We pulled a Howard and Linda and purchased our RV without any adult camping experience . we plan to full time at year end
we decided tonight to head to the lake on Friday and come home Monday for our first trip ... kinda of scary!!!!!!!
anyone at campbells point in MO , look for the newbies !
wish us luck! sorry for the errors , using a new tablet and we are not getting along ! :)
scrappy said
02:32 PM Jun 25, 2013
and..........how did it go?
Campbells Point, Missouri. Is that towards the bootheel?
Im from St Louis.
Hope you had a great time!
Judy L said
10:15 PM Jun 25, 2013
Don't worry. Just take your time, be cautious and have fun! You'll love it. Looking forward to hearing how it goes.
Grams said
03:23 AM Jun 26, 2013
Haven't gone yet, but will update on Tuesday. Im sure there will be stories!
Grams said
03:28 AM Jun 26, 2013
Scrappy, no in sw MO. Close to AR border.
scrappy said
02:24 PM Jun 26, 2013
Gotcha. I think the guy that worked for me when I was still in Missouri was from Campbell, Missouri. Thats why it sounded familiar.
Anyway, report in after your trip! Hope its a great one!!
Grams said
03:24 AM Jun 28, 2013
Hubby took trailer for a stablizer hitch today. His first time pulling trailer. Dealer delivered trlr to our storage site. absolutely no issues pulling! After a very stressful (and hot,...it was over 100 degrees today along the Missouri humidity to go with it) hour backing, adjusting and readjusting we have trlr nearly in the same place. And tonight we have guidelines for backing assisting directions. Thankfully tomorrow we have a pull thru.
scrappy said
01:17 PM Jun 28, 2013
Ah, that Missouri humidity! People down here complain about the humidity..........I just laugh and tell them you dont know what humidity is till you live in eastern Missouri!!
Good luck, and most important, be safe and have FUN!!
Grams said
01:59 AM Jun 29, 2013
All set up. But no water. Tank filled. Pump on and nothing.
Terry and Jo said
02:35 AM Jun 29, 2013
Grams,
Are there more than one switch for turning on the water? On our Mobile Suites, there is a switch in the "closet" where the slide controls are that is labeled "Water Pump." However, there is a second, likely a master switch, out in the outside compartment where the water hoses would hook up and where the tank valve controls are located. I say the outside one is a "master" switch because when we've needed to drain hoses because of freezing temperatures, we fill the fresh water tank and turn on the outside switch. I've never turned on the switch on the inside. Shoot, I don't even know if it would make the pump work.
So, check for an extra switch. Incidentally, our outside one is not even marked as a water pump switch. Also, check to see if there are any blown fuses, either in an inside fuse/breaker panel or for an inline fuse at, or near, the water pump.
Your outside "utility" compartment may be a lot different from ours, but here is a photo showing ours and the switch above the outside shower unit is our "master" water pump switch.
Terry
Grams said
12:01 AM Jul 7, 2013
We are back home with a very successful first trip behind us! Never got the water to work, even after calls to the service dept at our dealer and they walking us thru the setup. They had to replace the fresh water tank when it failed the pressure test, so they think there may be an issue from that. We carried water from the community faucet for dishes and #1 only use of the black tank. We were able to fill both black and gray to 2/3 before we left our spot. Two major observations from our week adventure are 1) we can roll with the little mishaps of the road and 2) we have no doubt that we will be able to live full time in our new Aviator...very comfortably!!!
The dump station was in a very private location just outside the check-in booth, so we were able to take our time, not be stressed (or worried about people watching the newbies!) we didn't have any issues! We took lots of advice from this forum, we had disinfectant, disposable gloves, etc. so thanks to everyone who posts advice!!
scrappy said
12:43 AM Jul 7, 2013
Success!!! Yaaayyy!!!!!
Lucky Mike said
01:10 AM Jul 7, 2013
After 2 weeks you have learned enough to not being called a newbie!!!.............now you have enough experience under your belt to watch a newbie attempt what they think is impossible and see them attempt the silly things you never thought was possible...(and keep a strait face )LOL
We pulled a Howard and Linda and purchased our RV without any adult camping experience . we plan to full time at year end
we decided tonight to head to the lake on Friday and come home Monday for our first trip ... kinda of scary!!!!!!!
anyone at campbells point in MO , look for the newbies !
wish us luck! sorry for the errors , using a new tablet and we are not getting along ! :)
and..........how did it go?
Campbells Point, Missouri. Is that towards the bootheel?
Im from St Louis.
Hope you had a great time!
Don't worry. Just take your time, be cautious and have fun! You'll love it. Looking forward to hearing how it goes.
Gotcha. I think the guy that worked for me when I was still in Missouri was from Campbell, Missouri. Thats why it sounded familiar.
Anyway, report in after your trip! Hope its a great one!!
Ah, that Missouri humidity! People down here complain about the humidity..........I just laugh and tell them you dont know what humidity is till you live in eastern Missouri!!
Good luck, and most important, be safe and have FUN!!
Grams,
Are there more than one switch for turning on the water? On our Mobile Suites, there is a switch in the "closet" where the slide controls are that is labeled "Water Pump." However, there is a second, likely a master switch, out in the outside compartment where the water hoses would hook up and where the tank valve controls are located. I say the outside one is a "master" switch because when we've needed to drain hoses because of freezing temperatures, we fill the fresh water tank and turn on the outside switch. I've never turned on the switch on the inside. Shoot, I don't even know if it would make the pump work.
So, check for an extra switch. Incidentally, our outside one is not even marked as a water pump switch. Also, check to see if there are any blown fuses, either in an inside fuse/breaker panel or for an inline fuse at, or near, the water pump.
Your outside "utility" compartment may be a lot different from ours, but here is a photo showing ours and the switch above the outside shower unit is our "master" water pump switch.
Terry
Success!!! Yaaayyy!!!!!
Congrats....it only gets more fun from here!!
Live , Breathe , Relax!!!!