand how this game works and if I have to file for a reimbursement no problem and my GSRA experience was stellar: but to tell me on the phone that Good Sam can decide whether or not to pay and we choose not to!?.......0Views0likes0CommentsFirst RV disablement, good and bad Roadside Assist
The disablement: Almost 5pm on a Thursday and we are heading southbound on the Garden State Parkway (New Jersey), 1/2 mile from Exit 67. Four hours into a five-hour trip and as we are leaving a rest stop and merging back onto the Parkway, I smell a burning smell at the same time my TPMS comes on for high heat. Brake pedal is soft and goes to the floor, feels like a drag to the left: but luckily I am able to safely pull off to the side of the road. I get out to assess and see smoke from behind the wheel and small drops of what appears to be brake fluid on the ground. My assessment: front left brake caliper locked up and blew a line. The good: Call Good Sam (I have Platinum +) and get a prompt answer from a pleasant gentleman. We determine where I am and he asks a couple questions, puts me on hold to speak to an RV tech and then comes back and concludes we need a tow. He puts me on hold to find the nearest tow company and not twenty minutes later the local highway patrol shows up so that he can relay to the heavy tow operator what the situation is (heavy tow was another 15 minutes out). I receive a text from Good Sam that includes both the name of the tow company as well as the ETA (15 minutes). I hang up from being on hold to give me info to the highway patrol and we wait for the heavy tow. Heavy tow arrives on schedule and drops the drive shaft, gets us hooked up and towed to the repair facility that's maybe 7 miles away. The bad: Literally as the tow operator is finishing his work to get us towed, Good Sam calls back. The condensed version of the conversation is: "The Garden State Parkway is a restricted roadway and as such Good Sam has to use the contracted tow operator for the area of your disablement. We can choose whether or not to pay the tow bill and after speaking to my Supervisor, we will only cover your tow starting from the point that you exit the restricted roadway." I confirm this with the tow operator as well (the fact that Good Sam said charge the customer not us) - and fork over my credit card for a $300 charge (broken down into a tow charge, a drive shaft drop and to use a set of wireless tow lights). So overall I am happy with the prompt and courteous response, but being that there are many, many "restricted roadways"; if I have to pay the tow charge any time I break down on one of them, I don't think I need GSRA? ....as a follow-up to what caused my disablement - the master cylinder was bone dry and when they filled it up they couldn't get it to build any pressure. They replaced the master cylinder and bled all the lines, took it for a test drive and found no other leaks. I was back on the road 24 hours later.3.6KViews0likes19CommentsRe: RV Wireless TPMS Systems - which one is preferred
Ron3rd wrote: kcny wrote: It looks like for $215 you only get 4 sensors and no booster? That's not a bad deal. If I recall, my TST was around $230-250.00 about 3 years ago. I don't think it is a good deal actually - you can get the TireMinder one for $309 on Amazon (that's with 6 sensors, includes a booster and an extra set of batteries).463Views0likes0CommentsRe: Replacing Backup Camera System
You could go outside under the coach, following existing wiring -- and then you only need to worry about how to get it from the rear bottom to the camera up top. You could cut the end off the existing cable and tape the new one to the old and carefully pull (so long as the old isn't cable tied to something else). If it is overhead, maybe pop a fixture and do a test pull to see if each "section" is loose? Or (what I ended up doing), run the new wire inside along the wall on the floor. I was able to hide it the whole way under carpet, the couch, the dinette and then followed the plumbing all the way to the back. Then I fished it up the wall and out through a hole inside a cabinet.461Views0likes0Comments
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