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Wildebill, those temperatures sound so inviting to me. I am currently in Kansas City where it was 60 yesterday and now it is 28 going down to 9. Currently it is freezing raining and all the schools are closed. Heading back to Pa on Sunday where it is predicted to be 29

We have ' living the dream' on the front of our coach and we really feel like we are....except when it is this cold for this long then its living the frozen dream...lol

Jleamont, are you full timing in your coach or are you spending the winter in your home. If in RV what campground are you staying in. Hershey is a nice location but having to haul water and Diesel fuel is getting old real fast

Jleamont, we are staying warm. Aquaheat is working well and I have an inside portable heater to help. I also have a ceramic heater in the water closet to make sure we have enough heat there. Just the other day I realized the blower in my basement was not working correctly and warming the basement. Everything about the Aquaheat system is working correctly and all my lines are hot and the fluid is at the proper level just cannot get the unit in the basement to work so I added an additional heater there to make sure nothing freezes. We had to leave Pa for a week and flew to Kansas City as my daughter is having surgery. All is good here and we return home on Sunday. Looks like we will finally go above freezing today in Pa so that is a relief. I have my other daughter checking my coach to make sure all my heaters are working. I am thinking this will be my last winter in the cold, next year I am heading where it is warm.

I will take your advise and add something today, as you said better safe than sorry

I am using 2-5 gallon containers to transport the fuel I need

I am parked in Pa but use a lot of diesel for my Aquaheat System. I am adding about 15-20 gallons a week and do not plan on starting Coach Engine for several months, should I be adding something to my fuel to prevent jelling since I do need it for the Aquaheat System?

In Pa and last night it hit -0- and has not gone above freezing for a week now. At Hershey Camping Resort where they turned the water off so using my own tanks. they do have one facet where you can haul water to your coach. About 4 days ago woke up in the middle of the night and it was 10 degrees and we did not have any water. I have an Aquaheat system and my basement is very nicely heated. The coach Manufacture placed the coach water filter on the outside wall and i think it was the culprit which froze. Fortunately I caught it in time and put a small heater in the water closet. It took about 5 hours but we have water again and have not had a problem since. We decided to move camping spaces to be closer to water source today. We have about 4 inches of snow the other day and knew I had to get it off the slide toppers before I tried to bring in my 3 slides. Went up on the roof and tried to remove the snow only to find huge chunks of ice under the snow. Looked like a bunch of leaves had fallen and water had accumulated on the slide toppers and with this cold weather froze solid. Knew I would cause some severe problems if I tried to close slides so I went to auto parts store bought 3 cans of Prestone windshield de-icer. Back up on the roof in 12 degrees and sprayed and then scrapped the ice off. Was able to removed some in huge chunks. I was able to close slides although because of the cold they did not come in as smooth as they usually do. A lot of work to get closer to water, now I just need about 200 feet of hose and I wont have to carry water 5 gallons at a time. Although with the AquaHeat System I am hauling diesel fuel as with these cold temperatures I am going through about 4-5 gallons per day.

We have stayed at Thousand trails in Orlando which is very close to DW. You don't have to belong to TT to stay at one of their parks any longer. It is a very large park with level sites. Some of the sites are stone some are concrete but all are nice. We were there in the middle of October and they had plenty of room. That may be different now with all the cold weather throughout the country but I highly recommend it.

