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Like others have said, it would depend somewhat on your make and model, but generally speaking you should be able to walk around on any Class A roof without fear of putting your foot through the ceiling. Now if you have a 20 year old unit and you are tipping the scales at around 300+ you may have an issue. Actually under those circumstances you may not make it up on the roof because half way up the rear ladder it most likely will pull away from the coach and send you tumbling.....

My engine brake also activates the brake lights when I'm using it (which I think is a good idea). Last year there was some Class A owner unhappy with this option and was trying to figure out a way to turn off the brake light feature (different forum). I guess a commercial truck driver followed him down a grade and then asked him at a nearby fuel stop why he was riding his brake all the way down the hill, or something of that nature. I have noticed more and more newer 18 wheelers with this feature now though, so apparently Freightliner and others are not just putting it on "custom" chassis.

Watseka, Iroquois County, know the area well. Used to work that area. I'm guessing the largest RV repair could be Pontiac RV over on I-55. I know there isn't squat for RV dealers in the Bloomington/Peoria area. Other than that you may have to head north to Death City.....or I mean Chicago. Sorry to hear about your hail damage. We were lucky this summer out in SD when a large hail storm missed the CG by just a few miles. Unfortunately I was on I-90 in my Mini Cooper and got $14,000+ worth of damage!

What were the low temps you experienced? How long did they last? Was there a above freezing recovery during the day?

My loaded 24' enclosed trailer comes in just over 10,000 pounds. My 1,200 pound Harley sits all the way up in the tongue.

For towing 4 down you are probably correct. My toad adds over 3000 pounds to my tag as I would suspect it does to about anyone pulling a larger enclosed trailer. So my toad does effect what psi goes in my tag and drive axle tires.

It looks to me like you would be fine with 115 in steer axle and 90-95 in the other six, unless you are pulling a large trailer with a lot of tongue weight on your hitch. Is you coach equipped with some type of TPMS?

We wouldn't have gone on until around 2011. Not only did I learn a ton about my Keystone fiver but RVing and full timing in general.

Sounds like there could be several on here that were members of the Montana forum. Like Wayne, we had a 3400RL, which was our first fiver, and finding that forum was perfect for us as a learning tool. I also go back and visit their site from time to time. Five, I know what you are saying. There is still one older gentlemen on the Montana forum that will throw out misinformation from time to time. Nothing about weights exactly. If you correct him or disagree it will just go on and on, so it is better just to ignore his posts.

Never been a huge fan of roadside assistance plans. GS has sent me free membership the last two years for theirs, not sure why. Maybe it had something to do with my renewal on my regular membership. For a wreck my insurance company will pay for most or all of a tow/recovery. Due to my factory warranty still being in place some mechanical breakdowns could ever be covered. I have went 8 years without a blow out on any RV so I'm way ahead of the game there.

I have been a member of several RV forums since 2011. Probably the best one was my first, a Keystone Montana owners group. Very laid back and friendly with a ton of accurate knowledge not only about our common fivers but camping in general. Then over the next few years I branched out to IRV2 (Newmar section), FMCA, and since we were full time I tried Escapees. IRV2 and FMCA have been fine. I recently got into a bit of a "problem" on Escapees and they decided I had violated a rule and banned me. I requested and received a full refund for my annual membership so I was okay with the whole thing.

I think you can get pretty close by just using your axle weights and going by the charts, or at least close enough not to be underinflated. I certainly would not want to air to maximum psi and then add a little.

Brett has outlined it pretty well. I never placed a diesel RV in storage for the winter, however for years we had to store our twin engine diesel boat up north. I topped off both 150 gallon tanks with fresh #2 diesel and put in additives. With heavy 8D batteries they were always left in place with zero issues. Obviously the motors and generator could not be exercised during storage and everything always worked out fine in the spring. Remember, there are literally thousands of large vessels with diesel engines that are stored up north every winter without being started or "driven" for several months.

Can't really add any new ideas. When we move into a different RV we start by lining about everything with the heavier rubber type non-slip stuff. Then we start arranging each cabinet and drawer so everything fits and packs in fully so it isn't rattling, tipping over, or moving around. It is kind of a process for us and usually takes a couple of months before we get everything just right.

No way! Seven more days and we are heading south to Dandridge TN for some riding in the mountains. Then we will make a stop in eastern TN for a few days before getting to Alabama for November. We don't like to hit SW Florida until after December 1st, just in case November decides to toss in a late season hurricane. Had to stay up here longer this stop to help family.

