johnwen

After 1 1/2 years of checking the basement every time Wen washes sheets, I finally found an issue. The screw holding the clamp around the city water inlet had broken away from the mounting pad. 2 connectors were loose. No water had leaked as far as I could tell. I check everything I can when having access to the basement. We've had a few rough bounces this year :) John

BTW, our reserved spot...A14...is under major construction so we were able to spend 2 nights on C58 and will move to E37, on Sunday, for 7 nights. Yay! Next to the lake :) John

We have been there a few times have ALWAYS had a wonderful time. Melissa will not disappoint! Her choices of food/snacks are so delicious. We have not seen the new kitchen but understand her new baker does a superb job. If you are a dog lover, be sure to ask to see her dogs....they will love on you until you tear up...guaranteed! John

My rear window is as described by Chris and was pretty straight forward as he shows in the video. My side windows are not. The slotted rubber piece on each side have a felt rubbing strip on either side of the channel and prevent the rubber piece from being extracted, unless you use quite a bit of force. The felt strips are an H shape and fit over the edge of the rubber strip. I'm not sure if the pictures are of any help. I quit as RoadKingsofGa did and am unable to fit the H shape of the felt strip back over it edges. So I quit at that point and finished cleaning as best I could. I don't think it matters much if I don't get the felt strip back perfectly as the window still slides smoothly and none of the weep holes are blocked. I'll search out the window experts at the rally. BTW, there are 2 of those felt strips, 1either side of the rubber strip. I did not attempt removal of the outboard strip. John

Chris My trailer is 16 months old and I have never done this....big mistake! My weather stripping (white), on the underside, is mildewed beyond repair. I wouldn't be surprised if the black streaks that appear below the window are from my neglect. I would never have known to go this in-depth had I not watched your video. Thank you, thank you, thank you :) I thought I was done with the cleaning until I found your video. I have noted some owners have replaced the weather strip with a black one. Can anyone chime in where you can get it? Hope to se ya'll at the rally :) John

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mossey, ours also looked better than the day we picked it up :)

We had ours done last June...nice to get rid of the wax :) CGI did a wonderful job! John

Actually...I googled and you are absolutely right on!

I learned today that ya'll are birders, but moth-ers 2? Sorry, I couldn't resist :)

A bit off topic...I was inspecting OTT's repair when we got back to spot 2 and ventured across this moth resting on the back of our trailer. Beautiful! Have not seen one of these before. It could be OTT's mascot :) Color coordinated even. John

We're all fixed and are probably leaving mid-morning. We are in spot 2, which is supposed to be someone else's spot, so last minute negotiations were in order. I haven't seen the Ollie park full before. What a sight! If we miss you...congratulations!!! Your graphics look wonderful :) See you at the rally, John

I think we are parked across the fence from your Oliver... if so, it looks great and survived the storms last night :) John

So sorry to hear of your loss, Chris and Stacy. Heartfelt prayers from Wendy and me. Safe travels and we hope to see you at the rally. John

Thanks, Patriotus, Looking forward to seeing ya'll! Good luck with the retrofit. It's indeed nice to be rid of the noise bucket :) John

After reading your reference material, I can see that supervision for me will be mandatory :) Thanks again, John

Thanks, Steve, Indeed they are top notch. I do not suspect any short cuts. I know all will work out . OTT service is one of the determining factors in our purchase! Thank you very much for the time you took to provide me with all that reference material!! John

Thanks, Steve. Sounds pretty involved. I think maybe I need to schedule a visit to OTT before or after the Rally. We'll be at Lake Guntersville for 10 days or so. Did you install yours? I'm somewhat handy but am in need of supervision on occasion :) John

We had the Truma retrofit done this January. Of course it was too cold to properly test it out. We tested long enough to make sure the unit went through all its cycles. All looked ok but I had a leak around the curbside bed coming through around a screw holding the window interior trim. Service said it was probably from condensation between the hulls and finding its way around the screw. They removed the screw, put some sealant around it, and reinstalled it. All was ok. The weather was cold and low humidity so I don't think much condensation was generated around the A/C coils. High humidity and a warm night had us using the Truma for the first time last night. The A/C worked fine but no condensation came from the drain tubes and water was dripping from around the foam on the bottom of the Truma. No leaking around the windows inside, no water coming from the numerous weep holes on the bottom of the trailer. The basement was moisture-free as far as I could tell. The trailer is level. I ran some wire up the drain tubes to rule out critter nests. I could only get 2 feet up the street side tube...no foreign objects. The curb side was a little different, the wire stopped after about 5 inches. So I pulled back the fiberglass sheet from the exterior basement access and found the train tube makes a sharp turn before going up to the A/C so I could not pass the wire past that point. The hose was pretty kinked at the bend and I straightened it out as best I could...condensation would have passed through anyway, I just improved the pathway. Since the tubes are clear I saw there was nothing in the tubes except for this little piece of wire insulation trapped inside the bend on the curb side. Since there is no evidence of any moisture in both tubes, I figure that both cups that collect the runoff underneath the A/C pan could be full of something (wire insulation?) or the tubes are not connected to the cups or maybe the tubes vibrated off their fitting. After this lengthy prelude my question is this... is there a way to inspect the moisture collection cups and the associated plumbing going to the drain tubes? Everything is pretty well covered up top of the unit and all screw holes are well sealed. John

I didn't realize how much propane the furnace used until I ran out of it while we were away for a few days. I set it on the lowest setting thinking the sun would be enough to warm the trailer during the day. Propane ran out while we were out of state and the temps were extremely low for a while in coastal SC. I got to replace the bathroom faucet, a bidet "t" fitting and the outside shower head. All because I figured coastal SC would be warm enough...not smart on my part! It would have been so easy to winterize. Just saying, keep your eye on your propane tank level if you just rely on the furnace. My embarrassing 2 cents worth John

Galway Girl, Thanks for your outfitter's guide. I've ordered several items from it :) John

Same thing happed to us as well. I did exactly what conner77 did. All's well after 2 1/2 months. Best of luck, John

So sorry to hear this, prayers from us.

Welcome, Mark :)

Happy Easter :)