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If you are a member of FMCA, it comes with the membership, no extra charge.

Same here, ran two for days on end in a sailboat. Expensive, but worth it.

Any "synthetic" transmission fluid won't work. It must be the one Allison uses (or from their approved list)....Transynd.

Like several others, I put Rejex on the front of the MH and the windshield.

At a recent rally, I bought a Blue Ox Patriot II. It's a relatively new portable system. Its breakaway is installed and the system checked out. All looks good and ready for use. I got the portable so if or when we swap toads, all I have to remove from the toad is the breakaway....one bolt and some wire. http://www.blueox.com/brakes/brk2016/

If this was my coach, the first thing I would do is turn off the inverters...unless running lots of AC equipment, that would flip the inverter CB that the power is going through, they have nothing to do with this issue. The way my coach is wired, if there is too much AC equipment on...that inverter CB will flip whether the inverter is on or off.

Extended maintenance plans are extremely expensive, plus most have a deductible. You pay nearly $1,000 for your small 20' RV. The cost for a big DP would by much much higher. Those EW companies are in business to make a profit, naturally, and seem to be doing quite well. I'll take my chances without an EW. So far, knock on wood, I'm way ahead.

I always wash the bugs off the front on the first day I arrive at a new CG...whether I'm staying the night or a month. Many have "no wash" policies, but I'm not washing the coach, I'm removing bugs....nobody has ever said anything to me about doing it.

Same here. I don't trust some guy with a power washer....I don't want any water driven in where it should not be. I usually combine my wash with a refueling trip. Normally, I'll take it out and run it on the interstate to get all temps and pressures up to normal operating range, refuel, then wash. When I do that in the next few weeks the annual wax job will follow.

Same here. Some things require taking the coach to the factory. A 2016 model should still be under warranty. It's a PITA, but sometimes you have to do it. Some dealers are not capable of anything as sophisticated as slide adjustment and repair.

Re AAA, way to many cases of AAA either not bringing a tow truck big enough for a DP and/or a mechanic that is unfamiliar with the transmission and does not know if/how it should be rigged for towing. For years we were members of AAA, but not since since getting back into RVing.

This thread is one of many reasons why KOA is a last resort.

I can see where DOD would pay mileage rather than a plane ticket, as long as it wasn't more expensive. But you'll have to explain your overnight camping fee corresponds to a hotel room, the latter of which they'd pay dollar for dollar...and of course you'll have more over night camping fees since you can't make your trip in one day. BTW, I spent a month at Altus AFB one day back in the 80s.

By "exercising it" if you mean taking it out and running it long and hard enough to get all systems up to normal operating temperature, the experts say that's fine, other wise leave it parked. Those same experts say to put something between rubber tires and concrete....rubber mats, plywood, etc.

Are you saying your chassis was built in 2007, but the coach was not put on until 2010?? We've had a coach with a one year spread, but never three years.

I keep mine under cover and on plywood, with linoleum under the plywood in case I get water inside from a hard rain.

What does the owner's manual say about towing?

It's a numbers game. For MHs, when considering the Allison 3000 and 4000, it all depends on HP and torque. The cut off is 450 HP and 1250 ft/lbs of torque, if that or less you get a 3000 if more, you get a 4000. I found it interesting that they ignore the weight....HP and torque are the only criteria...you can tow any thing you want to tow.

With the Magna Shade, they sew small pockets across the top of the shade and give you a small stick. When mounting, you start in one corner and move the stick across the top using the pockets to mate the magnets. Easy one man job. Also, black is the recommended cover...don't ask me why, but it is. With this shade, during daylight hours, you can see out through the shade, but those outside cannot see in. Check the web site: http://www.magneshade.com/

"Recreational purposes only" means you can't rent it out to make a business out of owning it. Also, you might read the fine print, it might mean you can't use it for business purposes...like full timing and working out of it.

Magna Shades are great products. Had five on my AC Allegiance....driver's window, windshield, door, pass window and a big one covering two side by side windows on the curb side. They are easy to install, you get instructions, window cleaner, glue for the magnets and magnets. Obviously, they are held on by magnets, some on the outside of the window, some on the inside. Also, they are cut for the windows in your make and model coach, so they fit perfectly. For my double windows, they made them for the dimensions I sent. No worries about them coming off. The magnets for the windshield are about as wide as a quarter but 3/8" thick. A bit pricey, but you get what you pay for in this case.

Sounds like the chassis battery cut off switch is off. Another thing to remember, these beasts are ALL different. I can bring in the two small curb side slides with the battery only, but the coach must be running to move the full wall slide. The position of the basement doors, jacks and slides all have nothing to do with starting, the coach will start with any of them in any position..

It would greatly help if you added the coach in your signature...as it is now, we do not know to which coach the above comments pertain.

Hard to beat a Garman with free lifetime updates...I buy mine at Sams.

My guess would be that it's not a MH owner, but some kids out causing trouble. I doubt any of us would be so low as to steal some lug nut covers.