Well, we've been gone a little over two weeks, with about 2 1/2 weeks to go. We are presently at Winchester Bay RV Resort in Oregon. What a beautiful place!! We can see water out five windows.. not bad!
My DH is very handy, thank goodness. The kitchen sink on the right side wasn't tightened down, and thus leaked. He fixed it. Same with the bathroom sink, but we have a container catching water until he can get the right tool for there. The cabinet door in the bedroom didn't/doesn't latch tightly and came open in route. Caused the slideout jam into it and broke the mirror on the cabinet when we opend it out. Now we wrap a cord around two cabine door knobs so it won't open, but still have the broken mirror. Thank goodness DH was watching the slideout and realized right away something was stopping it. I think these are all the little things new owners need to keep an eye out for. Almost all nuts and bolts have been loose and needing tightened. So far no major problems, but it must be hard for anyone owning an RV that isn't also 'handy' to have around. The living room TV doesn't angle down and so we spent the first few nights trying to figure out why the colors were so dark. Then it dawned on me, it's an LCD monitor and you need to be level with it for the best picture. I'm not sure what we'll do about that one. One of the recliners fabric is coming apart at he seam. We wish we'd gotten the Euro chairs, does anyone want to trade? LOL
Now, for the good. We love the unit and the floor plan and the extra space and storage we have with this. It tows like a dream. And YES, customer service is outstanding so far. DH broke the entry handle to the RV and Heartland shipped one out to us for no charge, even though it was our fault. So in some ways, that makes up for the chores my hubby has had to do. We'll have to check getting the mirror replaced and the chair fixed when we get home. If this is all that goes wrong, we'll be thrilled.
Good luck to all of you RVers out there! No Bighorns here but us, and we do stand out as being one beautiful 5er!!
Donna
My DH is very handy, thank goodness. The kitchen sink on the right side wasn't tightened down, and thus leaked. He fixed it. Same with the bathroom sink, but we have a container catching water until he can get the right tool for there. The cabinet door in the bedroom didn't/doesn't latch tightly and came open in route. Caused the slideout jam into it and broke the mirror on the cabinet when we opend it out. Now we wrap a cord around two cabine door knobs so it won't open, but still have the broken mirror. Thank goodness DH was watching the slideout and realized right away something was stopping it. I think these are all the little things new owners need to keep an eye out for. Almost all nuts and bolts have been loose and needing tightened. So far no major problems, but it must be hard for anyone owning an RV that isn't also 'handy' to have around. The living room TV doesn't angle down and so we spent the first few nights trying to figure out why the colors were so dark. Then it dawned on me, it's an LCD monitor and you need to be level with it for the best picture. I'm not sure what we'll do about that one. One of the recliners fabric is coming apart at he seam. We wish we'd gotten the Euro chairs, does anyone want to trade? LOL
Now, for the good. We love the unit and the floor plan and the extra space and storage we have with this. It tows like a dream. And YES, customer service is outstanding so far. DH broke the entry handle to the RV and Heartland shipped one out to us for no charge, even though it was our fault. So in some ways, that makes up for the chores my hubby has had to do. We'll have to check getting the mirror replaced and the chair fixed when we get home. If this is all that goes wrong, we'll be thrilled.
Good luck to all of you RVers out there! No Bighorns here but us, and we do stand out as being one beautiful 5er!!
Donna
