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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
That's awesome. What a great find! I agree that the van interiors are lacking. The standard seats just don't seem suitable or inviting for a family of active, growing kids. It's one of the things that's holding me back.
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08/19/11 03:27pm |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
We have 5 kids at home so we will have the bunkhouse filled and overflowing. We have the coolest TV. We tow with a 15 passenger bus! That is my car. I love it!
Very cool. Congrats on getting the Premier. Our kids are 2, 4, 9, 11, 13 (almost) and our bunkhouse is their domain. Because we use the trundle bed a lot, the screws that hold the wheels seem to work themselves out over time. I've had to re-mount the wheels several times after the kids tell me one of them have fallen off. After the third time, I put some Liquid Nail glue around the screws, hoping that will hold them from becoming undone through vibration and use.
I'm curious about your 15-passenger bus :B. Would you mind posting pictures or giving some details about it? I've been researching full-size passenger vans to use as a tow vehicle and I think my wife is slowly warming to the idea :C.
On a side note, this morning I looked at the latest issue of Trailer Life (Sep 2011) and something caught my eye right away. I thought one of the pictures looked very familiar....
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ASk2kJVHj6g/Tk6OJEbQvCI/AAAAAAAAFt0/qrDyfmQMyFM/s640/photo%252520%2525281%252529.JPG
They have an article about outdoor kitchens and they used the one from the Premier as their opening shot:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hOFnQyp4xNs/Tk6OCQXCAoI/AAAAAAAAFt4/Lq4DPdHgTg8/s640/photo.JPG
That's very cool. I have to say that is the one feature that draws the most attention whenever we are RVing. People always have a comment or a question whenever they walk by. In fact, last week someone came from across the campground to ask questions about it and I ended up even giving them a tour inside.
Anyway, what I noticed in the picture in Trailer Life was that they had a different overhead cabinet door than the one that I have in my unit. Mine is a traditional side-by-side door instead of the pull-up style shown. Is anyone else's like that one in the article?
I would have to say that it was a design improvement because I once had a problem of forgetting to close the cabinet doors and then trying to close the kitchen door. It bent the hinges on the cabinet and also bent the frame on the outside door. Luckily, I realized the problem quickly before I did any permanent damage. Now I am always extra careful to make sure the cabinets are closed before I close up the kitchen.
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08/19/11 10:50am |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
Well, I did it. I put holes in the bathroom walls and I am pleased!
It looks good!
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08/08/11 11:36pm |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
As a follow-up to my installation of the Winegard TV Signal Meter, I had a chance to try it at our annual site. Our site is a located far from a major city and there are no over-the-air TV signals available at all. I used to joke with my wife that you could tell who the newbies were because they were the ones who had their antennas up :B.
No more! I used the signal meter to do a search and was able to see that there was a signal that seemed fairly steady from one direction. It was below the threshold that would normally be displayed on the TV so I boosted the gain to its maximum and was able to boost it enough to pull something it. To my surprise it was a Canadian station. The picture was ghosted and not very clear at all, but the sound came in very well. I was able to watch a show and understand everything that was going on as well as the evening news.
Granted, the signal faded in and out at times and disappeared during the day, but it showed me how the signal meter can let me know what is around when previously I saw nothing.
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08/07/11 08:08pm |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
I've always heard that as well, sometimes if I take a long shower water will run around there and down the side of the tub to the floor right beside the bathroom door. It might do that because I have the TT leaned that way a little? I noticed Virtual Garage has little corner pieces on his tub, I still haven't found those anywhere, I haven't looked all that hard though.
Those corner shields don't really help in the Premier because we always get water on the floor if we're not extra careful.
I think it's because the Premier's shower curtain is particularly small. It was smaller (both height and width) than the one on our old trailer and it lacks a way to keep the curtain close to the wall. Our old trailer shower curtain had Velcro strips at each of the curtain that would attach the to shower wall and it did a really good job of keeping the water in. I'm thinking of gluing on some Velcro strips on each end of the Premier's curtain so that I can get the same performance.
Right now, because our aftermarket shower head sprays at a higher angle and most of the water hits the back wall, I find that if I leave the shower curtain open at the front a couple of inches so that more of the curtain is at the back, hardly any water gets out.
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08/07/11 07:58pm |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
I used generic double-sided tape for the toilet paper roll and 3M Command strips on the walls to hang towels of all sizes.
