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Re: looking for owners of 2004-2005 Pace Arrows
Here is a snow tip!! We spent 4 days over new years at the Tahoe Valley RV park this year. We just got in before the big storms hit Tahoe. Over night the temp was 10 Deg and three feet of new snow. The tip is that your dump hose can find it self under feet of snow It will FREEZE the fix is to let your grey water run out at all times don't hold back untill it's full that's bad in the cold!. This will keep the hose from freezing, In the morning take hot showers!! if the hose does freeze. This worked just great for us!!! Our friend didn't heed the warning and their hose froze and couldn't dump untill the afternoon and their hose was destroyed!!! The Pace Arrow worked better then expected in the extreme condition that we were in!!!5 full days in nasty weather and only used 1/2 tank of LP with sleeping 6 people!!! Note: We did this trip laster year too, in our Southwind 34L and burned up a full tank of LP in 3 days!!!25 gals The 2000 35R was just amazing!!!!351Views0likes0CommentsRe: looking for owners of 2004-2005 Pace Arrows
I hope that we can talk about older units here, "2001" It's new to me and love it!!! I do have a question! On the roof top solar panel! Does the coach need to be disconnected from any out side power and gen turned off before you see the little red LED indicator in the AC inlet come on indicating that the solar panel is charging the batteries? Asuming it's a bright sunny day. or is my solar panel not working? We did have a problem with water presure at pickup, it was the water bypass valve not fully closed!! It will mess with the Ice Maker, Shower, etc. The valve is very easy to turn and can easly be not fully closed or open!!!351Views0likes0CommentsRe: First Time Buyer...Updated 03/06/2006
Here’s my two cents! My wife and I purchased are first Class A 7 years ago. We are in our early Forties. We have 4 boys starting at 14 yrs- 22 yrs. They commonly go with us on our trips but not all the time. We like getting out on the road at least 1 time a month with 2 15 day trips a year. We decided to limit the amount we spent on the MH to about 30-40K and a max size of 34 feet to see how we liked it. It was affordable and easy to sell if it didn’t work out. After dealing with this 93 Southwind DP for three years, we learned what we liked and didn’t like and what type of adventures we were going on ie. ( lots of driving, or lots of time parked in a RV park or trying to get into small restricted campgrounds with size limits or just always lots of people with us!) My office manager a year or two after stepped up and purchased a brand new Fleetwood Excursion 39S 3 slides DP at about 165K. Well, we found that the Bigger the better and too many slides ( two living room slides) make it hard to travel for big mileage trips ( 4500 miles in 10 days) but nice once you have landed! and what kind of extras you would like and what extras are useful, expense in fuel and power to climb hills, tow. The real nice thing is that we easily sold our MH, lost very little money on it, and purchased the unit that best fit our habits, we all have different likes in a MH and the first time out you can’t know everything that will make your adventures in RVing the most it can be. So I think starting slow and be in the mind that you may only keep your first rig for maybe 2 years and work your way up, it’s a safe way to do it. My manager has owned their 39S for 2 years and wouldn’t buy the one they have again, not because of problems but thing they thought was important when they bought it and found that now after 2 years the thinks they liked 2 years ago they just don’t use and find the coach falling short of their needs. They can’t sell the unit very easily and will lose a sizable amount of money when they sell, they are now shopping for a unit that is a better fit for them now. I’m not done movin-up. But each year I’m learning more and more, and before I drop the BIG MONEY DOWN on a real nice rig, I’ll have the experience to make a good decision. My 2 cents!483Views0likes0Comments
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