I am from the East my wife was from the West, we got married and moved West. Never really 'camped" well maybe when I was a Boy Scout. In 1982 we bought a Dodge Van Conversion as we had a young son and another child on the way. One day my wife drags me from our home in Paradise Valley Az to Payson Az. to camp. I fought tooth and nail as I did not want to go but knew all along I would have to do this. Turns out had a fantastic time, and with wife being pregnant we decided we wanted to buy an RV, with a bathroom of course, to do this more often. That was the start of our RVing story, we started with a 24 foot travel trailer in Phoenix which we moved with us to Cleveland when we were transferred. Had to sell it because of harassment from home owners association. Transferred to Denver and the first thing we did was to buy another 24 foot travel trailer and enjoyed a couple of years of camping and another child before a freak hail storm in Denver in 1991 destroyed it. With insurance money bought my first Class C 27 foot motor-home. Picked it up on the same day our 4th child was born. Enjoyed that 1991 coach for a couple of years and while attending an RV Show in Denver in 1994 we ended up with a 29 foot Class C motor-home wide-body. This was a nice coach but because it was a wide-body it had a tremendous amount of side sway when driving and scared the heck out of me. In 1997 we traded up to our first 34 foot Class A Gas motor-home. We had may years of great camping, traveling, and tailgating in this motor-home. After our transfer to PA in 2002 we did not use it much so it sat in storage a lot. In 2005 I got the 'bug' again and we bought a 2005 39 foot gas motor-home and really got back into RVing so much that in 2006 we bought our first 40 foot Diesel which we kept until 2016 when I bought our current coach. We belong to Thousand Trails and somewhere along the trail of all the rv's we owned we decided this is what we want to do full time when I retire. About 5 years ago we realized we had only spent about 3 weeks at a time in the RV and if we were going to do this full time we had better be sure. So at that time when the Thousand Trails parks opened in April we would move into the RV until October when they close and went to work from the RV. We were correct and this is what we want to do, so 2 years ago when my youngest son got married ( my son who was born on the same day I bought my first motor-home) we would move into our coach full time and we rent our house to my son and his wife. We continue to work and go home to our RV each night. I plan to retire soon and we will hit the road full time. I have realized I don't like the cold weather so this will be my last winter in the Northeast. Next year I am heading for warmer locations. My wife Kathy and I have been married for what will be 41 years in April and have 4 successful Children and 4 lovely grandchildren. 2 of our children live near us in Pa, one in Kansas and one in Colorado. All of our Grandchildren are in Kansas and Colorado, so guess where we will be headed first when I retire (in the summer of course). Well that is my RVing story and how we got started with an overnight camping trip in a van conversation that I did not want to take and here we are 35 years later 'living the dream'. Whats your story...

I have a 2017 Grand Cherokee Unlimited and have not had a single problem towing it 4 wheels down. Easy to hook up and easy to use a pen point to disconnect drive train to tow. Much easier than the Wrangler I used to tow. Very happy with GC

I just finished with Verizon and signing up. I already had 2 cell lines plus my jetpack with them and had 16 GB each month which we were always getting close to going over. I followed the directions and then spent about an hour on the phone with Verizon Customer Service. The end result is they lowered my cell phone data to 2 GB each and put me on unlimited FMCA program for $49.99 per month. The end result, providing I do not go over the data on the cell phones, is I saved $16 per month. OF course I had to pay ahead on my FMCA dues to do this but I would have done that anyway. Although I am happy I am saving $16 per month, it is not as great a benefit as I originally thought it would be.

When I purchased a new coach in 2016 and had the same frustrations, I sent an email to the president of the manufacturer and also to the owner of the dealer I purchased the coach from. The end result of a long story is instead of spending weeks and months dealing with service department that could not do anything until the manufacturer would authorize it, the manufacturer came and got my coach and took it back to the factory. They had it 2 weeks and flew us to Indiana to pick it up. Later on in the year we had to make a return trip to the factory but at the end of the day we were able to get everything fixed without the usually "wait" My recommendation for anyone buying a new coach is before you pick up the coach call the manufacturer and make an appointment for about 2 months later so you can get everything handled the correct way. Still have a couple of issues but the relationship I built with the representatives of the manufacturer I am confident these will be addressed although we are now out of warranty. So the bottom line is forget the service departments at the dealerships and go right to the manufacturer, they have all the parts and know how.

Keon, spend our time traveling between Thousand Trails parks in PA, Hershey, PA Dutch, Circle M and for the winter we are staying at Hershey Camping Resort. IF you are ever up this way again give me a shout out. I am still working so this is our try it before we go full time when I retire. Thought I should explain why we are staying in one area.