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08/07/11 07:47pm |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=f8ce303a5cc80cd9&sc=photos#!/?cid=F8CE303A5CC80CD9&id=F8CE303A5CC80CD9%211858&sc=photos
Congrats on the new TT. It looks like a great match with your Sequoia!
RE: Roof bubbles--I haven't noticed anything around the edges of the roof at all, but I'm overdue for an inspection up top. I'm going to have to do that soon.
I'm down in Seaside now and took advantage of Oregon's no-sales-tax buy buying a couple of items for the RV. One of them I've had my eyes on is the Winegard Sensar Pro TV Signal Meter:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UHrt5v4pg_w/TjjlVTNqEDI/AAAAAAAAFpo/tu6wsP_5om8/s640/photo%252520%2525281%252529.JPG
It's really easy to install and takes place of the standard antenna power supply located above the TV. This is what it looks like when it's "mostly" installed:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-AV4OotKEGdc/TjjlWVMbNUI/AAAAAAAAFps/EagO4hzhIRU/s640/photo%252520%2525284%252529.JPG
I say "mostly" because the hole in the wall for the old power supply is smaller than what is needed for the new one, so I'll need to wait until I get home and have proper tools to enlarge the opening. It works the way it is now however, and it really works well. Here in Seaside, Oregon, I was only able to get 1 major network on my own looking at where some other antennas were pointed on other RVs--not all were the same!
The TV signal meter has different modes like scan and seek that allow you to find the strongest signals. It even gives off beeps to let you know how strong the signal is while you turn the antenna. That helps a lot because then I don't have to worry about not seeing the readings while I'm making adjustments. There's also a gain control so when I found the strongest signal, I was able to see that there were other weak channels available that I didn't know about and that the TV could not pull in. Once I boosted the gain, the TV was able to see the channels and I was able to watch three major networks plus PBS (1 HD, 2 analog) instead of just the 1 HD and PBS. If you are in an area with a really strong signal, you can lower the gain to improve reception, too.
I also confirmed that the rear TV can get all the antenna/cable channels that the front TV can get. I don't know why I ever thought that it couldn't.
The second item I purchased was the Sewer Solution. I tried it out and it worked as advertised and seems to make the whole process of dumping the tanks very clean. I'll post up pictures of it later.
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08/03/11 01:19am |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
Looks great! Is that a new colour scheme?
We're currently 20 min east of Sedro-Wooley, WA, and will be heading to Seaside, OR, tomorrow. Did anyone catch the meteor shower last night? Before we called it a night, we counted 7 confirmed, a few more suspected, but unfortunately there was too much light pollution from other RVs leaving their string lights on all night long.
If you have an Android phone, the free Google Sky Map app is a great way to identify stars and constellations!
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07/30/11 09:10am |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
Cool story :C.
I just got back from another weekend in the Premier and our neighbors talked about how much they liked the Sewer Solution system. It works like a macerator, but instead of a motor, it used water pressure to flush out the black tank through a small hose.
I checked it out to find more information about it and then discovered that the Flojet portable macerator was on sale for only $54 at CW. I couldn't believe my eyes and thought it had to be a mistake since it's normally much more.
Anyone have any experience with either of the two systems? For $54, I'm thinking of just buying one.
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07/26/11 12:58am |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
Thanks for uploading your pics. They are a great inspiration! I'm intrigued by your satellite and WiFi antennas. Would you mind describing how you've got them setup? Did you have to do anymods to make the satellite connection to your TV? And the WiFi antenna allows you to pull in more signals from inside the RV? Can you estimate how much range you have?
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07/14/11 02:15pm |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
The tightness is due to the frame twisting slightly when you have it on the leveling jacks. That is a big door and the opening will bind a bit if one corner of the camper is too high. I'm camping right now and noticed the same issue...I reduced the tension on the jack below the kitchen and the situation was resolved.
I've noticed doors binding on both my Tango and the Premier if I crank the jacks too much. Because of my experience with my Tango (cranked it so high the tires lifted), I learned to be more careful with the Premier. That said, I think because the frame is so long with lightweight aluminum framing in the walls, it's easy to twist things even when you don't crank the jacks that much.
