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Thank you Tom. You shed some much needed light on my own situation! I spend most of my time in the Coach or outside the US, Linda also has a large DP and travel with me ! She has 2 ranches that we both love and I have the large (3,700+ sq. foot) house on Galveston, Island. Plus a ranch of my own! The Island house is For Sale, but that still leaves a lot of land and homes in Texas, from Three Rivers to Gilmer! We have been talking of me selling my ranch and her giving the main residence to her son as a life residence, then it would go to her 3 Grandkids. That would still leave the Barnominium as a home base! I have no children. My cousin say's you can't have to much land...true, but he does not travel by motorhome! Linda and I love the RV life style...I'm over 50 years, she 34 years off Class A ownership and we are currently looking to getting 2 new ones. She wants a 43', current 40' and I want a 40', current 45'....NO, I don't want a 2006 Phaeton! I do think that, like you, if we get everything down to "One Tipi", it will be a lot less stress and a whole lot less expensive! Is our thinking correct ?

Sometimes the gray thank can be worse than the black! but both can be pulled in by an open window also..

Cauffield, What are yours doing or not doing?

When traveling I have never done so with a roof vent open, either before or after the invention of Fantastic Fan! Mine are there to bring in/out fresh air on a cool day, rain or shine, I have not had any invasion of water. My max air is a high shell that allows my vent cover to be raised and fan used when it's raining...last time that happened was at FMCA Indy rally, Lord it rained the day before the event ! As Herman and his parkers can attest to...that was a real "Frog Strangler"!

In Answer to your last 2 questions, one word,,,NO !

"Fiver" = Fifth wheel trailer. IMHO = In my humble opinion. If that's what you think, then go get her!

Yep. A lot of things "happen" to Wayne! Sorry, could not resist. I had a Tiffin Allegro Bus 2011, it was as bad as The Tuscany & Wayne's together...even had the front cap fall off, that's a real blast at 65mph. That's the reason I now have a American Coach Tradition, 2010 and bought it in 2013 ! Yep, it's cost me about $30,000 since I got it. You can get a $2 million coach and have a lemon.

My TPMS is integrated with my Silverleaf, so I check PSI about once an hour. To my knowledge, I have not had Truck interference! I did have a problem with black out on my rear and side cameras, last year. After more time and money than the system was worth, a bright young tech found the splitter...The system is Sony, but not the splitter, put in a $25 new Sony and it's worked flawless since!

Silverleaf did that to me also in 2015, found out there was 2 oil pressure units...both 3 prong. Got the same on my coolant.

Wayne. Baby Back ribs, good eats! In a pressure cooker and not grilled? UGH Didn't know you was from NY City! Sometimes in a disaster, I feel that the Insurer drags their feet, just to see what your reaction will be. Having said that, After TS Allison, I read the does and don'ts. As mentioned above, take lots of photos, then start taking your personal items out and take more photos of each item, clean up what you can and more photo's, gather all your receipts for everything and anything. Don't wait until adjuster gets there, by then there will be more damage than you have now and they will blame you...re member? Now they are no longer your friend and will low ball you on any nit picking thing they can find ! You may also have coverage via Dues, under Liability! Quietly check that out..

If I can save the cost of a case of imported beer, each time I fill up...then I will do so. I have a 150 gal. tank and buy on avg. 92 gal. at a time....Due to my involvement with FMCA and the Shriners International, I travel about 14,000 miles a year in coach!

Since Wayne has been gone for 11 hours (not like him), I hope he's being pro active with his belongings and not crying in his beer!

All, very good advice and other than OP, we get one, sarcastic response! Don't think he'll be back...the world of no response

Yep, fall of 2016. Jim. Go back to around page 2-4 of this post and you can read it by Dons2347.

Now we know what takes precedence between a football game and a $300,000 coach! The Thor Tuscany can't be that bad...FMCA National President Jon Walker has one! I have had over 50 years now, of Class A's and your the only one I have ever heard of, that put a new roof on a new RV!

Yep..Chris is correct, documents or pictures of before and after is important. The longer your stuff sit there/including coach, the better the chance is that it's now or going to be a total loss! Don't forget, your insurance company/like the government is not your friend ! If you have not done so, get down to Dues and take pictures of everything, especially any high water mark! Run Wayne, run!

Allan, make, model of coach would help. Have you contacted the coach manufacturer and spoken to tech department? This is not a stand alone unit, is it?

The original voting on whether or not we should even considerate the change to begin with...was determined by less than 1% of the 70,000+/- members who bothered to send a ballot in! Of the 680 votes returned the majority Won....and here we are! Too bad, that something as important as this is, only a small percentage will mail in their votes and that small %, will determine the future of FMCA!

I would update the system, probably easier on the wallet and you will love the difference!

Wayne, caveat to that "help thing". If you want it dismantled, call Herman, he's a way better demo man, than me! Other than that, I want to hear that your "on the road, again"!

They offered you $500, take it and get the after marked fixed...should cost about $150 max each. Your ahead $200...I don't see an issue here! Now, I hope for your sake, that the Owner of the RV Armor Franchise. don't sue you for Defamation of Character and/or Malicious Slander! Had you told us up front, that Thor had taken care of their end of this...My SO would not have scratched Thor of the list for a new coach, she was looking at the 45' Tuscany! I'm looking at a new 40', tired of a 45 foot ! Thanks to you, now we have to re-evaluate everything!

Yea! Not a warm, fuzzy feeling...a coach may be different, don't know! I rear ended a 2006 Ford 150 double cab in Galveston during the rain storm, 24 December 2016, at about 5 mph in my Jeep. Peeled back the bed, destroyed the bumper, tail gate on (aluminum Ford). USAA came up with $9,200 for fix, wholesale value $5,960...totaled. Jeep = zero damage! Owner of truck refused to settle...2 month later, DW sues USAA for bodily injury...that was filed on my DL...2 weeks ago, got it off of my DL since there was no Police Report and USAA deemed that it was truck's fault for having no lights, all the bulbs was burned out...

If I remember correctly, the Dometic and Nocold was real sensitive when it came to level....with a residential unit, you don't have that problem.

Yes, Father Jim. cpenn, see what I mean?

Welcome and hope the ankle is better!