TUFAW
Victoria BC
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If you have a rubber (EPDM) roof you can view the procedures for 'care and feeding' of rubber roofs at www.dicor.com. These folks are the distributor for Carlise Rubber, a major manufacturer of EPDM roofing material. They use to advise against cleaning the roof too much as this would wash away the oxidation layer. They said this layer, when left in place, would slow the natural deterioration of the roof. They now market cleaning products and protectants and say you can wash your roof up to 4 times a year. In any event they are still warning against the use of any petroleum based cleaners or products with citrus ingredients. These products will harm your roof and may void your warranty.
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RoadXYZ
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Thank you very much for the maintenance posting.
David has decided to use his DayTimer as a source of "reminders" on the calendars .. he flushed the water heater and put a new anode in last Sunday .. said OOPS! and decided that he would put a note on the June calendar to check the water heater.
It is interesting what the "dealers" tell one and what "life" tells us .. AND people on this forum. Happy Trails .. -Marji
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Flaco
New Mexico
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Hello folks,great to find this site.Someone mentioned mud dobbers in the heater....been there and now know better,sure wanna check that out.We are in N.M. right now and are unhappy with the way our hosts have been treating people and would like to know if there are any rv parks in this area that treat you right.The place we are at rents out the pool on the weekends to locals so it is too full for us guests full-timers or otherwise to use.They trimmed the trees the other day and broke 2 of our vent covers and refuse to take responsibility.They have a nice park,they are just too greedy and nitpicking and downright rude to full timers.
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smoothetop
new york
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i am soooooooooo tired reading all these things to keep track of.
you folks must be in some small off road area.
imagine you couldn't be doing all that going down the road at 55-75mph.
went from a stick house to a camper, uh maybe a rental apartment would be best!
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dottiejeanne
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Dear Firedude and friends,
Officially, I've been fultiming for 5 years, however, for over 2 years I've been planted in Hemet, CA due to journeying with my late husband through terminal brain cancer, followed by the grieving process which is still ongoing. June 17th is my planned date for finally setting out for my home base in WY with "Molly" and "Trixie" the towable. My son (home base) is a heavy equipment mechanic and will go over everything thoroughly for me when I get there. Also, Molly is due for her 10,000 plus maintenance by Freightliner, which I will get done after I arrive at my son's. Molly has not been moved from her RV spot since late Aug. of '05. Just to feel more secure myself, my first stop will be RV school in Yucca Valley, and to appease my worry wart & very caring daughter. Wondering if you would send your list to my regular e-mail address [email protected] for future reference just incase it get's deleted from here before I have an opportunity to save it to a disk.
What do you consider to be the most important things to do before I move out? She has a full tank of gas and all fluids, etc. were checked right before she was planted. I've run the engine once a month but not the generator. I've driven Molly some,but not alot as we bought her in late Feb. '05, went to Alaska mid-May and then flew here to my mother-in-laws funeral July 3, '05. Jack was diagnosed July 21st and Molly was brought to us by FMCA in Aug.
Any recommendations for my initial safety will be greatly appreciated. Particulars on everything else she needs will be done after the Freightliner maintenance is done. Drove school bus 20 years ago and had a fith wheel & crew cab Ford pick-up before Molly. Drove it quite alot.
Thanks in advance to any and all who reply!
Sincerely, dottiejeanne
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Treefrog
California-Oregon border
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in response to Audreyh1:
"I suppose when you get a new RV you have to read ALL you manuals and write down all the teeny little maintenance requirements and suggestions (even though they are often buried in the text) and try to put them in some logical time order so you don't miss anything."
We made an owner friendly user's manual from all such instructions with reference to manual and page number.
Think we'll add a second section including your idea above.
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karmasasha
st paul minnesota , usa
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Good suggestions....but I could not help but crack up at the following....
FireDude, "RV Exterior...
Mine still look new after 2 years."
Only two years old......it SHOULD look like new!!!!!
Andrea and Uri, a large male Rottweiler travel now......Rommel, Karma, and Kuno plus others at the Gate.
Inga, my 1989 Winnebago Class A 27 ft (454 P30) with 100,000+ miles and going strong!MinnesotaGal and UriDog go Boondocking
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firedude
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karmasasha...
You'd be surprised as how many rigs I see here in the campground that are only a year or two old and look 20 years old. I think my point was if you take care of them they'll look new for a LONG time. ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/wink.gif "wink")
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Lindewoman
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This is such a good thread that I re-check it regularly just to be sure I haven't missed anything.
Someone has asked about a maintanance log, and I have heard about a specially designed log/journal/diary for all RVing needs, but I can't remember the name. Does anyone use it? Can you fill us in if that will keep track of maintance?
Another item to add to the checklist that I just became aware of; Dometic refrigerators need annual professional maintanance of their propane jets, etc.
Lindewoman
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Cruisetime
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One thing I'd like to add is caulk... I just got done recaulking one 5ver and need to start on my other one. We camp in one and have on property... In Texas the sun just destroys the caulk... Plus I could really tell how much the manufacturer skimps on caulk.
One thing we just found out on the last camping trip is the cheap plastic faucets they put in, well I broke the cold water knob one off in the bathroom(a pressure valve Ithink hubby called it broke), are replaceable with standard faucets at Walmart - I thought they would be made for RVs but they are not so if full timing and have plastic faucets you might think of replaceing them with metal ones. Also luckaly hubby had plugs for the water line so we could still have water to the trailer since it was 4th of July and we thought we had to go to an RV place to get a new faucet. They didnt' tell us on the phone so after driving 30 miles to get there they then tell us we could have gone to Walmart but they didnt' want us to so they didnt' tell us on the phone - you talk about no customer service!!
Thanks for the list... ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile") Debbie
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