While I sometimes notice binding with the front door and have had to adjust the latches on both screen doors, and have noticed tightness/rubbing on some of the inside cupboards and bathroom door, I have not had any problems with the kitchen door. Whenever it happens, however, It is a reminder to myself to make sure I torque each jack to the same setting, and/or ease back a little more.
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07/13/11 09:24pm |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
When the weather warrants it, we leave the A/C on auto all the time we are in the RV. I didn't worry about high or low fan speeds because when it's hot, i'd rather the system cool down as quickly as possible. That means I prefer short bursts at high vs long stretches at low. The only time we would turn the A/C off is if we were away from the RV or we needed to use the microwave. We found that using the microwave at the same time the A/C was working would blow the fuse.
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07/13/11 09:11pm |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
Thanks for sharing, NetAndDavid. Great pics!
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07/05/11 10:21pm |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
Yes I did have the amp button on, located in the cabinet.
The amp is for over-the-air signals. When you have cable, just push the button off and it won't interfere with the picture.
To everyone experiencing all the bounce, are you using anything extra besides the stabilizers( eg Bal-X-Chocks)? I'm wondering if its worth me ordering a set of the extra long ones.
I'm wondering about that, too. I had them on my old trailer and they worked great, but have resisted purchasing the extended ones for the Premier. I have the same bounce as described above, but it hasn't been enough to bother me (yet).
We got back from our trip yesterday and had a great time. The campground was the busiest we've ever seen it with all RV, tent, and overflow sites used. It was probably because of the perfect combination of Canada Day (Friday) and Independence Day (Monday). It was a big difference from earlier in the year when there were sometimes only a handful of RVs in the entire campground. What was really neat was that even after a year, the outdoor kitchen still attracted a lot of attention. It was a real conversation starter for anyone who walked by :C.
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07/04/11 08:14pm |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
I love seeing everyone's pics. I think they inspire us all!
Habs97, where did you get that bunk ladder from? It looks nice and compact.
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06/21/11 07:41pm |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
The only rule that (I remember) we have at ours is that we can only camp a maximum of 250 days of the year. Since both my wife and I work, it's not a problem. We do pay a flat rate per month for electricity and they cut our grass, but they don't get too close to the trailer so I have to remember to bring my trimmer next time.
It also works well for us, because I'd otherwise have to pay storage fees elsewhere if I didn't have the seasonal site.
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06/13/11 03:00pm |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
It's all about getting the maximum enjoyment out of your trailer. After we had a wonderful time on our cross-country road trip with the Premier, my wife and I returned to our favorite campsite to close out the summer. We discovered that they were offering seasonal sites and decided to purchase one. It's been awesome because it makes it so much easier to just hop into the car on a Friday afternoon and take off for a weekend get-a-way. We were able to use the trailer much later into the winter (into November) and start much earlier (in February). Now, we're able to go almost every second weekend.
Another advantage of going so often is that the weekends truly become very relaxing because there are fewer things that need to get done each time we go. We get to our site, put out the slides, unpack our clothes, and then I scratch my head because there's nothing for me to do. I'm still getting use to it. All that's really left is to build a fire and crack open a cold one :B
We bought a Thousand Trails membership so we do have the option of using other campgrounds, but we really like our "home base" that we really don't have a desire to try other places right now. We are planning a trip down the Oregon coast this summer, though, and that should be fun.
garysol, it looks like the seasonal site you have is beautiful. I hope you enjoy yours as much as we enjoy ours :C.
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06/13/11 11:42am |
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RE: Leaving the Slide out or in in storage?
The owner's manual for my Keystone says when leaving the slides out for extended periods, make sure to operate them in/out at least once a week. I wouldn't leave them out unless I was using them.
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06/07/11 04:39pm |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
As per the Keystone rep I just spoke to, the grey and blank tank are 30 gallons each!!! Fresh is 41 gallons. Could this be right? Maybe my sensors are whacky!
Any input?
I'm the same with the others. I know the grey is full when it starts to fill the tub. I hardly look at the sensors anymore and never really trusted them very much in the first place.
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06/06/11 02:30pm |
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
Regarding your #3 item, check out Virtual Garage's mod's. The Cambi lock seems like the way to go.
The only problem is the kitchen lock is too long for the Combi Cam. Mine came with a CH751 lock that I replaced with one with a different key.
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06/06/11 02:22pm |
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