We are in a CG currently that is owned/operated by a park district. I swear they would check in an RV that was actually on fire when it arrived and not think anything about it. There are a couple old travel trailers in here now that are pretty rough, one of which has evidence of recent fire damage. They only have one "pet" rule and that is your animal has to be on a leash. It doesn't have to be up to date on shots, you can have 20 dogs, 10 cats, and 10 chickens in your RV as long as when you have them outside they are all tied up. Last year a bunch of local seasonal folks started putting up bird feeders. One site actually thought it would be a good idea to dump bird feed on the ground in addition to having a couple feeders. Needless to say everyone in the area started getting tons of bird crap on everything plus someone saw a couple rats close to the sites where they dumped feed on the ground. Thus the campground initiated another rule, NO MORE BIRD FEEDERS! I promise you that this campground would never consider a 100 year rule on campers, let alone a 10 year rule.

Not sure which ones were listed. I have been using TST brand TPM system for 8 years and they have worked perfectly. I can change my own sensor batteries and my color monitor is a stand alone (used without being plugged in).

I sort of got the idea he had never been across a scale, let alone had a 4-corner weight done. I had made the comment that I always wanted to get the 4-corner weight done but instead had only been going by regular scale axle weights. He jumped on that and began telling my neighbor that you could take it to any truck stop scale and weigh for $2.00. That pretty much told me he had never driven across a scale, or at least not in the past 15 years.

A couple days ago I stopped at my neighbors site while on my walk. He was out chatting with another camper. We all have DP coaches. The conversation came around to tire pressures. The visitor said he took his numbers right off the placard inside the coach and always ran 5psi over. My neighbor, only in his 2nd year of full timing, said he had a 4-corner weight done at Gaffney and after consulting the Michelin chart set his psi accordingly. The visitor told him that "was okay", however he really should just add the 5psi to the listed numbers on the inside of the coach and go by that. He went on to say that he had been RVing for 13 years and had only blown one tire. I made sure I stopped back by my neighbors site later to tell him IMHO he was airing up his tires exactly how he should be. By the way, he and I are both full time travelers and have never had any tire issues (knocking on wood).

Okay, thanks. I looked at mine and I "think" they are installed correctly. Still interested in what Newmar has to say.

We ordered from Magna Shades. Took several weeks to get the windshield shade because they were so backed up. Received it about 10 days ago but just put it on a couple days ago. Wanted to wait until the weather was "perfect" for the install. After reading the directions and watching the short video, the install was very quick and painless. Love the product, very high quality.

Interesting find. Since your pics are stacked one on top of the other, which one is the left and which one is the right?

Our home address is south of you (North Ft Myers) and we have been with National General (Good Sams) for several years. Our new premium went down either $3.00 or $13.00 when it renewed this month (boss ain't here to give me exact figure). We had a windshield claim last year which they paid 100% ($3,700). I just got a call from them yesterday telling me a possible hurricane was on the way......duhhhh…., they wanted to make sure I was taking precautions. I let them know we never venture into our home state during hurricane season. I wish there was a discount offered for not being down there during the storm season, my rates would probably go down a lot.

Earlier this month we got on I-40 at Santa Rosa (NM) and came east all the way to Fort Smith (AR) before heading north on I-49. We didn't feel like paying the toll for 5 axles all through Oklahoma on I-44. Even though the pavement wasn't perfect it was pretty good by today's standards. Not much traffic and no really large/busy cities to go through. Actually very little construction for the time we were on it. All of I-70 is horrible. We came out of the Denver area earlier this year across the mountains and I thought the potholes would tear our coach apart. Until that entire stretch of interstate is redone we will never use it again.

Welcome SarahR. You are partially correct, it is happening to "almost" new units of several different brands. Our Newmar has been in service for 23 months. Even though our flaking issue isn't nearly as bad as what the OP posted, you can still see evidence of it starting. Our chairs/furniture is Flexsteel. We contacted Newmar as soon as we noticed this, of course it was several months after our 1 year warranty expired. They requested photos and after receiving them they agreed to replace both front seats at no charge to us. We have the appointment next month at their factory to have it done. I read where Flexsteel, and probably other RV furniture makers, were getting some of their leather and similar products from China between 2015 and 2018. Much of this stock material ended up having the flaking issue, or will have. Not sure how accurate the information was. I am just thrilled that Newmar is not only covering this issue well after my factory warranty expired, but they are actually replacing the chairs instead of just having them recovered. Hoping the new material is better.