I had a 2006 Tuscany which I had RV Armour install their product on my roof and I was very pleased with the quality of their installation work as well as the quality of their product. My thought was, it was not IF the roof would leak it was WHEN so i had it done and was pleased. I traded my 2006 Tuscany which I bought new, in for a 2016 new Tuscany in March of 2016. I had numerous problems with everything from the navigation system to the Aqua Heat System , to a wire for the air conditioner being connected to a speaker instead of the sensor. When during a rainstorm the slide leaked and soaked my wife who was sitting at the kitchen table I lost it. I contacted the President of Thor as well as Marcus since I bought it at Camping World. Thor came to my home and picked up my coach and took it back to their factory and when it was finish they flew us out to tour the factory and pick up our coach. We have had problems after that but they stood by us and sent out mobile repair trucks as well as having us stop back at the factory to ensure all was repaired correctly. We are out of warranty now and have 2 small problems which I have contacted Thor for help and we are working on a schedule to have them repaired. Although we were furious about the problems we had I have to say Thor stood behind their product and did right by us and although the jury is still out looks like they continue to help us. I wish they did better in checking everything before they release them from the factory but....it is what it is. This is our 4th Damon/Thor Coach and I have to say I am happy with our coach and would recommend the Tuscany to anyone looking for a good coach at a reasonable price. Just be prepared to spending the first year getting all the bugs out. I would also recommend bypassing any RV dealer and going directly to the factory to have the work done.

I use a portable compressor I purchased at Home Depot rated up to 150psi. I could never get my tire monitor system and my tire gauge to match pressure so I had my tire gauge checked and found it to be about 5psi off. I invested in a Matco gauge which clips to my valve stem and has a chuck which clips to my compressor. I connect it and squeeze the trigger and was able to add air to all my tires in less than 15 minutes. This gauge from Matco is guaranteed to be accurate to within .2psi. The first time I used this gauge a funny thing happened, my TPMS matched the gauge. It was about $135 but the peace of mind I have now knowing my tire have the correct PSI makes it well worth it. I also had a tire I could not get a reading on with my old tire gauge unless I removed the TPMS from the valve stem. With this new gauge it is capable of reading it without removing it. For me it was a great investment

Thanks for the information, looks like $2k if I install myself

I have seen several coaches this year that have a 6-8 inch Chrome Rocker Panel strip along the bottom of their coach. I really like this look and am wondering if anyone has any information on this product. Is it plastic, is it Stainless Steel and how does it attach. Any information would be appreciate, whether it is a website of a supplier and can you install it yourself and approximate cost Etc Thanks in advance for your help

Congratulations on your Tuscany, I had a 2006 Tuscany and now have a 2016 Tuscany and they are great coaches. I pull a 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee which I really enjoy, but also miss my Wrangler. Just could not fit the Grandkids in that small back seat. Hope you enjoy your new coach and welcome

My vote is NO also

I used Ally Bank on my last purchased and received a good rate

Wildbill308 & Christopherl, thank you very much for the advice, I made the changes and we will see when I post this response if it worked. I also want to add that I towed my 2017 Grand Cherokee for the first time and it was so much easier than my Wrangler. My new base plate is the twist on to lock inserts which is very easy and switching the transfer case to neutral is also much easier, literally a touch of a button. I did not feel any difference even though the Grand Cherokee is about a 1000 lbs more than the Wrangler. I will miss my Wrangler but am very happy with my Grand Cherokee

Now if I could only figure out how to change my tagline from the 2014 Jeep Wrangler Sport to 2017 Grand Cherokee Limited. Tried to contact FMCA to see what I was doing wrong but have had no response

Thank you all for your help, had the tow bar installed last night and I absolutely need the bar across the front as it is when the Falcon2 tow bar connects. Don't know what I was thinking, I was confused because when I ordered the new tow bar from e-Trailer they had a picture of a base plate without the bar. The tow bar connected directly to the base plate arms. I am not sure I would be comfortable with that set up and definitely feel more secure with the bar. Thanks for your help and advice.

I have towed a 2014 Wrangler and the miles do not accumulate and am in the process of setting up my new Jeep Grand Cherokee and I do not beleive the miles will accumulate with it either